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Good evening, Does anyone have info on good frequencies for using wireless in Turkey ? Thanks
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Hello everyone, I'm in a bit of a tough situation. I'm on a gig in Mexico City right now and I have a rented mixboard, it's an 8-channel Soundcraft (don't laugh...) and I've got a few scratchy faders that cut out sometimes when moving the fader up and down. Usually, I'd have my technician back at my studio fix it by cleaning it, but I unfortunately don't have that luxury at this exact moment in time. Do you guys know how I can clean these faders to get rid of the scratchiness and drop-outs? I forget if alcohol can't be used at all. Thanks in advance! - Ryan
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Many people fall for sales pitches of the latest, greatest cable, mic, sample rate, or more of operation without actually testing these claims out. Ethan Winer posted a condenced version of a workshop about audio myths. It's an hour long, but it captured my attention and I couldn't turn it off. If you're working maybe let this play in the background and tune in when you hear something interesting. I think it's important to catch yourself when your mind is coloring what your ears are hearing. I encourage you to get zen whth yourself and let your ears guide your audio decisions, not your mind.
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Has anyone used this? Is it available yet and, if so, what is retail?
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As i mentionned before, i'm in the process of putting together my first cart. I would like to get in contact with the person who built this cart ( see attached photo ) and ask him a couple of questions. I believe i found this on this site but can't find it anymore. Thanks Pascal
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My battery dealer just gave me some new 9volt Lithium batteries to try out. These may have been out for a while but I have not seen them. Has any tried or used any of these? Maybe Larry has tested these and can comment. Thanks, Whit
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Hello. was wondering if anyone had paired an Ambient UMP http://www.ambient.de/produkte/mikrofonspeis/ump/ump_e.html with a zaxcom trx900 to make a wireless boom setup? specifically if there is any rf interference from the zaxcom into the power supply. i sent an email to Ambient, but sadly their zaxcom systems are in the states being upgraded and they hadnt yet tested the combo out. the UK distributor doesnt have one in stock but i could get one sent over for a demo, but as i might have to get specially made up cables, thought i'd see if anyone has tried the setup out. any alternative suggestions are welcome as well. i hear the arietc pico48 works well, but i …
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I just wrapped on three days of three camera news magazine interviews. My 552 works great for sending audio to all the cameras and recording mp3 for transcript. To send to three cameras I needed a 10pin hirose snake for A cam, XLRs for B cam, and TA3s for C cam. I also could only monitor A and B camera. I suppose I could route C cam into an unused input and PFL to check it. It would be nice if there were a box that I could route the signal to 3 or 4 cameras and get monitor returns of each. I could set my 552 to monitor A and use the box to switch the camera returns to the desired monitor. Or does this already exist?
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Not sure how many of you know about these already, but I thought I'd post about it anyway with some pics for those that do not as I think this is a very good solution for any that have been looking. I bought a Sennheiser MKH-416 last year and like many of us newbies dabbling in the DSLR video and audio world I started with the Rode NTG-3 as a first shotgun mic. When I decided to upgrade to the 416 and sold the NTG-3 I was sad to see the storage case that the Rode came with go. For those that dont know the Rode NTG-3 comes with a very nice aluminum, pipe bomb looking, rubber gasket sealed storage case. There is nice squishy black foam inside the barrel and in the end…
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hello thought someone might find these interesting..i heard good things about these..could these be a contender ? 40 mhz ish bandwidth and the micro tx looks interesting,> http://www.shure.com/americas/products/wireless-systems/uhfr-systems/ur5-portable-diversity-receiver http://www.shure.com/americas/products/wireless-systems/uhfr-systems/ur1m-wireless-micro-bodypack-transmitter http://www.shure.com/americas/products/wireless-systems/uhfr-systems/ur1-wireless-bodypack-transmitter thanks Richard paterson
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One of my big purchases for 2012 will be a second SRa receiver and two more SMQVs. My current SRa is on block 21, and here in northern NJ I’ve found block 21 to be incredibly vacant. I’ve used it all over NJ, NYC and Philly, and never had any problems with interference (of course I always scan the frequencies first.) It will be used in a bag holding 2 SRa’s (with a Lectro Quad Pack) and a Nomad 6 which (surprise, surprise) I don’t have yet. So why shouldn’t I buy another SRa on the same block?
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Had my block 26 411a shut down by itself. Was connected to BDS system with no battery in the unit. Tried to turn unit on with the units on/off switch. Unit would power up and then just shut down. Cycled switch again and got same thing. During it's power down, could read "channel not selected". Finally unit would stay powered up, but there was full RF meter and none of my transmitters were on. Did a scan and very high RF was on my channel, so I moved to the other side to get a clear no RF channel. While on the old channel, any touch of the unit's top produced junk to show up on the mixer which sounded like static. With new channel nothing happened to the mixer with clear s…
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I just bought a used 442 that I want to use with my DR-680. Basically, I am planning on sending 4 direct outs from the 442 tracks to four of the DR-680 channels and then sending a mix from the main XLR outs on the 442 to the last two channels on the 680. I was wondering if anyone who is using this combination of gear could share how they are using it and also if they are recording on the DR-680 to stereo pairs or mono files. I would like to record to 4 mono tracks for the direct outs and a stereo pair for the mix, but I don't think that is possible on the DR-680. As for monitoring, are you sending the direct outs from the DR-680 back into the 442 and monitoring t…
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EDIT- so this was basically already answered in many other threads, but I'd still appreciate any input! Hey all, so this being my first thread I need to ask for some (what I would consider important) suggestions/advice on getting my kit together. A major thing to consider is my goal to be a career boom op (please spare any discouragement, I'll get there). I currently own just enough to get by (AT8035, Fostex FR2-LE, boom, shock, zep, etc.) so I'm looking to expand my list within the next month, the thing is I'm at a bit of an impasse. I only ever mix when I'm a OMB, which is usually only on student films or stuff that I'm barely getting paid for, so with t…
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New ERX1TCD: questions ... Just got my unit and to test it, I plugged my IFB100 (TA5 connector-audio in) into the headphones phones plug of my mixer to check if I could get audio into the ERX. All I get is kind of variable sound through a morse code effect, so to say. Weird. Also, what would be the ideal setting for outputting TC on one channel to a Canon 5D DSLR ? I can see, in the menus, "0.125 volts (D5)" ; is the "D5" for the 5D ? (see my settings below). What I'd like to do is send both TC and audio on the Canon 5D. I'll let you my settings now, so maybe someone can lead me to what I'm doing wrong(?) : Max Volume: 23dB TC …
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Hey all, I have looked both here and online and can't find anything... I was reading the latest 'Sound & Picture', having a look at the article about Stuart Wilson, the mixer of 'War Horse', an excellent read. Anyway, I noticed his antennas, shark fin type, but with just the actual poles. I read he uses audio LTD wireless, but didn't find any audio LTD antennas, so I'm just curious what his antennas are, as I've never seen them before. Here's a link to the periodicle, which is excellent. Thanks! J
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Hi. I'm going to record in silvermine from the 1400 century in Sweden. It's about 500 feet underground and the temp is 36 degrees F all year and its very humid. How long does it take for the schopes to adapt to a extreme temp and humidity? Schould I leave the microphones in the mine instead of taking them with me up in room temp every evening? Regards Benny
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Thought you might be interested a follow cart in construction for a customer. When finished it will have two shelves and 2-4U drawers in a rigidised aluminium sleeve. I'll post more pictures as it progresses. Malcolm Davies A.m.p.s.
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Finally got myself a proper workbench light. First purchase of 2012... -vin
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My boom op is complaining about the gmc swivel is to loose. Is it possible to tighten it? /Benny
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Does anyone knows if the coiled boom cables from Loon Boom available somewhere? Trying to get some for my booms an backup. Thanks Pascal
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So I was wondering, those of you who use digital wireless systems, like Zaxcom. Setting aside the difference in sound quality, is there a significant difference in interference either way? Are the Digital transmissions more stable or do they suffer interference and drop outs just like the analog system?
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Saw this on-line a few minutes ago http://www.rodemic.com/vmhd Comparing it with the NTG3 and offering internal recording. Possible new player in the on-camera recorder/microphone market? RØDE Videomics seems to pop up a lot anyway so this seems like a very handy way of having a small double system recording solution for DSLR shoots. Rent it to production when they ask for a track for camera.
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