Canon t4i audio input problems

[Fleki]

Just got the camera 2 days ago . I am trying to record some audio straight to my camera and for some reason I am only getting one channel at a time.

I have a microphone with an xlr output and a MONO quarter inch on the other end. That mono quarter output was going into a stereo 1/8 inch converter and into the camera.

This was only recording on the left channel.

I bought a mono quarter inch to mono 1/8 inch converter thinking that a mono 1/8 inch will send the same sound to both channels, but it doesn't.

When I tested the stereo 1/8 inch converter by running two signals (one to left and one to right) it worked fine.

Does that mean that the only way to get a mono signal in both channels is by using a stereo mic output and stereo converter?

PS in the meantime I am ordering a tascam digital recorder that also takes xlr inputs, so I will capture the sound that way, but I am sill bummed out that I couldn't get the camera to record a mono signal on both channels, not just one.

 

[brunerww]

Just got the camera 2 days ago . I am trying to record some audio straight to my camera and for some reason I am only getting one channel at a time.

I have a microphone with an xlr output and a MONO quarter inch on the other end. That mono quarter output was going into a stereo 1/8 inch converter and into the camera.

This was only recording on the left channel.

I bought a mono quarter inch to mono 1/8 inch converter thinking that a mono 1/8 inch will send the same sound to both channels, but it doesn't.

When I tested the stereo 1/8 inch converter by running two signals (one to left and one to right) it worked fine.

Does that mean that the only way to get a mono signal in both channels is by using a stereo mic output and stereo converter?

PS in the meantime I am ordering a tascam digital recorder that also takes xlr inputs, so I will capture the sound that way, but I am sill bummed out that I couldn't get the camera to record a mono signal on both channels, not just one.

Fleki - until you get your Tascam, you need a $5 mono to stereo adapter.

Cheers,

Bill

 

[TheKenTurner]

Fleki - until you get your Tascam, you need a $5 mono to stereo adapter.

Cheers,

Bill

Or save money and fix it in post in <5 seconds!!

 

[paross2]

Most "stereo" recordings from video are just 2x mono channels split and replayed L&R.

I agree with Ken, save yourself time and money, unless you want some fancy panning effect, 99% of the time just double your audio and paste it into the empty channel.