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Hello all! Any tips, tricks, or suggestions for packing the Cinela Kelly for air travel? I have been trying to limit the amount of luggage I bring on the past few travel doc shoots (hoping to stay self sufficient with multiple company moves each day), and have ended up filling the Kelly with other rain gear (aquapacs, poncho, etc) to keep it from deforming before stuffing it in my checked suitcase. Unfortunately, it’s already starting to look a little wonky… How do you travel with this expensive piece of foam? Thanks for your time!
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I’m having a hard time finding info on real-world lithium battery life in the Lectro wide band Tx’s. Anyone using an SMWB and care to report in? Is it much less than an SMv? thank you! max
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Hello all - will be covering an athlete in women's soccer for a practice, they want a lav mic on her. Transmitter is a Lectro SSM. I've got an array of waist, ankle and thigh straps, and small pouches. I'm most interested in the best transmitter placement option that will interfere the least with her ability to do her job on the pitch. The thigh and ankle are out of the question. I'm assuming I'll be running into a sports bra on the torso. I have silicon covers for the SSM to help protect from sweat I see the Ursa backstrap (URSA Backstrap - Trew Audio) , but I'm skeptical on how comfortable that is wrapping under the arm…
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The use of GNSS syncing has been discussed here before, but in the context of SMPTE linear time code... Ignoring completely for a moment the LTC format, what if camera and sound recorder manufacturers used the GNSS 1PPS signal to simply write the start and finish times into metadata tags? UTC timestamps can be written to the nearest hundredth of microseconds. Couldn't that information be used in post-production to solve syncing and drifting issue? Sound tracks could be padded or chopped before being merged to video (and <hack!> time stretched if needed). Frame rate settings on devices would be irrelevant and no more jam sync needed! When sat …
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Has anyone had any issues with their Remote Audio Hi-Q Meon batteries? I have a 98wh, 14.4v that stopped working. The gage on the battery shows full. My Audioroot esmart dual Charger shows the battery at 96%, but 0.0 amps. I contacted Remote Audio, but they said to contact inspired energy. I contacted Inspired Energy and they said to contact Remote Audio. Now remote Audio is telling me to contact Audioroot because it’s most likely a charger problem. thoughts?
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hello, So I just received my sound devices 633 and it is amazing! But when I was playing around with it I noticed that there are two tiny tiny pixels which are bright in colour when background is black. I did some research and found out that they were stuck pixels and atm I dont know if I should send it back to the shop which will probably take a week before they can send another one back to me if they approve that its a stuck pixel etc. Should I just keep it or get a new one? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here's a photo of it. The other pixel is so small the camera cant even pick it up lol. http://i.imgur.com/5v0twrs.jpg Cheers!
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Hello everyone, question, will it work normally if I install American firmware on the receiver?
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I've just seem an announcement from Gotham Sound about a new Sanken mike, the CS-M1. https://www.gothamsound.com/product/cs-m1-compact-shotgun-microphone Anyone has tried it already? Thanks Tony Muricy
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I searched and cannot find a manual to answer this on the Schoeps website. I have a client who wants me to use a Schoeps SuperCMIT 2u with Mini-DA42 Converter as a way to best get sound off a boom at a football game. Boom mic is all that can be used in this situation so I understand the request of the SuperCMIT 2u. My question is: Will the Mini-DA42 Converter give me a DSP processed signal and a clean un-processed signal so I post will have the option of using either? I know there are two analog outs as well as the AES I just don't know what they offer.
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Hey Everyone, Looking for suggestions on an RF Power Amplifier to help extend range from my IFB system ~ Sennheiser Base Station with 100mW output. Cheers!
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Now that we’re in 2023. This fine unit’s life cycle is going on 9 years old. Has anyone heard of an imminent update? Thanks.
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Inspired by the "View from the office" thread, i am pretty curious as to what bags people haul around, and what gear is in it. So, this threads purpose is pretty simple. Show me your bag, give a little description of what it contains, and what type of gigs you normally do. My "bag": The thing is, i have no bag yet. No cart either. So what you see, is what i have, the rest is rented for every gig. Gear list: Sound Devices 442 Sennheiser G3 kit Røde Lavalier Røde NTG-3 AKG K-271
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Hi - Would anyone here be able to fabricate (or point me to a source) a TA5 Male to locking 3.5mm 4" pigtail adapter (wired for Sennheiser)? I have a bunch of Lectro lavalieres that I would like to use with the Tascam DR10L recorder. Eric Toline (RIP) made these for me a few years ago, and my other usual sources are non-responsive. Attached are pics of the adapter Eric made. Any leads would be appreciated. Thx, Ray C.
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Nice little addition to your gear bag, https://tyfordaudiovideo.blogspot.com/2017/12/schoeps-minicmit-small-light-superior.html Regards, Ty Ford
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Hi all. I’ve been wanting to add filtering to my set up for a while and am considering a few options. Currently running a PSC RF multi with SRCs and a RF Venue diversity fin. 12ft, and 50ft cable runs for cart use only. Performance has been adequate, but I’ve seen a lot of ppl post they haven’t been super happy with this combo, and I think I could be getting more out of it if I was blocking out unwanted rf noise. I’ve been thinking of either upgrading my distro to the audio wireless DADM (built in filtering + ability to have an active antenna on a single channel, or both - unlike the rf multi) Or adding the new audio wireless rf filter/bo…
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Hey all. First time poster, long time reader! I've always used FB channels for communication but figured I'd get on here finally. For my first post I wanted to ask if anyone had keen opinions if you were starting over with new wireless what would you get? (but still using SD 8 series mixers) I wish to have digital RF, AES output, and remote control on the tx. Since I am an SD user, this leaves Shure or SD. Zaxcom clearly answers my needs but sticking with SD for now. 888 user. So, that begs the question, with the new SD tx out, I am super curious about performance and sound quality between these two systems. I suppose we have to wait for feedback …
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I would like to hear from any members who have worked with or have experience with the Sound Devices Nexus.
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Hello, I wanted to change the direct outs on my cooper 106 as to prefader because I want to use my direct out as Isos on my 788 and the, either L,R, or any other Mix Out as a Monomix and put it on ch 1 on the 788t. Supposedly on the cooper manual the changing of pins only affects the direct outs, but when I did it, it puts everything as prefader, wether the direct outs or the mix outs as well, any of the users remembers if this is correct? Or it might be something else failing or some hack I should know and don’t know… Thanks in advance! Axel.
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I recently purchased two TRXLT2.5 transmitters via consignments at TrewAudio and have been very pleased with their performance! Both transmitters are of the exact same model but one has the newer OLED display while the other has the classic display (not sure what to call that display technology). Anyway, after having just come off a feature using both transmitters I ran a few tests and found that the newer transmitter requires less gain (about 5db less) than the older transmitter. Conducting the test side-by-side first with Countryman B6's and then with the B3's yields the same results. I now currently run the newer transmitter at 15db of gain and the older on…
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About a year ago I landed my first indie feature and picked up the short and long Deity shotguns based on the 416 capsule. The long shotgun functions just like I remember the 416T and the short shotgun is very versatile. However I came across some issues in my application of the short shotgun (RFI and handling) and am looking for a new primary indoor and interview mic. Looking at what I need it seems as though the MKH-50 is the obvious choice but I wanted to run it by you guys to see if there is anything else you would recommend. I don't have access to any rentals, dealers or distributors in my state, so testing mics side by side is not an option. I hoping you…
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Good day, folks. I'm Carlos, a Colombian scholar and filmmaker currently based in the US as a doctoral student. This is my first time posting, but I've been lurking in this forum for so long and have found invaluable advice. Thanks a lot for keeping the discussion up! So, about me: I make documentary shorts, and I'm currently on the market for a transmitter/receiver system that allows me to upgrade my beloved Sennheiser G4 512. I primarily do interviews and group chats, so I use one lav (MKE2) and a boom mic (Sanken CS-M1) plugged straight into the camera. Most of the time, though, I benefit from the wireless transmitter/plug-on to place the mic/boom close to …
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So I was thinking, if anyone would use a wireless microphone with no input gain adjustment, and the audio was very low, lets say for example that only 8 bits of the A-D converter were being utilized. In this case the audio would be represented by no more than 256 discrete levels. This works out to a dynamic range of 48 dB. Since we can not change the mic gain on the transmitter we can not boost the signal to the A-D in the transmitter to get the proper transmitter A-D resolution of let say 96 dB. So we have lost about 48 dB of dynamic range. If we were to boost the audio signal at the receiver, recorder or at a mixer, we can add 48 dB of gain to come up with a…
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https://www.newsshooter.com/2023/09/15/sennheiser-previews-mkh-8030-figure-of-eight-rf-condenser-microphone/
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To those who are using Zaxcom wireless with Sound Devices recorders, any constructive thoughts, opinions, raves, regrets? Mostly curious about narrative film and TV work, but all input is welcome.
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Recently purchased an Audio Technica AT4053b and was quite pleased with the sound quality it produces. However, I found out the microphone is extremely sensitive to both wind and vibrations. Using the provided AT8415 elastic shock mount is all but useless, any small movements on the pole translate to the microphone body. Thus, I'm wondering if there are any high end shock mounts out there like the Cinela E-OSIX system that can accomodate the 21mm diameter condenser microphone. Thoughts?
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