Does Magic Lantern allow audio monitoring?

[Brian Tori]

I'm considering the Magic Lantern update for my T2i specifically for the AGC disable feature. Is there a way to actually monitor the audio from the camera? I'll be using an external mic.

[Chris Barcellos]

Since there is no AV jack, that has not been done yet. There have been discussion, but no resolution that I am aware of.

[Gerry Gallegos]

ave your yourself the trouble and get a separate recorder ie. Zoom H1.
there are more reasons for ML but the preamps on the T2i suck even if AGC disabled.

[Jackson Hager]

You can see the levels on the screen, so at least you know you recording at something around the right level. At some point, they want to get the usb/av jack to monitor audio, but it can't be done yet without breaking usb function.

[Hector Landaeta]

Originally Posted by Gerry Gallegos

ave your yourself the trouble and get a separate recorder ie. Zoom H1.
there are more reasons for ML but the preamps on the T2i suck even if AGC disabled.

I do believe a second, separate audio recording device is always better but I have found that without an as separate audio operator it is a VERY complicated proposition. I'm not saying that it can't be done and that there's not a whole lot of people doing it that way right now but I'm personally so absent minded that I can be sure that at the end of a typical workday I would end up with a lot of footage lost to no matching sound because I forgot to press a separate record button on a separate recording device. That's why I got myself a Juiced Link DT454 even though I have a 60D, with the manual audio controls and everything: to have the ability to plug directly into the camera any pro-grade, XLR interfaced pick-up gadget, have the headphone monitoring ability, and the tell-tale audio level lights outside of the video monitor. Isn't good resolution linear PCM audio the same in a Canon body or in a Zoom recorder? The big difference is I don't have to sync it in post and, of course, a $120 lighter pocket!

By the way, I wanted to ask you guys that own Zooms, can you monitor the sound you're getting while recording on those things? Does the monitor reflect any variations you apply on gain?