[Allen Roulston]

Ah yes, the use of a shot gun mic to synch the audio recorded externally is a very good idea.
Even if you only use the wave forms during editing.
It can get you really close to the right synch point very quickly.

~ Allen

[Allen Roulston]

I’ve never had a problem with poor sound quality with a wireless lav mic.
I always listen to what I am recording with a good headset.
I keep fresh batteries in the transmitter and receiver.
There are LOTS of channels to pick from in the transmitters and receivers.

Best of all, you don’t need someone to operate a sound boom.
Shot guns work best when aimed at the mouth of the talent,
as close as possible without being in the shot. Not always an easy option on a one person shoot.

~ Allen

[Allen Roulston]

In my opinion, you’ll get better results with a wireless lav mic.
You can hide it under the shirt, behind the jacket, if you don’t want it seen.
(It does take a little co-operation from your subject.)
I use Sennheisser wire lavs with good results.
You can dial down the sensitivity on the mic and generally hear nothing but the voice of your subject even when there is some background noise.

~ Allen

[Allen Roulston]

I just dug out an old 8mm camcorder and popped in a tape which I can play (yippie) via a RCA jack into a DAZZLE video creator which outputs “something” via USB plug.

I’ve been playing around trying to figure out how to get FCP to “see” the data stream.

Should I give up, or is it possible to capture the data stream of AVI video ?

Thank you,
~ Allen