[Peter John]

dang, got the link wrong:

https://www.gkgraphics.com/reviews/camcorders/accessories/beachtek/dxa-2/index.html

[Peter John]

It is good to get feedback that motivated me to look for further information that I found here

According to this review Sennheiser MKE300 does work with Beachtek DXA via the AUX mini-jack, so that is not the problem.

But that did not explain why I got no sound – until I started moving around the cable that connects the DXA adapter to the camcorder and the levels started jumping around all over the place, even though the only sound I could get was like a dog scratching itself.

Conclusion is that my Beachtek DXA adapter probably has a faulty cable

[Peter John]

Thanks for the reply Ty,

That is what I thought until I read this in the Beachtek DXA-4p’s operating instructions before I posted my question:

“The auxiliary input allows you to attach wireless [my emphasis] microphones that use standard mini-plug connectors. This signal is sent to the right channel…”

“AUX Input
To attach audio devices with mini-jack connectors, use the AUX input on the adapter. This sends the signal to the right input and you should therefore disconnect any cables from the right XLR connector to avoid interference”

Putting this together leads me to ask is the way a wireless microphone sends a signal via a mini-jack output different to the way a hardwired mic like the Sennheiser MKE300 does? Hard for me to understand how this could be possible as I guess if I just plugged the mini-jack of a wireless mike receiver into the mini-jack input socket of the camcorder the wireless mike would interface with the camcorder same way as the fixed mike, would it not? Does the wireless mike receiver have some sort of built in amplifier that the fixed mic does not?

Maybe I have no other option than to buy an XLR/mini jack converter and see if that works, which I guess it will do, though a big XLR jack would further increase the size and reduce the portability of this little system.

[Peter John]

Lot to learn.

Thanks Apple and Adobe!

Fortunately there are others and I found a third party solution that enables these two giants to talk to each other – at least in terms of the problem I outlined above.

I also downloaded the trial version of the Calibrated {Q} program and it worked like a charm and if I understand right has the advantage of enabling the native format to be opened in Premiere Pro but, as I also wrote, I was not very enthusiastic about spending more than $100 on a program just to unsnarl one clip.

[Peter John]

Thanks Greg,

It is always good to have a fallback option if all else fails.