Wirelessly transmit audio from a soundboard to the camera

[Craig Alan]

strongly rec. doing sound tests in advance of event. work out the kinks before it matters.

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[Malcolm Matusky]

Probably a late reply, but…

RF sent to camera is only a “scratch track” as far as I’m concerned. Use a multi track recorder to isolate as many tracks as you can from the mixer so you have a decent chance of good audio later during post. You don’t want the “house” mix, you want isolated multi tracks. Today with very inexpensive multi track recorders and computer interface boxes, there is “almost” never an issue with recording multiple tracks in the field. The day’s of having “only” a 2 track Nagra are long gone.

I shoot industrial and documentary films and use a Tascam Dr-680; 6 input channels and 2 internal mix down channels. My camera has two channels, I have a small 2 track recorder with XLR’s, and three 2 track pocket sized recorders with lavs for on talent use. I also have 2 radio mics, which I “almost” never use, they are just for the occasional scene where I cannot wire talent or plant a mic on set. Preferably both, I regularly run 3~5 tracks with two different recorders on every job. I never want to be dependent upon one mic, you never know when it will fail.

If you want “good” audio, record as many isolated tracks as you can on location, and then mix in post.

My $0.02; now $0.002 with inflation.

M

Malcolm
http://www.malcolmproductions.com