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Originally Posted by jessupe
I have this and am trying to figure out how to use it well....distances, levels, settings....so far I really don't like it....I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, if it's the room I'm in or what but I don't think the recording it captures sounds even remotely close to "real" life...and it's kinda bumming me out....any tips?
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To summarize, the number one trick to recording is mic placement - well, the number one thing is performance, but the close number two is mic placement. Fortunately the MV1 has an excellent mic preamp with a wide range of gain and very low self-noise. No phantom power, of course, and it's stereo, so you either need a stereo mic or an adapter/cable setup to split a mono mic to two channels. The mic input provides plug-in power which is needed if you use some kinds of microphones.
If adding an external mic is a problem, the alternative is to place you camera rather close to the source, which unfortunately results in a "fish-eye" distortion of the image.
Fran