External Mic Fail

[engelauren]

Hi,

I used a Canon M3 to make a video and stuck inside a mic but now looking back all the audio is fuzzy sounds.  I really can't have my audio not work and I didn't realize that the mic would mess up the sound.  Any chance there's a way that the camera audio itself recorded it and I can find it inside the video file?

Thanks in advance!

[Waddizzle]

Sorry, but the camera only records audio from one source at a time.

[engelauren]

Any chance I can recover the file that I recorded on my external mic?  I don't understand why it came out all fuzzy.  I used to use it on my G12 and it was fine.  

Thank you!

[Waddizzle]

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@engelauren wrote:

Any chance I can recover the file that I recorded on my external mic?  I don't understand why it came out all fuzzy.  I used to use it on my G12 and it was fine.  

Thank you!

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No.  The camera records only one audio source.  If the sound is too noisy, then there is little you can do about it.  Stick a fork in it.

"I used a Canon M3 to make a video and stuck inside a mic but now looking back all the audio is fuzzy sounds."

I've been trying to figure that out.  Are you saying that you attached a microphone, and the recorded audio was distorted?  Or was it noisy?  What does the audio sound like when you do not use an external microphone?

[RobertTheFat]

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@Waddizzle wrote:

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@engelauren wrote:

Any chance I can recover the file that I recorded on my external mic?  I don't understand why it came out all fuzzy.  I used to use it on my G12 and it was fine.  

Thank you!

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No.  The camera records only one audio source.  If the sound is too noisy, then there is little you can do about it.  Stick a fork in it.

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Advice to any newbies watching this discussion: Always try out new equipment or different equipment combinations BEFORE an important shoot, not during it.