Patrick Wylie

Below is the custom cable that my friend and I built to interface the OV196 with the 664. Didn't have to color code it, but it has the numbers on the cable itself.

Nick, thanks for the info brother. I had planned on using right angles because how the board is currently placed on the cart. it doesn't have the clearance for a straight connector. Craig, appreciate the advice on the short runs and the link you sent me. The run will be tops 4.5', so I think I'm more than okay.

My issue with that is that there is no analog card for that board that has 16 outs. They do on the digital cards. Plus, I believe that the 664 only takes 4 digital ins on 1,2, 5, & 6. So, those digital cards don't help me. The reason for building this is to open the 8 eight analog outs from my current card to feed coms, IFBs, camera, and playback. Then, I can use this cable to get me 12 direct outs to feed to all the inputs of the 664. My max channel count on this show would probably be 10, but having two extra wouldn't hurt.

Thank you for the correction. That is right Craig. Seems like a doable thing, right? Do you foresee any issues with that setup?

I'm building up a cart rig for an upcoming feature, which utilizes the Yamaha OV196 as the board and the 664 as the recorder. I'm planning on building a custom cable that seeks to utilize the Insert point on each channel as a direct out. I wanted to check with you guys to see if anybody has had any experience with this or advice for doing it. The current cable I plan on building is a DIRECT OUT interface cable between the Yamaha and the 664: (12) Right Angle M-TRS 1/4" to (6) M-XLR and (6) TA-3F As per the manual of the OV196, the inserts are wired with the send to the tip and the return to the ring. I'm thinking I could just float the tip to the ring on the 1/4", which in theory would send the audio to my recorder and also route the input back into the mixer. The output level ranges from -2dBu (min gain) to +18dBu (max gain). So, it should have enough to drive the TA-3F Line ins on the 664. I'm open to any ideas, advice, or techniques that you guys have to share. Thanks!! BTW This is my first JW post. So, there goes my cherry...

I was recently working on a cooking show, that was shooting on....you guessed it the RED. As we all know, it is probably one of the louder digital tape-less cameras out there, but on top of that the monitor it was connected to had a fan that was a hell of lot louder than the RED and that was from a distance. I inquired about the monitor and soon found out that there was a menu option to turn the fan off. I don't have the specifics on the monitor, but I guess I would recommend checking in with the 2nd AC to see if there is a menu option on the particular monitor you are working with that allows the fan to be turned off.