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Posted by Greg Melton on 08/02/07 07:27
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:33:12 GMT, Larry in AZ
<usenet2@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote:
>Waiving the right to remain silent, Blas <blasaudioprod@yahoo.com> said:
>
>> On Aug 1, 12:59 pm, Larry in AZ <usen...@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Waiving the right to remain silent, Blas <blasaudiop...@yahoo.com>
>>> said:
>>>
>>> > Larry my good man, a cold beer awaits you should you past thru the
>>> > St. louis area. You have given me the info I was in search of!
>>> > Bingo...Thanks! Since I have a local supply place that enjoys making
>>> > whatever I throw at 'em, I'm gonna have them make me a breakaway that
>>> > covers alot of bases. The ole' one size fits all type of cable. So
>>> > is there ANYTHING else I should consider before I toss this at 'em?
>>>
>>> Perhaps you could explain why you need these breakaway cables..?
>>>
>>> We've all been happily shooting for many years without them, thousands
>>> of us...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Larry Jandro
>>> Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
>>> Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
>>> [Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to reply]
>>
>> So what type of set-up does your audio guy use? How does he feed you?
>
>In the case of ENG shooting, audio will come from the mixer via XLR, and
>the camera's will return audio to the audio guy via the camera's monitor
>output. This is typically done profesisonally in a snake made for that
>purpose. There are no breakaway connections used.
>
>Like this: http://tinyurl.com/268m2u
I've never worked with an ENG audio mixer who did not have a breakaway
cable snake. If I need to hop away to shoot b-roll where camera mic is
adequate, click goes the breakaway snake and away I go.
I own one myself. I think I paid about $200 for a 15 footer at
Location Sound in Burbank, Ca.
Greg
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