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Michael Russell · December 9th, 2006, 05:29 PM

O.K here goes. My XL2 is given me bad audio, what can best be describes as "digital," or like when your satelite loses its signal. I have changed cables, mics batteries and tapes. You cannot hear it in the headphones and is obvious during digitizing or simply playing back on a deck. Also does it when you play it back through the camera. I have cleaned the heads too.

I have tried to attach a sample

Any help would be wonderully appreciated.

Mike Russell

Dan Keaton · December 9th, 2006, 06:38 PM

I listened to your audio.

I wonder if the microphone was fully plugged into the camera.

May I suggest that you unplug the microphone (if it is still plugged in), and then plug it in ensuring that it is fullly plugged in.

Then I would perform a test recording.

Of course, this may not be the problem, but I recommend that you eliminate the obvious.

Were you using the standard Canon microphone? If not, perform a test using this microphone.

Adam Bray · December 9th, 2006, 08:20 PM

Can you give us a little more info on the type of mic and how it was setup?

Strange that you can't hear it in headphones.

Paul Gallagher · December 10th, 2006, 07:22 AM

It sounds like the heads on your camera were dirty at the time of recording, so cleaning them now will still not fix the bad recording.

Paul

Dan Keaton · December 10th, 2006, 01:12 PM

If the audio file is important, Sony Noise Reduction 2.0 which is a plug in for Vegas may be able to remove some of the bad audio.

Were you having a drop outs in the video?

If you wish for me to attempt to clean up the audio (I can not restore any portion where the audio dropped out), please email me. Sony
NR 2.0 is very good at removing pops among other things.

December 9th, 2006, 06:38 PM	#2
Dan Keaton Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Augusta Georgia Posts: 5,421	I listened to your audio. I wonder if the microphone was fully plugged into the camera. May I suggest that you unplug the microphone (if it is still plugged in), and then plug it in ensuring that it is fullly plugged in. Then I would perform a test recording. Of course, this may not be the problem, but I recommend that you eliminate the obvious. Were you using the standard Canon microphone? If not, perform a test using this microphone. __________________ Dan Keaton Augusta Georgia

December 10th, 2006, 01:12 PM	#5
Dan Keaton Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Augusta Georgia Posts: 5,421	If the audio file is important, Sony Noise Reduction 2.0 which is a plug in for Vegas may be able to remove some of the bad audio. Were you having a drop outs in the video? If you wish for me to attempt to clean up the audio (I can not restore any portion where the audio dropped out), please email me. Sony NR 2.0 is very good at removing pops among other things. __________________ Dan Keaton Augusta Georgia

December 9th, 2006, 08:20 PM	#3
Adam Bray Major Player Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston/Austin Posts: 394	Can you give us a little more info on the type of mic and how it was setup? Strange that you can't hear it in headphones.

December 10th, 2006, 07:22 AM	#4
Paul Gallagher Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Omagh Posts: 306	It sounds like the heads on your camera were dirty at the time of recording, so cleaning them now will still not fix the bad recording. Paul