On Thu, 04 Jul 2002 09:13:08 GMT, "BLD" wrote:

>I have often been accused of bringing in way too much audio gear, and an
>audio tech, even when it's not really necessary. I do this because I obsess
>over the audio. Good audio makes bad video look better, and bad audio makes
>great video look crappy.
>
>Anyway, tonight (7/3) I did one of my hot and dirty concert videos. Since
>the client didn't want to pay my regular rates, I decided to give him a true
>hot and dirty video (record it, take it home, burn a copy to VHS and drop it
>in the mail).
>
>So for the first time in awhile I decided to use the camera mic. Have not
>done it with my new vx-2000, and this was to be it's first. I've done it
>before with my old 1000 and the audio comes out great.
>
>Here's the problem. I set audio on manual, and cranked it all the way down
>to it's lowest possible setting (above off). The display showed the audio
>was ranging from about 40 to 60% on the little meter (viewfinder). Never
>really got close to it's max.
>
>You probably guessed the rest. Got it back to the studio and the audio is
>distorted terribly. The volume is not loud, it's just clipped and distorted.
>Of course this particular concert was extremely loud, and I was about 12
>feet from the speakers. It was so loud I had to weight down the tripod
>because the vibrations were causing the tripod to move around (not a good
>thing since it was perched on top of the bar).
>
>Anyway, I've got two questions. Okay, maybe three...
>
>1) Is the VX-1000 better designed for this type of thing?

Mebbe, but I've had hard-clipped audio with it, too...
LOUD is LOUD...!

>2) What can I do to prevent this from happening again?

Use an external mic with a high tolerance for loud sounds,
and use a pad between it and the VX2000 inputs; use the
excellent AGC, but match gains to optimize its action....

>3) I know I can't recover the audio (can't create something out of nothing),
>but is there a way edit the audio in such a way that the problem is reduced.

Sound Forge, as DV pointed out, has a clipping-remover.
I've also been able to improve things (if not too bad)
locally editing the wave form in Cool Edit...

>Thanks for all Info, I flame no-one.
>
>BTW, I'm have Premier 6.0, Canopus Storm Edit, and several other programs
>that I've never tried or have no knowledge of... :)

Get to know a good WAV editor - it can often save you
(and get to know your gear - it can often prevent
what happened...;-).