Posted by Blas on 08/02/07 12:53

On Aug 2, 2:27 am, Greg Melton <greg.mel...@ca.rr.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:33:12 GMT, Larry in AZ
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> <usen...@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote:
> >Waiving the right to remain silent, Blas <blasaudiop...@yahoo.com> said:
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> >> On Aug 1, 12:59 pm, Larry in AZ <usen...@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com>
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> >>> Waiving the right to remain silent, Blas <blasaudiop...@yahoo.com>
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> >>> > 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?
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> >>> Perhaps you could explain why you need these breakaway cables..?
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> >>> We've all been happily shooting for many years without them, thousands
> >>> of us...
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> >>> Larry Jandro
> >>> Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
> >>> Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
> >>> [Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to reply]
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> >> So what type of set-up does your audio guy use? How does he feed you?
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> >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.
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> >Like this:http://tinyurl.com/268m2u
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> 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.
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> I own one myself. I think I paid about $200 for a 15 footer at
> Location Sound in Burbank, Ca.
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Greg, Glad to hear I'm not barking up the wrong tree on this issue.
How far (inches, feet) from the camera audio I/O side does the
connector (breakaway plug) sit?

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