[MacDV] Radio microphone noise

Gregg Gorrie ggorrie at telus.net
Tue Jul 13 15:06:54 PDT 2004


on 7/13/04 1:48 PM, Derek Roff at derek at unm.edu wrote:


> We are in a small building on the campus of a small college in Vermont, a
> mile outside a small town.  I think I am fairly isolated from large scale
> electrical disturbances, radio stations, airport control towers, and the
> like.  No telling how the building is wired.  The lights are incandescent.
> There are dimmers on the light switches, but testing them while listening
> to the microphone through the camera hasn't shown any obvious difference
> between off, on and in between.
> 
> Any suggestions and speculation will be welcome.  I am also wondering about
> Sound Soap or other software to decrease the severity of the problem in
> post production.
> 

Forgot to mention this in my previous reply - if your wireless system has
the option, try switching to different channels and see if that eliminates
or reduces your problem.
-- 
Gregg



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