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  1. Oh yeah, I did get those as well. Didn’t really notice them as thought they wanted to sell mattresses
  2. Lots of good advice here already, and you may need to try different ones to find your best solution. I don’t have much else to add, except for three things: - the cell phone idea sounded very tempting to me too, a while ago and I looked into it. So far it’s a dead end. The latency can be terrible and it can vary, so it’s annoying. The sound quality out of a phone is pretty bad, unless you can go USB in like with a MixPre, but IIRC that won’t go over the phone line. There are Bluetooth devices that will pretend to be a headset, and they have XLR inputs, but this adds even more to the latency. once you finally have you cell phone system up and running, you‘re bound to shoot somewhere where there’s no cell service and so you‘ll need to have another system in place and I‘d say it makes more sense to focus on that other system from the start. - getting antennas outside of the car is a big help, but instead of magnet mounts, I highly recommend suction cups. They basically cannot come off and everyone else uses them, too, so you can always borrow one. - hitching a ride on the SDI stream is a pretty good idea, but if the director and whoever else will be in the follow car, too, they will likely expect to rely on your audio to help communicating with the picture car, even when the camera is off or out of range.
  3. Yeah, and it would have been great if my 788 had been a Scorpio right from the start, but things progress and that isn’t always possible. New Schoeps mic do come with this latest in capsule development and isn’t it kinda cool that you can retro-fit older mics?
  4. First of all I‘d like to know how you are sending audio from your 633 to the Amira? Cable or wireless? If wireless which receiver and transmitter are you using?
  5. Only a few posts above yours, Karl Winkler from Lectro definitively answers your question
  6. Constantin

    SD A20 Nexus

    I asked Paul Isaacs about this on Facebook. He said that transmitters can be spaced 400kHz apart, so 16 transmitters require only 6.4MHz. So theoretically 24MHz should be more than enough. And the Nexus can scan basically the entire spectrum up to 1500MHz to find a suitable 24MHz window.
  7. While I have at times been critical of various aspects of Zaxcom, range isn’t one of them. I did only one quick comparison for range between an HM and a 742 (I think) and the 742 far outperformed the HM. In terms of range anyway
  8. Constantin

    SD A20 Nexus

    Yes you did. Re-read your own comments if you don’t remember. Think „waterproof“ and other bullet-pointss. Then you mused how SD had possibly moved their interests to another market.
  9. Constantin

    SD A20 Nexus

    Strongly opposed to this idea. While I think the Nexus is a great product, I‘m someone who likes to have backups. So if my Nexus fails, it means I am all out wireless receivers. With your idea I‘d even be out of a recorder, too. And buying a duplicate setup would be that much more expensive. This is exactly the reason why Nova would never be for me. that‘s a really weird conspiracy theory you‘ve come up with there. Just because you don’t like some of the aspects of the Nexus? Tell me how water- or dustproof is a Scorpio? just because you didn’t like the answer you got? Now you think they don’t care about location sound anymore? That’s a very steep hill you’re climbing there
  10. Constantin

    SD A20 Nexus

    Yes I‘ve been thinking about that, too. With the Nova that’s even more of a potential problem and why I am surprised so many people jumped on the Nova-train
  11. Constantin

    SD A20 Nexus

    Why do people find this expensive? 4 A20 receivers already retail for $12,180 according to Trewaudio. Add 4 SuperSlot plates and an A10 rack to get even half the features of the Nexus and the total gets to $14755, already as much as the Nexus. That‘s still without any spectrum scanner and coordination hardware or the new Nexlink remote control. Fully maxed out the Nexus sell for like 20k, whereas with individual receivers you‘re looking at 24k just for the receivers. Add 4 more plates and another A10 rack and you‘re looking at 30k vs 20k. So why does the cheaper system get labelled as more expensive?
  12. I don’t have any experience with selling entire packages, but I want to mention that I‘ve had good success selling gear on Facebook. The chance of getting ripped off is much higher, but you’ll also sell things much faster there, as the audience is so much larger. You need to be careful, but the same applies here where many people don’t even post with their name
  13. If you read through this thread I think you will find this isn’t likely to happen
  14. Ah ok, I get it. It’s just that I personally consider the middle mic a waste of time and effort. And, I used to do this a lot as well, with pute ORTF, and I utilised a Zaxcom 742 with a stereo cone. Just put the mic somewhere off set for a good ambience track. Just… make sure no one wanders off with your mic
  15. Strictly speaking this isn’t ORTF, but I get why you are calling it that. I am curious though, why for movie/tv audio you would choose to use a middle mic like that, as your dialog usually already sits in the middle. Wouldn’t actual ORTF be more suitable? On doc work I usually work with an MS boom, based on a Schoeps rig. on the one hand it makes it much easier to quickly record ambiences and so on without needing to change anything. While camera sets up I‘ll often walk around and try to record something. I will always record both mics although I don’t think a stereo rig on a constantly moving boom is particularly useful. The s mic can also help getting dialog between two people left and right from the mic if you find you can’t move the main mic between them quickly enough. Just let each one speak into either side of the 8. for scripted work I don’t use a stereo boom at all, but I will sometimes use a stationary ambience mic, usually ORTF as I prefer that over MS for pure ambience
  16. I really liked that mount at first. It doesn’t matter much if a softie touches the rails, because everything moves in sync. But it’s a noisy mount with faster swings. I think those rails create a lot of turbulence. agree with Rado: get a Cinela Cosi and you‘ll never look back
  17. Totally agree. I also think that it’s unlikely anyone could hear the difference between going from an analog or digital hybrid receiver via line in to the recorder or going digital from those same receivers. So like you said, with those receivers it’s more a practical choice rather than a sonic choice
  18. So in other words it makes no really difference, especially if your cable runs are short. What I‘m wondering is this: all recorders with digital inputs utilise sample rate conversion on their input. Mostly, I believe, to overcome clocking issues between digital devices that run on their own clocks and can’t be synchronised. Sample rate conversion can affect the signal, too, albeit probably barely perceivable, if at all. I’m guessing that today sample rate conversion doesn’t happen anymore by first converting the signal to analog and then sampling it again, because that would definitely distort the signal to a degree. if that were the case, it‘d be probably better to go line-in to the recorder. Otherwise SRC shouldn’t really do much to the signal. But likewise going from an analog receiver to a line-in of a digital recorder. That will barely affect the signal. So my personal view is that it doesn’t make much difference in real life and with short cables
  19. Sure, you were ok with those „actually trying to help“ you, but with those who you decided didn’t try to help you, you were attitudinal (if that’s a word). That’s not how a discussion group works, though, and it’s not up to you how this group works. To others reading this, it may be entertaining, or educational, or both. But even the title of this topic oozes attitude. You start immediately by blaming the manufacturer of your gear for a production delay, even though - as we have now learned - you were both to blame. I bet a few people already turned off by that. Maybe the problem is that you only come here when you have a problem. Again, makes it feel like you’re confusing this with customer services. Maybe you, too, could help others with their issues or entertain us with stories from the past or by not directly answering a question. You can do all that without any kind of blowing or sucking. Anyway, it doesn’t matter. I‘m sure you won’t take this to heart and that’s fine.
  20. No of course, backwards compatibility is more important, I totally agree with that. Well, as Larry gracefully explained, the pilot tones are not really block specific and they are kind of, but not really, frequency specific. Although I do agree with you that generally speaking, pilot tones are a good thing. yes, thanks a lot for your explanation and honesty! I agree with Doug: the respect I have for the fanatics (retired or not) is boundless It’s not really about the adjectives, it’s more about the attitude. like Chris said it feels a bit like you’re treating this site like customer service. Although I be lt if had actually called customer service you would’ve been more polite and would’ve gotten an answer too. And why do you care so much if someone wants to regale us with stories from the past? There’s no harm in that and it may serve as a mnemonic device for others or whoever to remember the block 470/19 issue by.
  21. But the overlap is not god-given. At some point they made the conscious decision to have a full block 470 which naturally overlaps block 19, because they wanted 470 to be 25mHz wide like the other blocks. They could also have chosen a crippled block 18 or whatever, but who would’ve paid for that? So it’s an error in their own system rather than something they couldn’t have avoided. And they decided to make the pilot tones block specific instead of frequency specific, which I‘m only guessing they could’ve done, too.
  22. yes, it does makes sense! And thanks for getting back to me about this, that’s exactly what I was looking for, so thanks for letting me know and for your engineers to implement it like this!
  23. Every rf component you add to your signal path causes a reduction in you rf signal, I think it’s at least 3dB per component (like even a BNC to SMA adapter), unless it’s a passive splitter which can have a higher loss. I don’t think it‘ll raise the noise floor, that only happens if you boost the signal at some point, but if you’re not then you should be fine as long as the rf loss is ok with you. I‘m guessing the SL-2‘s filter won’t cause any loss, though, as it‘ll compensate for it. I agree with Trey though that you probably won’t need all those filters. It’s definitely helpful to have some sort of filter before the SL-2, but one should suffice. Get the LFA which is great and ditch all the passive guys
  24. Did you have a chance yet to look at the waveform of the recording? That could give you a clue if it’s the recorder or the lav mic/wireless gear
  25. Yes, you can ask most of the manufacturers and they will tell you as much as they feel is appropriate, so you don’t have to worry about it. They won’t give you a name, but they may confirm that your name is correct, although may not know, as a dealer would have sold the item. So basically they can tell you if the serial is legit and probably the region where and when it was first sold, but not much more
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