Pikepike Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 I have a Sound Devices Mix Pre 3ii and a Sigma Fp and I would really love to get them to sync timecode without having to buy the tentacle or the like. Has anyone made this work via HDMI or 3.5mm? I also have a Mozegear Tig Q28. With the Moze Gear I'm able to set the Sound Devices to the time gear and do the same with the sigma. However, they both get like one millisecond off. I'm guessing maybe the only way to do this right is to have two Q28s - one generating the camera timecode and one for the sound timecode. I'm not doing anything fancy just one sound recorder to one camera, but would love to have timecode, if anyone has any tips on a way to do this, cables to get etc. I'd love to hear it . Thanks so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Odd, you have the MixPre Gen2, so it does have accurate internal TC. (unlike Gen1) Are you leaving the Mozegear on the Sigma and still getting drift? (there must ALWAYS be a timecode box on the camera) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikepike Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 I think i did try it this way and they still drifted, but I'll try again. In fact while the Mozegear is plugged in to the Mix Pre 3ii it shows both and it shows a difference box at the bottom that jumps around, showing that the mix pre3 and the mozegear don't stay the same.. Also, I guess if I leave the Timecode box always on the camera it won't record audio? Which is not a huge deal but I do like having scratch in camera, especially if it turns out my timecodes aren't accurate! Also, I discovered, that if I just use the audio out on mix pre set to time code I can plug it into the camera and get the same timecode that way. Which also loses the audio track on camera (I think). This would negate the need for the mozegear, I guess, as long as I could have the recorder near the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikepike Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 it sort of flashes like this in the diff line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 On 10/8/2020 at 8:26 AM, Pikepike said: Also, I guess if I leave the Timecode box always on the camera it won't record audio? Which is not a huge deal but I do like having scratch in camera, especially if it turns out my timecodes aren't accurate! I don't know the specifics of the Sigma FP, but would using a stereo splitter cable help? (or even better, a Tentacle Sync E) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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