I got a Sony DCR-HC21 and for some reason I always get muffed / bass heavy sound. I have tried both 12 and 16bit audio and its the same. Any help???
Thanks
Well to start, never use 12bit. 16bit is the min. you want to use.
Sometimes you can reduce bass with a battery box that has a bass rolloff.
I usually EQ bass out of my recordings if there is too much of it.
I think you can do this with the program Audacity. It's free. I use Sound Forge. That costs about $100.
Best of luck!
-MIKE B
Quote from: Bigdinca on July 03, 2006, 12:03:46 AM
I got a Sony DCR-HC21 and for some reason I always get muffed / bass heavy sound. I have tried both 12 and 16bit audio and its the same. Any help???
Thanks
I should have said its a Video cam, I know all about Audio taping and do you a Batt box.
The in-built mics in your video camera are not designed for high SPL environments. I have a similar camera and it doesn't distort, but that's probably due to the bands I tape.
If you already have external mics and a battery box, then apply your knowledge of autio taping and plug them into your video camera. The signal from your mic/battery box might be too high for your video camera so you could use a -20db attenuation cable as well.
If you don't have a mic iinput in your camera then you're out of luck.
You could also audio tape the show on a DAT/hard drive/miniDisc recorder and sync in to your video in post.
If you get the exposure adjusted right, this cam shoots great video for the price. However, it doesn't have an external plugin for the mic.
I agree with Pluto - tape the audio separately. Even a crappy mini-disc recorder will sound way better than the videocam audio.
+T for you efforts~!!
Thanks, I think I will do that and just tape both and mix it later
what's the method for combining the vid and the separate aud ???