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  • Birthday 02/05/1956

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  1. Hi Ant, I have a 100Ah LifePO4 battery and a Victron 15Ah smart charger. It's been just fine for a year now charging the battery and supplying power to my cart at the same time. Mounted in the battery case is a Votronic smart shunt / battery computer plus a low voltage cutoff relay to monitor the charge / discharge.
  2. Keep in mind that the Nagra IV voltage supply rail is - 10v and the earths is positive, the opposite of todays norm.
  3. I can't see the above anywhere in the TRX mode section of the NanoLockit quick start guide. The TRX mode will work fine with your 788T in "Ext TC-Auto Record mode" if you can cope with the concept of a camera operator having control of your recorder and the camera operator isn't trigger happy as it takes a second or so to go in an out of record via TRX. Where record run will truly come unstuck is sending record run to a 2nd camera via TRX. A 2nd Epic can't start and stop via TC and so it would have to roll after and cut before the A camera. Clunky methodology. The editor needs to catch up with the 21st century.
  4. Actually, there's a very elegant method to setup both timecode and sync between the MixPre10 and an HDP2. First, feed continuous timecode from the MixPre10 to the HDP2. In the HDP2 timecode menu, set Freewheel to "infinite". As I recall, this is both the jam sync method and you can leave the external timecode connected and the HDP2 will continually be in external TC mode. Next, in the HDP2 timecode menu, set Clock Source to "LTC". The HDP2 then locks it's internal Wordclock generator to the incoming timecode rate. This assumes the timecode rates are matching on both machines. Check out page 21 of the HDP2 manual. I don't know of another audio recorder that had or has this feature. It's somewhat similar to Arri Mini's and Amiras ability to use external timecode as the sensor sync source.
  5. I'd happily loose a non Lectro compatibility mode on a Venue to have the both 75 & 50 kHz capability.
  6. There's a tutorial for auto confirming audio with timecode in Premiere Pro at the Ambient University website: http://ambient.de/en/university/
  7. In New Zealand, the copyright "Commissioning Rule" gives copyright to the individual or company that commissions the work. If the production company has an obligation to pay you for recording the project, then they own the copyright from the outset.
  8. Back in the late 1980's / early 1990's when the MKH50 first came out, a similar suspension to the current suspension was supplied. It had the same pastic components as the current design but the rods were about twice the current length which resulted in less floppiness. It was a great mount. I did succesfully modify a new suspension with rod from a hobby shop.
  9. I now have an X3. I do check Metacorder still works from time to time with my Metric Halo 2882, particualrly after an OSX update, as it's always a potential backup recorder.
  10. Moved on from Metacorder after 11 years of use in mid 2016. Yes, blantant self promotion about software that hasn't had any serious upgrades in 10 years. Despite the fastest metadata entry available even in 2017 and a slick one button false start routine, the absence of any development has resulted in Metacorder slipping well behind the hardware competition.
  11. I power my tablet from a 12 volt to USB power adapter which has 4 outputs for charging other stuff as well. However, this all has to be powered via a DC-DC converter to run it off my cart power to prevent computer garbage noise from getting into the audio system.
  12. I have been running a low cost Windows 10 tablet (Linx 1010B 10.1 inch - Intel Atom Z3735F Quad Core) for about a year for use with Wireless Designer and a Wideband Venue along with running Ambient’s ACN network. I purchased the Linx 1010 as it has 2 standard USB ports plus a micro USB port for charging. I use one USB port for connection to the Venue and the other for other uses such as a SD card reader or connecting to my Cantar X3 via a network adapter. Wireless Designer works fine for me but it’s more a remote viewer rather than a control for the Venue. The lowish resolution screen and the vague touch screen response doesn’t really translate into an elegant and versatile computing experience. Perhaps a Microsoft tablet would be preferable and I’d consider that as an option if the Linx tablet died.
  13. davidm

    studio fans...

    A 24" is the quietest Mole as it can operate at a lower speed compared to smaller size fans for the same airflow. The problem that I experience with Mole fans isn't the noise they make when gently blowing an actors hair, it's the additional background fans deemed necessary to move background leaves on trees, curtains, etc. The artful wafting of a cutter does not appear to be in anyones job description these days.
  14. Dante Broadway 8x8 & 16x16 chips. These chips bridge the gap between the current 4x4 and 32x32 Dante chips and better suit location audio equipment channel counts. https://www.audinate.com/products/manufacturer-products/dante-broadway?link=h-car
  15. First kit purchased in 1985: Nagra 4.2, Sennheiser 416 in a Rycote basket, Beyer DT48. First kit operated - 1977, ABC Brisbane, Australia: Nagra 4.2, Sennheiser 815 & 2 x 415, Rycote baskets, EV 667, a couple of really big Sennheiser lavaliers and DT48's
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