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  1. I have two of these mics that I use all the time, and on all sorts of voices. No distortion issues here (except if I set my gain improperly). -Mike
  2. Interesting! i wonder how the upcoming AES accessory will connect to the 833. Through one of the USB ports likely? And I wonder if this means a Dante accessory could come in the future as well. -Mike
  3. I thought he said this model had the raw outputs so you can mix any way you want. Seems to have dual TA5 outputs - one with the front cardioid and figure 8 and one with the read cardioid and figure 8. I think it it was the old model that did all the processing in the mic and only had matrixed outputs. -Mike
  4. Why not try it and see how it sounds? You seem intent on it, and it’s an easy thing to try without damaging anything. Give it a shot and see what you think. My guess is that you will quickly hear why so many of us are saying “hard no”, but you won’t lose anything by giving it a shot, and you might even learn something! -Mike
  5. Interesting! Looks like double MS in a small form factor. Could be cool. -Mike
  6. The email I got from Sonosax last week said the SX-M2D2 was CHF 1190, so about $1200 in the USA. -Mike
  7. I’m so bummed this doesn’t have Dante. If it did I would pick one up ASAP. -Mike
  8. If the trainer has a decent head of hair, hiding the lav there would eliminate a lot of the problems from head turning, clothing rustle, or the lav being pressed into the floor. I used that placement for some gym promos a couple of months ago and it worked great. -Mike
  9. I love the USO too. I haven’t had too many instances where I need genlock, but I like that it’s available. I keep my one in my “small “bag though, with the second output set to LTC. That way I can use it to simultaneously feed my MixPre6 and my Zaxcom IFB200 to make sure those always lock to the same code.
  10. In my experience, a laptop based setup is too cumbersome and too fragile for field recording. I’d definitely choose the stability and ease of setup of a dedicated field recorder like the Zoom F8N over a laptop based setup. -Mike
  11. My rep told me last week they are "on the boat" from Japan but will still take another two weeks or so to arrive here in the states. -Mike
  12. You need excellent wind protection like a full Rycote or Cinela blimp and a great pair of omnis. Sennheiser MKH8020 has great low frequency extension.
  13. Hm seems strange to me that Full Compass would have the mic at 50% of what everybody else has it for. Not sure if I trust that. -Mike
  14. I have a CMS-50 on preorder. New estimate for arrival is end of July. -Mike
  15. Thanks guys - I appreciate all the thoughts and input. Updating here for posterity... I am running the latest firmware on all devices, that was definitely something I checked too. I spoke with both Zaxcom and Sound Devices about this and neither one could offer much insight. Matt at Sound Devices said that jitter or auto frame rate detect shouldn't affect anything on the MixPre - it simply picks up whatever timecode is put into it and isn't too fussy about changes. He said it will pretty much follow along with anything. He did suggest that I record the incoming timecode onto an audio track to check and see if the timecode stream was dropping out completely at those moments where it loses connection. I did that and recorded quite a few hours of timecode and did not see any physical drops of the TC stream. Glenn at Zax simply said that it definitely couldn't be the IFB200, but didn't elaborate. He did offhandedly mention that he didn't even remember that teh IFB200 had a timecode generator though, which was a little disconcerting. I also have an older Denecke TS-2 slate (with the 23.98 mod) that I have been using with this rig. I've noticed however, that when I jam the Denecke from the IFB200 that I have to rejam it every 20-30 minutes because it starts drifting. I assumed that was because of an old crystal so I sent the slate back to Denecke for service. They checked it out and said the crystal was totally fine and not experiencing any drift. So... at this point I'm forced to conclude that the timecode generator in the IFB200 is just no good; that it is just not very reliable. Like several people suggested above I am going to try clocking everything (including the IFB200) from another TC generator and see how that works out. I have a couple UltraSync One's which have dual LTC outputs, so I can send one into the MixPre and the other into the IFB200. I was hoping to avoid this solution just to keep the rig simple - this just adds one more thing in the bag and one more battery to keep track of - but if its the only way for reliable TC then I guess its worth it. I'll update after I've run with this configuration a few times. -Mike
  16. Hey all - Has anyone discovered a way to mount a 5/8 baby pin on a standard 19" rack (which uses 10-32 screws)? I'd love to add a monitor arm to my Yamaha 01V96i mixer rack, but I can't seem to find a way to mount one on the rack rails. Thanks! -Mike
  17. Most people here in the USA use Pro Tools. If you ever want to collaborate on sessions with other studios, you have to know Pro Tools. You can buy PT upfront, it doesn't have to just be a monthly subscription. -Mike
  18. I believe Plus24 (The US Sanken distributor) will listen to and check out a mic before sending it to Japan if you'd like. They did that for mine when I sent it over a couple of years ago anyway. -Mike
  19. Surprisingly decent audio quality on those samples. May be worth picking up to try. -Mike
  20. Mobilemike

    Np50 chargers

    +1 One of my SGS NP-50 chargers stopped working last week. I shot them an email at about 11pm after I got back from set, and had a reply in my inbox by 1:30 am (!) saying that a new charger would be on its way to me ASAP. That alone makes the SGS chargers worth it over the generic IMO. -Mike
  21. Interesting! I vaguely remember hearing about that - was there a solution to that that you remember? I have used a tentacle as a TC generator for the MixPre before I had the Zaxcom and had zero issues. -Mike
  22. I know that’s not usually the case here but in a lot of remote ADR sessions I do, the level of LTC does matter. Over Source Connect or ISDN, if the LTC is too soft or too loud the receiving end experiences lots of dropouts just like I’m experiencing here. Those are Pro Tools based computer systems though, so a little different from this world, but I couldn’t think of anything else that might be the issue. The issue seems worse later in the day too, despite a fresh battery change on all machines and a rest over lunch. -Mike
  23. I’ve tried with several different cables, all do the same thing. New update for today: it’s doing the same thing with timecode from the ERX as well (new cable there too). Everything is is set to 23.98. The MP6 has not come out of record yet (fingers crossed, knocking on wood), so it’s only really an issue if it happens right as I am pressing record, because then the file does not get stamped with timecode. That happened to one file yesterday, and a few files a few days ago. Those files just have a timecode of 00:00:00:00 and no frame rate when viewed in WaveAgent. The dropouts are are very short, less than a second long. Still definitely something id love to solve though. I was wondering if it might be somehow related to the timecode level, but I don’t see a way to adjust the level in the IFB-200? -Mike
  24. I have a TL46 borrowed from Gotham on set with me today and tomorrow. Corporate interviews so lots of different voices to try it out on. I’ll give a better report after tomorrow’s shoot but first impressesions from today are pretty good. It’s a very full sounding lav, not super bright and a little on the nasally side, and seemed to work a little better for female voices than male. Matched well with the CS3e boom. Slightly larger than most other lavs but I didn’t find it too difficult to hide. Interviews though so I wasn’t dealing with tricky costumes. More later! -Mike
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