Camera Audio Menus

The first thing to remember when setting up your audio on your camera is to know if you need to turn on the wind or high cut filter. Like the name implies, the wind filter helps to cut out any wind that the microphone is picking up, letting you record cleaner audio. Another thing mentioned is to check which channel the microphone is recording on. If the external microphone is set on both channel 1 and channel 2, then it'll use both of those audio tracks to record sound instead of just one. With 2 channels, 2 different microphones could be plugged into the camera to record from 2 different qualities or 2 different characters. Lastly, the mic trim feature allows for the audio mixer to decide if their levels need a little bit of a boost. If set lower, it'll automatically turn down louder noises, such as a concert audience. All of these settings are important because they allow for a lot of customization when recording good quality audio.