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Re: Dual mono recording with SD 702?

Subject: Re: Dual mono recording with SD 702?
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Thu Jan 9, 2014 7:39 pm ((PST))
> Can the Sound Devices 702 be set up like a Marantz PMD 661 to record two =
tracks with different gain levels from a single mic input? I'd like to be a=
ble to record a second track at a lower gain level in case a bird suddenly =
vocalizes too loudly for the first (higher gain) track, but I'm not sure it=
 can be done. Has anyone set up a 702 for dual mono recording?

You could do it with an XLR Y-cable.

But I set my Sound Devices gains at a level (55-57) that gives me plenty of=
 S/N for the low-level ambience, and tons of headroom for that bold bird.

-Dan







"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.



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