martinkings Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hi, I'm using a canon xl1s, and want to know how I would record from 2 different mikes to the same tape. Essentially the directional mike is very good, and doesn't pick up someone stood at the side of the camera and I need both sound sources picked up, so I'm hoping it's easy to do this. Do all I need to do is but a mike with an RCA jack and stick it into the Audio 2 inputs? Can someone help me out with this. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Langfeld Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I've no idea about how to solve your problem, but surely experimenting for yourself to find out what works would be a good first step? Maybe a dash of manual reading too for good measure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclesteve Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hi Martin, a quick Google threw this up : http://www.temple.edu/fma/referencelibrary/index.htm About halfway down the page you can download the user manual and pages 36 -37 show you how to set up for 2 channel recording. Hope this helps ! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinkings Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 I've read the manual - and what I wrote about a 2nd RCA mike looks correct, I was just hoping someone would confirm this b4 I went out tomorrow and bought one as I don't have any mikes with these type of connectors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclesteve Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hi again Martin, what mics have you got ? A simple adaptor would change the connection on yours to rca jacks and would be a lot cheaper than buying a new mic. Do you have a maplins nearby ? Just a suggestion Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinkings Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 I think we only have XLR connections on the mikes - there's a maplins close by, can you easily get convertors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Langfeld Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 This took me about 10 seconds to find by searching the maplins site for "XLR RCA" - fancy that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinkings Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 fair enough - but why does my RCA input on the camcorder have 2 inputs and the thing from maplin only has 1 output? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Langfeld Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Stereo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinkings Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 So, using that converter, I would only get mono input? Is that going to be an issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Langfeld Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Er, you've got a mono microphone, I'm guessing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinkings Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 oh - okay. Will go and try it out tomorrow, thnx for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmatthill Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Will the RCA phonos be Line level or mic level ?? <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Langfeld Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Probably line level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 There are (or at least were) shoulder mount adapters for the XL1s which gives you up to four XLR inputs that will accept line or mic level. By far the easiest way of working with that camera. I'm not convinced (although I stand to be corrected) that the phono inputs will accept a mic level input. It's been a couple of years since I used that camera but I can dig it out & experiment on it if you've got any particular questions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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