Published On Nov 23, 2023
Another experiment in combining video and audio recording:
Camera is the Olympus OM-D E-M1 MarkII. The audio track of this video comes directly from the camera and the camera is fed via its line-in input with a signal from a matched pair of Røde NT5 in NOS-configuration through a portable Tascam DR44-WL.
So far this is the minimal configuration I found to directly record decent audio into a decent camera. I am still looking for a micro four third camera that can process a direct signal from a USB audio interface, ideally at 24Bit/96kHz. My camera records at 16Bit/48kHz, which (unless you are willing to spend a 5 digit sum on a professional camera with direct XLR inputs) sadly is still state-of-the-art. And of course we have more analog pathways than one would wish.
Piano is a Steinway B from 1886.