Digital Camera - Recording sound at concert??

luekemeyer · 10-19-2009, 10:02 PM

Do any of you guys know how to improve the sound that the digital camera records? I know the sound level at the concert in the 3rd row is going to be high and I did not want the input to be overloaded. Tape some material over the mic???

Thanks

T-Bird · 10-20-2009, 12:35 AM

Hi.

The inbuilt mics are always pretty bad, better to get an external one, preferably with a level control.

Regards
Sam

thrawn86 · 10-20-2009, 12:37 AM

Might try some windscreen foam from a standard microphone, as you can cut it to taste and it will take some edge off!

luekemeyer · 10-20-2009, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thrawn86

Might try some windscreen foam from a standard microphone, as you can cut it to taste and it will take some edge off!

I was thinking that might work. The external mic is the best, but I doubt they would let me take that into the concert. Positive they would not.

thrawn86 · 10-21-2009, 12:08 AM

We used a JVC Hard Disk cam to record us playing once, about 20 ft. from the drums and amp/PA stuff...we didn't play super loud, like 1/2 volume prolly, but the camera recorded very good quality.

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T-Bird Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Finland (Northern Europe) Posts: 155	Re: Digital Camera - Recording sound at concert?? Hi. The inbuilt mics are always pretty bad, better to get an external one, preferably with a level control. Regards Sam

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thrawn86 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Far Nor Cal USA Posts: 426	Re: Digital Camera - Recording sound at concert?? We used a JVC Hard Disk cam to record us playing once, about 20 ft. from the drums and amp/PA stuff...we didn't play super loud, like 1/2 volume prolly, but the camera recorded very good quality. __________________ Drivin' faster in my car... 02 DSL 401-Ei's 02 1960b 02 Gibson LP Studio Silver 03 PRS Santana SE Holy Grail reverb Originally Posted by J. Robert Oppenheimer "We knew the world would not be the same."

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