Canon XL2 Ch 1 & Ch 2 external microphones
I've come across a problem with the Canon XL2. I wanted to get channel 1 through the front microphone and channel 2 into a wireless microphone in order to record the speeches at the podium and at the same time recording the audiences and other ambient noise.
The problem aroused in the XL2 when you can only choose the stereo front microphone which captures both channel 1 and 2. If you select the rear, you only capture channel 1 and 2 but no audio coming in from the front microphone. I was very disappointed and started to do some research to see if it was possible to by-pass this channel problem.
The first solution is to have the correct hardware installed in your computer to capture all 4 channels of audio. Another solution was the purchase an adapter and plug it into the front microphone and connect it into channel 1 in the rear XLR inputs. The final solution (which I chose) was to purchase another microphone and use a short XLR cable and connect it to the rear. This way if you which the switch to the rear position, and plug the front microphone to the channel 1 input and channel 2 for the wireless microphone, you will get audio on channel 1 and 2 the way you want.
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posted by Azure Production @ 5:59 PM
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