Sennheiser G3 to Samsung Breakout Cable
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jamedia.uk
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Make one? Though as soon as you do that some one in the Far East is going to start selling them at $5 
My initial thought was: a damned silly idea as most people would use the Galaxy as the recorder on the talent. OTOH Smart phones are effectively a sub-laptop computer so I can see that cables and adaptors for this sort of thing will appear. (but not until AFTER you have made one :laugh: ) as they will start to(?) replace the small Zooms and Tascam recorders.
My initial thought was: a damned silly idea as most people would use the Galaxy as the recorder on the talent. OTOH Smart phones are effectively a sub-laptop computer so I can see that cables and adaptors for this sort of thing will appear. (but not until AFTER you have made one :laugh: ) as they will start to(?) replace the small Zooms and Tascam recorders.
I am making a short for a venue whose requirements are that it be shot on a smartphone. An external audio device is allowed, but I thought I would see what can be accomplished with the phones' audio.
Yes, I can make one. But any DIY cable smaller than XLR tends to be lacking robustness and reliability.
Yes, I can make one. But any DIY cable smaller than XLR tends to be lacking robustness and reliability.
jamedia.uk
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Why not. They are getting very powerful these days. Though I am not sure the ergonomics are up to it. The other point is they are not really designed for hanging things off them. Designed for style rather than functionality.
I don't agree with that at all but then I started life and an Avionics Tech.
While I like to fabricate, and have fabricated avionics for planes that fly higher than 80,000 ft, when making up a 3.5mm cable, anything less than an injection molded boot around the connector is sub-par. Those metal tabs crimped over the cable don't hold up. Heat shrink; even the stuff with the glue pre-applied on the inside, is unsatisfactory and I don't care for the look.
If you have a technique, I'd like to hear about it.
If you have a technique, I'd like to hear about it.
The requirement is it be shot on a smart phone? Wow. Are they planning on replacing most of the audio? While there are some circumstances that usable production audio can be recorded on a smart phone, those aren't the norm (Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset comes to mind, but that isn't appropriate for narrative or corporate work). There are ways to get up to two Rode Smart Lavs into a phone. You could also use a VideoMic Me.
Most of the time I record audio separately from my iPhone on to a dedicated audio recorder. You can build a handheld rig that has a frame that you can mount something like a MixPre-3 and run audio to that and then mount your phone on top of that. I'd use a Norbert Sport for this.
Most of the time I record audio separately from my iPhone on to a dedicated audio recorder. You can build a handheld rig that has a frame that you can mount something like a MixPre-3 and run audio to that and then mount your phone on top of that. I'd use a Norbert Sport for this.
jamedia.uk
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There are plenty of ways to make small cables that are as robust as the thing you are plugging into (i.e. a consumer Galaxy phone that is not going above 0K8 ft never mind 80K ft). There are plenty of ways of doing the equivalent of a mounded plastic boot. But as it is based on your liking the "look" I doubt any will please you.
In any case the 3.5 on to the phone is not locking so how robust does the rest of the system need to be?