Audio Recording Level - Canon XA20 Instruction Manual

Recording Audio
Settings for each audio scene
[' Standard]
[' Music]
82
[‚ Speech]
[" Forest and
Birds]
[" Noise
Suppression]
[„ Custom
Setting]
NOTES
• [„ Custom Setting] is not available in
Setting], if the camcorder is then set to

Audio Recording Level

You can adjust the audio recording level of the built-in microphone or an external microphone
connected to the MIC terminal. You can display the audio level indicator while recording.
Operating modes:
POINTS TO CHECK
• Set [— Audio Scene] to [„ Custom Setting] (A 81).
1 Open the manual audio recording level adjustment screen.
>
[FUNC.] [ä Mic Level]
• The audio level indicator and current audio recording level will appear on the screen.
• Touch [m] (automatic) to return the camcorder to automatic audio recording levels.
Current audio level
Manual audio level adjustment
2 Touch and hold [Ï] or [Ð] to adjust the audio recording level as necessary.
• As a guideline, adjust the audio recording level so that the audio level meter will go to the right of
the 18 dB mark (one mark right of the 20 dB mark) only occasionally.
3 Touch [X] to lock the audio recording level at the current level.
[ä Mic Level] [Built-in Mic Att.]
[n] (manual): 70 [k Automatic]
[n] (manual): 70 [k Automatic]
[n] (manual): 86 [k Automatic]
[n] (manual): 80 [k Automatic]
[n] (manual): 70 [k Automatic]
(A 82) (A 83)
>
[n] (manual)
Audio level adjustment bar
[Built-in Mic
Wind Screen] Freq. Response]
[H Auto (High)]
[L Auto (Low) ]
[H Auto (High)] [é Boost MF
[H Auto (High)] [è Low Cut
[H Auto (High)] [è Low Cut
Selected by user
(A 83)
mode. After setting [— Audio Scene] to [„ Custom
mode, this setting will change to [' Standard].
Audio level indicator
[Built-in Mic [Built-in Mic
Directionality]
[h Normal] [h Normal]
[ê Boost [î Wide]
HF+LF Range]
[í Monaural]
Range]
[î Wide]
Filter]
[í Monaural]
Filter]
(A 84) (A 84)