[Craig Alan]

Doesn’t the DVX100 have xlr inputs? If so, you don’t need an adapter. A good mixer is a plus. The feed from a house board might be camcorder friendly or might not. A good mixer could take that feed and give you a signal that your camcorder likes. Wired connections are usually more reliable than cordless and certainly cheaper. But if you need to be free you could run a wire to your mixer and then send a wireless signal to your camera. read this thread:

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/30/857342.

Buy: https://www.amazon.com/Producing-Great-Sound-Digital-Video/dp/1578202086

You might consider a digital recorder that you can sync to your video in post. Either way it would be a good idea to have an audio pro in charge of the audio so you can concentrate on the video image. Someone with headphones on and an eye on the meters needs to adjust the signal. Your best bet is coming off the house board. Otherwise you are dealing with a complex problem of mic placement and a lot of gear. I’m not an audio
pro either. But I have recorded concerts and audio is by far the hardest part to get right.

Good mixers do not cost $45.

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[Craig Alan]

Can’t answer all; however, things to consider: optics are as important if not more so than format. 3 chips are better than 1. Do you want to shoot in 16×9 or 4×3 aspect ratio? Most of the hard drive cams I’ve looked at record in either mpeg 2 or some other format other than DV. If a particular cam looks good to you, find out the format and see if it is supported. Companies are selling hard drive add ons that do record in DV.

If you are happy with 4×3, I would move up to a pd170 which can be had for about $2600 at bhphoto. It is not HD but takes a fine image and is very rugged and is the low light champ. It also has xlr inputs which will save you from buying a converter and will let you invest in pro mics and cords that will be future proof. It also comes with a wide angle lens which is worth another $200.

[Craig Alan]

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[Craig Alan]

Hey Ty,

How will this do on a boom, indoors, with low ceilings (10′).

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[Craig Alan]

“You understand that if you reset the meters, that will have ZERO effect on the actual LEVELS coming out of the mixer, right?”

No I did not understand this. Thanks. So other than pads there is no way of adjusting the actual levels? Will the sound devices 302 output at the right level (-10)?

PS: I’m sure some one could explain to me how to attach the resistors to the XLR pins. Or how to build the home made pads.

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[Craig Alan]

Thanks Kerry,

First answer, including emails back and forth to Shure, that is concrete enough given my level of electrical experience

[Craig Alan]

Repair permissions.

Under others there is a check box that says “apply to enclosed items” so all within a folder could be shared by all. Do you really want every one to be making changes to every one else

[Craig Alan]

THANKS

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[Craig Alan]

Thanks.

I could add several of these to my next order and it would help regardless with the line in from other over-modulated boards. However, I’d like to set the FP33 to -10 out. Why add weight to the xlr lines and spend $90 when the mixer has adjustable output? The FP33 has been an industry standard for a long time. I’d like to learn how to adjust the output. However, if it does take expensive gear to make the adjustment, then I guess the attenuator is the way to go, for now. It is what Rose recommends in his book.

Does the attenuator plug into the mixer directly or elsewhere in the XLR path?

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[Craig Alan]

Thanks,

Yes, if coming from a house board, I often go line level into the mixer and then mic level out and mic level in to the pd170.

However, I am trying to get the mixer’s output line level to be adjusted to the level the camera likes. As you say the default is +4, which is too hot for the camera. But the advantage of line level is it will cut the need to boost the pd170s preamp, which is not all that great.

According to the mixer’s user manual, it is possible to adjust the line out level. So far, I only use this mixer with my camera, so I have no need for a +4 line out.

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