Max Hachemeister Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Hey there, This just popped up. Should one be scared?! If and how should this be embraced by sound guys? This will definetly be running wild on the market, when it comes to Reality-Formats and such. The question that comes up for me is, whether or not this will make any difference for the "human-personell". I read a lot discussions about how endangered sound mixers became because of the automation of their tools. It scares me, too. I'm just starting out in the business and really want to make a living of this. But every day something new comes up, that seems to make it harder for me to claim payment for what i love to do. On the other hand I have the feeling that the extinctiong of sound mixers will not take place. What it actually happenig it that the gap between low/no budget and "normal"-budget is getting bigger and bigger. The step you have to take from novice to professional getting harder and harder. Because your entry level skills mean nothing on an entry level when it can be done by algorhytms and machines. Because only people, that know that the difference between a good sound and an outstanding sound can only be made with skill, know that. So on the one hand I'm really scared about the automation of my job, but on the other I feel confident, that, if I'm willing to stick to my passion and if I'm able to develop skill that make a difference which cannot be achieved by machines, I will have my place in the business. The time and effort it will take me to get there is the only thing that changes with every new development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Rillie Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 And I quote from the Sennheiser ad: "latency 19ms" That would be a nightmare to monitor on set;) Fear not! wi FI latency makes it a non-professional tool in my books. Anyone sucked in by this wouldn't be able (or choose to) hire a sound person anyway. Regards, Jim Rillie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgoodin Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) And I quote from the Sennheiser ad: "latency 19ms" That would be a nightmare to monitor on set;) Fear not! wi FI latency makes it a non-professional tool in my books. Anyone sucked in by this wouldn't be able (or choose to) hire a sound person anyway. Regards, Jim Rillie Well monitoring on the set usually won't be a problem for this product since it is designed for people who usually end up with un-usable sound because they don't hire a sound mixer to monitor and control the sound.. So there will still be no one listening. Just plug it in and "Relax" in the terms of their ad motto. Anyway slightly less than 1 frame latency in monitoring on set is usually not a problem since there is about the same delay in processing the video seen on all the monitors on the set. It would be more of a problem with Live PA sound where delayed feedback could be an issue. But this product is designed for the "One man band" type of production. It's biggest problem for that market is the price. It needs to be priced about $500. No one who is paying $1200 for their primary camcorder/recorder is willing to pay $1125 for each microphone input. The telling thing is that in the behind the scenes video of the making of their commercial "The Oracle" all the sound in the commercial is being recorded by a sound mixer off a wired boom and probably an MKH60 or MKH70. The production company didn't have enough faith in the AVX product to use it to record the sound for it's own commercial. Edited May 30, 2015 by cmgoodin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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