bjbj So what do you do if you re in a situation with a lot of microphones and you need to
get that into your camcorder? Well, this week we re gonna show you how to use a field audio
mixer on tips and tricks. Hi, I m Mark Montgomery for Video Maker. So
we re gonna show you how to use a field audio mixer but before we get into it I just wanted
to show you, here s a studio mixer, we were talking about this last week, and this is
perfect for a studio situation or maybe it s your garage, or you have an audio environment
where it s pretty locked down, but what if you want to go mobile or you re out in the
field and you re not sure how many mics you re gonna need? Well you re gonna want the
flexibility of a field audio mixer and here s one right here by Sign Video. This is the
ENG 44. It s got four-channel input and it goes out stereo to your camcorder. So let
s jump right into it and talk about how we re actually gonna use this with your camcorder.
First step, you re gonna want to make sure that you set your levels for both devices.
What that means is on this particular device we have a tone switch, and I flip that switch
on and it sends a tone to my camcorder and what I will do is set the tone to zero dB
here on my mixer and then match that, set the audio levels on my camcorder to zero dB
and actually I ll set the camcorder levels just a little bit shorter short to give me
some headroom. And what that does, it ensures that when I m actually recording audio out
in the field and I see something peaking near zero it ensures that that s also peaking near
zero on my camcorder and that way I know what I see is what I m getting on the camcorder
and what I m hearing is what I m getting as well. So that s the first thing to do is set
your levels between your field mixer and your camcorder. Now what if you don t have a tone
button? Some audio mixers don t have a tone switch that ll pass tone to your camcorder.
Second tip here, if you don t have a tone switch you can eyeball it. That means get
somebody on a microphone saying the alphabet and set your level so it s just below zero
decibels on your field mixer and then set up your levels on your camcorder so it s just
below zero decibels. You re gonna have to monitor those peeks really closely and eyeball
it as close as you can get. It ll get you in the ballpark but it certainly isn t as
precise as a tone switch. Now that we showed you how to set your audio levels with tone
and how to eyeball it let s actually show you what to do with this device now. The most
important tip we can share with you right now is to monitor your audio. Always do that,
right? And of course you ve got your headphones and you re gonna use them and listen to your
audio but what s nice about a field mixer is that you can actually watch them and as
you can see my levels are actually moving up and down here on this display. So you not
only get to listen to the quality of the sound, you also get to see the intensity of the sound
coming into the mixer and what s also great about a field mixer is you ve got multiple
input. So I m just plugged in one microphone here in this situation but I could have three
more microphones in use here and each channel, each microphone channel has a gain so I can
move up and down my volume levels or anybody else s independently. I can also force each
mic channel into a stereo channel. So for example I could have my mic on stereo left
and somebody else s mic on stereo right, or I can take a channel and duplicate them in
both left and right stereo. That gives you more flexibility and post when you re editing
your audio. So all these things make a great tool for capturing the best, most precise
audio in the field. Let s take a look at those tips one more time. Make sure to set your
audio levels with the tone switch to get the most precise audio. If you can t do that,
eyeball it, monitor the piques and do the best you can, and the most important tip,
always monitor your audio and not only on the headphones but use the VU meter on your
field mixer as well. All those tips should help you get the best audio out in the field.
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use a field h audio mixer on tips and tricks. Hi, I m Mark Montgomery for Video Maker. So
we gonna show you how to use a field audio mixer but before we get into it I just wanted
to show you, here s a studio mixer, we were talking about this last week, and this is
perfect for a studio situation or y maybe it s your garage, or you have an audio envir
onment where it s pretty locked down, but what if you want to go mobile or you re out
in the field and you re not sure how o many mics you re gonna need? Well you re gonna
want the flexibility of a field audio mixer and here s one right here by Sign Videoe This
is the EN G 44. It s got four channel input and it goes out stereo to your camcorder.
So let s jump right into it and talk about how we re actually gonna use r this with your
camcorder. First step, you re gonna want to make sure that you set your lev els for both
devices. What that means is on this particular device we have a tone switch, and I flip that
switch y on and it sends a tone to my camcorder and what I will do is set the tone to zero
dB here on my mixer and then match that, set the audio level s on my camcorder zero dB
and actually I ll set the camcorder levels just a little bit shorter e short to give
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your levels between your field mix er and your camcorder. Now what if you don t have
a tone button? Some audio mixers don t have a tone switch that ll pass tone to your camcorder.
Second tip here, if you don t have a tone switch you s can eyeball it. That means get
somebody on a microphon e saying the alphabet and set your level so it s just below zero
decibels on your field mixer and then set up your levels on your camcorder so it s just
below zero decibels. You re gonna have to monitor those peeks really closely and eyeball
it as close a s you can get. It ll get you in the ballpark but it certainly isn t as
precise as a tone switch. Now that we showed you how to set your audio levels with t one
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