MLiebergot
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Oct 9, 2007, 10:05 AM
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Re: [szerangue] Audio clip from this weekends wedding using the Edirol R09
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I think so too, that Edirol is amazing and so easy to use... I have a question for you Mark.
In our events I usually have my assistant setup the audio. In last weekends event I think he positioned the microphone a little too close to the speaker and the audio sounded a little hot but not peaking. He had the unit set to Automatic Gain Control (AGC on) Is it wise to use AGC? His theory is that we usually cannot monitor the sound for some events until after our cameras are positioned and we are filming (such as a ceremony) and there is no way to monitor the audio input. Therefore the says AGC is wise to use... I agreed but wanted your opinion on that. I would recommend against AGC on most recorders. The reason being that the noise floor will have a tendancy to pump up and down.
When I use my R09 to mic PA stacks, I set the preamp to low for very loud situations or leave it as be and set my recoding levels arounf 12-18 on the unit. The R09 has pretty decent pre amps in it so I haven't had much clipping with this setup. I normally use either my Rode NT3 mic or AT822 stereo mic (normally) to record into the R09. I just like the sound of those external mics better than the onboard R09 mics. Personal preference.
Lately I have been using my R09 plugged into the soundboard and my new Zoom H2 in dual 2CH stereo mode to record the PA stack in the front of the unit and the crowd audio in from the backside of the unit. I have been very happy thus far with this setup. For my shoot this Sunday, I had the H2 and wireles handheld (sent to my camera) on a mic stand micing the PA stack. And the R09 taking the board feed from the DJ. All in all, I got 3 great audio sources to work with. Overkill for most, but nice peace of mind for myself.
Also, just so you know, you can take a wireless feed fom your R09's headphone out port and send that to one of your cmaeras for backup monitoable audio. just make sure that you pad the signal going into your wireless transmitter, as it will be a hot line signal.
Michael
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