External Camera Audio Settings

The presenter talks about needing to make sure the volume dials are set to the right number, to know what you're plugging into the camera, and to make sure you are having the camera record external audio. Making sure the volume dials are set properly is important because if set incorrectly, then your audio will either be too loud or too soft and will make your life so much harder. If you know what you're plugging into the camera, you'll be able to know what to set the camera input setting to, whether it's mic, line, or phantom power. Using mics, you use the mic setting, or phantom power if it doesn't get power itself. For mixers, you generally need the line input, because it is sending a signal that is not directly from a microphone and in a line format. Not having the audio on the camera being set to external when recording audio will render your audio equipment useless, because you would only be using the internal microphone. Also, in the rare instance that you need to use the internal microphone, make sure you are set to use it, or else you would get no audio whatsoever. I would like to learn more about the post production of audio.