@Gerald you might be right. The Rode clips did sound a bit odd to me.

OK, I checked the wave form and you are right! Any idea how that happens? Could it have something to do with the way the GH2 sums the mono signal from the stereo cable?

So kinda confused on what the mic levels are set to via the patch, or do you put in the levels you want via ptools?

i.e whats the mic bars representing? red bars = 0db? or -6db?

How much gain does each level add?

Awesome work though!

All of it is explained on my blog at http://www.pasadenapulse.net (I'm typing from my phone or I`d give you the link to the specifc page) in the article on "Pasadena Pulse Audio V2 Beta 2".

@Ricker Here is the link to all the settings used and what they correspond to.

http://perlichtman.com/pasdenapulse/wordpress/2012/03/14/panasonic-gh2-audio-settings-file-pasadena-pulse-audio-v2-beta-2/

Would anybody be willing to help with/handle the Wiki update? Like I said earlier, I haven't really spent any time doing it on this site and I'm a little busy with patch testing recently.

@thepalalias

Send info to Nick or any other authors, and they'll work on it.

@MirrorMan Great demos! Nice to hear some options other than the internal mic and mono shotgun mics on there. :)

You might want to double-check the title-cards, though. It seems like the mic level may not always be accurately labeled.

Glad to see you experimenting with Mic Level 2 and 3, too. 1 and 4 were the ones I felt we nailed best.

@thepalalias good test by mirror cant imagine how good u r patch is even for the internal mic,..sure one day this beta 2 will get final version i believe,..still under testing after all this goodies???

Results of Pasadena Pulse Audio V2 Beta 2

Well here are the settings I've stored in my iphone notes for the different mics i own and use with the GH2 and H4n for interviews. These were selected after reviewing in Sony Vegas Mixer for levels and by ear. None distort and no audibly noticeable AGC presence of background (except Level 3 Internal mic).

The camera meters are now a very good guide, if you just hit the first red indicator with peaks when doing a sound check that's about the correct level.

Sennheiser K6 shotgun  - Level 1 if used as an interview mic @1ft,  Level 2 as a boom from 3ft way.

Sennheiser Lav ME2 - Level 2 

Rode Video Mic Pro (No Boost 0db) - Level 1 if quiet room/location, 2ft to interviewee, Level 2 if noisy location.

GH2 Internal mic - Level 3, used to sync H4n.

Hope they are of use to someone. Although i need good audio, my requirements are not critical, i shoot on beaches and outdoor locations. Thanks Per for the settings.

@thepalalias Thanks for your great work. Looking forward to test your Pasadena Audio settings on Cluster when I find the time.

Here a few cheap microphone tips working perfectly with the GH2. Throw me out if I am off topic. By accident I dropped into these supercheap microphones which I was/am using on my last few documentaries plugged directly into the GH2. They work noiseless, very nice level, no need of preamp, changed plugs to $8 high quality metal 2.5mm stereo plugs, don’t use 3.5-2.5mm adapters (tried out half a dozen) always could give you some bad contact issues.

Vivitar TVM-1 shotgun, $20, astonishing excellent sound, perfect for documentary midrange distance on-cam or on-boom, needs battery, looks big on GH2, became my main working on-cam mic, prefer it to sennheiser MKE 400 and sennheiser K6 module mics, use it with “normal” mode (“tele” mode is crap) hard to find on ebay. On the following ebay-link it is sold as a different brand, but I am convinced this is identically the same (not 100% sure so don’t kill me, mine has a screwable 3.5 Mini-Jack not XLR ) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Professional-Shotgun-Interview-Condenser-Uni-Directional-System-Microphone-Mic-/110834733639?pt=PCA_Speakers&hash=item19ce43d247#ht_4760wt_986

Sony ECM-CS 10 Lavalier stereo clip-mic, nice and clear sound, I paid $12 including shipping for it (now its around $20), I use it directly into the GH2 or into my Olympus LS-10 digital recorder. No need of expensive and complicated radio-mics any more. Person to be interviewed has the ECM-CS 10 clipped on and the Oly LS-10 in the pocket, afterwards pluraleyes it.

Vivitar VM-1 short shotgun, same type as TVM-1 but shorter, less cardioid characteristic, good for handheld, news type interviews, not for midrange distances. Hard to find, I paid $15, plugged in directly into GH2

Next days I will upload some sound/video example footage.

EDIT: Here is some footage out of a documentary shooting situation, I am shooting right now in Central America, no postpro, not a test. Remember: mic is on-cam and directly plugged into the GH2. @paleface here is the link

Can someone sum up what these audio settings changes do? Is this just trying to improve the gain of the audio or is it also affecting the sampling rate and bit rate?

Mpgxsvcd, basically levels 1 and 2 have no noticeable auto gain even during silence and the in camera meters are much more accurate and useful. Levels 3 and 4 agc is noticeable. It's nite and day difference between original and modified.