saadasound Posted July 30, 2016 Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 Looking to set up a new PL system on my new show. Prepared to wear a wire, but want to have the ability to mute on the boom op side. Tried out the Lectro REF Mute switch, but didn't seem to work for me. Thinking of G3's, but every channel I tried seemed to interfere with our Lectro IFB feed. Anyone have a setup of their own that they would recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Can you get some G3s out of the block range of your IFBs? I used G3s for TB to boom for some time w/o issues. Were you trying the Lectro Ref Mute for the boom op's TB mic or for their return feed? I've only used them with Shure wireless mics but they worked very well (clickless) for that in some very high profile "nowhere to hide" type gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saadasound Posted July 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Yeah looking to get some outside our range. Tried out the ref mute on the boom end, had the wire on boom go into channel 12 of fusion, pre fade to headphones, so when mute switch is on, TB goes only to right ear of headphones. In theory, should be perfect, but the ref mute i rented to test out didn't seem to work on the day. Gonna try out the G3's again away from block 19 IFB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanpeds Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 The L series transmitters have an assignable switch that can be set as a mute switch. You could try that as an option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Yeah I'd try out the G3s one more time. If they are close in freq range just set it as far away as possible from your IFB receiver and maybe have the boom op wear it on the opposite side of his/her belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkautzsch Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 SK 300 has a 2.5" input for remote controlled mute or PTT function, which basically just opens or closes a switch. We trigger it (in PTT mode) from a remote photo trigger velcroed to the boom, so my boom op can trigger it even while holding a fully extended boom with an 816 on the other end. On my end, it's rather improvised right now, as an IEM 300 headphone output is passively summed with the 788T's headphone output. It goes only to the left channel, so I still hear my mix on the right ear. We have different antenna orientation for RX and TX to minimize RF hits on my end, and he wears his TX and RX on opposite sides. Read up about intermodulation and use a tool like Audio Ltd.'s "Winmod" or the big Sennheiser tool (which works without Sennheiser hardware too - just can't scan) to calculate matching frequencies. You can fit quite a lot of channels into a 24 MHz window, and the G3s are in .025 MHz steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Peter, would be interested in seeing a pic of your remote PTT setup on the SK300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkautzsch Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 On 1.8.2016 at 9:54 PM, Derek H said: Peter, would be interested in seeing a pic of your remote PTT setup on the SK300. First pic shows the receiver that connects to the SK300's mute input. Actually it's a remote trigger system for photography. Second pic shows the remote trigger that we velcro to the boom. We taped down the hot shoe adaptor on the RC, and use an elastic velcro tie round the boom so we can adjust to different booms and arm spacings. As long as the button on the remote is pressed, the SK300 is unmuted and I can hear the headset mic in my headphones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 That's pretty brilliant. Does the positioning of the receiver matter? Does it have to have line of sight like an infra red remote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkautzsch Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Thanks for the flowers! It's a 2.4 GHz system IIRC so works fine without line of sight, but of course with the usual 2.4 caveats. It runs on AAA rechargeables. The SK300 and trigger RX live in a pocket on a belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Davies Amps CAS Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Quite a few mixers here in the UK use the G3 for IEM/ Boom. we all have a Sennheiser stereo TX on the cart and feed sound to whoever wants it with the TX in stereo mode and the RX switched to Focus and panned hard right. Anyone who needs to be on the private line has their receiver set up the same but panned hard left. Works perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilchrist Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 On 7/30/2016 at 6:21 PM, saadasound said: Looking to set up a new PL system on my new show. Prepared to wear a wire, but want to have the ability to mute on the boom op side. Tried out the Lectro REF Mute switch, but didn't seem to work for me. Thinking of G3's, but every channel I tried seemed to interfere with our Lectro IFB feed. Anyone have a setup of their own that they would recommend? Hey, Steve, If a regular ref mute switch isn't working for you, Evan and Bruce at Vark Audio can build one that will. (301) 229-0288. Or maybe just don't talk so much. There's also this from Professional Sound Services. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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