Using a boom mic with the DVX

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RoccoB64

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The other day, I had to film a commercial on the beach using the DVX100A. I had just realized that I'd never used a boom mic (or any other external mic, for that matter) with this camera. So it was... a learning experience.

I hooked the mic into input one, and set audio channel 1 to input one as well. But now in post we've realized that the audio's only coming from the left channel.

How do I keep that from happening? I don't have access to the camera right now, but if I hooked the mic up to input 2 and set both audio channels to input 2, would that solve the problem?
 
I assume you have worked out how to fill the other channel in your nle? Anyway

How do I keep that from happening? I don't have access to the camera right now, but if I hooked the mic up to input 2 and set both audio channels to input 2, would that solve the problem?
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I just got my DVX a few weeks ago and am going to be useing a boom (my first time ever)...So a slightly more in depth explanation on how to get good audio from my DVX would be helpful.

if im understaning correctly; I plug my mic into input 2 and that will give me left and right aduio?

forgive my ignorance, I have been a digital artist for years and just got into the DVX :grin:
 
I have a bit of experience with this. I've been working as a PA on a TV show, and our B-Unit shoots with a DVX, so I often get to shoot with it, or act as the boom operator. If it's available, I recommend you get a field mixer, so you can balance and equalize the audio before it enters the camera. Plus you won't have to use phantom power that way. Ideally, you plug the mic into channel 2, and leave channel 1 set to the onboard mic, OR, mount a shotgun directly on the camera and plug that into channel 1. When you go into post, you want 2 different audio sources, 1 on each track (ex. On camera mic on channel 1, boom on channel 2.) This way you can choose which mic got the best audio, and use that in audio post. The two channels on the DVX directly correspond to the two stereo channels, left and right. So just figure out which one you recorded the best audio on, and in the nle or audio editor of your choice, copy the audio from that track and duplicate it on the other channel. That way you'll have stereo audio, on both channels, and can mix as needed.

Good luck.

-Steve
 
The only thing I would suggest further is not to use the on camera mic as the second input... the dvx built in mic is not a quality sound source.

Check out the Audio section... there are many posts on this type of thing some which give really technical and shoot specific info.
 
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