dominiquegreffard

hi guys, it might be a bit of a simple question and it probably have been discussed before: What are the best ways to get an overall picture of how empty/busy are certain rf blocks around my area and other places? is there some kind of online register of recent scans for different cities? i live in Montreal Canada, and it is where i work most of the time.. could maybe an simple/affortable device help me scan it myself? i m not very familiar with this stuff and i m always a little worried that my potential gear investments turn to waste if i make a bad block decision. any advice about this would be greatly appreciated, thanks for the help guys, merci pour vos conseils, Dominique btw this is a great RF block brand comparative chart : http://www.imakenews.com/gothamsound/e_article001967849.cfm?x=b11,0,w

not perfect yet i see great potential. the option of using the wi-fi signal to feed a timecode to a movie slate app would be a great and audio monitoring through the ipad's jack would be definitly practical. it would allow to use a ipad as a full on remote control. thus saving my back on solo jobs, this is a great article on the cl wifi from the people at gotham sound: http://gothamsound.com/main.shtml?page=sound-devices-cl-wifi

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yeah michael i have to agree.. it ends up to be a lot of ipads yes.. but they remain comparativelly inexpensive and flexible for application use. it will take some time for devellopers to get there but i hope that it is where it is heading. and that no hardware sells interest conflict issue will slow this to happen. especially with timecode slates.

@marc: yes i agree too that a denecke slate is definetly still the way to go for now, but i do think that automated sound reports from the movie slate app and remote controll and metering from the cl-wifi when hopefully one day combined under the cl wifi network will create a new possible way to work. and while we there, imagine if we could have audio monitoring though the ipad jack from the wifi feed.. we could use a ipad as a full-on independent remote and save our backs for 10-15 pounds bags.. it might look a little far for now, but i hope this is where it s heading

hey geordi, i would be curious to see what you come up with once you run some testing with the ipad. the develloper of the app says that there is a 1/100th of a second latency with the wi-fi processing (wich would be less than approx 1/3 of a frame). i m sure that you could use senheiser packs (g2, g3) and send it to a simple (and free) ambient ltc reader app on a ipad, and even an extra reciever on the camera to feed in tc. but that creates more batteries to check/change etc... but now since sound devices released the cl wifi thing it is most definetly changing the picture (at least for sound devices 788 users). and hopefully we will see apps like movieslate becoming compatible with it. it would be, in my humble opinion, the best way to go.. i agree with other comments about visibility issues with the ipad and for durability, i m sure that if you protect it smartly, it s doable. and extra power plugins things are outhere too for long days. also, as anyone ever heard of a simple LED ltc timecode display that you could plug into a ipod for sale anywhere? i know there bunch of ''how to'' about it on youtube but i have yet to venture into making one... looks like it s a diy case for now..

hey guys, i have been thinking about the cl wi-fi thing: i think it would be very logical to integrate the movie slate app by pureblend software ( http://www.pureblendsoftware.com/movieslate ) in the cl-wi-fi app as a buy in extra since it seems to be a substancial demand for the possibility of creating sound reports and emailing them. and the movie slate app is designed to recieve a timecode signal from a wi-fi network... imagine having a ipad slate that automatically displays the name of the file and the timecode from your cl-wifi signal on dslr shoots for instance.. and another idevice that could be used as a controller/display ( btw i agree with the comment that battery level is critical info the be displayed), logging in realtime sound reports info as we go and having the possibility to send it out though email right after shoot and finally... does anyone think that it would be possible to have audio monitoring through wifi? using idevice headphone jack for listening as we go? because if that could work.. i could use a ipad as a controller basically and save my back from carying 10 pounds of equipment at all times... so what do you think guys? cheers! dominique

hey guys, this is just to say that the SD has no plan to make the CL-wifi device compatible with the 744t... the reason they gave me is that it is a technical issue... that sucks because i could see the benefit of such feature on my current setup...

Is an update to allow a CL-wifi use with 744t is something that is to be expected anytime soon? if SD, make it 744t compatible, i m buying the thing for sure.

hey Scott, yes i saw this test too. it basically compares the timecode generator accuracy from the ipad to the real professionnal equipment. it s no surprise that it ends up drifting so therefor it is not good enough to be jam synced with another device. but i am more thinking of a way to continously hardwire feed tlc signal into a ipod (like the JFAsound guy in this discussion ) and then send the signal through wi-fi to IPAD slate, like the movie slate app website says it can: http://www.pureblendsoftware.com/movieslate3 the main issue seems to be that in order to wi-fi sync two devices you need a wi-fi network and without jailbreaking the ipod touch, you basically depend on a external wi-fi network to make this work... for soundbag users like me it s not very practical... how to create a wi-fi network with a ipod touch: anybody got any comments/ideas about this anyone? i can see that work pretty well but i see some challenges into making this work and testing it..

hey guys, so yeah i m feeling more and ore ready to move into the whole ipad slate thing. here is my plan: use movie slate app, generate tc from my sound devices 744t recorder, feed into a ipod touch (lemo to iphone jack -20db pad cable) send wi-fi to a ipad slate and also send wi-fi to another ipod touch plugged into camera as a sync box. do you think it would be a doable option, what would be your concerns, thanks! dom

so it seems pretty obvious that the movie slate app should not be used as a timecode generator since it is unstable but as anyone ever tried to send out a ltc signal out of a 744t sound devices recorder (or any other tc generator) to a (lemo to iphone jack) plugged ipod/phone then wi-fi sent to a ipad slate? any comments? was it timecode accurate? thanks!

Hello, I am a canadian soundman with 10 years of experience in television, film, documentary and publicity. Have worked on award winning canadian TV shows and movies. I have relocated to stockholm sweden. I am available for work in scandinavia as well as the rest of europe. I have my own recording equipment in a travel ready kit. you can visit my website for recent job experiences and equipment description: www.flavors.me/dominiquegreffard i speak perfect english, french and a little swedish thanks! Dominique