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pkautzsch
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I took some detail shots, more to come in a few days. This holds the boom when not in use. I glued felt to the inside to prevent scratching the booms. Another one is on the left side. On the back I mounted a pair of small wheels, just big enough to roll the cases in my car's trunk. The modules travel on their back, not upright, for space reasons. This is the power compartment. Power is switchable between the 17 AH 12V lead battery and external supply. Protection cap removed for photo. Power goes to five XLR-4 sockets inside the cart (underneath the white cap), to the LED bar inside, and to another XLR-4 socket on the cart's right side (as we look from the back, it's on the left) where I can connect anything sitting on top of the cart. Another sub-distro will be added to the front lid that sits on top when in use - another update to be done when I'm not shooting. This update will include another LED bar, a monitor, a voltage display, probably some kind of board to clip the script to, and surely a few little things that make a soundie's life even more comfortable.
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I'm regularly using the KM 185 for interior boom. It's basically the same as the 150, just a fixed-capsule design. Great sound, clean off-axis response, and a little more presence or "sparkle" than Sennheisers and Schoepses. They do need clean P48, though.
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Do you have an unused USB keyboard port in one of the devices in your bag? There is a Mighty Bright lamp with USB powering.
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I power the TX, like everything, from the cart 12 V distro (either lead battery or PSU). I cut the cable off the original PSU and placed an XLR-4 instead. See above why I use XLR-4 for power. The t.bone stuff is not as bad as the price would suggest. I mean, this unit costs EUR 99, and it behaves like a EUR 200 unit. But not like a EUR 1,000 unit. Basically: you need some tweaks and know the character faults if you want it to behave. Then, it's ok. Mobile phone interference seems strongly dependent on individual RX units. I have one very prone to interference, and another one doesn't care at all. Found out when director and scripty were sitting next to each other in front of the monitor. So the good one goes to the director, and the worst one stays in the cart as back-up. Noise is ok for "just listening". Non-audio people don't seem to notice. About as noisy as the old PR-72. The in-ear phones included with the RX are crap mechanically and comfort-wise. I replaced them with cheap light headphones so I (and production) don't mind if someone breaks one. Battery life: the RX batt LED is still green when display and audio output go off. This is irritating at the beginning, but once you know, you just swap batteries more often. I also have a modified guitar TX for lightweight bag work. Less reach, but on run-and-gun documentary, you're close to the director anyway.
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Oh, right, gear list: SD 744T (on top, in bag) t.bone IEM 100 (cheapish IFB TX) Lectro VR Field w/ 4 RX Neumann 185 on boom, Sanken COS-11 lavs. This job required iso tracks ONLY. Here's another pic in daylight.
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A little break due to some days of shooting. Used the new cart on the last bit already, and found I need some minor tweaks which I'll do this week. Here's the power distribution panel, all XLR-4f for easy soldering and ruggedness. The other half of that panel is reserved for audio and video connectors in a future update. An additional XLR-4f is on the right side behind the handle. This can power a bag sitting on top. Lighting is an LED strip with the option (update list...) of connecting another one. Just not sure yet if that one's going to be fixed to the top lid, or mounted to a gooseneck. Here's a pic of the cart's first day out:
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Turns out they actually ARE the same size on the inside. Just the part the cable is soldered onto is bigger. Thanks anyway!
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Dialogue editing changed my production thought process
pkautzsch replied to Jesse Flaitz's topic in The Post Place
I once had a director take a 5 second break between "and" and "action". This way he got a really quiet crew without always having someone shout "quiet please!". Perfect room tone for each take. -
Hi folks, I always thought the Audio Ltd. TX/RX (and Lectro as well) had SMA connectors for the antennae. No I ordered a pack of SMAs for a small antenna distribution DIY project, and these are way bigger than the ones on the RX. Otherwise they look the same, just "zoomed in". Anybody care to give me the exact type of connector? THX in advance Peter
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Here's a detail shot of how the antenna masts mount to the lid sitting on top. These are basically just standard round-base mic stands (without the base). In this configuration the antennae will end up about 9 ft high.
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Wood: because I know how to work with it, and because it was the best priced offer. Here you go Main module with drawers mocked up Main module with handles and boom holders mounted (one on each side) A mock-up setup of the whole cart, wheels and drawers not yet mounted. I had been worried about all the stuff sticking out on the sides, but finally I decided to go for the cheaper version. Usually I'll use my own car, not sharing with other departments; if this has to go freight, I'm keeping the boxes it came in. Now it's time to make all the internal cabling in the main module, power distro, and finally mount the wheels.
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This is a photo diary of the birth of my new sound cart. It is based on wooden 8U 19" cases (bought from Thomann) and will have the option of adding more modules. It breaks into single modules for transport in a car. The base will, apart from having wheels, hold things like comtek RX, small playback speakers, spare headphones, and similar stuff you typically need handy only during set-up. It will also contain small mic stands, LPDAs, and a spare Rycote basket. The main module will hold two drawers with TX, lavs, lav accessories, mics, suspensions, TX batteries and so on, and have 4 units of open space to house RX racks, script, comtek TX, headphones, and similar stuff. The recorder will either sit in this compartment as well, or in a bag on top - depending on the kind of job. In the back will be the power compartment with a power supply for 230V external power and a battery compartment (17Ah lead battery and/or 5.2Ah NP). This module can also be taken on a driving car shoot if necessary (though I prefer having only a bag for that kind of shoot). The modules will connect with bolts (Obi - German equivalent of Home Depot). The front door of the main module can be bolted on top and hold the bag, antenna mounts, and a screen. On the sides will be two boom holders and handles. Here are the parcels from Thomann:
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No Tuna?
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Having boomed with cans on I always felt a little detached from what was going on. Booming without cans I got a much better feel for the action and better communication with the other departments. This worked best if there was a sight line to the recordist. Now I prefer booming without cans. With my boom ops it's about 50/50, depending on what kind of jobs they've started with. Only as long as nobody starts to improvise.
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One of the problems might be the use of MKH50. I'd prefer a 416 and use its off-axis coloration to attenuate the chatter.
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Gruppe3 in Munich, and Kortwich in Berlin make sound carts too. Most soundies I know have made their own, based on music/FOH rack components. These are basically 19" racks with bigger wheels. --peter
