Re: Portable audio recorder w/ xlr, phantom, 0 latency ?

Most of those look like studio equipment. I'm looking for a small portable unit to connect on or near a camera.

My issue just came up with the delivery of a Canon 5d Mark ii. I currently have 2 camcorders. 1 with xlr inputs and one with 1/8".

On the 1/8" I have been using a Beachtek DXA-6. However on the new camera d5 mkii there is are no settings that gives appropriate audio.

On the Canon, I'm not sure I'm even going to use the camera audio via 1/8" jack. However, I need to experiment. I did get reasonable sound off a Rode NT3 using a 9 volt battery for phantom power. Also, wire lav mics worked.

My Sen 416, needs phantom power. Crap with the beachtek on this camera.

The beachtek didn't work with anything. Canon gives no control or settings on the audio input. The best sound I got was from a Zune playing music with the output about 1/2 way up.

I got to thinking that if I could use a portable recorder with 0 latency, I could take the output from the headphone jack (I know not the best) but it might give me something, then I'd also have the portable audio that would be easy to line up with the video/audio from the Canon in post and use that if I have problems with what the camera audio (which I'm assuming may be frequently.

My other alternative is to buy a power adapter around $50 to supply the Sen 416 with phantom power or drop $350 or more on a entry level boom mic.

I'm mainly looking for something to have on the camera for quick work. When I have time to set up, this camera will be the B cam and I can more often than not use the audio from the first camera, but I'm still going to want some kind of audio for this camera as backup and walk around shooting. Heck, I might even try the Rode Videomic.