On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 16:09:52 -0500, "Matt M" <nospam.webwork@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>Is there a way to boost the audio input to the camera if I'm mastering

>back to it via firewire?

No.

>I've boosted the audio as much as I can in

>Premiere, but it still comes in too low so I was hoping that the camera

>had some volume control that I didn't know about. Of course I know how

>to adjust it in camera mode, but no luck in VCR mode.

In Premiere, you can raise the audio levels 12db

by using the gain control in addition to fully

raising the "rubber-band" level controls. If you do

this, it is a good idea to check CAREFULLY for

points of clipping, and manually reduce the peaks

with the "rubber bands" if there are not too many.

It may also be useful to use the compressor in

Premiere to raise the average level without raising

the peaks. You can export/import tha audio, and place

it on additional tracks for additive volume (and/or

use the additional 12db gain then available -but if

the audio is THIS low, the original recordings had

some real problems...) - or you can take the track to

a good audio editor (Cool Edit is good, and cheap -

www.syntrillium.com) for manipulation. But with all,

the volume must be suitable before FireWire export

to tape (and there must be minimal clipping - more

than a few cycles of clipping and you can get audio

bad sound or even audio dropouts). If you are then

copying to an analogue format, you can then raise

the volume some with minimal bad effects, if

needed...