I've found that it's not even sudden cable failure, if you're using=20
your cables a lot, a connection can fail, you can accidentally get it=20
snagged and the wires will pull off the connector. I guess I somewhat=20
lied when I said I carried an exact spare for each cable. But I do=20
carry spares of any 'special' cables that I can rig something in=20
place of. My Schoeps MS rig goes into a single 5-Pin XLR in the=20
handle of the zepplin. Then I run a single cable to my rig, then=20
break it back out there. Makes for really nice hand-holding. So I=20
know that I'd better at least have a spare way to break-out from the=20
5-pin back to 3. Then I could run two XLR cables if need be right=20
into the recorder.
So really just have some kind of a backup plan to keep recording if=20
any of your cables goes down.
Tim
On Oct 12, 2005, at 8:16 AM, esandhaus wrote:
> After reading Tim's post, I found myself trying to think of various
> events that could lead to sudden cable failure....then I read your
> post, Oryoki. I think your story of the garden shears will forever
> stick in my mind. It's a funny story to hear but I'm sure it was
> less-than-funny when it happened =3D)
>
> -Estelle
>
> --- In "oryoki2000" <>=20
> wrote:
> >
> > Tim Nielsen wrote:
> >
> > >...I always keep spares in the car for all my various cables...
> >
> > This reminds me of an incident on a recording trip
> > in Brazil. We were trying to record antbirds along a
> > forest trail. My companion was using a pair of
> > garden shears to clip back some leaves at the edge of
> > the trail to get a better look into the interior of
> > the forest. Clip clip clip clip SNIP, and suddenly
> > his mic cable was hanging in two pieces! Fortunately
> > we had a spare cable in the car. Many bad words were
> > uttered that day.
> >
> > --oryoki
> >
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