View Full Version : Sony PMW EX 1R Audio Distortion


Michael Armao
May 14th, 2011, 07:02 AM
The last party that I videoed the D.J. was playing super loud. When i took the footage back to the studio to edit it noticed some distortion on some parts of the video. I don't remember if I heard this distortion at the time the D.J. was blasting it. Im not sure if it came from his speakers or clipping of the video cam mic. For that party I used the cameras built in mic with the audio set to auto, and the limiter on. I also had the AGC set to high. Is that the settings I should be using when the D.J. is that loud. Should i of had the AGC set to low? I would hate to do it manually because as you move the sound will be going up and down. What do you guys think....


Michael Armao

Hirata Tomoki
May 15th, 2011, 04:00 AM
I never use AGC because I hate noise.

If limiter is on, I think there are not a problem of level peak. Maybe the mic is too much sensitive to correct the super loud sound. I also had same problem before when I shooting on the concert. After I changed the MIc (I don't know the model number, it's a kid mic which came form SONY DSR-250, the cheap mic), everything OK.