[Manuel Lazaro]

Hi Guy,

I am having a bit of a dilema with recording sound directly to my Canon 7D. Let me start off my mentioning that most of my work will go directly online so not wanting to record with an external recorder is more of a personal choice because I am a one man band.

With that said, I have tried several forms of attempting to obtain clean audio directly to my Canon 7D. One of the best ways I have achieved this is by using my sennheiser EW 100 G2 wireless system. I set my camera audio to the lowest setting and increase the gain from the wireless receiver or transmitter. This provides good clean audio when using a lav or a hand held wireless mic.

Now to my dilema. I have not been able to achieve the same quality audio as mentioned above using my Rode NTG-2 shotgun mic. The Rode NTG 2 is a condenser mic which means it runs off a AA battery When I connect the Rode NTG 2 directly to the camera via an XLR to Mini adapter I get lots of white noise during my recordings. I have also tried using a Beachtek and JuiceLink preamp but have had no success. Perhaps I am not setting up the preamps correctly but I don’t I am since they are pretty basic to use. I have tried many different forms of set up to the above mentioned preamp devices but no luck. I still get lots of white noise and the only way I have been able to get rid of the white nose is using FCP X and analyzing the audio. The solution has been to bring down the background noise in FXP X to achieve cleaner audio but it is not as crisp and sometimes sounds like someone is speaking underwater.

Would you happen to know if I invest in a Sound Device Mix Pre D will I encounter the same issues? Is there a better solution out there? Do I have my setting wrong on the preamps? Are there specific setting that perhaps is causing the white noise or is that white noise normal and will show up even using the Sound Device Mix Pre D? If the white noise is there, what are you or your coworkers using to get rid of the white noise? Can you advice on set up for recording on a Canon 7D without using an external recorder?

Your reply will be greatly appreciated and I look forward to hearing from you or a member of your staff. Thank you in advance. Feel free to phone it you prefer.

Best,

Manuel Lazaro
954-625-5359
mlazaro27@msn.com

Camera: Canon 7D
Audio: Set to Manuel at lowest level. (have tried all different levels)
Mic: Rode NTG 2 (have tried directly to cam and preamps)