[MacDV] Re: Using MA-300 mic adapter

[Jerry Axley]

buy another me-66 and connect it to the input that you're not using so that
you'll have 2 mics ... true stereo sound ;-) (just watch for cross phasing)
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> From: Danny Grizzle <danny at mogulhost.com>
> Reply-To: "Macintosh Digital Video List"<MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 22:26:38 -0600
> To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Using MA-300 mic adapter
> 
> On 12/8/02 7:51 PM, "Spud0812 at aol.com" <Spud0812 at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi there,
>> I have a Canon GL2 here and am using the MA-300 mic adapter. Im using a
>> Sennheiser Me-66 shotgun mic on an overhead boom...my problem...the XLR cable
>> fits into the adapter which has left and right inputs, so if I am using only
>> a single audio source (as in this shotgun mic) how do I record it in stereo
>> on the camera? Is there some kind of cable I can buy that will adapt the mic
>> to go into both left and right XLR inputs on the adapter?
> 
> Fix it in post, mix to mono. No stereo mic anyway. If you do record on two
> tracks, set levels different, one hot, one not (safety). I've heard the
> MA-300 is fragile plastic. Go to supermarket hair care section and buy a
> bunch of pony-tail elastic bands, the kind with 2 big plastic marbles. These
> are a trade secret of Hollywood sound mixers, used to secure cables, provide
> strain relieve. Tie off mic cables to GL2 carry handle, for instance. Hair
> ties are noiseless, and can be handled with gloves in cold weather.
> 
> Danny Grizzle
> 
> 
> 
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