Wednesday, April 10, 2013

NAB 2013: BeachTek Launches New Products


 Canadian company BeachTek launched a number of new products this year at NAB, and here is two of them. Harry Kaufman, owner of BeachTek, is holding the new MCC2 audio interface, aimed at DSLRs. Coming in May for the low low price of $99. How did they do it? Two mini-jack inputs (no XLR), passive adapter (no pre-amps), no phantom power and no headphone jack. But if you need to get one or two mini-jack inputs in (such as a Rode Video Mic and a Sennheiser wireless), and can use the headphone jack on your DSR, this just might be the adapter for you.





Coming later in the year is the new DXA Connect, which is a different form factor than the traditional BeachTek box. It integrates hot shoe connectors into the top of the unit.

Harry at BeachTek is a big fan of our DV Shop Question Hall of Fame list, and his personal favourite is "Do you sell socks?"