thanks for the replies! recording from the board is almost never an option for me, the bands i shoot play a lot of house parties, etc where that is not an option. while i can potentially do the back of the room stereo recording, i am often working alone and would not be able to run a recorder and the camera. my question would be this, is there an external mic that i could use on the HVX that would capture good (my projects don’t need perfect sound, just no clipping) sound? i shoot standing right in front, but not always right in front of the monitors. thanks!