Eric Wotila
August 11th, 2008, 08:03 AM
I started having a weird audio problem with my FX1 over the weekend, and I'm hoping someone might be able to shed some light on my situation.
When I hook up an external mic to the camera, the right channel comes through just fine, but the left channel is picking up in a distorted, muffled fashion -- it sounds almost like an AM radio signal, in terms of quality. I looked at the audio track in Final Cut, and the right channel looks normal -- that is, the waveform seems pretty even between the top and bottom halves.
The left channel, however, shows a very distinct imbalance (screenshot attached). I've tried everything I can think of -- two different mics, two different cables, triple-checked all the camera settings and even performed a factory reset to no avail. I'm wondering if this is a hardware problem -- perhaps the mic connector is failing? In any case, I'm really hoping someone can point me in the right direction here. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
When I hook up an external mic to the camera, the right channel comes through just fine, but the left channel is picking up in a distorted, muffled fashion -- it sounds almost like an AM radio signal, in terms of quality. I looked at the audio track in Final Cut, and the right channel looks normal -- that is, the waveform seems pretty even between the top and bottom halves.
The left channel, however, shows a very distinct imbalance (screenshot attached). I've tried everything I can think of -- two different mics, two different cables, triple-checked all the camera settings and even performed a factory reset to no avail. I'm wondering if this is a hardware problem -- perhaps the mic connector is failing? In any case, I'm really hoping someone can point me in the right direction here. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!