Recording audio on the EOS C500 Mark II
Article ID: ART176481 | Date published: 02/04/2020 | Date last updated: 02/04/2020
 

Description

The camera features 4-channel linear PCM audio recording and playback. The sampling frequency is 48 kHz and the audio sampling bit depth is 24 bit. Details of the various audio channels and inputs are provided below.

Solution

Recording Audio

You can record audio using the INPUT terminals (commercially available analog microphones, analog line-in audio sources, AES/EBU digital audio sources), the MIC terminal (commercially available microphones) or the built-in monaural microphone*.
The audio signal will be output with the video signal from the SDI OUT terminal, MON. terminal and HDMI OUT terminal. Yo can record the audio signal on an external recorder.
* Only for recording voice memos while shooting.

 

Audio Settings and Recorded Audio Channels

Which audio inputs are recorded to which audio channels is determined by a combination of menu settings and audio-related controls on the camera. Refer to the illustration and table below.
 
Menu settings Audio source
selection switches		 Recorded audio channels/audio sources
[CH1/CH2]1 [CH3/CH4]1 [CH2 Input]2 INPUT 1 INPUT 2 CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4
[INPUT
Terminals]		 INPUT
Terminals]		 --- AES/EBU AES/EBU INPUT 1 terminal
(digital audio)		 INPUT 2 terminal
(digital audio)
LINE, MIC,
MIC+48V		 INPUT 1 terminal
(digital audio)		 --- INPUT 2
terminal
[INPUT 2] LINE, MIC,
MIC+48V		 AES/EBU INPUT 1
​terminal		 --- INPUT 2 terminal
(digital audio)
LINE, MIC,
MIC+48V		 INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 2
​terminal		 INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 2
​terminal
[INPUT 1] AES/EBU INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 2 ​terminal
(digital audio)
LINE, MIC,
MIC+48V		 INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 2
​terminal
[MIC
Terminal]		 --- AES/EBU --- INPUT 1 ​terminal
(digital audio)		 MIC terminal
​(L)		 MIC terminal
​(R)
[INPUT 2] LINE, MIC,
MIC+48V		 AES/EBU INPUT 1
​terminal		 --- MIC terminal
​(L)		 MIC terminal
​(R)
LINE, MIC,
MIC+48V		 INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 2
​terminal		 MIC terminal
​(L)		 MIC terminal
​(R)
[INPUT 1] --- INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 1
terminal		 MIC terminal
​(L)		 MIC terminal
(R)
[Monaural
Mic]		 --- AES/EBU --- INPUT 1 terminal
(digital audio)		 Built-in
microphone
(mono)		 Built-in
microphone
(mono)
[INPUT 2] LINE, MIC,
MIC+48V		 AES/EBU INPUT 1
terminal		 --- Built-in
microphone
(mono)		 Built-in
microphone
(mono)
LINE, MIC,
MIC+48V		 INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 2
​terminal		 Built-in
microphone
(mono)		 Built-in
microphone
(mono)
[INPUT 1] --- INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 1
​terminal		 Built-in
microphone
(mono)		 Built-in
microphone
(mono)
[MIC
Terminal]		 [INPUT
Terminals]		 --- --- AES/EBU MIC terminal
(L)		 MIC terminal
​(R)		 INPUT 2 terminal
(digital audio)
AES/EBU LINE, MIC
MIC+48V		 MIC terminal
​(L)		 MIC terminal
​(R)		 --- INPUT 2
terminal
LINE, MIC,
MIC+48V		 MIC terminal
​(L)		 MIC terminal
​(R)		 INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 2
​terminal
[MIC
Terminal]		 --- --- --- MIC terminal
​(L)		 MIC terminal
​(R)		 MIC terminal
​(L)		 MIC terminal
​(R)
[Monaural
Mic]		 MIC terminal
​(L)		 MIC terminal
​(R)		 Built-in
microphone
(mono)		 Built-in
microphone
(mono)
[Monaural
Mic]		 [INPUT
Terminals]		 --- --- AES/EBU Built-in
microphone
​(mono)		 Built-in
microphone
​(mono)		 INPUT 2 ​terminal
(digital audio)
AES/EBU LINE, MIC,
MIC+48V		 Built-in
microphone
​(mono)		 Built-in
microphone
​(mono)		 --- INPUT 2
​terminal
LINE, MIC,
MIC+48V		 Built-in
microphone
​(mono)		 Built-in
microphone
​(mono)		 INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 2
terminal
[MIC
Terminal]		 --- --- --- Built-in
microphone
(mono)		 Built-in
microphone
​(mono)		 MIC terminal
(L)		 MIC terminal
​(R)
[MIC
​Terminal]		 Built-in
microphone
​(mono)		 Built-in
microphone
​(mono)		 Built-in
microphone
​(mono)		 Built-in
microphone
​(mono)
1 MENU > [ Audio Setup] > [Audio Input Selection] > [CH1/CH2] and [CH3/CH4] settings.
2 MENU > [ Audio Setup] > [CH2 Input] setting.

Using the optional EU-V2 Expansion Unit 2
Menu settings   Recorded audio channels/audio sources
[CH1/CH2]1 [CH3/CH4]1, 2 [CH2 Input]3 INPUT 1 INPUT 2 CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4
[INPUT
Terminals
(Camera)]4		 [INPUT
Terminals
(Exp. Unit)]		 --- AES/EBU --- INPUT 1 terminal
(digital audio)		 INPUT 3
​terminal		 INPUT 4
terminal
[INPUT 2] LINE, MIC,
MIC+48V		 AES/EBU INPUT 1
​terminal		 --- INPUT 3
​terminal		 INPUT 4
​terminal
LINE, MIC,
​MIC+48V		 INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 2
​terminal		 INPUT 3
​terminal		 INPUT 4
​terminal
[INPUT 1] INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 1
​terminal		 INPUT 3
​terminal		 INPUT 4
​terminal
[MIC
Terminal]		 --- --- --- MIC terminal
(L)		 MIC terminal
​(R)		 INPUT 3
​terminal		 INPUT 4
​terminal
[Monaural
Mic]		 Built-in
microphone
(mono)		 Built-in
microphone
​(mono)		 INPUT 3
​terminal		 INPUT 4
​terminal
1 MENU > [ Audio Setup] > [Audio Input Selection] > [CH1/CH2] and [CH3/CH4] settings.
2 For combinations of settings that do not use the [INPUT Terminals (Exp. Unit)] option, the recorded audio channels are the same as in the previous table.
3 MENU > [ Audio Setup] > [CH2 Input] setting.
4 When the EU-V2 with a V-mount battery is attached to the camera, the option to use the INPUT terminals on the camera appears as [INPUT Terminals (Camera)] instead of [INPUT Terminals].

 NOTES

  • If the V-mount battery is removed while using the EU-V2's INPUT 3 / INPUT 4 terminals, the audio inputs recorded on CH3/CH4 will change automatically to INPUT 1 and INPUT 2, respectively.
  • You can press the AUDIO STATUS button to display only the [ Audio Setup] status screens. On these status screens you can check the input source selected for each audio chnnel and other audio-related settings.
  • When you display the [ Audio Setup] status screens using the AUDIO STATUS button, you can press SET to open directly the [ Audio Setup] menu page.