Alex DeJesus
July 27th, 2010, 12:01 PM
BB King's Las Vegas. I am video'ing a Latin Salsa band. I went there last night with the H4N and recorded a short clip of the band that was playing. I just used the onboard stereo mic pointed toward the stage hand-held from about 25-30 feet away, with no limiter or comp. The clip sounded pretty good at home. However, the 12-piece salsa band tonight will be much louder than the small Blues band.
I saw another post about auto-levels causing some problems. Should I keep that off?
I am not sure what to do about the H4N's limiter/compressors. I will be using the 4 channel setup with the onboard mic beside the camera stage plus two condenser mics set up on either side of the room pointed toward the stage. I plan on using the comp/limiter, but I don't understand it. Why is there a choice of comp or limiter, and not both available? In other words, under the "mic" input there is a drop-down of three comp presets and 3 limiter presets, but you can't choose one of each. The same for the inputs.
For insurance, I will have another portable recorder, M-Audio Microtrack II, getting a line feed from the house sound board where I hope to get at least a vocals track. And my camcorders onboard mic for reference/ambient sound.
Once camera is rolling, I will not be able to monitor sound, so it has to be set up for safety. There will be a sound check, but my time will be very limited
I saw another post about auto-levels causing some problems. Should I keep that off?
I am not sure what to do about the H4N's limiter/compressors. I will be using the 4 channel setup with the onboard mic beside the camera stage plus two condenser mics set up on either side of the room pointed toward the stage. I plan on using the comp/limiter, but I don't understand it. Why is there a choice of comp or limiter, and not both available? In other words, under the "mic" input there is a drop-down of three comp presets and 3 limiter presets, but you can't choose one of each. The same for the inputs.
For insurance, I will have another portable recorder, M-Audio Microtrack II, getting a line feed from the house sound board where I hope to get at least a vocals track. And my camcorders onboard mic for reference/ambient sound.
Once camera is rolling, I will not be able to monitor sound, so it has to be set up for safety. There will be a sound check, but my time will be very limited