EX1 audio settings with external mic at DVinfo.net

Sami Sanpakkila · August 30th, 2008, 03:51 PM

Hi all,

I just bought a new Rode NTG-2 shotgun and Sony headphones. I plugged everything and the way I heard things distorted pretty easily.

Could someone give me a short and sweet guide to setting the audio for one shotgun mic and maybe can i use the internal mic to take ambient?

Do I need to adjust stuff from the menu? Im gonna be shooting with a band on tour (mostly backstage action) and there will be loud and quiet parts so all I want is to get everything recorded without distortion and I can pretty much work from that. I know there's no limiter which makes things a bit more difficult.

Sami

David C. Williams · August 30th, 2008, 05:27 PM

The external trims are downstream from the mic preamp, so leave them at 5, which is apparently effective 0. Use the audio trim in the menus for levels. Try to keep maximum levels to four segments below red on the meters, that's where the limiter kicks in. That's roughly -23db with -37db condenser.

Sami Sanpakkila · August 31st, 2008, 02:18 AM

Thanks David for your advice! You said there's a limiter? have I totally misunderstood? I thought there's no limiter in EX1?

Sami

David C. Williams · August 31st, 2008, 03:14 AM

The is a limiter, and it's pretty hard and you can't turn it off sadly.

Bob Grant · August 31st, 2008, 06:02 AM

Another thing to watch for, the external mic connection seem to be out of phase with the internal mics. If when you mix the two together the bottom end vanishes just invert one channel.

August 30th, 2008, 03:51 PM	#1
Sami Sanpakkila Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Finland Posts: 317	EX1 audio settings with external mic Hi all, I just bought a new Rode NTG-2 shotgun and Sony headphones. I plugged everything and the way I heard things distorted pretty easily. Could someone give me a short and sweet guide to setting the audio for one shotgun mic and maybe can i use the internal mic to take ambient? Do I need to adjust stuff from the menu? Im gonna be shooting with a band on tour (mostly backstage action) and there will be loud and quiet parts so all I want is to get everything recorded without distortion and I can pretty much work from that. I know there's no limiter which makes things a bit more difficult. Sami

August 30th, 2008, 05:27 PM	#2
David C. Williams Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: melb.vic.au Posts: 447	The external trims are downstream from the mic preamp, so leave them at 5, which is apparently effective 0. Use the audio trim in the menus for levels. Try to keep maximum levels to four segments below red on the meters, that's where the limiter kicks in. That's roughly -23db with -37db condenser.

August 31st, 2008, 02:18 AM	#3
Sami Sanpakkila Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Finland Posts: 317	Thanks David for your advice! You said there's a limiter? have I totally misunderstood? I thought there's no limiter in EX1? Sami

August 31st, 2008, 03:14 AM	#4
David C. Williams Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: melb.vic.au Posts: 447	The is a limiter, and it's pretty hard and you can't turn it off sadly.

August 31st, 2008, 06:02 AM	#5
Bob Grant Trustee Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 1,570	Another thing to watch for, the external mic connection seem to be out of phase with the internal mics. If when you mix the two together the bottom end vanishes just invert one channel.