Live Audio on VX2100?

Jim Morris · April 13th, 2006, 06:31 PM

Well mic quality will definatly effect your overall quality. The 2 mics I bought were 100.00 each and do not require batteries or phantom power. Dynamic mics do not need batteries and condenser mics need a power supply. Condenser mics that use batteries or phantom power will sound better but can cost more. Tonight I will upload a sample of what I have captured with my set up. A hot shoe is a mount on top of the camera for an extra devise like an external mic or light.

Mike Rehmus · April 13th, 2006, 06:43 PM

Usually Sony provides power for their electret series of microphones and places it right next to the mini-socket for the external microphone. The power socket (green in color) will supply the 3VDC required for those microphones.

The Sony electret microphones sell for around $80 (list around $120 I think) and these are quite good microphones within their limits. I once recorded a string quartet with one of the stereo electrets by placing the microphone in the center of the group, placing a hairy wind muff on it (the wedding was outside) and feeding the output into my PC-110 backup camera. The members of the Quartet thought the recording made that way sounded better than the recordings they made in a studio for their latest CD.

April 13th, 2006, 06:43 PM	#17
Mike Rehmus Wrangler Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vallejo, California Posts: 4,049	Usually Sony provides power for their electret series of microphones and places it right next to the mini-socket for the external microphone. The power socket (green in color) will supply the 3VDC required for those microphones. The Sony electret microphones sell for around $80 (list around $120 I think) and these are quite good microphones within their limits. I once recorded a string quartet with one of the stereo electrets by placing the microphone in the center of the group, placing a hairy wind muff on it (the wedding was outside) and feeding the output into my PC-110 backup camera. The members of the Quartet thought the recording made that way sounded better than the recordings they made in a studio for their latest CD. __________________ Mike Rehmus Hey, I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel!

April 13th, 2006, 06:31 PM	#16
Jim Morris New Boot Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6	Well mic quality will definatly effect your overall quality. The 2 mics I bought were 100.00 each and do not require batteries or phantom power. Dynamic mics do not need batteries and condenser mics need a power supply. Condenser mics that use batteries or phantom power will sound better but can cost more. Tonight I will upload a sample of what I have captured with my set up. A hot shoe is a mount on top of the camera for an extra devise like an external mic or light.