A few years ago I owned a Canon GL1 and I bought a Beachtek adapter that was designed for it. Years later I no longer own the GL1 and now am the owner of a DVX. I was just thinking a minute ago if that adapter could be used as a mixer for my DVX. Might be sort of a long shot, and it probably doesn't, but I thought I'd ask the people that would know.
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Rippie
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Short answer: No.
Slightly longer answer.
Your beachtek I believe is unbalanced out (rca's or 1/8)
the DVX is balanced (XLR)
You would have to use adapters to get the rca's (or 1/8) back to xlr's..
and the distance would now be unbalanced, plus that box doesnt have metering
so you would have to be close to the camera anyway to even have a clue what you were actually sending it.
Definitely not worth it.
Slightly longer answer.
Your beachtek I believe is unbalanced out (rca's or 1/8)
the DVX is balanced (XLR)
You would have to use adapters to get the rca's (or 1/8) back to xlr's..
and the distance would now be unbalanced, plus that box doesnt have metering
so you would have to be close to the camera anyway to even have a clue what you were actually sending it.
Definitely not worth it.
That's exactly what I was thinking. I just wanted to hear it from someone who knows their audio. Thanks Rippie.
Captain Pierce
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The other way to come at this is, the whole purpose of the Beachtek on a GL-series or other camera is to approximate the audio options you get out of the box on a DVX. 
Everything you've got in the DVX is better than the Beachtek to start with, so even if you could hook it into the DVX, you wouldn't want to...
Everything you've got in the DVX is better than the Beachtek to start with, so even if you could hook it into the DVX, you wouldn't want to...