Recording Audio; Audio Settings And Recorded Audio Channels; Selecting The Audio Bit Depth - Canon EOS C300 Mark II Instruction Manual

Recording Audio

Recording Audio
The camera features 4-channel linear PCM audio recording and playback. The sampling frequency is 48 kHz
and the audio sampling bit depth can be selected between 24 bit or 16 bit. You can record audio using
96
commercially available microphones (INPUT terminals, MIC terminal), analog line input (INPUT terminals) or the
built-in monaural microphone*.
An audio signal will also be output with the video signal from the REC OUT terminal, MON. terminal and HDMI
OUT terminal. You can record this audio signal on an external recorder.
* Only for recording notes while shooting.
Operating modes:

Audio Settings and Recorded Audio Channels

Which audio inputs are recorded to which audio channels is determined by a combination of menu settings,
audio-related controls on the camera and whether an external microphone is connected to the MIC terminal.
The following table gives an overview of the possible combinations.
I
INPUT terminals MIC terminal
1
enabled
Yes
No
1
The camera's AUDIO terminal is correctly connected to the AUDIO terminal on the supplied monitor unit or the optional MA-400
Microphone Adapter.
2
[¡ Audio Setup] > [Audio Input] > [CH2 Input].
NOTES NOTES
• On the [Audio] status screen (A 195), you can check the audio level adjustment mode and input source for
each of the audio channels.

Selecting the Audio Bit Depth

1 Open the [Audio Bit Depth] submenu.
[¡ Audio Setup] > [Audio Input] > [Audio Bit Depth]
2 Select 24 or 16 bits per sample and then press SET.
2
[CH2 Input] setting
used
[INPUT 2]
Yes
[INPUT 1]
[INPUT 2]
No
[INPUT 1]
Yes –
No –
Recorded audio channels/audio sources
CH1 CH2
INPUT 1 terminal INPUT 2 terminal
INPUT 1 terminal INPUT 1 terminal
INPUT 1 terminal INPUT 2 terminal
INPUT 1 terminal INPUT 1 terminal
MIC terminal (L) MIC terminal (R)
Built-in microphone Built-in microphone
(mono) (mono)
CH3 CH4
MIC terminal (L) MIC terminal (R)
Built-in microphone Built-in microphone
(mono) (mono)
[¡ Audio Setup]
[Audio Input]
[Audio Bit Depth]
[24 bit]