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Kelsey Emuss · November 24th, 2010, 03:03 PM

I'm pulling my hair out. I have a GL2 and use Premiere Pro.

I may be "against the grain" but I use my onboard mic for a lot of the coverage. Wireless mic for vows etc but my onboard mic had always done well for me.

Recently I uploaded a wedding and the tapes were bad. Audio was crap, tape was choppy etc. All the tapes did this including the one from my second cam so I knew it wasn't the tapes.

I swapped out the firewire with an old one and the tapes uploaded fine.

The next wedding the EXACT same thing happed but the tapes got worse as I uploaded. I bought a brand new firewire and they uploaded much better.

Since then I am noticing that ALL my tapes are uploading with VERY crackly, tinny, vibrational audio. This NEVER used to be a problem. It's taking me FOREVER to clean up in post.

Interesting thing...if I input a camcorder DIRECTLY to the TV and watch a tape that way there is NOTHING wrong with the footage/audio.

Any experience with this?

Don Bloom · November 24th, 2010, 03:19 PM

Since you did the right troubleshooting and found the new FW cable helped and by going directly to a TV let me ask what kind of connection you used to connect to the TV? If it wasn't FW and that can not be done I would try to load to another computer with FW. It might be a bad FW port on the computer. Troubleshooting like this is a pain but you are going in the right direction...1 thing at a time until it's solved.

See if you can use someone elses computer even if it's a different NLE just to see if it works. Bring your new FW cable so you keep the chain intact.

HTHs

Kelsey Emuss · November 24th, 2010, 03:23 PM

Thanks Don! I will try to upload with the new firewire to the downstairs computer. When I was eyeballs deep in the problem a few days ago I did use a USB cable on the basement computer to upload out of curiosity and you can well imaing that it was crappy JUST because it was USB.

I am just using and A/V wire for the camera to TV connection.

Asvaldur Kristjansson · November 24th, 2010, 05:37 PM

If nothing else works then I would load the audio in the computer the analog way insted of spending time cleaning it up after using FW.

Kelsey Emuss · November 24th, 2010, 06:09 PM

Good idea. That is WAY more time effective!

Kelsey Emuss · November 25th, 2010, 09:10 AM

Mystery solved! It is a faulty F/W port in the camcorder I use as an uploader. Thanks everyone!

November 24th, 2010, 03:03 PM	#1
Kelsey Emuss Major Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada Posts: 259	Who wants to solve my audio mystery...and be my hero? I'm pulling my hair out. I have a GL2 and use Premiere Pro. I may be "against the grain" but I use my onboard mic for a lot of the coverage. Wireless mic for vows etc but my onboard mic had always done well for me. Recently I uploaded a wedding and the tapes were bad. Audio was crap, tape was choppy etc. All the tapes did this including the one from my second cam so I knew it wasn't the tapes. I swapped out the firewire with an old one and the tapes uploaded fine. The next wedding the EXACT same thing happed but the tapes got worse as I uploaded. I bought a brand new firewire and they uploaded much better. Since then I am noticing that ALL my tapes are uploading with VERY crackly, tinny, vibrational audio. This NEVER used to be a problem. It's taking me FOREVER to clean up in post. Interesting thing...if I input a camcorder DIRECTLY to the TV and watch a tape that way there is NOTHING wrong with the footage/audio. Any experience with this?

November 24th, 2010, 03:19 PM	#2
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	Since you did the right troubleshooting and found the new FW cable helped and by going directly to a TV let me ask what kind of connection you used to connect to the TV? If it wasn't FW and that can not be done I would try to load to another computer with FW. It might be a bad FW port on the computer. Troubleshooting like this is a pain but you are going in the right direction...1 thing at a time until it's solved. See if you can use someone elses computer even if it's a different NLE just to see if it works. Bring your new FW cable so you keep the chain intact. HTHs __________________ What do I know? I'm just a video-O-grafer. Don

November 24th, 2010, 05:37 PM	#4
Asvaldur Kristjansson Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Reykjavik, Iceland Posts: 95	If nothing else works then I would load the audio in the computer the analog way insted of spending time cleaning it up after using FW. __________________ http://akfilm.is

November 24th, 2010, 03:23 PM	#3
Kelsey Emuss Major Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada Posts: 259	Thanks Don! I will try to upload with the new firewire to the downstairs computer. When I was eyeballs deep in the problem a few days ago I did use a USB cable on the basement computer to upload out of curiosity and you can well imaing that it was crappy JUST because it was USB. I am just using and A/V wire for the camera to TV connection.

November 24th, 2010, 06:09 PM	#5
Kelsey Emuss Major Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada Posts: 259	Good idea. That is WAY more time effective!

November 25th, 2010, 09:10 AM	#6
Kelsey Emuss Major Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada Posts: 259	Mystery solved! It is a faulty F/W port in the camcorder I use as an uploader. Thanks everyone!