Audio Disaster at Live Event – Line vs Mic

[Elijah Lynn]

As Ty said, the attenuators on the camera won’t knock it down that to that degree. Here are the Hosa attenuators I have. They are not the highest of quality and one of them had it’s screws loose underneath the sticker that I had to tighten so the switches worked properly. I like these because they do -20, -30 and -40 db and you can use them in conjunction with the built in camera attenuators to get a total arsenal of 6 different attenuation levels.

I needed them quick and they worked well. I am glad to have them in my gear collection.

If a camera can knock it down it will usually have a settings for “mic level” or “line level” for its inputs. Normally found on high end cameras.

Cheers,