Do It Yourself
for those who are brave enough to go it alone... with a little help from your friends
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Thinking of building myself a mixer based upon the exact features that I'd like... feedback - good idea or just plain silly. I have a very specific idea of how these features would be implemented, curious to see if others see things the same as I do or don't get it. Panel dimensions would be 12" wide by slightly under 3", overall dimensions would grow a bit given the casing. Faders are Penny and Giles 45mm throw. Sort of a design exercise to see if a linear fader bag mixer could work or not. Also thinking of maybe cutting it down to 4 channels instead. Switches are NKK, rotary pots are Alps push-lock style. The monitoring section on the right has a top row of …
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Just wanted to check with those that do their own soldering to make sure I'm doing this right. I'm making a cable to go out of a 3.5mm unbalanced mono mic-level output from a 442 to a Lectro Rx (either servo-bias or not). Lectrosonics' wiring diagrams don't explain this particular setup, but I'm pretty sure all I need to do is connect tip=pin3, and sleeve=pin1. Since this is just a mic level output and not an actual microphone connection, I don't need to bridge pin1 to pin4, correct? Thanks to all for any info. Stephane
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I picked up some consigned NP-L7S's recently, and one turned out to be faulty. Since they were used, I had no real choice but look into re-celling. I figured that either way it would be a learning experience. First, they make these things NOT to be opened! I was able to eventually get in, but it required a combination of finesse and brute-force. First, I removed both of the stickers from the outside of the case. I wish I had heated these up first, as I had a bit of cleanup on my hands afterward: Next, I removed the four screws from the top and bottom of the battery case: Once the screws were removed, the case was still glued shut. I heated t…
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12 Volt Minder UPG 71730 Low Voltage Warning Device for 12 volt battery systems. Prevent low or dead batteries by installing Volt Minder which has both LCD voltage read out and audible alarm. Customer adjustable low voltage setting, with a range of 10.5 to 13.8 volts, and audible on and off switch. Automatically monitors charging system and detects battery loads. $ 30 with cigarette lighter adapter cable. very accurate voltmeter too! http://www.batterystuff.com/battery-products/UPGvoltminder.html WE DONT SELL 'EM BUT USE THEM WOLF WOLFVID.COM
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Hi does anyone know how to make a cable for the following story? a sanken cos11 (red mark) wired to TA5F for lectrosonics sma, i need to make a cable TA5M to sennheiser... does anyone know how to make this cable? Thanks...
Last reply by Eric Toline, -
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I am looking for a recommendations for a 5 wire cable (4 wire plus shield). I'm looking to wire a 5 pin to 5 pin. I thought about using some star-quad but I heard from various sources that by using a star-quad in this application wasn't a good thing since star-quad wasn't designed to operated this way. Thanks Jack
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I'm thinking of building a stereo to mono summing box so that I can send a mono signal and was wondering if anyone has done this... any suggestions/refinements? I'm probably going to make it along the lines of this one from the Rane Note "Why Not Wye": I'd be using it to sum the 2-channel output of my mixer, since I want to keep both channels separate to the recorder for ISO's. It doesn't necessarily have to be a balanced signal since it's just the scratch track. What do you think? John
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I was looking around at some battery solutions, and found this item. Looks pretty cool. A 4-pin XLRF could be soldered on, or Hirose, etc., if you didn't want the plug that's already molded on. I was thinking about buying a couple, but the smallest number I can find is on this site for a minimum order of 12. http://www.sourceresearch.com/store1/quickstore.cfm?ProductID=90868&do=detail Is anyone interested in having one or two or three? I would have to stick it in a box and send it, so that would be a little over $5 in the US. So if $12 would be fair (there's a similar thing on eBay for $13 with a seemingly lower build quality), I'd buy a handful and mail …
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My old (OLD!) Weller soldering station is dying. Probably nothing I couldn't fix with a good soldering iron, but now I'm facing the soundie's version for "There's a hole in the bucket." And anyway, it's really old. I need a new iron/station, but geez, Weller makes a million models, and I'm not familiar with other brands. I'm not sure what to buy. Would love some suggestions and perspectives. A bit of background: I used to be quite handy with an iron... using one was a big part of my job. But that was a long time ago. Now I just occasionally make and repair basic cables and stuff. My needs are simple and my skills meh.... Also, I don't want to spend a lot of money. N…
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I'm wiring a 5 pin XLR female to a 3.5 mini TRS female so that I can have stereo (left / right) in the female TRS for a headphone feed. I wired the 5 pin as: Pin 1to sleeve of TRS Pin 2 to tip of TRS Pin 4 to ring of TRS Pin 3 and 5 I tied both into the ground of pin 1 When I tried this I was getting signal to the headphones but there was a lot of noise. What am I doing wrong?
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First off I want to give a big thanks to Mike Van Tine- he was a big help with info on how to do the 3047 card install on an older mother board... I've said it before: he's a go-to guy! All I had to do was cut 2 board traces, add a shunt wire and a 10k ohm resistor & it's good to go... Of course, my wife kept looking over my shoulder & pronouncing me wacko: "brave man, maybe not too smart- but brave". Hey- it worked... now it's time to install the 4-pin Hirose power connector. I was tempted to put in a 4-pin XLR, since there's plenty of room, but the Wendt X3 is also 4-pin Hirose & I've decided to standardize on that. John Here's a pic:
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Greetings all: I have a simple technical question: I'm finally wiring up some camera return adapters for my 788T/CL-9 Sound Devices setup. The 2 returns on the CL-9 are line level balanced XLR inputs. Camera return will be on an unbalanced stereo 1/8" TRS connector. What would be the appropriate wiring for the TRS 1/8" female to XLR male cable adapter? Thanks! -Adam
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Hi All, Attached are a few pictures showing a cable I bashed up, it was mostly "GID" (get it done) and a bit of DIY. I needed to record 5 channels of house wireless (dialog + solo singer) and the musical cue. My initial recce found the house mixer to be a Mackie configured for live sound (e.g., onboard effects, no direct outs) and the aux's were inaccessible due to routing issues. The ideal thing would, I suppose, have been a split before the board but this posed two problems: I didn't have 6 channels of split (relatively easy to solve) and, explaining why / obtaining permission to re-patch the mic inputs (much more difficult). Although the board lacked direct…
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Hi everybody, I am lucky enough to grab mr Mondo Vilas used 208 mixer. I tremendous step up from my 106. But i hate the knob colors. I would like to replace the purple knobs for the Aux 1 and Aux 2 controls. 18 knobs total. Anybody here every replace their knobs? I'd go with the white or grey. Obviously, simple DIY project. Would love to go directly to the source not thru service company. If possible. Thanks, john
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There have been a couple of threads about building cart power solutions, but I couldn't find much in previous threads about which SLA batteries people had good or bad experiences with. I know a couple of folks like the 12v 33ah MK cells, and I know that Powersonic 35AH are an old favorite, but has anyone had the opportunity to do side by side tests of different brands? Or does anyone just have vaguely uninformed guesses they'd like to share? FWIW, I'm planning to build a couple to use with my PSC Powerstar on my new cart, so any thoughts are welcome. Thanks everyone, A.
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http://www.mutr.co.uk/autoheal I'm sure we will all find great uses for this new product. BVS
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Saw this in my never ending internet browse. Not bad for 16 bucks, course you usually do get what you pay for. Still could be a decent addition to a kit as a backup. http://ossmann.blogspot.com/2010/03/16-pocket-spectrum-analyzer.html
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I have the cable that SD provides, but its too damn short. I have a section of RJ12 cable here and wanted to see if anyone had experience with this before I go buy a crimper. It looks to me like the C.Link requires a crossover type cable. Any experience or input would be greatly appreciated. I would contact SD, but they are out for the weekend and my shoot is sunday. I suppose if I don't get this sorted out I'll just link TC and WC on their own cables, but having matching header TC would sure be nice. Thanks in advance, Wyatt
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Hi all Does anyone have definitive wiring info to put together at TA5 to Stereoline input cable. Want to trim down my sundry cables with new 788T. I'm currently using adaptors to get where I need to be and was going to knock up something on the weekend Any info would be great Chris
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I imagine this exists here somewheres but i cant seem to find it - does anyone have a diagram of the 8 pin assignments for both psc and remote audio breakaway snakes?
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did a mod to my 7506 and have attached a TB mic. I used a AudioTechnica Headset: http://www.thomann.de/de/audio_technica_athcom1.htm used the rubber thingy from the other side of the headset to fix the mic onto the side of my headphones. Works great with my Cooper TB input (dynamic in) and very cheap! Matthias
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I read somewheres that pin 3 should be tied to pin 1 ground, or floated all together for certain devices, saying that the cable can act as an antenna, etc. Cant seem to find an answer to one or the other as to which is best when wiring cables for senny transmits as camera links. Anyone have any insight? And on that note, any info on what to do with pin 3 in general umbalanced connections? kp
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Here's my latest project: a 9v power distribution box. Many factors led me to make this custom distro unit. 1) I use Audio Ltd and Micron radio mics, both of which want 9v external power. Microns say they'll take 7.5-16v ext power, but they say ALWAYS use their custom cable, which has a 9v regulator built in. And Audio Ltd specs say they'll handle 9-14v DC, but NP Li-Ion batteries at full charge will put out 16v. I don't have the luxury of the 10-18V range of Lectro's. 2) Of the off-the-shelf solutions, only Hawk-Woods has a 9v-regulated distro box. The BDS, from what I can tell, passes along whatever voltage it receives. 3) My Microns don't have a pilot tone to …
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