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Driftwood AQUAMOTION v2 CC & Patched Audio Test

One thing we never really do is rely on the on camera microphones for sound when it comes to making videos or films. Generally speaking on camera microphones are to be avoided like the plague if you care about your video or wish to have professional sound. Most of the time they are an after thought by the poeple that made your camera because what you really pay for is a good sensor and a decent image for your work. You almost always have to mic with a separate solution than use your DSLR for sound. That is until you hacked your GH2 and and realized just how much latitude the higher bitrate offers in post production. What about a hack for the Audio? Does that exist? And where can you get it?

Good News! Breakthroughs have been made in the audio area of hacking the Panasonic GH2 and as of now just about any patch you try will have incorporated the audio hack, or audio patch settings. Most incorporate “AUDIO Settings by Per Lichtman and his team: ‘Pasadena Pulse or better such as V2 beta and above. I shot this video with “Driftwood’s AQuamotion version 2″ and features nothing more than on camera microphone for the sound. Aquamotion V2 doesn’t specify audio patch but having liked the image quality so much I decided to give this the audio test to see if it may very well be the best patch. Well at least for now anyway as i constantly try new hacks and patches im bound to find a new favorite.

I did edit the video and color graded for the fun of it, of course.. but it does not set out impress like most my hacks or patch tests, this is about the audio (However i do rather like how video came out). Does the audio hold up to some editing? Can you push the on camera microphone to a usable solution? We’ll you can decide for yourself as Sima Cunningham sings to the on camera microphone. Audio was lightly touched up in post via a little treble and bass, and a hint of a high-pass filter.
Like what you hear? You can follow Sima Cunningham @ https://www.facebook.com/simacunningham

Driftwood AQUAMOTION v2 Details

Decent recording times with sustained good quality inc slow motion across the board whilst EX TELE mode and/or 80% in 24p mode is employed.Now makes use of better encoder settings.NOTE: THIS IS NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR ‘seAQuake’ WHOSE QUALITY IS VERY GOOD. The absolute minimum INTRA patch, SPANmyBITCHup, gives longer recording times than AQUAMOTION.

SD_Card=Type 10 Most
Camera=GH2 v1.0E Driftwood
[Settings]
Version increment=1
30min limit removal=Checked
Maximum ISO limit removal=Checked
PAL<->NTSC Menu=Checked
Video Bitrate 24H=100000000
Video Bitrate 24L=88000000
Video Bitrate FSH/SH=68000000
Video Bitrate FH/H=56000000
Auto Quantizer for 1080 modes=2 – More to details
Auto Quantizer for 720 modes=2 – More to details
720p50 GOP Size=1
720p60 GOP Size=3
1080i50 and 1080p24 GOP Size=1
1080i60 GOP Size=1
Encoder setting 1 720p=2
Encoder setting 2 720p=1
Encoder setting 3 720p=2
Encoder setting 4 720p=4
Encoder setting 1 1080i/p=2
Encoder setting 2 1080p=1
Encoder setting 3 1080p=2
Encoder setting 4 1080p=4
Encoder setting 2 1080i=1
Encoder setting 3 1080i=2
Encoder setting 4 1080i=4
Video buffer 24p=0×3600000
1080p24 Frame Limit=3688808
60fps Frame Limit=1088808
50fps Frame Limit=1308088

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