I try my best to cover the bits, that most others omit. It's the little things that matter.

With all the new Canon cameras, that have the multifunction hotshoe like the R6 Mk II, no cablr is needed. Only the hotshoe connection.

They do. And that is also the reason, why Canon didn't make their own audio adapter, but instead partnered up with Teacs Tascam division. Smart move on Canons behalf.

On the back of the Tascam module, there is a switch with a camera and headset logo. Have you made sure, that is set to camera ?

@@EmeraldAudiovisual Yes. It’s set to camera. And I’ve tried with a shotgun mic requiring phantom power, and a lav which doesn’t. Very frustrating!!!

@@EmeraldAudiovisual it’s been working fine since I got it. Nothing changed in my setup. All this just started today. Appreciate your attention and help.

@@misterdeity Hi Misterdeity.. I'm experiencing exactly the same problem, I've tried every different combination of mics and settings, update of firmware.. everything, but no luck. The power indicator comes on for a few seconds and then vanishes.

@@misterdeity Hello ! did you solve your problem ? i have the save and don't know how to solve it ...

You won't loose any audio quality, but you'll loose 4 channel recording. And I can confirm, that you won't be able to fit a top handle, once you fit the Tascam unit in the hotshoe.

The difference is the Tascam is doing it's own A/D conversion and sending that digitally thru the shoe (there is no change to the audio after the Tascam). But if you go into Canon's 3.5mm you're going to be using their A/D converter (for me the whole point of this device is to bypass Canon's bad sounding pres/converters).

Not that I know of unfortunately. The Tascam unit does not really accommodate that. So side handles might be a better option. You can use the Tascam adapter with the cold-shoe and the battery plate, but then you only get 2 audio-channels.

@@EmeraldAudiovisual the unit can only record 3 channels correct.

@@billycrowe4501 no. That is not correct. It can record channel 1 and 2 xlr OR a stereo channel in input 3. That is your first 2 channels. The other 2 channels are your stereo channel in the mic jack of the camera. That is channel 3 and 4.

@@EmeraldAudiovisual interesting. So can I have two channels from Tascam through hotshoe and still plug into camera’s side mic port for what can essentially be another two channels for a total of 4 channels of audio?

@@Saltbox97 correct.

You have 4 channels of audio. 2 channels on the camera mic port and 2 channels from the Tascam. On the Tascam, you can choose to use the 2 XLR ports, route XLR port 1 to both channels or use the 3.5mm port on the Tascam for your channels 3 and 4. Actually, the Tascam channels are channels 1+2, your camera channels become channels 3+4. But the end result is the same.

This is the info that is hard to find, Thabks.

Audio is typically recorded in 8, 16, 24 or 32-bit. The higher the number, the better the quality. And yes, you can adjust the gain of all channels individually. The 2 XLR channels are adjusted on the dial on the audio adapter. The internal 3.5mm microphone jack in the camera is controlled from the menu in the camera. I hope that explains what you were looking for.

No. That is not possible. The hardware in the Canon R5 C is max 24bit 48 kHz. But what they probably are doing is sending the output from the Zoom recorder to the camera, so they can sync the 32-bit float recording from the Zoom recorder with the audio in the camera in post. So you have a good waveform match. If you however used a Zoom F2-BT with the Atomos UltraSync Blue or got the bluetooth module for the Zoom F3 and paired it with the Atomos UltraSync Blue, then you could just timecode match them. What they are doing is a cheap hack not to have to use timecode. The issue with that is, that it limits them from moving the Zoom recorder, as it's hardwired to the camera.

@@EmeraldAudiovisual Damn thanks for the info. I think I'm gonna go ahead and get away from the 25bit and go 32bit float. Just trying to find a compact and easy way to sync audios easily. So I guess time code is the only real option to get pin point accuracy on syncing the audio

Timecode is indeed the way forward. Look into TentacleSync. I will have a video soon on that. They have some nice timecode generators and a 32-bit float bodypack with lav mic at reasonable pricing.

@@EmeraldAudiovisual Thanks for all the help and answering my questions man. Means a lot.

Correct. Up to 4 channels (or 4 mics). 2 in your Røde Wireless Go II connected to the camera body and up to 2 mics connected to the audio module. All recorded in seperate channels in your footage.

@@EmeraldAudiovisual you're the man!

From what I can see, the Deity D3 Pro has a 3.5mm connector. Which connector exactly do you have that connected to ? Because you would either have that in the mic port of the camera or input 3 on the Tascam. And to use input 3, you'd need to switch the Tascam to use input 3 opposed to using the XLR inputs. Also, the Deity supports TRS and TRRS and does some sort of auto-detection. So if the standard cable, that comes with the Deity is a TRRS cable, I'd try a TRS cable instead, to force it to TRS.

@@EmeraldAudiovisual Oh sorry my bad. I typed too fast. i am using tascam tm 200 sg with the input 1. The noise is super loud, like some kind of electric hum. As a reference, i connected the Deity D3 Pro to the Tascam Input 3 and i hear quite a bit of noise too. However the noise is not that bad when i connects the Deity D3 Pro direct to the Camera mic input. I am suspecting if its caused by the Tascam adapter. In fact, the camera default mic sounds much much cleaner than the two i connected on the adapter.

@@iamacelee you might need a balanced cable and also make sure, that you obviously have not enabled 48V towards the Tascam, as you don't need it. On the Deity connected to input 3, as I said try a TRS cable or maybe put a ferrite in the chain between mic and adapter. In-line ferrites with 2x 3.5mm jack can be found readily on the likes of Amazon.

@@EmeraldAudiovisual thanks for the advice! i finally figured it out that i set the gain too high. i then set it to 2 or less than 3 gains and manual then no more noise. Thanks!

Don't get me started. The Panasonic Lumix GH6 does 4 channel recording in 96 kHz. It's not rocket science. So yes, you're absolutely right. I mean, I would have wanted 32-bit float at this point. At least Canon teamed up with Tascam and got an audio adapter, that works instead of making their own half baked solution.

@@EmeraldAudiovisual I was almost convinced to go with a Zoom F3 to record 32-bit float at 96kHz. However, that would require using a cage and mounting separate funky things, and then syncing audio later (yuk). So came back to this Tascam solution. I do like that it transfers digital audio thru the hotshoe and writes it to the video file-keeps things simple!

Depending on your workflow, both the InstaMic (which supports bluetooth timecode to the TentacleSync Sync E) and the TentacleSync Track E could actually provide you 32-bit float and you could use the audio tracks on the R5C as backup/alternative tracks. Especially since timecode in and out now is an option with the R5C. But yes, the simplicity of having all audio tracks in the video file to begin with, all in sync, is what makes the Tascam solution compelling.