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Hey guys, I've landed my first movie and I'm pretty excited. I'm now in need of a duplex cable and wanted to know what suggestions/experiences you all may have with the different available models. The PSC? The Remote Audio? Problems? Ease of use for the boom operator? Durablity? Noise? I read up a little here and there, looking for a previous thread..but didn't see much. And I'd never try to manufacture one like Jeff did, so don't suggest that. Rachel
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hey guys, so i bought a cl-wifi when it first came out with the hopes of running it as an eternal metering system and information view for my machine. the wi-fi lag is proving to be kind of annoying and since i don't have or want an ipad, i'm stuck using my cellphone as my meter. does anyone know if sound devices plans on just making an external meter/screen for the 788 that would just plug right into the machine, no idevice required? maybe some bindable buttons on the side? you know, like this thing: http://www.sounddevices.com/products/pix.htm thanks, joe
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Has anyone tried these? I'm happy with the iPower 520mah 9v batteries, but seeing that these Ultralasts are 1600mah, it would seem that they should potentially last a whole production day in a Lectro Tx...? http://www.amazon.com/Ultralast-Rechargeable-Batteries-Recharges-Professional/dp/B005SZYECM
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I was sure I read a post some time ago about L-series batteries, maybe it was on RAMPS, but couldn't find anything here through a search here. Anyway, I need to replace my Sony (7.2/4600) battery that I have sitting flush in my 788. It has always underwhelmed me, may have been a dud from the start. There seem to be a lot to choose from so I thought i'd see what others are using and happy with. Thanks!
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Just to have a general idea...they don't have these harnesses in stock around here so maybe if you use one you could tell me if a size "2" would fit me: 5'11'' 200 pounds. There's 3 sizes from what I understand: 1: large / 2: normal / 3: small ? thanks
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Im doing a reality gig tomorrow where we are following a police officer who will be doing target shooting on a shooting range. I'm a bit hesitant to lav this officer since I fear a gun going off 50 cm from the lav might crack its membrane. Am I correct in this or am I just being overly cautious? Anybody got experience in similar situations? The lavs will be DPA 4060. They are quoted to have "134 dB SPL max". Does that mean before they distort or before they start to take damage?
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hi all http://philipbloom.net/2011/10/18/1dx/ "it will also support two methods of SMPTE-compliant timecode embedding, Rec Run and Free Run." wonder if it can be used to slave my 744t ? or if it will make an other methode possible of getting accurate TC into the video track cheers Martijn
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Hi, Here a few points i'd like to see on my SD 788. possibility to enable MS monitoring in users grid monitoring (so i can monitor MS plus radio mic or a second boom) possibility to record MS signals and send stereo (M+S/M-S) to camera via outputs choose to link gain only or fader only or both adjust one chanel level when linking CL wifi control on android app What else do you think we could add ? Vincent
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I was working on a very humid set yesterday, with 3 actors, director and 5 crew crammed in a room about 10 x 10 with furniture etc (standard drill for low budg drama). Camera was the Epic, and as you might expect it was "panting" quite loudly (yes, the actors noticed) when we weren't rolling (and still pretty loud when we were). At one roll I noticed a new noise, previously masked by the Epic hurricane, my CS3e was making the low grumble that says it's not happy about the ambient moisture. I couldn't get out of the room to get another mic (slider rig blocked door, kid actor on the edge of non-cooperation, behind schedule--you know the drill), so I toughed that take out …
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Have my Fusion fed by a Cooper 208 and listening via the return-in. I use an output of the Fusion but I can´t route disk-tracks to output only inputs to output. This way I am listening to signals even if I haven´t armed the tracks. Would like a "what you hear is what you get" situation. Any solutions? Matthias
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Since there are occasionally very old (20+ years) Schoeps mics for sale (like here), I was wondering if anybody has experienced difference in the sound quality. Things like noise and high frequency behavior. One time I heard an older Schoeps hypercardiod and I had the idea it was a bit 'dull' sounding.
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Hi All Has any one had any luck getting a lav mic to work with any recorder that puts out plug in power; hopefully a Countryman B3 and Zoom H1? or Lectro M152? I want to avoid using an external phantom power unit....
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Hi everybody. I work with VDB boom pole and MKH 50, as you may know, together with great sound I sometimes get handling noise and recently I thought about putting some material over the part of the boom where I hold it, to reduce the noise that mostly comes from shacking muscles. Does anyone know what kind of material is best?
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Im currently on a show in which one of our 788T's is not creating a new daily folder. We have the file structure set to MID LEVEL, but it wont create a new folder. It is #2 in a chain of 4 units linked via c link. 24/48K 29.97 NDF. All the machines are set to the same settings. Firmware 2.15 Any ideas? Rob
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I know there is this topic here : but it seems a little old, I wonder which is your favorite limiter setting on the 788 ? Mine is -4 dBfs, soft knee, 100ms Vincent
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Well maintained ENG audio kit for sale. Comes in a round Petrol case. includes: Petrol hard boom case, Shure PF33a mixer, 6’6” VDB boom pole with Ktek shock mount, 2 x 195D diversity systems in block 21, 2 x PSC milimics with all the clips and two power supplies for hard wiring, 1x barely used Varizoom S-8056N li-ion battery pack (NP-1 equivalent) with power system to power the mixer and the two 195D wireless receivers, the varizoom dual charger, a great snake with quick release, a couple of 25 feet XLR cables, the standard Sony headphones, the Sennheiser ME66 shotgun mic with windscreen and rycote fuzzy and a carrying strap. Email with any questions. Thanks, Yahel …
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Well, looks like I got a great deal deal on a bazook.. a Sennheiser 815T. Now, in addition to doing push-ups so I can actually boom with the mic, I'm gonna be shopping for a Kleintuchel-XLR adapter and obviously a suspension mount and windshield that are up to the task of housing this monster. Any other suggestions than Rycote? Rycote would probably be great but it'll end up costing several times the price of the mic.
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I'm looking for a push to talk mic on base stand. Those in mission control want to talk to those on camera (in ear IFB). What are the options? It may be used on exterior locations too, so wind needs to be considered. I've looked at the Heil CB-1 and RE50.
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Hi, we have introduced another IFB100 into our system to run as the second voting transmitter. Is it fine to leave the all the ERX1's enabled for IFB voting whilst using one transmitter only? Thanks
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Hi all i am working with 744t and a mixpre to get 4 iso track's colleague is selling his sonosax i noticed the sonosax can only record 2 channels on cf is this still true? in general what is your opinion on 744t vs sx-r4 features audio quality battery consumption ease of use tc accuracy (is this same as ambient ?) thanks in advance martijn i am thinking the sonosax 4 direct +48 inputs would beat my mixpre-744t combo
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I have the Camrade sound bag for my SD 788T, which i find veery bad - it presses all wrong places and plugs in the recorder, and has no space where it should have. Which better sound bag would you suggest for the 788T? Thanks Tony Muricy
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Maybe I'm missing something but I cant get my 788T to save input 2 routed to track R pre fade. It keeps jumping back to post fade.. Any ideas? posting here while I wait for SD to get back to me.. Seem to have to go through my routing menu a few times to make sure everything saves correctly. Maybe I just need more sleep!?
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Hi guys, Wondering if anyone has any experience using the Shure MX393/O boundary mic? http://www.shure.com/americas/products/microphones/microflex/mx392-mx393-microflex-boundary-microphones Here's the situation: A few months ago I worked on a shoot in a classroom with about 15-25 students. Two camera's, one wide, one on close ups. It was an ESL class, so students with varying degrees of confidence with the English language. The class proceeded as normal (ignoring the cameras) with a lesson and then student/teacher interaction. Of course, the teacher was wired, but the students all had to be boomed. The issue became that to hear some of these shy kids, …
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I have an SMQ that I use much less than my SMs because sometimes, not always, when I turn it on, it goes through the boot up, gets to the audio screen, then a couple seconds later turns itself off. It seems to only do this when using ni-mh batteries. I don't like to use lithiums if I don't have to because of cost savings and environmental friendliness of rechargables. Has anyone else had this problem, or do I need to send this back to Lectro to get repaired? Thanks Kelsey
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I bought this SD card for my 552 and tried it out but keep getting error beeps and flashing red lights. Naturally I formatted the card in the mixer but after every take I have to turn the mixer off and re-boot. What's been happening is that when the mixer boots up, the orange light goes on for a bit then turns off- meaning the recorder is ready to record. The following take records successfully but then the orange light remains on permanently and when I try to record again, the red light flashes and I hear an audible warning beep. This is when I have to reboot. I have programmed the "stamp file auto record" function (getting time code from the camera via my Zaxcom STA15…
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