Re: Canon XH A1 XLR inputs. Line/Mic options

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In this situation id
1) leave power on for your mic.
2) turn attenuation off. agc is never a nice sound BUT if youre short on experience or will need brainpower elsewhere then it might save your bacon.
3) take a line level poast fader AUX feed from your board/mixer NOT a headphone. this will be hissy as hell.
4) set both inputs to mic level
5) pad down the desk feed to your cmera by putting a 40db before the input. (if youve a radio mic this might allow you to tx the feed and pad it down internally (Senn G3 etc.)
6) WEAR HEADPHONES. CHECK LEVELS, CHECK FEED FROM DESK AND PRESUME THEY WILL GET IT WRONG SO HAVE A PLAN B.

any more questions just ask
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer