![]() ![]() It’s nice to record audio with the camera when possible just to eliminate sync issues.You can see in the photo above a mini cable coming out of the Zoom H4n into the camera - that's simply a back-up to record audio on both the Zoom and the camera. But on a good day, it could work, although now there is time added to post-production to synchronize audio to the video. The computer will likely add latency to headphone monitoring, its fan may add noise to the room, it’s another piece of gear to haul around, and it might lose the recording because Windows Updates rebooted during the shoot. If you just meant connect a Rode Go receiver to a laptop instead of the camera, then yes, there is potential in that. The protocol is not designed for professional use and customers would inevitably complain about reliability. This is why newer cameras don’t offer connections to Bluetooth mics. These are a few of many reasons that the Rode Wireless Go and other such radio lavaliers use proprietary protocols. The preamp situation is one of the big reasons I use Panasonic.Ĭonnect your smartphone, desktop, or laptop with the lavalier mic by Bluetoothĭoes anyone even sell such an adapter? The Bluetooth protocol itself has too much latency for real-time audio capture synced with video, and does not recover gracefully enough from lost packets or dropped connections. ![]() Check the preamp shootouts on DPReview for demonstrations. Some super-recent Nikon and Olympus cameras sound pretty good too. The only cameras with great preamps are recent Canon cameras and pretty much all Panasonic cameras because Panasonic actually makes it a point to specialize in video. They expect customers to buy an external preamp if they care that much about audio, hence the abundance of products I listed above. DSLRs specialize in photography, not audio, so manufacturers have a long history of going cheap on preamp parts (meaning low gain and lots of hiss). Using an external mic is radically better but usually still short of amazing because most DSLRs have terrible sounding preamps. Omni mics pick up too much echo and have poor bass response even at arms-length vlogging distance. On-board omni mics never sound anywhere near as good as dedicated up-close mics, no matter how quiet the room. The audio quality of my DSLR is extremely nice when you are in a quiet place. It just depends on how many channels you want, or how much portability you need, whether redundant writing to dual SD cards with hot-swappable batteries is necessary for reliability, or how much you’re willing to spend. Really, any of the Zoom recorders work well, or stuff from Sound Devices if you really want to spend big bucks. Zoom H4n Pro 4-Input / 4-Track Portable Handy H4N PRO BLACK B&H The next items work the same way too, but also have internal recording to SD cards which makes an excellent backup solution in case audio clips in the camera: All you have to do is watch the level meters on the camera to make sure they don’t clip:īeachtek DXA-MICRO-PRO Active XLR Compact Adapter DXA-MICRO PRO Since you’re looking at an equipment purchase one way or the other, I might recommend monitoring audio in front of the camera instead of after it in the signal chain.įor instance, this is a sweet 2-channel preamp that gives you clean gain for many types of mics and lets you monitor audio before handing it off to your camera. If you want to be mobile, it’s a big issue. They’re all designed for wall-wart power supplies rather than USB power banks. Problem #3 with extractors is portable power. The extractor I listed above actually does pass audio, but many do not, so verify before buying. A lot of HDMI audio extractors actually “extract” the audio from the stream, meaning they remove it and don’t pass the audio on to the next device. ![]() Or just monitor direct from the external recorder if you’re using one.Ītomos Ninja V 5" 4K HDMI Recording Monitor ATOMNJAV01 B&H Photo An external recorder like a Ninja V would need to be daisy chained with the HDMI audio extractor. If your camera falls into this category, then HDMI audio monitoring will wipe out your internal recording. The first is that some DSLRs can’t record internally and send video out of the HDMI port at the same time. Maybe the adapter had RCA for audio too, but that doesn’t help for headphone monitoring.Ī direct replacement for that adapter might be an HDMI audio extractor like this:Ī-Neuvideo 4K HDMI 18Gb/s Audio Extractor ANI-7.1CH4K B&H Photoīut there are three caveats with HDMI extractors (not counting their unwieldy bulk and cable mess). What I can say is that HDMI to VGA won’t do anything for audio because VGA doesn’t carry audio. ![]() There was no link supplied to the YouTube video, so I’m not sure what setup that person had. ![]()
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