Sound too low on Beachtek DXA-SLR PRO DSLR

rawfa

rawfa

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Hey guys,

I´ve just gotten a Beachtek DXA-SLR PRO DSLR and I´ve been doing some tests on my Canon 6D and the sound always turns out too low. I´ve tested with AGC on and off, I´ve tested with the Beachteck gain up. I´ve tested setting the camera sound to manual and upping the volume up to 50 and the AGC off on the Beachtek (with the volume on 50 on the beachtek)..
Any tips of advices?
 
Is the phantom power on? Are you using fresh batteries? Are you sure the cable is working (no breaks, wired properly, etc.)? Are the cables pushed in completely?
 
PP is on, the cable is working and pushed in all the way. I´ve tested AGC on, Gain on, Limiter on, Volume 50% and when I listen to it on my computer with the computers´sound at 50% and the players volume at 100% it sounds OK...not very loud though.
 
There are so many details missing it is almost impossible to reply with any kind of useful advice. Please describe HOW you are conducting these tests in MUCH more detail. Particularly the microphone(?) and whether it works with other equipment, etc. etc And whether just turning up the level on the Beachtek and/or the DSLR give you better levels. Why limiting your tests at "50" (whatever that means)?
 
Correct me if I´m wrong but if I turn on the the AGC filtrer neutralizer on the Beachtek this will neutralize all settings on the DSLR, correct? Hence this would allow me to control EVERYTHING via the Beachtek, right? Or do I still have to watch some settings on the Canon 6D? Because even when I set the AGC filter on the Beachteck on, the Gain on, the limiter on, and set the volume control on the beachteck to 100 (turn the knop all the way to the right) I feel the sound is NOT very very loud....it´s louder and it does pick up a bit more environment noise but it´s not LOUD.

Equipment beeing
Beachtek DXA-SLR PRO DSLR
Canon 6D
2 Audiotechnica lavalier phantom powered mics the work perfectly on a Zoom H4N
 
Aside from RTFM (because it probably tells you how to actually set the thing up) "not loud enough" is meaningless unless you are listening on a calibrated system. Since calibrating is probably not an option you could cheat your way in to at least a referenced system.

Get some sound editor. Take a piece of music you like and import it into the editor. Normalize it at around -6db (or -12 if it's pop music and the whole waveform looks like a solid block). Play that sound and set up your speakers so that sounds comfortable to you (it shouldn't be "loud"). now with out changing any settings bring in and play the file you recorded. It should sound about as loud, though it's not going to be as constant so it wont sound quite as loud. If it's hard to hear then you probably do need to change some settings. If it sounds close to as loud then you are fine because that is about the level you want to record at.
 
I´ve been doing some tests and I´ve been getting better sound.

I´ve been shooting this show that usually takes around 3 hours to shoot. Will two 9V 320mah be enough with 2 phantom power mics at 48v? Isn´t there an AC adapter for this Beachtek?
 
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