Studio setup advice

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Based on your drawing, you're running the audio through the camera. Everyone I know feeds the audio from the mixer to the recording/streaming computers. Your method should work; I'm just not aware of anyone doing it that way.

What's a 3/4 inch cable? While you have to feed mix-minus to Skype 1 and 2, you need audio (callers) from the Skype machines to the mixer.

You're a prime candidate for audio ground loops when you connect this many computers together. Not everyone has ground loops, but most people do. A lot depends on which computers you use and what is connected to the system. I'm working on a post for suggestions for solving ground loops, but it's not ready yet.

Hi Mike, running the XLR into the Beachtek and then into the camera gives me the option of using the NTG-2 in the field without any extra audio recorder, it should also minimise any sync issues as both audio and video come into my streaming/recording platform all at once on the same cable. I have used the method before about 5 years ago when I had a job shooting B-roll / interviews

3/4 inch was a typo, I mean 1/4 TRS audio cables, I will keep my eye/ear out for any ground loop issue, please post links to your post once you finish it, will be handy read no doubt.

Just took a look at the image. Is your camera able to output both Firewire and HDMI at the same time?

Hi Andrew, Yeah the canon HV30/HV40 will let you do that, its the main reason I was looking out for that camera, I found the HV30 for 250 pounds 2nd hand on ebay so I went for that rather than pay 800-900 pounds for a new HV40

I'm also playing with the idea of using the headphone out to record audio only.