For scratch audio

[Kaku Ito]

Has anyone tried connecting one of these directly to their Epic?

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/534023-REG/Sennheiser_MKE400_MKE_400_Compact_Video.html

 

[Lewis-M Soucy]

I bought it last week and it works perfectly. All you need is a mono jack adapter otherwise it won't work. The audio inputs in the Epic are mono and you need a stereo female to mono male adapter. I got a couple of them made and it works great!

 

[Chris McKechnie]

Get a Zoom H1...I use it all the time for reference sound. Does a good job, and it's cheaper.

 

[Mike Yonts]

I looked at that one and wound up choosing this one:


http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/257751-REG/Azden_SGM_X_SGM_X_Shotgun_Mic.html

...because it seemed a little less bulky. It works fine with my Epic. However, the 1/8" to 1/8" cable that came with mine either is defective or wired differently from the inputs on the front of the Epic. Once I traded it for another cable that I had, it was good. One thing you might prefer about the Rode is that it takes regular batteries rather than those little hearing-aid type batteries.