Mic meter discrepencies...

jrazz wrote on 2/27/2006, 8:29 PM

I have a sennhieser g2 cam wireless lapel mic system that I just bought from B&H. Great product- I use the same system at church except set up for the board. My question is this (along with some background):

I have lowered the levels for audio frequency on the receiver and lowered the sensitivity on the transmitter to ensure that it would not peak out but still get great levels. Well, the meter on both the receiver and the transmitter show up the same and within normal levels. The on-screen display shows the level peaking out (HVR-A1U). Is there a way to get the on-screen level to match the sennhieser levels without adjusting the sound, i.e. just adjusting the visual level to match?
Thanks for any help on this.

By the way, if anyone is interested in this one, I can recommend the G2. I tested out the range on one as well as a sony unit and electrosonic and I went over 500 feet without dropouts or quality loss in all 3 units. (I think this is posted somewhere on the WEVA site).

j razz

Comments

kdm wrote on 2/27/2006, 9:09 PM

You would have to adjust the input levels on the camera, or the output from the reciever to get the levels where you need them onto tape (i.e. no extra gain, or at least adjust the input levels if possible). I would certainly want good strong levels from the mic, but not overdriving the camera audio inputs or you'll get distorted audio.

There isn't a way to adjust visual levels unless you have a visual range setting (don't know that camera well enough to say). What are your inputs set for? Mic, line or mic atten? I believe the receiver you have outputs line level, so you would overdrive the inputs if set for mic. If set for line, the inputs are probably just not matched to the reciever outs, so would have to manually adjust, or put a pad between the two.