Re: Sound Level for VideoCam

"PTravel" <ptravel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| "Wayne Smith" <wnmsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| >I have what I hope is a simple question. For our church services we
| > frequently have a request by an amatuer videographer to capture a
service.
| > I'd like to give him a feed from the mixing panel for his audio. The
| > panel's output would be at line level which he would input to the
vidiocam
| > using the microphone input. I can lower the line level at the mis
panel,
| > but I don't know how best to monitor that level to prevent overdriving
the
| > videocam. Any advice would be appreceiated.
| >
| > Thanks
| >
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| Most consumer camcorders have AGC, which may be effective enough to limit
| clipping. The easiest thing to do would simply place an attenuator
in-line.
| However, one significant concern is ground loops and/or hum. If you want
to
| have a regular hookup for videographers, you might consider an in-line
| isolation transformer plus the attenuator.

That would be my solution. If you add an isolation transformer and feed
about -35 db for zero on your board, the video camera's AGC should handle it
fine.

Steve King


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