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video audio recording onto digital recorder

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if any of you who have a digital recorder (I have an Olympus DS-2400, w/o an ac plug-in, unfortunately) tried recording the audio feed from a videographer onto your digital recorder instead of it being recorded on a tape recorder that a lot of videographers still use (at least in my area). If so, could you tell me what setup changes and/or cables you have to make in order to this? I tried once and it didn't work.

I constantly ask videographers if I can get a digital file instead of cassette tapes, but still the majority of the videographers tell me they can only provide the audio cassettes. So until the transition is made on the videographers' end, I think if I can use my digital recorder instead of the videographer's cassette recorder, that should be sufficient.

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Permalink Reply by Grace on September 20, 2009 at 17:40

Thanks for the suggestion. I just use my Olympus recorder w/o a mic, and most of the time the sound quality is good enough, but with a videotaped dep I still want to be able to get the feed from the video, as the mics are pinned right on the speakers.

In any case, I guess purchasing a mic for the recorder might do the trick.

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Permalink Reply by Patricia Harris Vernon on September 21, 2009 at 18:22

I use an Olympus...sometimes I use it to record to my Acer because Acer sound cards are awful and sometimes I use it to plug into videographer. I got a cord at Radio Shack that is specifically for RCA connections (blue and red plugs on the end) with a small plug on the end to plug into the Olympus mic port. I also got an adapter for the video end just in case they don't have the RCA input/output. If the videographer is sending to a cassette, well, instead of plugging to the cassette, he can plug to your Olympus mic port -- usually is the same size. I think the whole setup was around $30...been a few months, but think that's it. But you will need one end with the RCA input, and then the adapter to revert it back to just the one prong...I'm not thinking of what that one is called at the moment. Over the years I have collected various adapters for sizes, so I just carry those to be ready. Be sure to let the RS person know this is for recording from a mixer (usually) to your tape recorder...not just a mic extension.