What I do is have a seperate mic for the director/producer which is patched into an unused Mic input on the console. It's level is always up but signal only goes to an Aux send, pre-fader, so the talent can ALWAYS hear the producer... then you only hit TALKBACK to slate the take.
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ERIC SEABERG • San Diego, CA
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