recording audio to film

[Howard547]

I have a JVC DV camcorder which i bought in 2002. I have filmed a couple of videos, but i have noticed the built in stereo microphone does not pick up sound that is further than a couple of feet away.

But the problem is my camera does not have microphone or even any audio inputs.

I have thought of a farely easy solution. Record the audio with a different recorder, and then combine the audio with the video later with Adobe Premier or something. I would like to use a audio recorder which can record in stereo, and digital would also be nice.


WHat is a farely cheap solution to recording audio in good quality, and can be imported easily to a computer? or do any of yall have a better solution all together? Where would i purchase these solutions?

I know about DAT and miniDISK but i dont know if those are the good solutions for what I am wanting to do. Film is only a hobby.

[Tunesman22]

I hate to say it but if I were you, I'd get a totally new camcorder, preferrably a Sony. I've heard so many things that people have not liked about JVC camcorders that I would never own one, but of course that doesn't help your problem, does it? It's pretty bad though when you spend a lot of money on a camera and it can't even record audio adequately, and to top it off, it doesn't even come with seperate mic inputs! I'm sorry to say this but if I were you I'd try to sell that camera if I could and get another one. The idea of trying to record the audio seperately on a different recorder and try to match it up to the video on your Adobe software is ridiculous, and you'd probably end up getting mis-matched audio anyway. I know it's an expensive option, but I'd seriously consider getting a Sony camcorder of some kind. At least with Sony you have several choices of camcorders that come with mic inputs, and some models even let you adjust the volume level of your onboard mic.

Tunesman22.

[dsf]

I wouldn't give up just yet. It may not be that your camera "doesn't pick up sound more than a few feet away" but only that you haven't boosted the volume enough. Maybe you should get to know your video editing program better. You imply you have Adobe Premiere. That's about as good as it gets and it will surely allow you to boost the volume a great deal. Indeed, just about any video editor will do this. Your video camera records sound digitally: there is no tape hiss. You can boost the volume to the limit your video editor allows. If the maximum boost isn't enough you could render your project to a file on your HD, reimport it into your video editor, boost the volume again, and re-render it. Ad infinitum. Like Tunesman22 said, your proposed solution sounds like a nightmare.

[Tunesman22]

Okay, I'll admit that you shouldn't give up yet either I guess, but if your software doesn't do the job as dsf suggested, I'd seriously consider looking at other camcorders. There are many dv camcorders on the market that are reasonably priced, and if you do decide to buy another one, go Sony this time.
Good luck.

Tunesman22.