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Hi all, I've tried to search for this and couldn't find a thread, please let me know if you've seen one already. As a director I'm trying to find the golden director's headphones for being on set: - On ear (over ears) - Lightweight - not too large or bulky, because I would want to take them off and on and hang them around my neck when not rolling - Wireless - but not bluetooth, because it needs to have an adapter that plugs into the 1/8" input on a comtek Is there such a thing? I've been searching far and wide for this and haven't come across anything yet. Most wireless headphones seem to operate by bluetooth to connect to phones and…
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Hi folks, I am sure this gets asked all the time and im sounding like a broken record here, but I am looking for some advice on which wireless setup I should invest in. I am shooting mostly feature doc projects intended for international festivals and theatrical release, shooting in the UK & Ireland with quite a bit of travel abroad (so lots of different frequency bands). Sometimes shooting alone and sometimes with a sound recordist. I am considering the following; Wisycom quad MCR54 with 4 x mtp41s (Costing £5400 and which will be replaced within the next 12 months with a new model i understand), a Lectrosonic SRC dual receiver with SMBWD TX's costing £4…
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If so, curious what you think. Shopping around for a new sound cart and was just looking at the Proaim Soundchief Lite Cart.
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Looking to update my usual R11 or vampire clips for my cos11 and I see a lot of new tools out there. I don't see any youtube reviews and would be grateful on any write ups. Thanks Shirt holder Tie Holder Hideamic Blfex silicone Lav concealer Button Down
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For those who like to match the colour of their microphones, Schoeps has presented yesterday, during the Sound Summit, the Blue Colette Set. Included are a CMC1 + Cut60 + MK41 in a rugged Peli box + a B5D + SG20. This is a limited edition, only 100 pieces at the retail price of 2070$. I don’t know why, but I think the gear acquisition syndrome will soon hit me....
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Hello, My 416’s across the boards are having problem with the A10’s - intermittently they’re fuzzing out, they’ll crackle like they’re disconnecting then fuzz out and goto white noise. Even if the mics not being moved it’ll fuzz out. Any one else have experience with this? Thankyou James
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Hi folks We’ve been using an 888 and MCR54 combo recently as a (admittedly overpowered) RF drop bag for some gigs, and running back to a desk via dante. RF RX is direct out to dante which can be picked up remotely. Its mostly excellent, but we’re noticing there are occasional low level clicks on the audio… can’t work out if it’s sync or RF. dante controller shows no errors and our dante set up is rock solid. This is across multiple shows with otherwise licensed and coordinated frequencies, using both wisy and Shure TX in different companding modes… sometimes at once, sometimes not. Anyone noticed anything similar? It’s not awful - just present en…
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Hi everyone, I will work soon on a reality style show and hesitate between the 888 and 833 with the new +4 plugin. The production ask for 8 lavs plus a boom and the shooting will be very mobile. At the first, I thought the 888 was the only way to go and the best compromise between size, weight and channels count. But with 8 lavs, I can't imagine really mixing with the faders while holding the boom, knowing that post will work with the iso channels. So I thought that I could make two groups of Lav controlled by Dungan and just control the master level of these groups and the boom, so three real faders are enough. The price, weight, size, co…
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Hello, I'm testing my equipment as I'm about to start a new film and I have found out that one of my SSM is not working, and although I've checked and rechecked everything and ran through the manual, there's simply no rf receiving either on a 411 or on my venue. One thing I noticed it, was also that there's no dot on the frequency display as you can see on the pictures, has anyone have had this same issue? thank you, Axel. IMG_1072.MOV 1649645870_06CFB647-1589-4E8E-B22F-D190F192C82F2.MP4 IMG_1070 2.HEIC
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Hey guys, Doing a very small, low stress gig mostly as a favor. Just consists of a single interview setup with two cams. The project is so small that initially the client expectation was to simply run the sound from just a boom into the two cams and record that way. But since I have a recorder I figured might as well add it to smooth things over and be able to record boom and lav and then I can send an out or scratch to the cams. Anyway, this is in the U.S. but the video will be shown in Europe so the cameras are shooting at 25 fps. I have a first series Sound Devices Mix-Pre 6. NOT the Mix-Pre 6 II. We will not have any timecode for this shoot and my…
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i am looking for a new deck and I want to revisit the Aeta Systems 4MINX which had a vapor release a couple of years ago. I am interested to know if there is anyone on JW has battle tested the 4minx indoors or outdoors .
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Hello everyone! I just bought a used Phonak system with 2 Invisity Flex and was wondering if there is a way to find out which frequency they have. Greetings and thanks in advance Manuel
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Many things in our industry can be debatable, like does Zaxcom have better range than Wisycom or Lectro etc. This may be a main concern for those completely restricted to carts, but for people like me I am solely concerned with weight. Has any pro manufacturer big or small attempted in any capacity to match Zaxcom in this area? The NOVA has been for a few years now to be wholly unmatched in this concern...but I'm hoping someone out there has made an attempt.
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I was kind of 'shocked' that the mini shockmount that comes with the 4097 microshotgun makes a lot of noise from friction from the foam with the mount, and/or perhaps the mic with the foam since it's all loose and detachable. Is this normal or do I have bad copies? I'm not even sure if I want to keep them since I specifically bought them for easy car rigging. In the attached sample the highpass is 180Hz (higher than I'd like) and it's a Wisycom transmitter. DPA 4097 sample.mp3
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Hi folks, I'd appreciate very much if anyone here wouldn't mind to share their thoughts about the upcoming upgrade that I'm seriously thinking to do. I usually do a few weeks of research before buying anything expensive, and I thought opening this thread and read people's thoughts about buying the bundle of Wisycom MPR52 receiver with x2 TX (MTP41s) for £3k new I'm based in London (UK), and I mostly do bag work on my own (loads of short films, documentaries, corporate, online content...) and sometimes I assist as 1st on mid-budget productions or/and 2AS dailies on big productions. I've been working for almost the last 3 …
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Hi all, I've just upgraded to Lectro, and I have the SRB rx with SREXT bottom plate, which means I can power up the RX with 6-18VDC I have a Talentcell recharg battery 12V that works fine with my F8, but for some reason it doesn't power up the receiver... I don't understand why. I have the right cable, since I've just bought it via pinknoise (DC lock for Lectro to DC) Any power solutions for this? It can be DC or 4-pin hirose, since I have that cable too. Thanks a lot
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Any guidance on the openness of this block in Israel? thanks.
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Anyone have experience with Blk 21 in southern Italy?
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Hi everyone, I recently purchased a 8050 with a cinela minix so I could have a very short and light mic when shooting indoors. Usefull too in case of a very low ceiling. The windscreen supplied with the 8050 is not effective enough when moving the boom, a lot of wind is hitting the capsule when booming from one person to the other. Cinela and sennheiser don't provide any protection for that set up. I am looking around and I see 2 options, though probably not optimal: the rycote baseball (in 19/20mm diameter) and the schoeps b5d (1mm in diameter too big but there might be someting to do about that...) Do you guys have any idea(s)? The idea is …
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I am looking into getting either the Sennheiser MKH70 or the Sennheiser 8070 Long Shotgun for Airshow interviews. I usually use my Sanken CS-3e for this situation, but last year, I decided to test out the Schoeps Cmit5u (performed much better than I anticipated). Both the Sanken and Schoeps do a wonderful job, but I feel something with a longer "reach" would be better suited for this task. The boom pole I am using is a K-Tek K-87CCR. Lavalier mics are not being considered at this time. Most of the shots showcase the featured aircraft behind the interviewee, thus being wider, requiring a longer "reach." Additionally, the surrounding environme…
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Seeking experience with these. Are they worth the price, weight?
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If somebody have used this items, please share with us the information! I’m planning to buy some from these equipment, but nobody can tell me in my country the experiences with them. thanks!
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Zaxcom announced and released the RX-8 Receiver interface today -- nothing else on the market even comes close to the functions and capabilities of this unit in terms of receiver channel count, size and weight. Eric Ballew has done a really thorough video for this new product. Introducing the RX8 Wireless Receiver and Dante Interface from Zaxcom. The RX8 holds two MRX-414 or MRX-214 wireless audio receivers and outputs them as a Dante interface or as a stand alone unit. In Dante mode, an addition 8 channels of AES can be fed into the RX8 making this a 16 channel interface. Not only that, it also includes 4 sends to its physical analog output. This …
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Thoughts on Ambient QuikLok vs Rycote PCS-Boom Quick Release System vs nothing vs something else?
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As the title says, I'm getting a "if bw mismatch" error message. Is this something fixable on the units (mcr42s and mtp-40s)?
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