From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Audio
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Microphone preamps
Rich Harrington: So we have established that you can get good audio by using an external mic like a Shotgun--okay, audio--barely passable audio using the built-in for reference purposes. But sometimes you want to plug in external mics. Now we're going to explore different mic types on an upcoming episode, but today let's talk about pre-amps. The idea of getting audio from an external mic right into the camera. Robbie Carman: Yeah, and I'd actually even throw in the idea, not just of a pre-amp, but also of a dedicated mixer itself. Now you can see here I have a little portable field mixer by Sound Devices. And this guy is kind of neat, because I can plug in XLR, I can plug in a whole bunch of different things, I can control my level directly on it. Rich: Runs out on battery power so you're portable. Robbie: Right, and the beauty about this is that I can plug in professional level condenser mics, dynamic mics, whatever it may be, and I can actually feed this signal directly to my…
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