Hello all,
This is my first post and I have been researching online to figure this out and have not been able to get a hold of various sound mixers I know to talk about it with them either, so I'm coming to you fine folks.
I'm doing my first Sound-only gig for a student film starting tomorrow. I own a SD 442 mixer and they have rented a SD 744T recorder. However, they were not able to get a breakaway cable I mentioned to get (I said to get a dual-XLR male one end female on the other). I thought this is what I should be using, and please tell me if I'm wrong and there is a better, more efficient, or more accurate way to run the mixer to recorder. I'm new at this and learning as I go via forums, product manuals, etc.
I am wondering if two separate XLR cables run the same way out of the mixer into the recorder will give me the same outcome and work appropriately. I unfortunately will not be able to get the recorder and play around until we get on set tomorrow night (but I have been reading through the manual online).
We're shooting on the RED Epic so if there is anything you feel you'd know about the correct sample rate, bit rate, and recording settings for this job I'd be thrilled to hear your thoughts.
Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!