Your problem is probably that you're using a mono mic with a mono plug and plugging it into a stereo jack on your camera. That mono mic is feeding both your left and right "stereo" channels.
You don't actually have "stereo" since you can't get stereo from a mono mic with a mono XLR output. You have "dual mono", which is the same sound on both your left and right channels. Either delete one of the channels or mute one of the channels and make the mono version again. -- Bill C. http://blog.fastcompany.com/experts/bcammack/ --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guys, > > Our first Sundance video is stalled from being released because of a > critical issue that I don't know how to fix! I bought us a new mic to > use on the road...it's a handheld Shure that uses an XLR input. I step > that down to the 1/8" plug on the camera. > > The audio sounds beautiful "in the can" and any cut I make of it that > has the audio in stereo also sounds great. The moment I ask Adobe > Premiere Elements or QuicktimePro to make a mono version of the video, > the audio using that specific microphone becomes too quiet to hear. I > don't want to put out a stereo version because it'll make the file size > pretty big, but the audio for that microphone is borderline silent > unless I keep it in stereo! > > What the heck is going on here, and does anyone know how to fix it? > > -- > Rhett. > http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime >