audio to 2 cameras

Patryk_Rebisz

Patryk_Rebisz

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I'm shooting this low budget interview series where there is no money to hire a sound guys so we have to do with a mic on c-stand above the talent. We'll be using 2 DVX100 cameras i have an XLR Y-spliter to feed the audio from one boom to both channels but was wondering if there will be any quality loss if i add another splitter and feed the audio to 2 channels on one camera and 2 channels on another camera...?
 
Is there any reason to run the audio into both channels, let along both cameras? You only get one mono track of audio anyway you do it.
 
Gohanto said:
Is there any reason to run the audio into both channels, let along both cameras? You only get one mono track of audio anyway you do it.
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I always get requested to do sound to both cameras on a 2 cam shoot.
No issues what so ever though with a SD 442.

Many reasons why..
-if you're doing an offline and scanning tapes
- no need to resync the audio to match the other cam.
- if needed, you can use this as your sync'ing method (matching wave forms)
etc..etc..etc.
 
With the DVX you don't have to use a splitter; you can route the audio into XLR 2 and then use the switches inside the LCD panel to tell both channels to draw their source from channel 2.

So, in other words, you only would be using one splitter, to send a feed to each camera. You'd use the camera itself to record that one feed onto both channels.
 
You will have problems spitting a mic with a XLR cable splitter between mic and camera unless you use a mixer.
 
You may experience problems if you're using the camera to supply phantom power to the mic.

Aside from that, each splitter you use will effectively halve your signal strength. One splitter should be alright, but more than that is asking for trouble. Of course, Barry's already covered the multiple splitter issue.

A better, if more costly, option would be to use a mixer with multiple ballanced outputs. (eg. SD-442, PSC Alphamix).
 
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