Canon XA20 - Manual (Page 81)

Recording Audio
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Settings for each audio scene
NOTES
• [„ Custom Setting] is not available in mode. After setting [— Audio Scene] to [„ Custom
Setting], if the camcorder is then set to mode, this setting will change to [‘ Standard].
Audio Recording Level
You can adjust the audio recording level of the built-in microphone or an external microphone
connected to the MIC terminal. You can display the audio level indicator while recording.
POINTS TO CHECK
• Set [— Audio Scene] to [„ Custom Setting] (A 80).
1 Open the manual audio recording level adjustment screen.
[FUNC.] > [ä Mic Level] > [n] (manual)
• The audio level indicator and current audio recording level will appear on the screen.
• Touch [m] (automatic) to return the camcorder to automatic audio recording levels.
2 Touch and hold [Ï] or [Ð] to adjust the audio recording level as necessary.
• As a guideline, adjust the audio recording level so that the audio level meter will go to the right of
the 18 dB mark (one mark right of the 20 dB mark) only occasionally.
3 Touch [X] to lock the audio recording level at the current level.
[ ä Mic Level] [Built-in Mic Att.]
[Built-in Mic
Wind Screen]
[Built-in Mic
Freq. Response]
[Built-in Mic
Directionality]
[ ‘ Standard] [ n] (manual): 70 [ k Automatic] [H Auto (High)] [ h Normal] [ h Normal]
[ ’ Music] [ n] (manual): 70 [ k Automatic] [L Auto (Low) ] [ ê Boost
HF+LF Range]
[ î Wide]
[ ‚ Speech] [ n] (manual): 86 [ k Automatic] [H Auto (High)] [ é Boost MF
Range]
[ í Monaural]
[ “ Forest and
Birds]
[ n] (manual): 80 [ k Automatic] [H Auto (High)] [ è Low Cut
Filter]
[ î Wide]
[ ” Noise
Suppression]
[ n] (manual): 70 [ k Automatic] [H Auto (High)] [ è Low Cut
Filter]
[ í Monaural]
[ „ Custom
Setting]
Selected by user
( A 81) ( A 82) ( A 82) ( A 83) ( A 83)
Operating modes:
Audio level indicator
Audio level adjustment bar
Manual audio level adjustment
Current audio level
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