RPSharman

I'll be there again this year!! As far as I know.

If the boxes are mine, on prep day or day 1, I'll be sure they work. After that, I hand over the TC boxes and couldn't care less about what they do. If they're not mine, I check the box settings are correct and jam the box.

I undid the screws but couldn't get mic apart. Found video on MKH60, but wanted me to unsolder the XLR assembly, assuming I had been able to get it apart. So it's not set screws at least. Mic is in LA, which I failed to mention. It was in to Sennheiser about a year ago, but only a 6 month service warranty. Don't want to spend $300/£200 again so soon. It's an ambient rattle. Should be simple.

Before I send it in... I have a little rattle in my 50. It's bee to Sennheiser recently, but not sure recently enough. Frustrating this happened. Should I take it apart and have a look?

Except when you're the only filmmaker on set, and then you just feel like shit.

My advice is have the camera department jam the camera in the morning and after lunch. Worked for me with 3x minis for 5 months.

I was on a plane Friday, and decided to watch a couple of movies. I know that headphone listening is what it is, but I watched one movie that had such poor quality production sound that it was painful. It was a big budget movie. A terrible one. But really just should have been better. Then I watched "Fight Club" again. Beautiful. I'll add that the other movie was mixed by an accomplished and experienced sound mixer. It could have been shooting style or lack of available crew, or any number of things other than being his fault. My point is that things have changed.

I find the weird combo of analog ins and digital ins confusing. I'd think if you have 10 faders, there ought to be a way of getting 10 digital or 10 analog inputs into the machine. I still think if I was doing a "road" movie, I'd have this for insert/process cars. 6 analog is enough really. Can't wait to see one in real life.

Cart in front of the horse.

Zaxcom has innovative products. That's where the love affair begins and ends with me. This whole thing just makes me 100% certain I will never buy Zaxcom products. I have been on the fence a few times, and considered some products to supplement my gear, but no more. This has truly left a sour taste in my mouth. Going after Tascam was one thing, but to be very whiny about a small company with a history of serving our tight-knit community, just shows that Glenn is missing the big picture. I am grateful for the ability to express my opinion here, and I have tried to do it delicately and with polite consideration and criticism. But this just sucks.

Frankly, there are loyalties in this business that go way deeper than feature sets. I think you put out good products and back them up with quality build, good support, and kind customer service. There are lots of "similar" products, but in our business, we go with who we're comfortable with. I can't imagine this lawsuit is going to help Zaxcom in any way whatsoever, even if they win. It'll only further people's decisions to look past feature sets and into the company itself.

Amazing - I always carry a little battery speaker and big AC speaker - But I don't really have a collection of sound effects. I have downloaded things very quickly and had various bits of music and effects available, but wouldn't work in the middle of nowhere. Time to up my game!

How high is the volume turned up? They do have some noise. Much more than an ordinary receiver, of course. Make sure the level on the transmitter is set high and the receivers are set low.

I think your instinct to run the transmitter up with a longer input cable is good. Or try just hanging it on the side away from all the other RF bits. Or better yet, just run it out closer to where the receivers are. When I ran an M216, I put it on video village.

I don't doubt that using a single antenna on a harness would be a great benefit ergonomically. It seems the OP wants to make a mini cart. I just can't see that adding a cable from an M216 to a combiner (which has weight and size) offers any benefit over the rubber antenna attached to the transmitter itself. Believe me, I'm all about trying to reduce size and weight, but this seems to do neither. I'd love the OP to describe the scenario. I'm also all about learning new things :-)

If you're using an M216, I would simply leave the antenna where it is. At 10mW, you can't afford to be losing 30% of your range (minimum). One little whip can't possibly be a weight or size issue. Just my opinion.

I'd think that when someone purchases a company they also purchase the obligations, including accounts payable. I imagine they are chasing down any accounts receivable. Hopefully it was a confused employee and not one of the new owners.

The plug-on solution is certainly easier to protect from the rain. A little plastic bag, a rubber band, and a mini pouch of silica. It's going to be more of a challenge to keep it dry around the cables and such.

I'd be reluctant to drive a van full of heavy stuff without a steel bulkhead. Also adds security. A powered dehumidifier is great if you are plugged in. Way more effective than mine if you have a van full of wet carpets or something. It is quite important in colder and damper climates to control the moisture in an enclosed vehicle. Never had to worry about it in my trailer in LA. In the UK it's a battle. I have partially insulated the van as well.

The self-made aircon covers are great, because you can have several of them and swap them out as they get saturated with water. I have put a rainman over a furry cover before. Hard to seal up, but it's ok, the rain doesn't usually come up from underneath :-)

Something like this in the cab - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005MZ1EJE?psc=1 This in the back placed up high - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kontrol-Moisture-Condensation-Trapper-Litres/dp/B00NVAN9KE/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_4?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1493997635&sr=1-4-fkmr0&keywords=large+dehumidifier+tablet

Check the serial number and send an email to Sound Devices. Some of the original units had a different system, if I remember correctly. I know that gain was one of the issues.

I did a few TV episodes with basketball games as a big part of the story. One thing you can do is have them use a long lens for people talking on the sidelines. Carpet between the lens and the actors and have them fake a ball. It'll never be missed on camera, as you'll be waist up with foreground crosses. Same with other game footage in the BG. Get a foam ball the same size and color as a real basketball. If it's not in focus they won't be able to tell. Shoe noise is easier to edit around if there's lots of footfalls. It's just noise. Ball bouncing isn't easy to edit around. Passing drills that don't hit the floor are good for background action for practices. That kind of thing. Fixed plays are a must, so you can judge the amount of noise and make it easy to edit around for both sound and picture. Goes for practices and games. In terms of people playing basketball and talking, I wired anyone with real talking dialog that was going to have coverage. But if it was just shouting and such as part of the game, then I did't wire. I played perspective. Also, in real life, players don't talk much on the court during play. Only when the ball is out of play. I vampire clipped to the jersey. Waistband. Easy enough.

I talked to Ron a few years ago about this, and he seemed to think that some conventions weren't worth the expense for smaller manufacturers like him. Maybe he'll piggyback on a booth next year, but in the meantime maybe he'll let you peer into his shop if you happen to be visiting Valencia, CA. Maybe if you're on a pilgrimage to where Paul Walker died, less than a mile from PSC! Can't express what a fan I am of Ron as a person, and of Ron's excellent gear and craftsmanship.

I don't set delay in anything. But that's just me. Who needs to do maths at work every day? Not me!