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  1. Hello, iMacs are very powerful and they have a fantastic screen but keep in mind that they do make noise. This especially happens with bigger sessions in PT and can be annoying depending on what you do (p.ex. quiet ambience track cutting etc.) We are currently replacing 2 iMac suites with Mac Pros (current models) to be able to have the computer and all other noisy equipment such as the Avid Omni interfaces int the machine room. Best, Philippe
  2. Anyone using a telephone to settle this sort of matter? I may sound old fashioned but it has saved me a lot of time speaking to people in live rather then typing lines. My 2 cents, Best, Philippe
  3. I would love clients to pay me 2% of the purchase value per day. Unfortunately it doesn't happen this way. I do equipment packages depending on the job. (Documentary, feature fiction etc.) and I charge a fixed daily rate for the whole project. I also bring more stuff than the planned package. In may cases you will be using that extra stuff. Use your best jugement to decide if you charge or not for that additional equipment. Not charging for it every time you use it has helped me to make my daily rate look like a bargain. This is of great help when you are negotiating your equipment rate in the future. ... and I couldn't agree more with Mike: Negotiation is key! Best, Philippe
  4. Hi again, Yes there are 3 recorders on my cart. I know this might seem a little bit overkill but let me explain, ... First there was the Cantar. Then the SX-ST Recorder came in as a backup recorder. I un-arm unused tracks on the Cantar and because of the limited display view(s) on the X1/X2 it has happened a few times that I forgot to re-arm iso tracks on the Cantar some shots later, although these sources where recorded (and heard) on my mixdown tracks. In that case the SX-ST recorder (always recording 8 tracks) has saved me. Meanwhile I decided to no longer record Ambience Mics (MS, LCR or 5.0) trough the Sonosax but directly with the Cantar mic inputs. This has the advantage of the Cantar being able to link up to 5 input gains witch is quite handy against struggling with up to 5 pots on the Sonosax. Now these tracks did not have a backup recorder ! ;-) I then sold my Pix 240 (used mainly as an HD Video Monitor) and changed it for the Pix 260 witch receives the 8 AES outputs from the Cantar. OK perfect, this is my mirror recorder and it has Dante, the perfect companion to the future X3 I thought. The truth is that I have to switch it off anytime I'm shooting interiors because of the fan noise. I spoke to Sound Devices about this at IBC last year but so far no feedback. Hope this can be solved by software as I took care of ventilation when mounting the Pix260. If the fan noise problem is solved and providing the Dante connection between the X3 and the 260 works flawlessly, the ST-ST recorder will be somehow obsolete, but believe me after installing the recorder option myself I'm not even thinking of removing it. ;-) All the best, Philippe
  5. Hi Jeff, My name is Philippe Kohn The display is the touch screen controlling the SX-ST internal recorder More details on my X3 experience to follow, ...
  6. Hello everybody, this is the old and the new version of my cart :-)) Best, Philippe
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