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Hi Everyone - I'm a new member here, and I'm hoping that one of you can help me solve a problem I'm experiencing with my first boompole. I do volunteer audio capture work for a local acting group in Ashland, MA that has recently begun creating short films. Here is what I'm currently using for gear: a Zoom F8N Field Recorder, a pair of Sennheiser MKE 600 shotgun mics with Auray DUSM-1 shockmounts, an Auray BP-59A 9.5-ft boompole with internal coiled cable and side-exit XLR-M, Bose QC-25 noise-cancelling headphones, and several Kopul Series 5000 mic cables of various lengths. Here's the problem. When I have one of the mics atop the boompole (internal cable pl…
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Schoeps unveil the new KMIT capsule for the Colette Series at IBC in Amsterdam. This is the same capsule and interference tube like the Cmit family, but without preamp and compatible with the Colette range. It is now possible to have a Cmit combined with the new CMD42 Digital Preamp. https://schoeps.de/en/products/shotgun-microphones/cmit-series/kmit.html
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Greetings Legends of Sound, Does anyone have any real world experience of the Sony digital radio mic system? I'm interested in the portable dual rx and belt pack tx's - I hate the old Sony systems but have been told the new stuff is impressive. Any one used it in anger? ? Range? Battery life? Remote control ? Sound quality?? Rf stability...?
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Johan Hellsten posted this to YouTube yesterday: Easyrig Boom Rig Release Video The price is US$2200 with vest. Gotham Sound (Nick Huston) discussed the product with Hellsten at NAB yesterday. From 8:50:
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Hi all, Has anyone swapped out the HD caddy with a CF card adapter for the Nagra V? If so, what adapter did you use and what procedure, if any, did you have to do to get it to work? Any capacity limitations for the card? Pics would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Good evening, everyone, I trust you’re all doing well and that none of your gear has mysteriously sprouted legs and disappeared into thin air. We all know how that goes, don’t we? So, here’s the deal: after years of run-and-gun work and assisting on larger, more organised studio-based productions, I’ve now been handed the glorious opportunity to work as a mixer on a massive production. This means upgrading my gear, renting more kit than I ever thought possible, and—brace yourselves—building my very own team. Yes, I get to be the one barking orders. What could possibly go wrong? The production is set to run for 4-5 months, with the added…
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Turns out the good, innovative people from the 'old' Rycote aren't actually far away! ...in every sense of the word. Not road tested, but an interesting development!
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Hello! I have a really high noise floor on the R1a's with this combo. I've tried going into the T4 at mic and line level, adjusting slate mic and program gain, different cables etc. I used to send the feed out to a UM400(a?) using this expensive cable and it worked fine. Not so much with the T4. I'm told the COM output is unbalanced stereo. Will this cable solve my issues some how instead of using a regular ta3 to xlr like I have been trying? Anyone have experience with this combo of gear? Thanks, Ben
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DPA announces a new digital wireless system at ISE in Barcelona, following its announcement of CORE+ at NAMM. From DPA’s website: https://www.dpamicrophones.com/wireless/n-series/ ‘video: Introducing the N-Series Digital Wireless System
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The title speaks for itself.
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Hey Everyone, I'm having some interference problems with my Audio Technica AT-4053b microphone that I use for intern booming (cabled to my zoom f8n pro). Recently I've done a sit down interview and had some noisy interference in my recordings, strangely it happened randomly during the day for less than a minute and then worked well for hours. I asked the people present to turn all the cellphones in airplane mode but I still had the issue happening. Does anyone can help me figure out the possible cause tied to this interference? Is it something related only to cellphone or other types of RF? I've read that one major downside of this microphone …
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What's everyone doing to block out the sun? Tents, Umbrellas and how are you mounting them?
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I need some new ones. The Rode SM4-r looks like a winner. Anyone else have an opinion? Thanks, Ty Ford https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1273122-REG/rode_sm4_r_suspension_shockmount.html
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Aloha, I have four almost new Sony MDR 7506 headphones. The coiled cables have developed a sticky material on the cables. the headphones work great and this sticky substance is only on the cables. What is it and has anybody else seen this problem. Thanks in advance
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I need to record a scene where up to 4 people will be in a hot tub that is also a boat. I was told that basically the entire boat is a hot tub. We will be filming from 1 or 2 follow boats, distance unknown but guessing in the 10-15’ range. So I have 2 main concerns - how to mic shirtless cast with a necklace rig (booming not being a practical option), and how to get that audio transmitted and/or recorded. For the mics I will likely use countryman B6s or something similar and run those into some kind of necklace rig. My main concern is determining how to build this… So I want to know if anyone else has experience building a rig like this and what materia…
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New Sound Devices MixPre-6 II user here 😇 This great recorder will become my second main recorder next to Tascam Portacapture X8. The first tests are positive. Only batteries are spending this device with appetite - it must be taken into account. I also have activated three plugins there, like Musician Plugin, Ambisonics Plugin and MixAssist Plugin. 2x SupraCell Sony NP-F970 batteries and a dual charger for these (SONY NP-F970 Dual) ordered, since I plan to do field recordings where no 220V power supply is available, I need a reliable power source that lasts at least 3 hours! Anyway, the sound quality and Headphone Out is superb! There are some rocks…
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Nominated for Best Original Score at 2025 Oscars for The Brutalist
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Hi all. anyone using DPA 6060 or 6061 into Lectrosonics smqv or ssm? thoughts? Around where are you setting tx gain? cheers
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Just recently purchased a second hand MKH30 to pair with my existing MKH50 for stereo MS ambiences, and it seems like windshields for this set up are not a common thing for some reason. I am sure i'm not alone using (or trying to use) this set up for stereo MS in the field, so show me your set ups please I could set it up on my Rycote Nano Shield but the two mics seem too tall since the nano shield is a flat oval shaped blimp, or could purchase something new or fabricate something maybe. I also own an INV 7 suspension which could hold the two mics probably but i'd still need to find some windshield that fits two mics like that. I was hoping to have it in some b…
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Hello, I use MixPre 6 for quick-and-dirty stereo recording when I have almost no setup time and just need a stereo recording. I'd love your help optimizing this to be as fast as possible to setup and postprocess. Using a bushing adapter, I attach a stereo bar to the 1/4 20 mount on top of MixPre, clip in two Schoeps mics, connect with 2 18" XLR cables, and hit record. 1. I researched cold shoe mounts but couldn't make heads or tails - is there an easier way to get the stereo bar onto MixPre? I've taken to pre-attaching it and then carrying it in my backpack, but it's a bit unwieldy. 2. Schoeps's "desert island stereo set" in…
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I asked about this repair company (guy, really) in an earlier post. I ended up driving my sick DA78 down to LA from Berkeley (on a trip for other reasons) and took it to FET in Burbank. Mark Naziry did all sorts of mods and fixes to my DA78, and it is working better than it has in years. The DTRS and other tape formats may not be much of a deal to us anymore, but for me it does still come up for archive retrieval (DAT too), so it is good to have someone around who can still make those machines work. His price was very reasonable I thought-much less than I had thought it would be. I think he works on consoles etc etc too, and I saw a lot of vintage keyboard instrument…
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I recently finished shooting two feature films using Zaxcom Deva24 and had some issues with timecode that I would like to share here. The editorial department reported that in the timecode sync process of all cuts, the sound preceded the picture by an average of two frames. At first I suspected that the problem might be caused by the camera, but when two films shot with different cameras both pointed out a two-frame error, I changed my mind and did a test at a later date using only my own equipment. I tested recording Deva24 and Fusion(also made by Zaxcom) simultaneously with the timecode boxes synced, and interestingly, the result was that Deva24's …
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Hello everybody. I am building a monitoring/one way communication system, pretty much stationary in a studio, except one receiver needs to be on a person who moves about the facility (The facility is not very large). The desire is of course to spend as little money as possible. Have an old, but very good sounding Lectro UM190 transmitter and CR187 receiver, fixed frequency. Need to add one or two more receivers. I found one that has a frequency different by 0.025 Mhz, it is my understanding it should work fine, but has anyone tried how wide the difference can be on those units? Thank you.
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Hey guys, I have a 106+1 I want to connect to my 108+1 to increase the channel count. The manual says this can be done via the D-Sub mix bus connector on the side panel. I went to the manual to look at the wiring diagram but the images in the manual are so low res I can't make out the labels. Anyone know what the pinouts are, or have a hard copy of that manual page you are willing to upload a picture of? Thanks
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Hello all! Does anyone have any recent experience with customs at Incheon Airport in Seoul, South Korea? In ten days, I'm transiting through Seoul for five days on a solo holiday before I fly to a job in Mongolia. I have an ATA carnet for Mongolia, but I'm unsure of what I might experience customs-wise at Incheon. I'll have one case of gear and a couple of personal bags. Thanks in advance! Dave
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