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I am going to be purchasing a Mixer & HD recorder and I want to get some feedback on which recorder and mixer people are using and would recommend. I am not looking for the cheapest equipment, I want the best gear available at any price. I will primarily be mixing on a cart for film projects but would like the option to be mobile. All suggestions are welcome. Thanks! Greg
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I had occasion to send my K-tek pole in for service to tighten up a collar that was no longer locking securely. This is a pole that has been in use for, perhaps, three years now. It hasn't seen any heavy duty abuse but it's certainly well out of any warranty. The good folks at K-tek fixed the loose collar, gave the whole pole a good cleaning and refurbishing and shipped it back to me with the extra space in the tube well padded with one of their stylish caps. While I was still wondering if I had supplied a credit card number for the service, an invoice arrived in the mail. No charge. A pleasant surprise. I just thought I would share the good experience. David …
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Lectro 411
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Hello, I have a problem with one of mu Lectros UM 400. For some reason out of the blue this TX has beed consuming batteries at an incredible rate. It got to a point that even a lithium 9V lasts no more than a few hrs whille the same type of battery in the other recievers lasts all day. Has any one experianced this? Bartek
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Hi all, Can someone confirm that the SoundDevices DVD-RAM drive (XL-DVDRAM) works with the Deva V please? I just bought one based on positive reports but, guess what, it does not work for me with internal battery or external PSU, not for realtime mirroring nor for batch mirroring. I'm in a hurry and can't find right now the messages confirming it worked... many thanks, fernando
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hello, My St-s has a routing matrix that has post fader sends. I cant afford to let go of the mixer for a few weeks to have sent in. Does anyone know If modifying this to pre fade mode is a major "surgery" or a simple job?
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Hello Everyone, It seems to be a bad time to upgrade my wireless lavs (Sennheiser EW100ENGG2s to hopefully Lectrosonics 411 Wireless System) here in Los Angeles. It's my understanding that blocks 27 and 28 are going away. If that's the case, What blocks should I choose? 22? Also, I am looking at Zaxcom as well, with the sd recording options. What is the general consenses here of Lectrosonics vs Zaxcom? I searched a bit, but didn't find much. Thanks, Steve
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I've been trying to back up the internal hard drive from a Deva v to a Lacie external firewire hard drive, but the Deva keeps giving a firewire error message. I have found out that apparently the deva will not communicate with the latest firmware version in the lacie so it seems I need to downgrade the firmware. The problem is the only program I could get to do this is a PC program which I cannot get to work. It won't recognise the drive when connected to the USB port (on the PC) and windows XP keeps asking for a driver when I connect the Lacie hard drive via the firewire port (again on the PC), everything I can find out about lacie hard drives says that no driver is need…
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Hi folks, Here's the problem. I am sending audio to 2 X F900R's (via RF links) and the camera's are sending wireless video signals (1 on each cam) to the director. I am not sure what brand the video Tx's are, but they aren't Modulus, Canatrans or any other big name I've ever seen. These little buggers are adding low-level "hash" to the audio (at the best of times) and big noisy intermod at the worst of times. They are frequency agile (anywhere from Ch 14 to Ch 69) but they seem to cause me problems no matter where they are set (my on-camera Rx's are in the 525-550 mhz range, TV 23-27-ish) The possible clue to my solution is this...the units have 4 diff…
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Hi, Not sure if I'm breaking etiquette here - but I've also posted this on RAMPS. If I have, my sincere apologies. Got a question regarding transmitting timecode using a radio link and running the SD 744T in Ext TC/cont-Auto Record mode (where in coming stream of timecode automatically puts the 744 into record). I tried this using several of my radio links/mics with fairly ordinary results. Had no luck with surplus to requirements Comtek and Audio-Technica rads. Lectro UCR190 worked - but had to come out of the headphone socket and crank it right up. I know I can buy a dedicated timecode from Black Box - but I was hoping to put one of my older RF units bac…
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Hi, Is anyone using the Garfield "Softies" on a Sennheiser HD-25? I know they fit perfectly on a Sony MDR-7506 but wonder if they'll be OK on the HD-25. Thank you, Fernando PS I know that velour ear pads are available now from Sennheiser, but I'd like to use the Softies because you can wash them, etc
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Over on r.a.m.p.s. there has been some discussion about new products coming from Sonosax that look very interesting. Three new products, none shipping yet (I think they are just empty boxes at this point): a stand alone 3 input ENG style mixer and 2 mixers with integrated file based recording. There is a link to the video done at the 122nd AES Show in Austria (where these machines were first seen) and I have also put the video up on my BLOG since we can't really post video here at the Discussion Group. Jeff Wexler's new blog can be found at: < http://jwsound.blogspot.com/ > Regards, Jeff Wexler
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Another happy customer...for years to come. I was wanting to move to a good upright cart design for quite some time, but nothing readily available impressed me enough in terms of future adaptability and general versatility to warrant kicking down the cash. Then Rob Stalder and I began discussing a custom-built SU cart designed around an 01V96. We swapped emails for some months and I must say that I am glad we spent the time to sort through the various details. I received the cart just last week. The over/under modular construction allows me to easily break it in 1/2 to load into my pickup truck (with fiberglass shell attached) or SUV, etc. while all gear is maintained …
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Has anyone used the VT600 ear pieces for IFB applications? How do they sound? I'm constantly using my Comtek 216's for wireless IFB with Sat trucks in the the field and the usual Telex and Audio implements sound like S***! Granted, these are cell phone connections in the trucks and the systems are typically crap. Setting up a land line would most likely improve the audio quality, but then I have to fight with the truck op who insists I use the truck system. Any advice, new Ideas? How are you setting up your IBF in the field? My typical setup is a dry line from the truck into my 302 feeding my Comtek TX, which gives me total control. Rob L.
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Hi, Just wondering if anyone has had experience with the Pilot signal going away on a Lectro 200 series body pack? Is there a cause, or better yet, solution to this without sending it in for repair? I got it to work with the Bypass mode, but that's not as stable. Thanks, Tom
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I am getting RF from the usual suspects, and far to often I keep asking people who has the Blackberry. Can you get an RF mod for the CMC5? or do I need to upgrade to the CMC6? Thanks
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Ive got two films coming up that are both gonna require in car miking with the windows down while driving. I had planned on using my Schoeps CMC641 with Cut and GVC along with lavs, but after reading about different setups there are a number of people that seem to like the Schoeps BLM 03 on the headliner. Can I get some opinions/thoughts on the two options? Is the BLM noticeably better then a 641/cut/gvc sound wise or is it just easier to mount?
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Hey all, I was just browsing on the B&H site and found that they are running their two for one deal on the Porta-brace Vault cases again (you buy one, get the next size down for free). If you're not familiar, the Vault series is their Pelican-like cases. (And, I have no relationship with either B&H or Porta-brace, as a matter of fact, for the most part I hate ordering from B&H...Trew, Coffey, etc. - want to match the deal?) Phil
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Sorry if this is a dumb question, Im still new to the industry... Looking for a way of transferring TC from camera (Digibeta or similar) to recording device (SD744T or DA-88) wirelessly. Not sure if I am able to do this via normal radio kits or not? Cheers, Jason
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Does anyone have any working experience with this product that they would care to share? Looks very flexible, but a bit on the bulky side. http://www.higheroctave.tv/
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Hey folks, Seeing as I am going to be in San Francisco on a shoot for around 4 months, I thought it might be a good idea to find out if there are any local sales/hire joints for location audio, just in case any of my gear decides to act up. I did a quick google but didn't find anything The last time I was in SF I bought from LSC, but if there is more urgency, it would be nice if there was something a little closer. Cheers, Jason
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This topic was just posted over on RAMPS, and it's something I've been thinking about for a while. When shooting HD and in a studio environment, it's somewhat regular practice to use a delay unit for IFB to director/script and the village. My set up is more a rough and tumble location show, that just happens to shoot with F900's. Last year we went through 18 camera bodies (that I know of) over an 8 month period. We brake 'em, they send out a new one. Crazy... Back on subject. There is a slight delay to our monitors at video village due to the down-converters. Our video village has at least 2 monitors going, sometimes 3, with different down-converters on each mon…
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New portable Lectro Venue
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Very nice. Some might even say this is what folks have been waiting for. http://www.lectrosonics.com/hybrid/vrfield/vrfield.htm
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I just picked up the R-09 as non-TC backup when using RF links. What sample rate/frequency should I run the recorder at? Obviously, the highest quality would be best, but I would like to to find some middle ground so that I am not filling up 4-6 Gb of SD cards everyday. Does the quality affect the ability to sync it to video in post? And, has anyone tried the SDHC 4 GB cards with it yet? -Jason
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Hello, I just wrapped a show for sony, and I had a question with regard to the propper procedure for TC distribution. The requested setup: Jam a master Denecke sb2a from the Deva (free run) connect the Master sb2a to a passive distribution box (mult) send TC back to the deva (cont jam all) send TC to backup recorder (744T) jam the slate from the distro. jam consecutive sb2a's from the distro, attach them to cameras and send TC to an audio channel. As far as I understand it (please correct me if Im wrong here) so long as I use the same sb2a (master) to jam the slate and any other sb2a's I should be fine, right. What exactly does te distro achieve?? …
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Im doing an interview on Tuesday with a particularly high profile Hollywood A-Lister, who values his personal space, and likes a no-fuss scenario. My thoughts were to grab one of the cameraman's lightstands and use my boom mate, and just hang my 416 over the top. The interview will be static so it seems ideal. I am having thoughts of using a LDC cardiod mic instead of my 416, to counter any excess reverberant sound picked up from the accentuated rear lobes on the hypercardioid. Has anyone out there done this before? Should I just stick with the 416? Cheers, Jason
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