[Arny Krueger]

"Mr Soul" wrote in message

In the past when I've recorded audio for live video, I
have carted my DAW, audio interface, monitor, etc. to
gigs and recorded it in 8 tracks. I then sync the audio
up to the video and viola - I've gotten pretty good
results. I can certainly do this again.

However, I'd like to see if there's some easier way to
get reasonable audio for a video shoot. Alternatives I
can think of:

- just shoot the video and use the audio from the
camera's mic (easiest)
- run the board and/or AT4050 mic into the camera (in
stereo)
- record using just the AT4050 (I would need a phantom
power source to do this.
- get an portable, digital recorder and record with that
- bring my DAW
- any other ideas?

This is what I do:

Get an portable, digital recorder and record with that, possibly using an
external mic. My portable recorder is a Microtrack, which runs under $200
but has excellent sound quality and works with just about any mic. It also
has an easy way to use external batteries with it.

Some portable recorders provide full 48 volt phantom power. Others are very
close to 48 volts, and thus work with just about every mic that needs
phantom, but not ever last one of them.