AV recorder with multi-camera and audio input/switching?

[Le Gavroche]

I'm probably asking for the moon on a stick here, but does anyone know of a standalone video and audio recording unit, that will accept an output from 2 or 3 cameras (cameras such as DSLR or GoPro etc) and also a stereo audio source, while automatically switching between the cameras at set intervals.

The purpose of this is to record a video of a DJ set in a club. So there will be 2 or 3 camera angles (DJ Decks, Crowd angle 1, Crowd angle 2) plus an audio output from the DJ mixer, and (maybe as an option) a microphone for recording crowd sounds mixed in as well.

To save any post-processing, it would be great if the AV recorder would have a level meter for the audio, so that could be tested and set prior to the recording, and then the recorder would switch between cameras every 10 seconds or 20 second or wherever. Meaning the recorded video file is a finished product.

Any ideas?

[Mogul]

Have you asked DJ ChatGPT?

[StevieBee]

This is what you need: https://cvp.com/product/blackmagic-swatemtvstc-k4k...

Bit on the pricey side but you can hire them.

You should aim for having only two audio feeds, one from the DJ's master output and one to capture the crowd. Can be tricky balancing the two.

[Turtle Shed]

I think the automation aspect makes this complex, and prone to failure.

I'd record the output of al three cameras and both mics individually. Better still, use cameras that will take a mic input and then you don't need recorders for the mics.

Once you have your three recordings it's a piece of cake to import them into pretty much any video editing software and cut between cameras as you require. (If that means just setting up a hot key to jump forward 20 seconds (or whatever) and hitting 'cut' then so be it). Then just export your media file.

Whole job could be done in under an hour.

This also has the following advantages:

1 - You have three seperate recordings rather than one which may have gone wrong
2 - You have control over the audio mix
3 - You can add front/end cards, captions etc... little things that will give it a bit of polish
4 - You can output in various resolutions whilist you're at it. Can be helpful

Just my thoughts, I certainly wouldn't risk an automated/one recording setup if it could be avoided.

[Le Gavroche]

Thanks people.

I think that buying something that will do what I want is too expensive for occasional use, and probably better just doing a bit of post production with the separate video files afterwards as suggested.