Re: Audio pd150 and dvx100b

-As for the DVX... should I always shoot for a little bit of red.. no more than one bar of red ?-

As with any format you want to protect from clipping the signal, so a touch of red is fine depending on what you are doing. Like a sit down interview, you can run it a little lower on more unpredictable thing like shooting b-roll, being digital it is very clean and you can always bring it up, but once it is distorted it cannot be fixed.

-The ALC.. is it GOOD? Is -50 the setting I should use? What is that equivalent to on the pd 150.......? -12db ?-

I think the ALC is good and I use it, it is only a limiter and it only kicks in when the signal reaches a point that it would start to distort. The -50/-60 adjusts the input sensitivity to the mic input, so it just depend on your mic and you situation. I would think a hotter mic like the K6 you would want at -50. But if you are in a room where everyone is whispering vs. a loud basketball arena you can adjust accordingly.

Thanks for the insigt and anymore audi info you are willing to part with...

-I will be using the Sennheiser ME66/K6 and AG-MC100G.. do you think that is better than using the on board as one of the mics?-
It is definitely better to use an external mic, the internals are terrible.
Aron