Monitoring Audio - Sony PMW 500 Operator's Manual

6.3 Using a mixer
If a mixer is being used:
Select 'Line' on the XLR input switches at the camera rear
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Select 'Rear' on the input select switch for Channels 1 and 2
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Select 'Front' for Channels 3 and 4 to get some additional sound on the front mic
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Always use manual level control
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Adjust the level controls so that tone from a mixer reaches -18.
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6.4 Monitoring audio

Always listen to the audio quality by using the supplied headphones.
The headphone monitoring panel is on the side of the camera:
Turn the ALARM dial fully down or an annoying beeping will be
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heard for a nearly flat battery or media near full.
Adjust headphone volume by adjusting the MONITOR dial.
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It's only possible to listen to either channels one and two, or
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channels three and four.
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Speech should
average around -20
peaking to -12.
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The meters will not
read above -6 due to
limiters being activated.
If sound levels are
consistently too high,
there will be audio
compression: an
audible effect, but not
catastrophic.
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