Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Our sound and lighting courses can be found at https://school.learnlightandsound.com!
In this week’s episode, we answer the question, “How do I power my audio recorder for longer than with the internal batteries?” One option is the CORE SWX Snap Mighty battery system. This unique battery can be expanded in realtime by literally just snapping another Snap battery to your existing battery. And you can hot swap batteries and power your sound recorder all day long.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest courses cover Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini and an Intro to Izotope RX. See school.learnlightandsound.com for more info!
Support my work creating videos by donating at Ko-Fi.com: ko-fi.com/curtisjudd
Gear used or mentioned in this episode (the links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases):
- CORE SWX Snap Mighty with USB-C cable — geni.us/HZ9PIMz
- CORE SWX Snap Mighty with DC barrel cable for Blackmagic Camera ProDock — geni.us/B0eDB
- CORE SWX Powerbase Edge Snap (has additional outputs and features) — geni.us/jCQRsO
- Sound Devices MixPre-3 II audio recorder — geni.us/O8e0
- Sennheiser MKH50 microphone — geni.us/iYb065
- Impact Turtle-Base C-Stands — geni.us/8a8tt
- Aputure Light Dome III Softbox — geni.us/AVHU1p
- Rosco Prismatic Glass Gobo in Cool Lavender — geni.us/GWKt
- Canon C70 Cinema Camera — geni.us/ABYB
- Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8 lens — geni.us/qwsEs
- Panasonic GH5 camera — geni.us/InspOl
- Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 II lens — geni.us/gr47
The outro music for this episode is from Musicbed - “Dynamo” by Virgil Arles. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: geni.us/G7by
Copyright 2025, Curtis Judd
#CORESWX
#Snap
#battery
Index
00:00 Full disclosure
00:16 This video is brought to you by…
00:28 What is the Snap Mighty?
01:08 Powering time experiment
01:45 Lots of audio use cases!
01:53 Snap, stack, hot swap & charge
03:06 Power gauge
03:23 Safety features
03:36 PowerBase Edge Snap compatibility
03:56 What’s included?
04:30 Some contextual cons
06:02 Please buy my courses on how to record better sound
Our sound and lighting courses can be found at https://school.learnlightandsound.com!
In this week’s episode, we answer the question, “How do I power my audio recorder for longer than with the internal batteries?” One option is the CORE SWX Snap Mighty battery system. This unique battery can be expanded in realtime by literally just snapping another Snap battery to your existing battery. And you can hot swap batteries and power your sound recorder all day long.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest courses cover Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini and an Intro to Izotope RX. See school.learnlightandsound.com for more info!
Support my work creating videos by donating at Ko-Fi.com: ko-fi.com/curtisjudd
Gear used or mentioned in this episode (the links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases):
- CORE SWX Snap Mighty with USB-C cable — geni.us/HZ9PIMz
- CORE SWX Snap Mighty with DC barrel cable for Blackmagic Camera ProDock — geni.us/B0eDB
- CORE SWX Powerbase Edge Snap (has additional outputs and features) — geni.us/jCQRsO
- Sound Devices MixPre-3 II audio recorder — geni.us/O8e0
- Sennheiser MKH50 microphone — geni.us/iYb065
- Impact Turtle-Base C-Stands — geni.us/8a8tt
- Aputure Light Dome III Softbox — geni.us/AVHU1p
- Rosco Prismatic Glass Gobo in Cool Lavender — geni.us/GWKt
- Canon C70 Cinema Camera — geni.us/ABYB
- Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8 lens — geni.us/qwsEs
- Panasonic GH5 camera — geni.us/InspOl
- Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 II lens — geni.us/gr47
The outro music for this episode is from Musicbed - “Dynamo” by Virgil Arles. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: geni.us/G7by
Copyright 2025, Curtis Judd
#CORESWX
#Snap
#battery
Index
00:00 Full disclosure
00:16 This video is brought to you by…
00:28 What is the Snap Mighty?
01:08 Powering time experiment
01:45 Lots of audio use cases!
01:53 Snap, stack, hot swap & charge
03:06 Power gauge
03:23 Safety features
03:36 PowerBase Edge Snap compatibility
03:56 What’s included?
04:30 Some contextual cons
06:02 Please buy my courses on how to record better sound
