Re: Mono channels 'cancelling' each other out when I record with an external mic

Thanks for for helping me out guys-

So I had a mini breakthrough when I reflected on the last thing you said Peter, to take one channel and pan it in the center...

I had heard that before, and was about to say how it's weird that each audio signal I get comes in panned in the center already, so when I delete one everything sounds fine. DUH! I panned each from -1 to 1, and now the signal is a lot clearer and sounds like when I recorded it.

However, that does not solve everything. Some of the audio I get sounds fine the way it's imported on both tracks, while at other points of the recording it suddenly goes back into the 'signal cancellation' sound, where everything is fuzzy and distant sounding. Also, the audio still sounds better with one track panned in the middle than two at each end.

Ty, the GL2 offers no phantom power to microphones. On the other hand, I think this is on the right track:

"More likely, what's going on is that the connectors are not wired properly to bridge a mono mic to two inputs."

However, I don't quite understand what this means:

"To do that, the #2 pin of the female XLR needs to be connected to both the tip and the ring of the 1/8" TRS plug that goes into the camera. That way, both inputs get fed the same signal properly."

Are you basically saying I have a faulty xlr to mini cable? That could definitely be the problem, since this has only been happening since I started using that cable.

Also, is FCP importing my audio tracks correctly? When I record with a mono mic on L/R, should it come in as 2 tracks, each panned to the center?