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Do It Yourself
for those who are brave enough to go it alone... with a little help from your friends
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Done the first "real" test http://babynetslate.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/the-first-real-test-run-over-night-free-running-jam-mode/
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Doing a little experiment with a Motorola 2 way radio headset. Can anyone ID what this 6 pin connector is? It enables the push to talk button, headset mic and received audio.
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I would like to add a volume control on my boom box. 100ohm should do? I'd also like to build a small box before my comteks to easily line up the level on the fly from a line level out. Thinking 600 ohm dual gang for the balanced output. Thoughts? Any suggestion on a source for parts? Digikey takes forever to deliver. Thanks! James
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Ok so I am debating making a powering cable to go to my bds to a H4n for a job I have coming up next week and am wondering what I am getting myself into. I do not have the unit here and don't know the voltage it takes for input and am assuming it is closer to a 9 than the 12 that is output by the BDS. Has anybody here built one? If so what kind of witchcraft will I have to do to make this work? EDIT. Ok so I finally found the specs for the dc in and it is a 5v jack and am going to assume that it will therefor not play nice with 12v power. So the question becomes what do I need to do to cut 12v to 5 volts.
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anybody knows how to wire an ECM44 to a Sennheiser G3 3.5mm plug? PLEASEEEEEE
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It really made me appreciate a good mechanical engineer. I was quite lucky, not a single drop of blood was spilt, nor a drill or milling bit snapped http://babynetslate....one-a-few-mods/
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I have a pair of DPA 4061 wired with Lectrosonics connectors and I want to be able to plug them into an XLR input on my 702, so I'm planning to wire up a couple of adaptor cables. I'm just a little unsure about which pins to solder where. From what I can tell looking at the info on the Lectrosonics page here - http://www.lectroson...tid,10/view,kb/ - and from my knowledge of wiring XLR cables, I should be doing the flowing: XLR: Pin 1 - Shield / Ground Pin 2 - Signal Pin 3 - Singal *Pin 2 and 3 are shorted together and thus recieve the same signal. TA5M: Pin 1 - Shield / Ground Pin 2 - Signal Pin 3 - Signal Pin 4 - Signal Pin 5 - Empty *…
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I thought it would be great to showcase our DIY parts and accessories. I find threads like this tend to inspire and spread knowledge. If you haven't had the opportunity or inclination to post past projects in this forum, please do so, be it power distribution, carts, specialty cables, gear modifications, antenna distribution, etc. I saw one mixer that cut up plastic one liter soda bottles to keep his rycote softies protected. Simple, elegant and effective. I made these for these boxes for my boom ops. I send them full signal and I included a potentiometer to cut the volume to a level that works for them( Wyatt Tuzo was my electronics guru on this project).
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This is the latest incarnation of my DIY DC distro. It has 4 outputs (on Hirose 4-pins) as well as a master switch (on-off-on) and a green LED to indicate power. I built this version to fit inside my Petrol 302 bag.
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I have a few SMQV transmitters that have turned black on the casing. I think this generally comes from sweat and the like. I hesitate to say oxidation because I don't know the science. What is the best recommended solution for cleaning this up? Just a standard solution from the grocery store? They are always so pretty when they come back from the mothership.
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I'm sure I'm missing something simple here, but stumped is stumped. I've got this SB-2a I'd like to keep in the bag to feed my Tascam HD-P2. I'd hoped to plug a Comtek TX in as well, to send timecode to the TS-1 slate I took the generator off of in the first place. I've tried a couple mono 1/8'' Y cables but code will only go through one branch (either branch) of the Y cable at a time. Plug the cables into an MP3 player or a Comtek RX, and I get sound out of two sets of headphones. Would a splitter like the one pictured work? I'm guessing timecode is so smart it knows how to twist my arm to buy an additional SB-3. Scott
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30$ total expenses ( 2nd hand mic stand). BAM!
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So, I figured it was time to build my own custom sound cart. After doing a bit of research on carts I figured I'd go with two SKB's on a steel frame. My goal is to build the cart in such a way that it collapses down enough to fit inside a compact car. I also want it to have all the bells/whistles yet be able to get through interior door frames with ease. Any comments/suggestions/concerns are greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Im booming a feature for a few weeks and wanted to get my hands on or make an apps box with a boom pole hole in it. Anyone have dimensions or know someone near the Baltimore area that may know how to make them? Would it work if I just bought a full apple then just drilled a hole in one end?
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i am in the midst of making up a digital input cable for a 788 and want to make use of the remote roll feature of a cooper 208 (not mine, otherwise i could get a voltmeter to it) and am struggling to work out from the cooper manual how i should wire the logic in and ground connection from the 788 to the TA5 on the back of the cooper. the pin outs are pin 1 = -10v (nagra) pin 2 = stop (nagra) pin 3 = pause stop (dat) pin 4 = common (dat) pin 5 = record (dat) but i cannot find any info anywhere about which i should connect to pin 9 on the 788 DB15 i guess it would be either TA5 pin 5 to DB15 pin 9 and TA5 pin 4 to DB15 6 and 7 or TA5 pin 1 to DB15…
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anybody knows how to wire an ECM44 to a Senny G3 3.5mm plug? PLEASEEEEEE
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I want to connect a power source (BDS v3 Battery Distribution System - you can see it at B&H) to an Edirol Audio Recorder (R-09HR Portable High-Resolution Audio Recorder) so all my equipment has one battery source. Can anyone tell me what connectors I should use? Thanks mailto:cbj@srcq.org
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Ok, so I've decided to build my first sound cart but since I'm still a newbie I'm not quite sure what the "ideal cart" would have. So, would you guys be so generous as to share your thoughts as to things I should consider in my build? Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike
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Hi all, This is the working prototype for my homemade bloop slate. It has 9 superbright LED's (very bright), a momentary push button that triggers the light AND sends a 400Hz tone to the mini-jack (line level-ish) that you see next to the trigger button. It works well when feeding the Mix-in on my SD302. It all runs on a 9V battery and I believe it draws about 100ma. I hope to add either an LCD display/counter to show take# or just keep it simple and add a layer of white dry erase board and handwrite take#'s. Some other possible tweaks are- trimpots to adjust brightness and frequency and a small amp to drive long audio lines if necessary. Let me know wha…
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I just ran into this: http://www.diyaudiob...1&by-date=false I do like the effort, do like the "design", but is it worth all the hassle...? I Would say no.
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It worked beyond all my expectations http://babynetslate....code-generator/ One comment was
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Here's a Tip people! I found this at 'The Container Store'.. (love that place). These are the elfa Tool Holders, for holding a broom handle on your garage wall. (more to follow)
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I'm replacing some cheap aluminum radial caps in an LCD monitor. I know about Electronic City in Burbank but I seem to recall looking for some mic components there in the past and they didn’t have some of the resistors or capacitors I needed so I ended up going online for them. I'd rather not wait for delivery and, instead, be able to walk in and buy locally. Being able to talk to helpful, knowlegable, staff is another reason I'd like to stay locaI. Thanks in advance.
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Trew audio makes a boom caddy to hold boompoles and occasionally sit on for a hefty price Wanted to see if anyone else has done a DIY boom caddy similar to this and would like to share some pictures perhaps.
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So, I work with a cameraman who has had some bad luck with the flip-out screen on his XDCam. It has been replaced a couple of times already (from getting bashed!) So he now shoots with the screen all closed up! I can no longer read the meters over his shoulder so I came up with this little box that shows me when audio is present in the camera. I primarily use the Zaxcom stereo hop as a camera feed with a backup recorder running in my bag. It runs from a 9V battery and has separate left and right (Ch1 & Ch 2) LEDs. The audio feed comes from the headphone jack or 5-pin audio out. Dimensions are about 2.5" X 1.5" X 3/4".
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