T2I and H4N Zoom

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wparrish24

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When hooking my H4N output up to my T2I input, what freq. should I set my H4N at? When I set my Zoom at WAV. 48Khz the sound turned out terrible. Is that freq. to high for the camera?
 
You shouldn't be outputting from the H4n to the camera. Just record the audio separately, then sync in post. Even though you get great audio from the H4n, as soon as you plug it into the camera you're letting the camera's automatic gain control kick in and you're screwed.
 
wparrish24 said:
When hooking my H4N output up to my T2I input, what freq. should I set my H4N at? When I set my Zoom at WAV. 48Khz the sound turned out terrible. Is that freq. to high for the camera?
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If you want to use the audio recording ability in your T2i, you should be really using something like the Juicedlink DT454 http://www.juicedlink.com/ .

It has two XLR inputs with phantom power and will defeat the AGC in your T2i. It has two very good mic pres and will supply quiet gain to your T2i.

It's good to have both options. You may not always want to do double system sound for everything.
 
BTW, 48 KHz is the most commonly-used standard for, at the very least, small- to medium-scale video production. That's what DV, HDV, XDCAM, DVCPRO HD, AVCHD, H.264, and almost all other commonly-used cameras use, AFAIK. It's also the standard for broadcast and home video distribution. The other most commonly-used sampling rate in the media world is 44.1 KHz, but that's for CDs and is rarely used for video. Unless you have superhuman hearing, you should not be able to distinguish the difference between 48 KHz and 44.1 KHz. It's like film's 24 fps versus PAL's 25 fps.
 
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