Sonosax R4 multicable to camera

[Dennis Kersten]

Dear colleages,

I would like to shortly discuss an R4 workflow idea with you.

Sometimes I do these ENG straight to camera gigs. I use a cooper cs104 mixer to mix straight to camera (Allthough I use the camera as a 2-channel iso track recorder). And I use the R4 as a back up recorder. My idea is to make a multi cable for the R4 which carries 2 outputs and a return to the camera and maybe a video signal. This way I can skip the cs104 mixer (and loose some weight in the bag). The R4 has outputs and return on mini xlr. Only drawback I see now is that it is not possible to fade to zero with the channel gain and that the recorder doesnt have a -20 testtone. The testtone could be solved with a playable testtone file on the recorder.

What are your thoughts on this?

[johngooch]

Bringing the return from that camera into the R4 would require you to record that return track. No way to monitor a track without recording it. So you'd probably want to throw away that track. Could cause editorial confusion.

[Richard Thomas]

This may do the job:
http://www.remoteaudio.com/return_box/

 

 (you still can't mix to zero though- I tend to use it with the SX-M32 most of the time for this reason)

[daniel]

or

http://www.richmondfilmservices.co.uk/equipment/headphones-and-accessories/HED031.html

[Dennis Kersten]

Thanks John didn't realise that.

Thanks Richard & John. Interesting!

I think I'm buying a mix pre D and make a multi that can go with the mixpre and have a tape out to the R4.

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