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Frank Grygier December 23rd, 2013 02:06 PM

Zoom H6 Line out attenuation cable -25 or -35?
 
I want to feed my BMPCC and Panny GH3 with line out on the new Zoom H6. Any thoughts on the attenuation I should use?

Steve House December 24th, 2013 09:52 AM

Re: Zoom H6 Line out attenuation cable -25 or -35?
 
Both cameras show they have mic level stereo inputs while the Zoom is a -10dBu stereo output. Alas, the camera specs don't list a sensitivity figure so it's just a guess but I'd go with -35 to start with rather than risk overloading the inputs. Remember those are both stereo I/O so you'll need to make sure you have a stereo cable with the pad on both channels.

Fran Guidry December 29th, 2013 12:10 AM

Re: Zoom H6 Line out attenuation cable -25 or -35?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank Grygier (Post 1825514)
I want to feed my BMPCC and Panny GH3 with line out on the new Zoom H6. Any thoughts on the attenuation I should use?

Download and install the 1.10 firmware for your H6. It allows you to pad down the line out in 5 dB steps, max attenuation is 35 dB if I recall.

I've been feeding my H6 into my GH3 using 25 dB attenuation, but I'm doing acoustic guitar so I don't want a hint of squashing. A llittle experimentation will give you a handle on the best setting for your situation

Fran

Frank Grygier December 30th, 2013 11:58 AM

Re: Zoom H6 Line out attenuation cable -25 or -35?
 
Thanks so much for the information. I will download the update right away.


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