Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this week's Sound for Video Session, we revisit the topic of routing for field recorders and mixers. One of our community members asked, "How do I route the slate microphone to a boom operator?" We'll also cover headphone routing which is super important so that you have a good sense for what you're recording and whether there are any issues which need fixing.
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 at school.learnlightandsound.com 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. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Universal Audio VOLT 276 USB audio interface — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/H5pbQ7
- Earthworks SV33 studio vocal microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/jfIw
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Neumann U87 Ai microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/phYZH
- Epiphan Pearl 2 live stream appliance — B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/6Plwl
- Epiphan Pearl Nano live stream encoder — B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/qXyXR5
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Canon C70 Camera - B&H geni.us/ABYB
- Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8L IS lens - B&H, Amazon geni.us/qwsEs
- TA3-M to XLR-F Adapter cable to feed microphones to C70 or Blackmagic Pocket cameras - B&H bhpho.to/3o2dTOS
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
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Copyright 2022, Curtis Judd
Index
00:00 Start
3:15 Beginning of stream
3:32 Agenda
9:27 Audio routing for field mixers/recorders
43:26 Syncing timecode from a MixPre to a camera and monitor w/out external devices
47:56 Adding a recorder to a wireless signal chain
50:28 Questions from the chat
1:06:08 Wrap-up
1:06:21 End of stream
In this week's Sound for Video Session, we revisit the topic of routing for field recorders and mixers. One of our community members asked, "How do I route the slate microphone to a boom operator?" We'll also cover headphone routing which is super important so that you have a good sense for what you're recording and whether there are any issues which need fixing.
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 at school.learnlightandsound.com 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. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Universal Audio VOLT 276 USB audio interface — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/H5pbQ7
- Earthworks SV33 studio vocal microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/jfIw
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Neumann U87 Ai microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/phYZH
- Epiphan Pearl 2 live stream appliance — B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/6Plwl
- Epiphan Pearl Nano live stream encoder — B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/qXyXR5
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Canon C70 Camera - B&H geni.us/ABYB
- Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8L IS lens - B&H, Amazon geni.us/qwsEs
- TA3-M to XLR-F Adapter cable to feed microphones to C70 or Blackmagic Pocket cameras - B&H bhpho.to/3o2dTOS
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
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 2022, Curtis Judd
Index
00:00 Start
3:15 Beginning of stream
3:32 Agenda
9:27 Audio routing for field mixers/recorders
43:26 Syncing timecode from a MixPre to a camera and monitor w/out external devices
47:56 Adding a recorder to a wireless signal chain
50:28 Questions from the chat
1:06:08 Wrap-up
1:06:21 End of stream
