On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 03:32:12 GMT, "leo" <lreyes3@earthlink.net> wrote:

>My PD-150 has two channels for audio, if I have a stereo mic and use only

>one input, will I get stereo sound on that channel?

The audio set-up on Mini-DV camcorders (and variants) is

confusing. Normally a single stereo track would have left

and right "channels" - but the manufacturers have confused

this by offering two stereo "channels", each consisting

of a stereo audio track (both are available in 12-bit mode

only, but since the second is rarely used, and since most

NLEs cannot handle the other track, it is best to leave

the selection at "16-bit" [or change it to 16-bit - for

some reason all Sony Mini-DV camcorders are sold with

"12-bit" selected], and move the mixer slider to the "1"

end). The PD150 has XLR connections for the two stereo

channels of one track. I assume that both are mono,

but I do not know... Try connecting your mic, and while

using earphones, touch first one side of the mic end,

then the other. If both sounds appear in the center,

it is mono passed to both channels; if both appear on

one side, it is mono on one channel; if the sounds appear

alternately mostly in one ear then the other, the

connection is stereo. The instruction book should clarify

the connections on this camera, but knowing Sony

instruction books, mebbe not...;-)