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Nate C

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  1. Mark, I deplore you not send any of these so called producers *cough*cockroaches *cough* this way.
  2. Shot something similar years back. Host was miced with a shotgun on a stand (416?) and a roving boom over guests. Spas are noisy as hell. Camera stitched us with the wides and tights. Was meant to have similar head room, but camera did their own thing and I kept getting the boom up call. Tried letting AD and director know that sound was getting screwed, but hey they liked the pretty pictures. Needless to say sound was shite. Producers weren't happy with the end result and decided to reshoot. Lets say some players weren't called back and second time around I've never heard is this going to work for sound so often.
  3. Haven't had that but I have had a producer ask if I was available for a half day, "Sorry we only have $xxx." It was $200 more than they offered for a full day. Two hrs on set, 15 mins actual work and I was on my way back home.
  4. I am running block 26 talent and block 24 cam links and IFB. All good on the west coast and as yet no problems on the east coast.
  5. If your asking for use with exteriors, then the full rycote. In heavier winds it is not only the wind passing over the capsule you hear but also the wind wistleing/humming through the mount itself. Interiors for quick swings or where you might get a slight draft, the ball gag.
  6. KM150 is the interior mic I learnt on. Love and somewhat miss the neumann sound.recorded some great jazz trumpet on that mic. I have since gone the schoeps route.At the time schoeps was more affordable and available. Still wish (and someday will) to have a few neumanns in my arsenal. If you do music/dynamic recording the advantage of the in built pad is a saviour. Handling noise wise I would say it is similar to any of it's cousins (senn50 shoeps41) treat it gentle smooth and point in the right direction. I have used the 150 and the 41 and 50 in various mounts.. rycote white pointer, black ring(s)? and lyres without an issue. The 50 and 41 are somewhat guilty of wild noise but are still my my favourites outdoors when used properly.
  7. Hi Rainier have a look at this thread. There is some talk about using guitar delay pedals about two thirds of the way down. Cheers Nathan
  8. I can generally ignore/forget about my tinnitus. Since this thread popped up I have noticed it the whole time... thanks guys. Certain electrical devices seem to trigger a stronger response and more so in the right ear.
  9. The NC3FXX-EMC come with the Ambient phantom power supply (http://www.ambient.de/produkte/ambient-recording/mikrofonspeisung/ump-ii.html) I have never had any Rf issues using this system. All said I am using Lectro SMa/um4ooa and Schoeps Cmit/641 in this configuration.
  10. I got the eight a couple of months ago and couldn't be more pleased with my purchase, well once i got my head around things are done differently to a SD product. It is not a perfect machine for how I like to work, but none are. I knew this when I handed over my credit card to the vendor. It is the best fit for me out there. I don't own any zaxcom wireless or IFB, but I still wanted the ability of zaxnet. I may not use it now but when a job comes up the will pay for some ERX2TC, i will be on board. That said I have no plans of getting rid of my lectro IFB or SRa's. If the Lite had come out before I had brought mine, would I have gone that route? Possibly. But it didn't and I am glad I brought the machine i have. Will I upgrade to the twelve? Yes. I was planning to at some point when/if required or if I got a mix8. Now it will be more affordable. Cheers Nate
  11. No I meant RX as in receivers. I know it is not the norm, but has worked well for me.
  12. +1 on how Jon has his set up. On a different note I have my RX antennas remoted using a coaxial antenna I made up (see http://www.lectroson...ke-one-?Itemid= and an article David Wealder wrote up in the 695 quarterly . David article has pictures, which helps make it clear as how to correctly make them up. Note# David I apologise if I've misspelled your name.
  13. Don't look at any of the new toys coming out and your old ones will always be the bees neez.
  14. Vasileios, Perth was the city I moved to on the other side and spent four years there. I have just recently returned to my home town Sydney. I will PM you in the next couple of days about the work scene in Perth (hopefully others from WA can chime in). If i Have neglected to PM you soon, please PM me. I can be slack when it comes to communication. Cheers Nate.
  15. Rob is correct that Australia is not the land of Milk and Honey, but there is an industry here albeit a small one. Sydney and Melbourne being the most prominent in our line of work. Maybe family can help find work outside of the industry in order to get a visa. Then you could do some sound work on the side. It is a hard road you have to walk. I remember when I moved to the other side of my country with no work contacts or friends. Scary at times, but I have no regrets. If you do end up in Australia, please feel free to look me up. I am now based in Sydney.
  16. Another issue most people have when they first start out booming is holding the pole to tight. That will cause rumble. The pole should be lightly resting in your hands.
  17. Your brain will learn to listen to separate feeds in each ear. It just needs to be trained. That said, I never monitor with just one ear. If say I am only sending boom to Left out, then I will mono my monitor select. This is due to sound being heard by the ear not monitoring the mix, can cause as you discovered confusion and a false sense of what you are actually capturing.
  18. NIckp, http://www.lectrosonics.com/417-BATTSLED/View-details.html might do the trick. I couldn't find anywhere what the output voltage is, but an email to Lectro would garnish the answer. Hawkwoods also make some interesting sleds but they are all 12v output. Cheers Nate
  19. With the straps higher on the harness I found the weight distribution pulling on the back of my neck uncomfortably. Tried many configurations and the S-Binners is what worked best for my body shape, bag configuration and how I like to work. Have since swapped to a petrol harness, which as yet I am to get as comfortable as my portabrace. Still use the Portabrace belt... on my backs request.
  20. The belt part uses just the carabiners and yes it is cumbersome. My work around was to seperate the belt t from the chest part and leave the belt attached to the bag, using the clip to get in and out. What I don't like about this is the clip is on my somewhat clumsy left hand side. If you like the bag up somewhat high, I found the straps that connect the harness to the bag too long even at their shortest setting. Not a bag deal swapped out the straps for some S-Binners. Cheers Nate
  21. I power my Nomad, 2x SRAs and 2xUm400a off of a hawkwoods cup (all on lemos) no problems. Before getting the nomad a couple of weeks ago, the hawk woods cup had been powering a 442 and other various RX/TX combos for the past 5 years. Never have i thought of the Lemos as vulnerable. The NP1 cup version i employ has two switches, which I have never used as the cup is buried at the bottom of my bag. Just pull the battery to power up and down. Cheers Nate
  22. If your working exteriors with the possibility of rain a full modular kit/s-series will offer far more protection to the mic. The BBG only protects the capsule end. Have seen a mic or two suffer unkindly to rain damage in a softy. That said nothing a bit of camera tape over the xlr connector wouldn't of helped prevent.
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