I may end up filming the school concert tomorrow - and due to positioning I
want to stand at the back and pick up the audio using a minidisc recorder at
the front. I can either plug the microphone into the mike socket, or put a
little battery power thing on it and run it through the line in jack.

Apart from the slight drain on the battery when using the plug-in power of
the mike alone, is there anything to be gained by going for line in instead?
Is it better quality?

G Hardy wrote:
I may end up filming the school concert tomorrow - and due to positioning I
want to stand at the back and pick up the audio using a minidisc recorder at
the front. I can either plug the microphone into the mike socket, or put a
little battery power thing on it and run it through the line in jack.

Apart from the slight drain on the battery when using the plug-in power of
the mike alone, is there anything to be gained by going for line in instead?
Is it better quality?


I'm not all that patient when it comes to editing this kind of thing -
maybe you are. I've used a mini disk to record the sound and ended up
using the soundtrack from the camera as it took so long to line up the
audio/video.

Couldn't you use an external mike on a long lead to the camera? I've
done that in he past.

Margaret

On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:39:36 GMT, "G Hardy"
wrote:

I may end up filming the school concert tomorrow - and due to positioning I
want to stand at the back and pick up the audio using a minidisc recorder at
the front. I can either plug the microphone into the mike socket, or put a
little battery power thing on it and run it through the line in jack.

Apart from the slight drain on the battery when using the plug-in power of
the mike alone, is there anything to be gained by going for line in instead?
Is it better quality?

Despite external provision of plug-in power, the mic will not deliver
Line level.

Somebody wrote here a while ago that he was using a simple cheap device
producing a single click like sound to sync the sound tracks and it worked
good during editing. I liked this idea and kept it for my further works.
Maybe it can help?

Just D.

"Laurence Payne"

I may end up filming the school concert tomorrow - and due to positioning
I
want to stand at the back and pick up the audio using a minidisc recorder
at
the front. I can either plug the microphone into the mike socket, or put a
little battery power thing on it and run it through the line in jack.

Apart from the slight drain on the battery when using the plug-in power of
the mike alone, is there anything to be gained by going for line in
instead?
Is it better quality?

Despite external provision of plug-in power, the mic will not deliver
Line level.

"Laurence Payne" lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote in message
...
On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:39:36 GMT, "G Hardy"
wrote:

I may end up filming the school concert tomorrow - and due to positioning
I
want to stand at the back and pick up the audio using a minidisc recorder
at
the front. I can either plug the microphone into the mike socket, or put a
little battery power thing on it and run it through the line in jack.

Apart from the slight drain on the battery when using the plug-in power of
the mike alone, is there anything to be gained by going for line in
instead?
Is it better quality?

Despite external provision of plug-in power, the mic will not deliver
Line level.

unless the "little battery power thing" is a pre-amp, of course...

"G Hardy" wrote in message
...
I may end up filming the school concert tomorrow - and due to positioning I
want to stand at the back and pick up the audio using a minidisc recorder
at the front. I can either plug the microphone into the mike socket, or put
a little battery power thing on it and run it through the line in jack.

Apart from the slight drain on the battery when using the plug-in power of
the mike alone, is there anything to be gained by going for line in
instead? Is it better quality?


From me - just one thing to bear in mind... if your mic doesn't have a cable
(i.e. plugs straight into the mic socket) you will pick up the mechanical
noise of the MD'a motor. I bought a such a Sony mic a few years ago for MD
recording. I took it back after it's first use.

If the mic has a suitable cable, this won't be an issue...

Cheers,
Gareth

"Margaret Willmer" wrote in message
...
G Hardy wrote:
I may end up filming the school concert tomorrow - and due to positioning
I want to stand at the back and pick up the audio using a minidisc
recorder at the front. I can either plug the microphone into the mike
socket, or put a little battery power thing on it and run it through the
line in jack.

Apart from the slight drain on the battery when using the plug-in power
of the mike alone, is there anything to be gained by going for line in
instead? Is it better quality?
I'm not all that patient when it comes to editing this kind of thing -
maybe you are. I've used a mini disk to record the sound and ended up
using the soundtrack from the camera as it took so long to line up the
audio/video.

Couldn't you use an external mike on a long lead to the camera? I've done
that in he past.

Thanks, Margaret.

A long lead is out of the question, but I'm always doing multi-cam edits, so
synchronising sound isn't that big a deal.

What software do you use? I'll put together some hints and tips over
Christmas...

"Laurence Payne" lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote in message
...
On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:39:36 GMT, "G Hardy"
wrote:

I may end up filming the school concert tomorrow - and due to positioning
I
want to stand at the back and pick up the audio using a minidisc recorder
at
the front. I can either plug the microphone into the mike socket, or put a
little battery power thing on it and run it through the line in jack.

Apart from the slight drain on the battery when using the plug-in power of
the mike alone, is there anything to be gained by going for line in
instead?
Is it better quality?

Despite external provision of plug-in power, the mic will not deliver
Line level.

Thanks for the reply, Laurence.

To someone whose audio knowledge is extremely lacking - what does that
actually mean in practical terms? In either case, I'll adjust the record
level as best I can.

"Just D" wrote in message
...
Somebody wrote here a while ago that he was using a simple cheap device
producing a single click like sound to sync the sound tracks and it worked
good during editing. I liked this idea and kept it for my further works.
Maybe it can help?

Believe it or not, I do actually have a clapperboard!

)

Sad, eh?

"BlahDiBlah" wrote in message
news:noRdh.47559

unless the "little battery power thing" is a pre-amp, of course...

I don't think it is. It's a little box that's in-line with the mike signal.
It's not much bigger than the AA battery it contains.