pathways
February 15th, 2003, 04:38 AM
I covered this problem a while ago regarding clicking on my audio, thought the problem was a cable, turns out not to be. I will be taking my XL1s in for servicing, but wanted to check and see if anyone else has had a similar problem.
Problem description:
When using only the on board XL1s mic, and Stereo1 16bit, no problems result (audio is clear).
When using external analog inputs for audio (either from a deck or mic) *the first half an hour* of recording (as timed after the camera has been powered off for an hour plus, usually overnight) is clear, clean audio. Then small pops/clicks are gradually introduced into the recording. These seem to be occuring at audio peaks, though an accurate correlation has not been established yet.
The clicking increases and usually plateaus at a point, resulting in the recorded audio being understandable but still plagued by this clicking.
Note: this is not distortion due to levels being set to high. No clipping of audio peaks is occurring.
My feeling is that a charge is building up somewhere. Possible? Is my XL1s audio circuitry bad?
Again, the problem occurs when using an external mic or when recording off of, for example, a deck (vhs, umatic, etc.).
For reference, in the case of using an external mic, I am using a Sennheiser K6+Shotgun combo (powered) cabled via XLR connectors into the MA200 unit. Of course the fact that this occurs with any analog audio input (on both the audio 1 and audio 2 rca jack inputs) suggests that the mic isn't to blame.
Problem description:
When using only the on board XL1s mic, and Stereo1 16bit, no problems result (audio is clear).
When using external analog inputs for audio (either from a deck or mic) *the first half an hour* of recording (as timed after the camera has been powered off for an hour plus, usually overnight) is clear, clean audio. Then small pops/clicks are gradually introduced into the recording. These seem to be occuring at audio peaks, though an accurate correlation has not been established yet.
The clicking increases and usually plateaus at a point, resulting in the recorded audio being understandable but still plagued by this clicking.
Note: this is not distortion due to levels being set to high. No clipping of audio peaks is occurring.
My feeling is that a charge is building up somewhere. Possible? Is my XL1s audio circuitry bad?
Again, the problem occurs when using an external mic or when recording off of, for example, a deck (vhs, umatic, etc.).
For reference, in the case of using an external mic, I am using a Sennheiser K6+Shotgun combo (powered) cabled via XLR connectors into the MA200 unit. Of course the fact that this occurs with any analog audio input (on both the audio 1 and audio 2 rca jack inputs) suggests that the mic isn't to blame.