At minimim, by a decent external mic. Camcorder mics notoriously sound bad with loud live bands. You may also need a 10db pad if your camera doesnt have manual audio settings. You can always turn up your audio if it’s a little too low but if it clips alot,you can’t fix that.
With m2t it should work. In options, preferences, make sure enable no recompress long GOP,,,, is checked. If the video is not being changed,it should not recompress.
Grab the tab by the little dots in the upper left of that tab and drag it off. Any time you put an undocked window near the docking area, it snaps into the dock. Hope this helps, Danny Hays
Start a new project, set external control & automation, “New video motion keyframes” to smooth. Now put a clip on the timelline, add keyframes to event pan and crop, they will be smooth. At least with Vegas Pro 9e. Hope this helps, Danny Hays