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Sound is one of the most important aspects of video production. This video demonstrates how to connect 2 mics or audio inputs to a camera that has 2 XLR inputs. I use a Canon XA series camera to show how to mix and match mics for optimal sound. Incidentally, while recording the camera with my lav. mic cut out, so you can hear the audio change as different types of mics are used. The video is designed for the beginner to understand how to get better audio from a camera.
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From Kenya...you have really helped me...ohh 😅😅 i had nearly given up on my camera untill i found this settings for stereo audio. 😊Thank you God Bless you.
We struggle alot with sound in our church but thank God u help us now, we have more understanding about sound
You have saved m Audio Life !! I just bought a Canon xa20 after much research . I really love everything about the xa20 for news gathering (run & gun) shooting. Your video here has told me more about the audio capabilities of the xa series camera than the Canon Manual ! Thanks
I like your style. You get straight into it wthout all the egotistical banter you get from so many other explainers..
OMG, I have watched so many videos about sound and finally, you helped me. Thank you. I did not even know I could adjust the sound on the camera for the individual mics.......thank, thank yu
You're a very good teacher.
Very good video.. Explains almost everything with audio settings.
Very helpful and great explanations. Thank you so much for the clear and easy to follow video.
Thank you very much for this!
Thank you so much Sterling! I had a XH-A1S before and only bought the XA30, because the new laptops don't have a fireware to transfer from HDV tape. Miss the manual controls of my XH so much! I had no problems using the internal MIC and my oldie-but-still-goodie MK-66 Sennheiser (about 20 years old and used very frequently!), but never succeeded to get my new Rode NTG-1 working on the XA-30. Your tutorial is very helpful!
Very good job
Great content. Thanks
Thanks, got the xa50, was a bit confused on the channels. Though the hissing is another issue pre-editing.
Thank you for your video. All my questions had been answered!
Is there any way to route the internal mic to both channels?
Do you know how to do this wirelessly? With a wireless lapel mic to a camcorder through a soundboard please? Thank you.
Great Tutorial
Nice. Thanks
Thanks man.. this is great!! the manual is very confusing.. I understand the audio setup much better with your demonstrations.. I'm new to video.. I primarily shoot stills.. but looking to start doing .. I have the canon XA11.. love itvideo
Thanks very helful
Thanks for sharing...can you help me please...
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im always struggling when I increase the amount of sound...there is a noise, sound like "heissssss"..it is possible to remove that noise?
So awesome! I have a shotgun mic and wireless lav mics with 3.5. If at an event and I can't get to the mixer I assume internal mic is best. I assume my NT2 is best use with a one person interview. I may have answered my own question in regards to when to use what but why two xlrs and and one 3.5? The reason I ask is for shooting two person interviews with my wires mics. If I had two 3.5's I could record both people into one camera. My question, best way to maximize a two person interview. I guess I could use an xlr microphone to pass around in combination with built in.
what about using a 1/4" TSR from a sound board TO THE HANDLE?
any advice on how to get rid of “hissing” or static sounding noise that happens when using an xlr mic?
Is it possible to use 3 mics with this canon Xa20?
@Sterling Miller I will be shooting a Christmas program at a church with 2 of my pro-line Camcorders. I will be using a Panasonic DVX100a and a Sony PD-170. I'm planning on mounting the Sony on a tripod because I have a wide angle lense for it to get Max coverage. I'll be using the Panasonic as a run and gun and both cameras have shotgun mics attached to them. The church has a soundboard and I plan on using XLR to Jack into the soundboard. Should I use the shotgun mic on the Sony in conjunction with the soundboard or would I be overloading the camera with audio? Also, what are your thoughts on using the shotgun mic and the built in mic together on the run and gun Panasonic ? Should I just use the shotgun mic?
If you are streaming live, I would get the audio straight from the board and possibly one of the camera mics (for audience sound like clapping)
If you are recording and going back to edit I would check to see if your camcorders record to separate channels-- I looked up Sony PD-170 it says that it records two channels I didn't see info on the Panasonic but I think it does 2 channels as well. So shotgun mic record to 1 channel on Sony and soundboard record to other channel would be a good combo.
If Panasonic does record two channels do one channel shotgun and one channel built in. Then when you are editing you can choose which channel sounds best-- if it only records to one channel do shotgun as it will produce better sound than on board mics and won't pick up every bump or camera zoom sound.
After you record look up multi-camera editing and you can sync up the videos to make editing a lot easier. Multi camera is available in major editors like Premiere pro CC, Final Cut, or Vegas.
Good luck with the project.
@@sterlingteaches thank you so much for your prompt response and I will take all that advice and put it to use. I will be recording and then editing in post.
You’re the best !
You are a life saver! i have an xa30 and you can't imagine how i have struggled to record sound on it. I only use a rode shotgun mic on it, i never knew you can combine with the onboard mic and have two different tracks. Thanks a million! I have learned a lot in 30 min than all the time i spent trying to understand what the manual was saying. I have searched som many times for some goo tutorials on how to set up sound on these cameras, nothing compares to your detailed explanation, fantastic job.
If i may ask, the only time you can combine the onboard mic is when you have an xlr connected, or can you use it together with a MIC in?
Ditto on this video, I have a Canon XF-305 and this video has saved the day.
hi i recorded without sound on my xa11 canon, is it possible to recover sound
Absolutely AWESOME instruction. Thank you...
Thanks for the video and helpful instructions.I have just obtained a XA30 for doing music gigs etc. Is it possable to get a custom mic set up on the internal mic, and a shotgun on other chanel as the AGC on the internal mic (auto) is quite aggressive and not a lot of light and shade on the audio levels. Or only a custom set up on internal mic and use say a Zoom H1 and mix/sync in post.
Yes, see page 81, 82 of the manual gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/6/0300023666/01/xa30-35-im2-p-en.pdf You can plug in a shotgun in xlr input 1 and then plug in a different mic/audio source using a 3.5mm into the mic on the body of the camera. In the menu I can't remember where right now, you set input 1 to be channel 1 and input to to be internal mic, but if you have the 3.5mm plugged in it will use that instead of the internal mics. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the prompt reply. I will try pluging in a shotgun in xlr input 1 and a wireless receiver into the 3.5 input, with sender connected to Zoom H1, as sometimes in small venues where the camera shoots from, is not ideal for the audio. It appears that when the xa30 is set up useing "custom" audio for the internal mics only, when you change to use xlr shotgun input 1 and channel 2 for internal mic (page 88) , the internal mic reverts to auto level. ( My fault, should have read the notes on page 89 ! ie For INTMIC setting, Built-in mic/MIC channel 2, audio scene sets to STD Standard: meaning AGC level) so maybe will try a custom audio set up on internal mic and use a recording thats recorded on manual on a seperate external Zoom H1, and mix/sync in post, which keeps all audio tracks on manual levels.
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Great video, finally figured out how to get stern sound went using a shotgun with XLR..question..can you put in 2 Mics with XLR and get both of them in stereo sound? Or does this require more?.....If this is not possible...can the 3,5 jack cable recording in stereo sumiltanously with the XLR in stereo? kind regards and love this video!!
Hey there! Is there a way to record two XLR inputs with both inputs recording in both channels. I'm recording but one mic is in the left channel and one is in the right channel. Please help!!
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Hello mr. Miller, i bought the canon xa10 some months ago, and no setting i tried has worked for bouth xlr inputs. Is it possible that the xa10 doesnt work with 2 channel xlr audio inputs same time?
I haven’t had that model camera in a while. On page 75 of the manual gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/4/0300004844/03/xa10-im3-n-en.pdf#page74 it says how to change the setting, you should be able to set it that way. Check out the manual. Pg 75.
Hi! My school bought the same camera for recording teachers' lessons. Video quality is superb but the built-in mic, not that good. I recntly bought a BOYA BY-MM1 Universal Cardioid Microphone to work with my android phone. I used the cable meant to connect it to the canon camcorder via the mic input but it doesn't work! Would appreciate your advice on this. Perhaps its a hardware issue? If so, can you point me to what kind of mics + cables I should get for lesson recordings taken from the back of class, about 5 m away from subject.
I recommend getting a powered mic for the sound to come out well--I have not had success with non-powered mics. You can get a mic that runs off a battery or if the camera has the handle with the sound inputs you can use Phantom power to ower the mic. I use an shotgun mic plugged into the xlr input of the camera and the mic gets power from the +48v button. www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1348543-REG/azden_sgm_250cx_shotgun_microphone.html Here's one that uses a battery for power: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/444022-REG/Azden_SMX_10_SMX_10_Stereo_Microphone.html I haven't tried that one, but seems like a good one. I also use these wireless mics for recording teachers www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1485363-REG/audio_technica_u851rb_cardioid_boundary_mic_black.html I give the teacher the lavalier mic to clip on. My go-to mic for recording a teacher is the shotgun first mentioned in this post. I can stand at the back of the room and point the camera at the teacher and get good sound. It costs more than the Boya mic, but if it is in the price range a powered Shotgun mic (either phantom power--better or Battery powered-still good) are my recommendation.
@@sterlingteaches Thank you for the invaluable sharing and advice! Much appreciated!
Hi, I am connecting an audio source (music from a sound desk) via the 3.5mm mic input jack.
By setting the input levels as recommended in the manual (-18db) the volume through my headphones is way too low to monitor.
I have the headphones volume on max but when I adjust the input volume it also alters my headphone level.
Is there a way to stop this and have my headphones level much higher without raising my input levels?
Thanks.
Can you use a non-powered mixer?
Great job.
Sterling:
In your opinion, would it be possible to set up 3 external mics on a 2 Channel input Camcorder?
1 mic for left, 2nd mic for right, and a third tapped into one of the two, for center channel?
The idea is to capture a stage show in stereo, with a 3rd mic, to capture center. (Without using a mixer)
Without using a mixer, I don't think it would work. As far as I know the cameras only have 2 inputs and 2 channels. Unless your specific camera has a way to bring in 3 audio channels.
i have an xa 11 and vid pro wireless mics and when i press record on the camera i hear a beeping noise that is in cadence with the red record flashing light, can you help? do i have it hooked up wrong? i have it hooked up to input 2 with an xlr plug not the out cable that you used.
That is a new issue to me. I don't have experience with that so I can't really offer a solution. My only recommendations are to try different xlr cables and try the input 1. If that doesn't work you might contact the manufacturer of the mic/ camera to see if they have a solution.
what kind of wireless microphone are you using?
Hello. I have a XA10 and want to use the Line input to record the audio directly from the mixerboard. But even if max the aux output volume. I have not more can -20/-15db. Is there any way to higher the sensitivity?
I haven't used line in for a very long time and don't remember all the settings. I recommend checking the manual starting on page 73. gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/4/0300004844/03/xa10-im3-n-en.pdf
I am very interested in the wireless micro-phone.. what is the name and model and what is the range?
This is the wireless mic. It says it has a 250' range but we typically don't go more than 75 feet'. www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3659-REG/Azden_WMS_PRO_WMS_PRO_VHF_Wireless_Lavalier.html/overview
Thank you so much..timely help this video..
what about a behringer x 32? what port do I plug the cable into?
thank you sir
thank you!
Hello Sterling,
I’m using an xa30 getting sound from a mixer for church services , I want to know how to mix the input 1( the mixer) with the internal microphone to get the audicience noise as well and hear it on both headphones while I recording.
I want to know how to do it on the camera because we might me streaming , and I can’t find it on the camera’s manual
Check on the bottom of page 88. gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/6/0300023666/01/xa30-35-im2-p-en.pdf you tap on the Function button on the screen then camera icon scroll to the bottom where it says audio 2 and choose that and change it to internal.
Thanks a lot for the reply , I will try that
I need to connect a Mackie mixer to a Canon XA 10. Is there any advantage to using the XLR sockets? Thanks for the video, it's helpful.
I like XLR because I have the fewest issues using them. Anoter way is to use RCA from the rec out but according to this article XLR can go greater distances: www.audioaffair.co.uk/blog/xlr-vs-rca-interconnects-is-there-a-difference/
Typically the XLR cables are balanced cables , but the 1/4" may or may not be. www.sweetwater.com/forums/showthread.php?34238-XLR-vs-1-4-balanced
I like XLR because I have better XLR cables than other cables and I can control the audio easier using the buttons on the handle and I can go longer runs. The cables seem to do better for us. If you have a local music store you might stop in and ask them to explain the difference further, they probably sell both kinds.
Hope that helps.
Sterling Teaches That's great thank you. ☺
I plugged my camera into a Presonus sound mixer via a 1/4" into the aux channel I had my selected mix through. However, I am only getting audio as a mono output. How can I get this stereo without putting it into post production. It is for livestream purposes.
There are a couple of variables to look at. 1) is your mixer sending out stereo or mono audio? 2) If it is sending out stereo make sure that your 1/4 cable is a stereo cable it will have two black lines on the metal tips. 3) your camera may have a built in feature to switch mono to dual mono or stereo--check your user manual--google your camera model and manual and you should find it online. The camera I show here allows audio to be recored to both tracks if it is input through the xlr channel one if you have that camera model (See page 89 of thisgdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/4/0300021494/02/xa30-35-im2-n-en.pdf ) I think looking through your camera's manual will be your best resource.
uy buen vídeo,gracias, un saludo.
I do not have a red mic input on my canon hf r 300 but I do have a mic input on it will this work if not my plan is to run an hdmi cable from my camera into an audio inserter into an hdmi splitter to go to TVs.
Yes, that should work. The color just changed, but it is still a mic input.
Ntg4 + and XA30 doesn't seem to be working together. What could the issue be? All the settings seem to be correct
Thanks for the tutorial. I am getting a lot of hissing notice when I attach external microphones to my canon XA30. Can you please advice what settings should I use to reduce the background noise
I can't recommend a specific setting to reduce background noise. I usually set the audio input to manual and then I lower the volume so that no background noise is there when no one is talking. You could also try changing the cable that you have the mic plugged into. I recommend using a balanced cable, www.sweetwater.com/insync/cable-buying-guide/ some of my cheap xlr cables are not balanced and have caused issues for me in the past.
@@sterlingteaches Does Every digital camera have Surround 5.1 & 7.1 Maximum Quality Left and Right and a Equalizer?.
Hi Sterling, can you help me, please? I have a xa-11 purchased 6 months ago, for a very important piece of work, and I never get to the work, because I never resolved the audio issue. I don't get audio. Is something in the setting that does not work. I tested the microphone it is a comico-..lite , I tested the headphone...they work while tested on other devices. I can listen to music on youtube with the headphone, I can record impeccably with the microphone and i-phone... I am not getting anywhere with the camera.
I cannot see the sound indicator on the lcd screen for the external microphone. Rarely it may move a line or 2, but most times it is no motion
I can see the indicator for the built-in mic but we know that that is not enough of a quality to make a show. The xa11 does not have a switch on the handle to select 'external' for an external microphone. Maybe I didn't find that somewhere on the digital screen...? I really don't know what to do. I tried everything but something I am not getting there. Thank you for your help
I recommend reading through the manual, www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/camcorders/professional/xa11/xa11?tab=manuals
Page 72 talks about connecting external microphones. If your mic has 3.5mm jack you might want to have the input terminal on the camera set to off when you plug it into the mic port. You can also take off the handle and try the mic without it. If your mic has XLR connection read the pages after 72 and experiment with the settings listed.
cool thanks
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Is there a way to use wireless earphones for xa20?
I don't have wireless, so I don't know I have never tried it. I don't think it has the capability built in though.
"The manual that came with the book"? 5:54 what?
i recorded the function on my canon HD XA11 while the microphone was off, how can i recover the sound for this important function, pls help me
Unfortunately if you recorded with the microphone off, it it didn't record sound. It can't be recovered. Sorry.
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Dang... i came here for 1 thing only and He specifically said we will not discuss this on this Video 😂 unlucky me.
I plug an xlr cable from mixer to the 1 input on camera and people only hear on one side of the headphone.
If anyone knows the answer please let me know
I hear the scratches it tickles
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