Using Multiple Mics

User Question:

I'm using the camcorder suggested by your site.  My tech guy says I need a mixer or splitter that will allow for two clip on mics to go into the camcorder, verses one mic taped to the desk, to improve our audio quality--does this create any problems or additional work to merge the audio? What do you suggest?

-I suggest using a mixer whenever feasible.  This is the only way to control mics individually, and best way to use multiple mics.  We use one and cannot live without, as it adds much greater control of when mics should be live or not.  Remember that with VC, mics are live at ALL times, so this might not be good, especially when newscasters are not seen on camera.  They tend to cough, laugh, sneze, etc when off camera, and a live mic will pick up on this...