Splitting my sound

dantewaters

dantewaters

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Recording a seminar this weekend.

I am looking for a backup audio option.

Right now I am using the following -

Fostex FR-2 LE (back up from the onyx outputs)

Mackie Onyx 1220

Problem with the current setup is anything the house hears
my backup audio gets (the fostex)

What I need now is a device can can split the audio from his wireless sennheisers one to the camera the other to the house.

Is there anything that can be used?
 
dantewaters said:
Recording a seminar this weekend.

I am looking for a backup audio option.

Right now I am using the following -

Fostex FR-2 LE (back up from the onyx outputs)

Mackie Onyx 1220

Problem with the current setup is anything the house hears
my backup audio gets (the fostex)

What I need now is a device can can split the audio from his wireless sennheisers one to the camera the other to the house.

Is there anything that can be used?
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How about a second receiver on the same frequency to feed the camera?
 
Steve's option is a good one for smaller numbers of mics, I use that a lot.

And the Onyx 1220 does have balanced aux outs (not all mixers do, unfortunately) so that would be an option as well. I've seen people here who don't like to do that kind of thing, and for a valid reason--because the house audio guy is usually focused on his mix and not your aux--but since I usually am the house audio guy :), I don't have a problem with it.

Dante, what is it that the house is getting that you don't want to hear? Is it one or more specific inputs (like a CD for background music or something like that), or is it that you would like to able to turn something down (or off) when the house still has it up? If it's the former, what I like to do is run the aux to the camera in what's called "post-fade" mode--that way, if the house guy turns a channel up or down (to correct for a loud or soft talker), that adjustment is reflected in the aux, but if there's a channel I don't want (like the CD) I just don't send that to the camera at all. Otherwise, what you could look at is something like the ProCo MS-2 mic splitter to split the mic output(s) to the house and to your camera...
 
Steve House said:
How about a second receiver on the same frequency to
feed the camera?
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I thought sennheisers came with a specific frequency. He is using the head worn mic http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...HSP2_EW_HSP2_Head_Worn_Microphone_Black_.html

mic with a body pack going to one of those http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/328267-REG/Sennheiser_EM300G2_B_EM300G2_Receiver_B_.html rectangular receivers.

Let me know how I can use the same frequency so that the camera can get a feed as well.
 
Captain Pierce said:
Stif the house guy turns a channel up or down (to correct for a loud or soft talker), that adjustment is reflected in the aux, but if there's a channel I don't want (like the CD) I just don't send that to the camera at all. Otherwise, what you could look at is something like the ProCo MS-2 mic splitter to split the mic output(s) to the house and to your camera...
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I will confirm the model of the mackie and give you guys as much details as I possibly can today. The idea here is even if the mic peaks in the house I can still have a
dedicated feed going to the camera that's my main reason for wanting to split the signal before it gets to the board.
 
dantewaters said:
I thought sennheisers came with a specific frequency. He is using the head worn mic http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...HSP2_EW_HSP2_Head_Worn_Microphone_Black_.html

mic with a body pack going to one of those http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/328267-REG/Sennheiser_EM300G2_B_EM300G2_Receiver_B_.html rectangular receivers.

Let me know how I can use the same frequency so that the camera can get a feed as well.
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You just need to get a second receiver in the G2 series operating in block "B," or whichever frequency block he's using, to plug directly into the camera. One transmitter can send to as many receivers as you like without any problem at all. It's going the other way, trying to use multiple transmitters with one receiver, that doesn't work.
 
So just get another receiver that is similar to the one we use now?

Because I was under the impression that each receiver has a particular range of numbers...
 
Right, that's what Steve means by "block 'B'"; the "block" is that particular range of numbers. G2's come in two frequency blocks now, A & B; IIRC, A is in the 500 MHz's somewhere and B is in the 600's. (There used to be block C in the 700's, but that's gone due to the digital transition.) Any block A receiver can tune in any block A transmitter; ditto for block B.
 
Alright I'm going to do a video clip asking you guys what you mean by block B, as soon as I get time in the office.
 
For Sennheiser Evolution G2 wireless mics, "Block A" is a series of 1440 tunable frequencies between 518 - 544 MHz, and "Block B" is another series of 1440 tunable frequencies between 626 - 662 MHz. So, all you have to do is match the "block," tune another set of receivers to the same frequencies as the transmitters, and away you go with your very own feed.

What makes it even easier with Sennheisers than some of the other brands is that you don't even have to match the series, since the 100, 300, and 500 transmitters and receivers are all interchangeable as long as the frequency block matches.
 
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