Smyles Comm-biner

The Smyles Comm-biner is a quality stereo audio interface that combines production audio and walkie-talkie audio so both can be monitored via headphones. It is particularly suited to the world of reality and documentary production but is useful in any situation where walkie-talkies must be monitored as well as production audio.

What are the advantages of the Smyles Comm-biner?

– No need to block one ear with an uncomfortable surveillance tube, compromising the sound of your headphone in that ear – both ears are open and so you hear normally and “in stereo”. And if you use in-ear monitors you don’t have to improvise to try to get the surveillance tube AND your in-ear monitor in the same ear.

– It can be used with any input source from professional mixer/recorder or camera to IFB receiver, iPod or iPad.

– Use your own headphones, IEMs or earbuds.

– You select the walkie-talkie feed to left, right or both ears.

– No surveillance tube to clog up – but the transducer and tube are included for those times you don’t want to wear headphones… such as at lunch time.

– Stereo-mono switch: In STEREO mode you have normal stereo monitoring of production audio with the walkie-talkie feeding left, right or both channels. In MONO mode the stereo input is mixed to mono and and with the walkie is fed only to the left channel  – useful for camera operators who want to wear only a single mono earpiece. Additionally, the “ring” of the headphone jack is lifted so a mini mono plug will not short out the right channel feed.

– The signal chain is completely passive – no power is needed.

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