Owner's Manual

Recording Audio
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Audio Scenes
You can have the camcorder optimize the audio settings of the built-in microphone by selecting the
audio scene that matches your surroundings. This will greatly enhance the sense of "being there".
Alternatively, you can select [„ Custom Setting]* in order to adjust the camcorder's various audio
settings to your liking.
See the following table for the settings used by each audio scene.
* Not available in mode.
1 Open the audio scene selection screen.
[FUNC] > [C Audio] > [‘]
2 Select the desired option and then select [X].
• When you select [„ Custom Setting], customize the audio settings to your preference with the
relevant procedures (see the reference pages in the following table).
Options
[‘ Standard]: To record most general situations. The camcorder records with standard settings.
[’ Music]: To vibrantly record music performances and singing indoors.
[ Festival]: Optimized for recording music outdoors more naturally. Ideal for outdoor events
with music.
[‚ Speech]: Best for recording human voices and dialog.
[ Meeting]: To record people talking while keeping each voice separate, allowing viewers to
feel as if they were there.
[“ Forest and Birds]:
To record birds and scenes in forests. The camcorder clearly captures sound as it
spreads.
[” Noise Suppression]:
To record clips while reducing noise from wind, passing vehicles and similar
ambient sound. Ideal for recording at the beach or in places with a lot of noise.
[„ Custom Setting]:
Allows you to adjust the audio settings to your liking. The settings that you can
adjust are the [C Audio] setting in the FUNC menu and the following settings in
the > [¡ Audio Setup] menu: [Built-in Mic Att.], [Built-in Mic Wind
Screen], [Built-in Mic Freq. Response] (audio equalizer), [Built-in Mic Directionality],
[Audio Limiter] and [Audio Compressor].
Adjusting the L and R channels of the MIC terminal independently
You can use the > [¡ Audio Setup] > [MIC ALC Link] setting to separate the audio
level adjustment for the L and R channels of an external microphone connected to the MIC
terminal, allowing each channel to be adjusted independently.