I dont often have the need to record sound direct into vegas but I tried it today. I kept thinking my mic sounded crap / noisy and it shouldnt as it is a pro short shot gun.

Turns out the mic in on the m board is a joke - listen to this, first into the pc and then captured via the camera after recording onto tape.

http://www.zaskarfilms.com/Films/Temp/soundtest.wma

The PC makes my lovely mic sound crap.

My question is what level of card do I need to get a mic input as good as my sony VX9000e mic input (and that probably isnt that good).

Also, I cant find an input level slider in vegas to adjust when recording - I think this could be daft question of the week....

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If you can wait i no that solid state logic is relising one ( I dunno if im ment to say that) but i expect you will have to pay a few grand for it. Serously though-GO to turnkey and look there Hope it helps.