To All,
This is a great string. I really appreciate everyone's approach and comments. We are here to throw the bones out on the table and pick them apart with passion to constantly improve our work.
As a tangential thought, I don't like the HDV format because the audio is only 384 kbps mpeg 1. There's the video compression too. I thought I had heard that some networks limit the amount of HDV. Perhaps someone can fill in the info about that. Anyway, my dislike and complaints by others have not stopped tens of thousands of people from using HDV professionally.
The conversion of analog to digital audio was a bumpy ride. Golden eared folks complained about the hardness and edge of digital audio. Most of those complaints went away after the shift from 16 to 24-bit recording.
Where are the Canons on this spectrum? Dunno. As mentioned there's A/D conversion and AGC and who knows what else to consider.
Rodney's clip sounds OK on my laptop, and I guess it's been compressed to play on the web. That doesn't help, but it's not necessarily unfair because even broadcast DTV and cable are compressed to some degree. I'd be curious to hear what it would sound like before these compressions. Rodney, was this video shot with the firmware upgrade?
If the 5 and & can be fixed, like the Hubble space telescope, that'd be nice. That Panasonic may already have a piece of gear to replace the 5 and 7 is typical of the "buy the new thing" marketing approach that keeps companies going. The revenue from new gear funds more research to find better looking better sounding even newer gear.
Side thought: I don't know but, perhaps part of the problem is that people have been sending line level to the cameras. That's usually the preferred way to send audio to a camera but that was established back when feeding line level meant the preamp at the input was bypassed. These days, it's much more likely that they just stuck a 40 dB pad in front of the mic preamp.
Has anyone tried sending mic level from a mixer?
Again, nice string folks!
Regards,
Ty Ford
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