Rick Reineke

1 hour ago, Adam White said:

I don’t love the plastic tubular ones anymore. Sometimes they tear the battery covers and they don’t hold enough cells. 

Yes, they tear up the battery covers over time. I have had some of the holder's retention tabs break off as well, so those batteries can easily fall out.

Sennheiser made a NB-2  "Headset Adapter" to use with  y'own lav mic. I do not know if it is still available.

1 hour ago, OB1 said:

Redundancy. For the same reason they do it in live broadcast.

+1, Redundancy.

For high SPL sources, I use a Sennheiser 421, I also have a Shure Beta 91a, but I have never used it on anything other than a kick. The Phantom Powered Beta 91 is a half-cardioid boundary mic. SM57s can handle high SPLs as well. I have a few of them for snare and guitar amps and as a podium/lectern mic.

I am sure the DPA 4055 sounds good, It's a little pricey for occasional use and I already have the above.

Generally, bias current supplied by an XLR Phantom Power adapter/converter/or battery in very low, so a AA cell should last a long, long time. current draw is usually disconnected when it is unplugged. I have TA5 (Lectro) inline XLR power/converter/adapter with a LR44 button cell that lasted for years.. and then some.

btw, I also use AATranslater for an occasion conversion which usually works relatively good.

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AAF's can be great until they're not. 

+11

AAF has always been problematic for me going x-app and platform.

OMF worked 90% of the time. The other 10% was pilot error (export) by the video post editor. Unfortunately most NLEs dropped the OMF export option, and convertions to OMF or other compatible format is hit and miss.

1 hour ago, Derek H said:

Pretty sure mic level is tip and line is ring but that’s going off memory. 

Correct.  Tip= Mic, Ring= Line  (though a true +4dB nominal feed is a little to hot for the 100 series SK Tx and will need some external attenuation.

   I had a set of 600 ohm AKG K240 headphones. The HP volume was adequate on my 302 but not on many other devices. I do not know about the Nova or the  HP amp specs.

I built a small simple XLR cable tester about 20 or more years ago with spare parts and a few low cost items from a brick & mortar) Radio Shack (RIP) . If the cable is good , the LED illuminates, if not, it is taken out of service for future repair. It can also test other balanced audio cables with pertinent adapters. It a has a switching transistor, a diode, one or two resistors, a LED and a 9V battery. It is about 2.5 x 2 inches.

4 hours ago, The Immoral Mr Teas said:

Thanks, I'll enjoy that

 

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+11

A good start point would be looking at the local broadcast frequencies in your area and the Sennheiser blocks. https://wff.sennheiser.com/
Then go from there with recommendations from other users in the area. Checking the area with a RF Explorer at different times is a good idea as well.

The (made in NJ)  OST (Oscar SoundTech) 801/802 lavs are almost identical to the Tram TR50 for $110 (usd). A choice of (soldered on plugs)  is another $20-30 as I recall. The flatter response (4mm) TL-40 is the same $. The OST mics I have, had held up as  good as most others (all kinds of abuse and weather).

They are mostly an ornamental prop, but word has it most are  actually plugged in if needed for some reason. I am not sure if Larry King's iconic RCA 77DX was connected though.

not to go more off-topic  but..

"In electronics, a condenser is also term for a capacitor, which stores energy" 'Capacitor microphone' was often used in the audio electronics books I read (years ago). ..

17 hours ago, PMC said:

I have a lot of Canare Star Quad XLR cables in many different colors too. For gaffe tape residue I use Goo Gone. For everyday grime removal (dirt, oil, grease) I use generic Disinfecting Wipes from Walmart, Target, etc. I have been using these wipes for over six years on the same cables. No fading or stiffening.

Same here,

Otherwise, I've never had any problems with Armorall when applied judiciously. I have a blue Canare that has been in regular use since 1990 even through-out my ENG days. It is slightly faded compared to my newer Canare's but still works. A bent Neutrik X-Series XLR barrel was replaced once though with new boots at both ends.

I recently received an email from Supertone stating the  Goyo beta would no longer function, naturally I had to see for myself and got the same pop-up mesage as Vincent R.

$69usd is a  good price, but I already have Steinberg's SpectraLayers Pro.

Thanks RadoStefanov.

Along the same lines. I still use a fishing fly rod case for my K-Tec boom pole

FWIW, the Goyo beta installer I have is here.

https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZU6AoVZCkONbL79zPBYchSO1kHRQbztpuz7

2 hours ago, whatalob said:

Does anyone maybe have a trial version of Goyo the can share? I mean the installer Their trial download version for Supertone does not seem to work.

I will look/see if I still have the installer for the beta version. Activation may not be possible though if it is necessary.

It appears on the Voco website the pro IFB Tx (transmitter) is for lav or headset type mics. Most of which are unbalanced mic level, so you will need to get a custom balanced to unbalanced adapter cable to use the MixPre 10's balanced outputs. I am not sure if the MixPre 10 can output mic level on the balanced main outputs, which are typically (+4dB) line level. The MixPre 10 TA3 aux outputs are a better option. In addition, the Voco pro IFB Tx will likely have bias current present (aka, plugin pwr), which may  generate noise, so a blocking capacitor in the custom cable may be necessary using either the MixPre's main or aux outputs. If you cannot make the custom cable yo'self, have one made by the 'usual suspect' shops.

Alternately  Markertek.com has the Switchcraft, Sennheiser and TecNec  M-3.5 S locking plugs in stock. I have been using the lower priced (all metal) 'TecNec' for years w/o problems on numerous lav mics, Trams, MKE-2, B6, COS11.   The TecNec's locking ring also retracts enough to use the plug on conventional non-locking input jacks as well

I picked up a 12.6 volt, 7 Ah lion battery on eBay for less than $30 usd (including slow charger), soldered on the Hirose plug which powered my 302 all day and then some . It is shorter than a NP-1 and I have had the battery for 8+ years and it still works.. but I only used it occasionally.

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Rycote INV-7 

+1

I use a standard foam windscreen along with the mic's HP filter which is usually adequate for interiors.  if that is not enough, I have a Windtech US-2 Ultra Screen .  I usually do not use the 4053 or my other SDC mics for exteriors.

you can't clip with 32-bit float.

You can clip the audio prior to the converter though and it will still be clipped regardless of FP32.