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The OP was asking about using this as a front-end to his DR-100, not as a replacement for it. He wasn't asking about the DR-100. Camera is irrelevant to dual system.

Update: The good: Tracks recorded from the track official to car communications via a Raceceiver worked great. The transmitted signal is highly compressed (kinda like a cell phone), but very intelligible and was very clean. The announcer audio was recorded with an Avantone CK-1 with hyper cap...

Are you involved with Film Atlanta or Get Connected? Both are great resources for finding talent and crew. Let me know if you need a sound supervisor, production sound mixer, and/or boom op.

I use both a third party grip and third party batteries. I use the grip to help aleviate the overheating from long video shoots. Third party batteries have been hit and miss. Even betteries that list being chipped have quit reporting status after a few charges. They still work fine, just don't...

The most common cause of this problem to too much weight on the bottom. Drop time has to be at least one second, preferably a little more. Even a $900 merlin will behave this way with too much weight. When properly balanced on all three axis, the top leading the bottom in a turn will me...

There is no setting for the DR-100 limiters, it's either on or off. In dialog recording we learn to avoid hitting the limiters if at all possible. The limiters are there to save you, that's all. Hitting the limiters is a bad thing, not a good thing, but a necessary evil to save the take...

I've been very happy with my Light Craft Workshop Fader ND mark II. I bought the 77mm and use step-down rings to adapt to all my lens. ND filters is an absolute must for shallow depth of field outdoors in bright light when using DSLRs.

The reason you have difficulty finding this information is because there are relatively few who choose this as a career field. Production/Location sound is not glamourous, hardly ever in the spotlight, is tedious, and does not call attention to itself. Therefore, it is not the first choice for...

The switch on the back labeled AUTO/LIMITER changes function depending on setting in the MENU/INPUT SETTINGS/LEVEL CTRL. The two options are AUTO and LMT. By setting this menu function to LMT, the switch on the back turns the limiter on and off. If the menu option is set to AUTO, then the switch...

Alcove, I'm sure you'll chime in but here's my take and some questions: 1st the question: While these people be stationary and how close will they be to each other? IS this interviewer, interviewee, or two hosts, are they standing or sitting? Let's start with the recorder: If you don't have a...

There are many of us who work a career to pay the bills, and pursue filmmaking on the side. It's not necessarily one or the other. Many do both. I have decided I will not leave my day job until my filmmaking work is matching my daytime income. I can be completely satisfied with making films on...

While the GoPro HD is a great camera for what it is (we are currently using one for a racing documentary), attempting to match the image to other cameras will be difficult to impossible, unless you want your other cameras to be set to auto exposure and fixed focus. I'm not so sure it's...

I don't think there will be anything economical about shooting on film, especially if you're talking about a 20 minute film. Rough estimate is $20/3 minutes of film stock including processing. Just a wag would be for a 20 minute film you'll be shooting approx. 120 minutes of film. That adds up...

Looks like XLR is an option for the big box version.

Can't speak to how it sounds but here's the drawbacks: RCA output connectors No spec. for battery life For about $100 more, you can get the SD MM-1.

Most DSLRs are going to limit you to a 12 minute take. Good for a song or two, but not an entire concert unless you were shooting with multiple cameras to inter-cut. Sound-wise, shooting concert level audio allows for some lesser cost options such as the Zoom H4n, or better, the Tascam DR-100...

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Depends on the mixer, but any quality field mixer such as PSC or Sound Designs will deliver a boat-load of clean gain, as well as all the other benefits mentioned earlier. It's really a matter of economics: how much money did the manufacturer spend on the preamps for a recorder that sells for...

This is not going to buy you much in addressing your problem. Less than 2db of gain increase between the DR-100 and the HD P2. The Oades is a better choice in that you'll get an additional 6db.

Do not underestimate the advantages of having a quality mixer between the mic(s) and recorder. Although portable multi-track recorders have opened up options for iso tracking, the ability to have clean, high quality preamps between the mic and recorder cannot be ignored. Add to the the...