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  1. Jamming two recorders of different brands and quality is not asking for trouble at all..... so long as you are able to send word clock from one machine to the other, or from a generator to both recorders. Some portable TC generators can make TC and wordclock or sync pulses. Good luck, sb
  2. There are no SMPTE 'standards' for TC for camera/sound frame rates greater than 30fps. Cameras can run at frame rates greater than 30fps, but because there are no standards it all gets a bit freestyle with regards to TC and sync. I think what needs to be asked here is why the camera is running at 50fps. If the camera is running at 50fps because they want to play the video back at 50fps, ie the 'motion' will be real time, like 25fps video, but with twice the amount of frames in the same second, so perhaps a different video quality, or....... is the camera running at 50fps but the video will be played back at 25fps, so the motion will be at half real time, ie slow motion. If the former then the motion is real time so the sound will also be expected to be in realtime (ie 1second = 1 second), whereas the latter will be at half speed so maybe the sound will be played in at half speed, either pitch corrected, or an octave lower than usual because of the 'varispeed', ie 1 sec of action = 2 secs of screentime.
  3. Audiotonix are nothing at all like Vitec/Videndum. I am told that James Gordon, the guy that runs the company, is a bit of an audio nut. Apparently he regularly visits all of the companies owned by the main Audiotonix Group. Their brands include A&H, DigiCo, Calrec, Sound Devices, Klang, SSL, and more - I see a bit of a theme there. Apparently he actively encourages the R&D people from the various group owned companies to work together and share stuff, to the benefit of all the companies. I for one would very much love to see more integration between eg radio mic manufacturers and mix desk manufacturers, and blow me down, AudioTonix now own a radio mic manufacturer and a bunch of mixer manufacturers.... It is an obvious, but potentially very interesting path for them all to take..... As to Videndum and Rycote..... I would guess that the manufacture of the Rycote mics will probably get moved to Audix in Oregon. I believe the windshield manufacturing will be moved about 90 miles from Stroud. I hear that none of the existing staff are likely to be moved to the new factory. I have to say i feel the future is looking a bit grim for Rycote so far....... HNY to all, sb
  4. I, too, would love to be able to access these files. I have my copy of the book, so I have the passwords, but... even using wayback machine and entering the password, the site is now defunct. Is anyone able to share them with me, please?? Happy New Year to all BTW..... Simon B
  5. Is it me or do the details say 'used'? The seller appears to be Adorama - a dealer? sb
  6. Best practice would be a system where you have a timecode device for each recorder, be they audio or video recorders. Choose one device as a master, set it, and jam the other two devices from the 'master'. Ideally you would have a system where the 'master' is continually or regularly updating the jammed 'followers'. Ambient Nano Lockits are very good, Betso are simpler, Tentacle are cheap and cheerful, but many people work well with them. I would plug master into your audio recorder, and the jammed followers into the cameras. Do tests. Check TC at regular intervals throughout the day. Enjoy..... sb
  7. Puts on pedants hat....... As I understand it - the v1 Mix Pre does not 'clock itsself to the field rate of the incoming TC' at all. Remember that we are talking about a digital recorder, that makes a .bwav file, and that a .bwav file has a TC sync value in the file header. As I think we are all aware... the TC sync value is calculated as the amount of 'samples after midnight' (00:00:00:00) counted at whatever your sample rate is (probably 44,1k or 48k in this case). This value then gets calculated back to a TC value (using the TC rate of the shoot) when the file is played back, or used in post production. So - in the case of a v1 MixPre6, it will look at the incoming TC, and at the moment that the new record file starts, it will take the TC number, calculate what that value is in frames since midnight, and record that value in the file header. At no point in all of the above is the recorder clocking itsself to the incoming TC. The recorder is clocked to an internal clock, from which it derives its own 44.1 or 48k sampling rate. In post production the DAW or video edit software will be deriving its own clock from somewhere. It will, say, 48k of audio samples into a similar 48k of timeline space. So - in practice.... the clock on the mix pre will easily be 'accurate enough' that over even a long take (2hrs or more) any 'drift' will be entirely irrelevant. In truth the cameras are not locked to some sort of clock then they are more likely to drift with respect to each other than with respect to the sound. So long as the TC shows on the display then you are in business. I seem to remember that you might have to tell the mix pre what the TC rate is, simply so that it puts that value in the file header, and things work out best then in post. You can send analogue TC into the Aux5/6 3.5mm jack socket on the mix pre. You will have to tell it that the aux in is going to be the source of the TC and it will look for it and show it on the display. Agree that there is absolutely no need whatsoever to have a better or posher or more grand machine. Hope that this helps. Simon B
  8. .... and what about the new 'Dolby On' app for iOS and Android??? sb
  9. Vortex Communications do their 'Call Me - Click and Collect' system, which works with the remote party using their regular phone. It sounds surprisingly good...... https://www.vtx.uk/product.aspx?id=401 scroll down a bit for the click and collect bit.... Simon B
  10. Haha - I remember seeing the prototype of those Zoom gizmos 😉
  11. Could you do something like to send them a USB mic, like a Rode NT USB-Mini. Have them plug it into eg Zoom, and have them record the Zoom meeting/call??? If the director mutes their own mic when they are 'listening' then audio quality coud/might be quite good??? Might need a proper test though..... sb
  12. Bash

    hearing

    Stop it immediately. If it has set you off this quickly then whatever it is, it is bad. Get rid of it. If you have a spare input to your recorder/mixer then maybe use that. Depending on your recorder/mixer you might be able to send it to the other ear, or to both, and yet not record it. If you have to record it then send it to the highest track number, and see if you can mirror only the track numbers that you need, not the walkie feed. If you cant do the above then get a stand alone small mixer like an SD302, and mix your headphone feeds and the comms on that. Be in control of it, and keep it low level. Protect your hearing - it is your greatest asset, and if you damage your hearing you are fucked. Look after yourself, Simon B
  13. Hi Joppe, I dont think I replied here, but.... my son can help you with circuit board design if you need iit. They should be super cheap to have made - the company I have used before in China charge by the square inch of board!!! Let me know if you need any help with the PCB bit. Did I say that I'd like a 12 wayplease ?? Many thanks, Simon B
  14. Check out Martijn Scholte's website - watch the brilliant videos - he has nailed it 😉 http://www.good-sound.nl/ Envious, Simon B Check out his 'happy client' videos 😉 Genius 😉
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