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Mic or line level?
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I plugged in a mic to the HC9 using the mini to dual XLR adapter. One thing I noticed is hiss noise. Nothing I did got rid of it. I can’t believe that the fact that the signal was unbalanced for such a short run would cause the noise. Especially cause the noise was there even when I unplugged the mic cable and only left the XLR adapter plugged in (which is a few inches long). Is it normal for these cameras to have that much noise?
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Roberto Cerini
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1.Did you discard the other track?
2. What mic do you have plugged in?Ty Ford
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The noise is there regardless to whether the mic is plugged in or not. Even with just the XLR adapter, the noise is there. The mic was just an SM57. I’m going to be ordering a phantom power supply, but I’d like to find out why I’m getting the noise first, as that may change my plans.
No, I did not discard the other track (I assume you mean, if I recorded on the left channel, discard the right channel?)Thanks,
Roberto Cerini
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Hi. I have the same problem as you with the HDR-HC9 camcorder. Recording through micro-making is rubbish: Lot of background noise, Voice distortion, Huge loss of quality. We have tried everything: With condenser mics, Without capacitor, Adaptions xlr to mini-jack, Etc, Etc.
We are adopting the solution is to use a digital recorder SWISSONIC mdr-2 and then edit the video with SonyVegas. This recorder is very inexpensive compared to other, But has the advantage that can connect 2 jacks for mic and has regulatory signal for each micro. This feature is not famous zoom h4.
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