Re: Shooting advice

I know this is after the shoot, but non of the above will work using just the camera audio, as I'm sure you found out, using the 7D's. The audio has no control or limiter on camera. You have no monitor.

You should have used an external recorder, such as a Zoom H4n or Zoom R-16 multitrack recorder. Use the feeds mentioned.

If you know how to use ProTools, you can also run a stereo board feed into your laptop for post mixing.

In the future, it's best to have an audio engineer lined up that you can trust to capture good audio. Live bands are challenging, but audio is everything.

Brent Dunn
Owner / Director / Editor
DunnRight Films
DunnRight Video.com
Video Marketing Toolbox.net

Sony EX-1,
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Mac Pro Tower, Quad Core,
with Final Cut Studio

HP i7 Quad laptop
Adobe CS-5 Production Suite