I've been shooting with a mic I got recently (a Rode NTG-2 Directional Microphone) but I've encountered some weird issues. When going over the clips in Final Cut Pro, most of the audio seemed to come from the left side only, or the right side would get very little. When I would shoot, I'd get in really close with the mic and usually have it right above them but don't understand why it's seemingly only on one side. Is there a way to solve this so it comes from both sides equally?
Idiot newbie audio question
- Thread starter ToTheBack
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timapter
Veteran
Its not the microphone, its your camera setting. You've plugged into channel 1, so audio is only on one.
You can either:
set the camera to what is typically a "CH1,CH2" setting on the inputs (this can be a software or hardware setting - what cam are you using?)
OR
plug another mic into the empty channel
OR
duplicate the left audio into the right track in FCP for dual mono, or convert the files to mono.
your problem isnt really a problem at all - this time you can fix it in FCP, and then just remember to get the input settings right next time...
tim
You can either:
set the camera to what is typically a "CH1,CH2" setting on the inputs (this can be a software or hardware setting - what cam are you using?)
OR
plug another mic into the empty channel
OR
duplicate the left audio into the right track in FCP for dual mono, or convert the files to mono.
your problem isnt really a problem at all - this time you can fix it in FCP, and then just remember to get the input settings right next time...
tim
Okay. How do I set the camera to feed both channels?
Steve House
Veteran
Why do you need to? Your camera footage is only raw material. Post is the place to take the single channel recorded in the camera and convert it into left and right tracks with the dialog panned to the centre position.
RandomHero
Well-known member
If you're set on getting stereo audio when shooting, there are things out there like the Rode Stereo Videomic (comparable price to the NTG-2) but like Steve said, that's what post is all about.
