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Soundboard>mini dv camera.?
I am shooting (videoing) a wedding this Sunday. I want to take an XLR feed from the soundboard and run it to the 1/8" Male Xlr mini jack on my camera. What kind of cable/connector/adapter would I need to do this. It has been a while since I have used a soundboard so i forget if the output is via a male or female port. ThanksWhere can I find a relatively cheap digital recorder with a 1/4" or a 1/8" line in?
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Just plug the thingy into the other thingy.
That will basically work…I would just use a guitar cable and a mono 1/4″ jack to 1/8″ plug adapter between the headphone jack on your amp and the mono mic input on your computer. The headphone jack on your amp is made to accept a stereo headphone plug, but the output is mono anyway. A mono guitar cord plug will make contact with one of the outputs and will work just fine.http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Shack-274-047-1-4-Mono-to-1-8-Mono_W0QQitemZ200203741452QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0The above setup will work fine for recording single tracks. Multi-track recording would generally require a pro style sound card or interface that uses ASIO drivers. Otherwise, you’ll have problems with latency (time delay). For around $70.00 you could get the guitar recording interface from Line 6 that comes with a pro mic input, software amp models, effects, etc… and uses ASIO drivers for multi-tracking.http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product?sku=249700XAudacity is good freeware for recording, editing and adding effects.http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Is it plugged into a guitar amp?They usually don’t work well with mics. My friend’s band uses a guitar amp for vocals sometimes for practice. They place the amp in front of the band to one side and the singer has to stand at the back of the room off to the other side to avoid feedback.You never want to have a mic aiming at a monitor or cabinet. You’ll always get feedback. If your amp has gain and master level controls… keep the gain down as low as possible and use the master to increase the volume.For live vocals… a PA system, a good mic designed for live vocals and an EQ / feedback eliminator is the way to go. A delay or multi-effects for vocals is nice to have too…There are some pretty affordable PA sets out there now. Adequate for amplifying only vocals or a couple musicians at a small bar or coffee shop. For a loud rock band you really need something HUGE though…http://www.zzounds.com/cat–2756http://www.musiciansfriend.com/navigation/packaged-pa-systems-live-sound?N=100001%2b305335&Ns=P_Price%7c0&page=1
Use the one that make sound only on one channel. Go to radio shack and buy a RCA splitter cable:http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102978Connect the female end to the good output connector on your adapter and the female ends to the right and left inputs.
You’ll have to get a converter/transformer, or a special type of Direct Box to step the balanced signal down to an unbalanced 1/4″ and then get a 1/4″ to 1/8″ jack. If your lucky, you can get all those at a Radioshack, but the transformers aren’t always easy to find. I’ve never seen one, but you may find a converter that goes straight from XLR to 1/8″ unbalanced.If your more lucky, you shouldn’t have to run from XLR on the board, since RCA and 1/4″ outputs are common on them. But I’m guessing that you’re using the XLR out because you won’t be close to the board, and have to rely on a long cable run. However, all those connections “can” produce electrical artifacts that may interfere with the signal.Also going into a 1/8″ jack on most camcorders means that the camcorder uses AGC (automatic gain control). If you can’t override it, try if you can, to get as much practice before hand recording and getting the audio level correct, becuase the camera’s AGC can create a lot of unwanted hiss, distortion, or audio that sounds like someone is jerking the volume dial up and down.When I shot weddings, I used a Minidisc Recorder to capture the audio, which allowed me more freedom on camcorder placement. As long as I tested the levels first, my audio feeds were impeccable. It also allowed me to control the ambience of the final soundtrack, since I could mix between a direct feed and what the camera’s mic picked up, and therefore getting the audio similar to what it really sounded like.Redundancy is always a good policy on a live shoot, since anything can go wrong at the last minute. If you have a recorder that is digital, or keeps time code like a VCR, it never hurts to use them as backups. Unless the board is very limited on outputs, you may want to consider hooking up a secondary recording device. Most people don’t have digital recorders, but VCR tape works great. Just don’t use audio cassette, since syncing it with video is a nightmare.