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    Soud Mixer active since January 2013. Rode, Audix and Countryman Mics, MixPre - D and Dr-680
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  1. Maybe. It was so long ago, but I was sure they were silicone, not hard plastic. I've been having a lot of problems with clothing noises with my 4061's, so I've been looking around for solutions. I think I'll try these and the LMC sleeves. Anyone else have a lot of clothing rub with the 4061's?
  2. Hey guys, I swear I came across a third party site selling gel-based concealers for DPA mics. I wasn't using any DPA back then, so I don't think I saved it anywhere. It was in the first half of 2014. I remember seeing them, thinking it was a cool idea, then Rode came out with the gel concealers for their own lav a few months later. I've been googling for an hour trying to find the site, and I can't find anything. Does anyone else remember them and could point me in the right direction?
  3. I would say they are not durable at all. I think I've gone through five miccon cables. I haven't tried to warranty them. The strain relief is inadequeate between the cable itself and the connector. I had the idea of putting heatshrink tubing around the ends for extra durability, but I gave up on my Rode lav and Miccon accessories, so I never tried it. Countryman reinforces their strain reliefs with an extra layer, and my EMW's show no sign of breakage at the connector from use. Also, it's very easy to overcrank the connection between the cable and the terminator, and ruin the terminator because it's end is now snapped off. But if it's too loose, the signal degrades. Tough to get right. Without cranking hard, I always worried about the connector's twisting loose while on the talent. Rode Lav was definitely my favorite when I starting out and didn't have my own wireless yet. It make it easy to switch between XLR and Sennheisser locking 1/8th for when we did get wireless. Then I got my own wireless and that ability became a moot point.
  4. Thanks guys for the opinions. The director is a Grammy winning studio ace, so he might be pickier about his sound than the average director. I'd like have some mic options to present him. Does anyone know what model Schoeps were popular for TV back then? I think the Schoeps lineup has progressed several times since then. I haven't had a chance to talk in depth with the director yet, so I'm guessing by recreating the period, he's talking about the usual-production design, music choice and language. And we're shooting on Red Scarlet instead of 35mm, so maybe the commitment to period only extends to in front of the camera.
  5. Hey Guys, So I landed a gig for a short, and they asked how they could take steps to set their film in 1999 as much as possible. I think if you're going for that vintage sound, the best place to start is use period appropriate mics. So what was the state of the art back then, and also what would a budget shoot have used back then? And I'm curious about the entire signal chain here. I image it would have been a Schoeps to a Sound Devices 302 to DAT? Thanks for the help. Was the MKH 50 around back then?
  6. Hey Guys, First post in the forum, been lurking for a while. So my upgrade aspirations in the future include DPA lav's and a complete Zaxcom Nomad with the TRXLA2's. Currently I'm using G3's into a DR-680 as my wireless solution. My question is, because DPA's are so expensive, I'd rather not rebuy them when I upgrade to the Zaxcom. So if I get microdot-terminated 4063's, will they work on both G3's and TRXLA2's? I thought I read something here that the lower voltage 4063's could work fine on higher voltages? Many thanks for your kind help.
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