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Anyone tried the new digital Sennheiser XSW IEMs? Those offer the option to individually use either stereo mode or blend two channels to a mono signal of choice on the Rx side. The signal should be compander free and thus maybe better on the low end than the analog G3/G4 system. If RF performance is OK it could be a good Boom Op IEM system at a real tempting price.
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Hi everyone, just found a first real life range test of THEOS. It seems to work great using whips only. Thank you NORDIC AUDIO for testing ! It is in danish (thank you Olle), but the message seems to be straighforward enough to everyone. The range test itself starts @ 2m:55sec. I counted 130 footsteps until he turns around, that would be around 100 meters of range. Plus, there doesn´t seem to be a lot of possibilities for the signal reflections that would help the overal result. Any links to other tests are highly appreciated.
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The CS-106 has three Nagra sockets—two (in and out) for a stereo Nagra (IV-S) and one with both ins and outs for a mono Nagra (4.2). Has anyone ever used both at the same time? I am experimenting with ambient recordings and would like to try it. I’ll wait a day for comments and then if nobody says “don’t”, I’ll try myself and report back.
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Recently on set one of my lavs stopped working and I traced it to the Microdot to Lectro connector (part# is DAD3056). I'm not sure what happened exactly but the threads were pulled right off of the connector. The threads remained inside the Microdot connection but I was able to pull them out with needle nose pliers. You can see in the photo that the tip of the connector on the left is smooth where the threads came off and the intact connector on the right is still threaded. I'm curious if this has happened to anyone else. These babies are $100 bucks a piece so it's a bit of a loss but a necessary item. I noticed there is a knockoff of these adapters made by Y…
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Hi folks, This is my first post and i've searched for an answer but I can't find anything on this particular issue. The long and the short of it is I picked up a couple of 2nd hand Zaxcom TRX 900 (AA & LT) with a QRX100. They were working fine when i received them. I was about to start a job last week and so while reading the manual I took the advise to rename the units and format the cards. After formatting (which went fine) i power cycled the units and and both displayed identical behaviour and screen/menus were frozen. At this point i was freaking out thinking id some how broke both units by following manual advise, but after tak…
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I have recently had an issue where timecode is sent up the L/R audio snake feed to the camera, and is (obviously) heard on return feed. I am a Sound Devices 833 user since 1-23 and prior to that an SD 633 user. I can get the same effect just plugging the lemo and return ends to the mixer and listening to return! Remote audio says they will take back the 2 snakes with this issue, Sound Devices had not seen/ heard of bleed issues... so i faxed out both snakes on 633 and 833, powered via battery and ac....same result! Anyone else amongst this august group have similar issues?
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Hi People! For some time now we have a big issue with our src setup. The setup is: SD 788t Lectrosonics octopack 4x src receiver 2x hma transmitter Some smv/smqv recievers Betso shark fin antennas A-band From the beginning of using this setup the range is really low also we get a lot of drop outs. We tried different antenna cables, we use smartscan all the time, tried different rf gain settings,tried to move the sd788t away. The antennas have to be really close to the scene to get something usable. Still it could drop out... I get much better range and stability on my g3s... The setup was at lectrosonics s…
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Hi all, I hope you are well. I have a SD 633 that seems to have a mind of its own of late. The larger black gain knobs keep adjusting level up and down on their own accord. If I’m lucky I can get the volume to stay at my desired level but mostly the channel volume keeps altering and fluctuating. For instance if I set the pot to O zero a second later it’s dropped or increased in volume, I can hear it happening and I’m watching the levels also change on the digital meters. has anyone had this problem? It’s obviously unusable at the moment. thanks
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Hi everyone, I'm new to this website, I have been searching all over the internet for vintage wireless microphones, but sadly there are not many options available.. so, basically I would consider buying two types of handheld transmitters: 1) it has to be fairly compact size with a durable/flexible antenna on the back. Examples: Sennheiser skm-4031-tv, Sony wrt-57, Sony wrt-67, Beyerdynamic S700/S85/S185 2) it has to be big and look like an old vhf handheld transmitter, examples: Lectrosonics UT200/400, Lectrosonics T-187, Vega handheld transmitters, Electro Voice csh-1000, Electro Voice r-100 (the typical shapes of the mics are important for me) …
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Hi everyone, I'm new to this website, I have been searching all over the internet for vintage wireless microphones, but sadly there are not really many options available.. so, basically I would consider buying two types of handheld transmitters: 1) it has to be fairly compact size with a durable/flexible antenna on the back. Examples: Sennheiser skm-4031-tv, Sony wrt-57, Sony wrt-67, Beyerdynamic S700/S85/S185 2) it has to be big and look like an old vhf handheld transmitter, examples: Lectrosonics UT200/400, Lectrosonics T-187, Vega handheld transmitters, Electro Voice csh-1000 (the typical shape of the mic is important for me) D…
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I can't quite afford Zaxcom wireless but want the capability to record my lavs on-body while monitoring them. I've got some small bodypack-type 32-bit recorders by Zoom (F2's) with a TRS input and output. For test sake, I connected my lavs into the recorder packs and output them into my Sennheiser G3 transmitters. Of course, the recorders sounded great but there was a noticeable drop in sound quality coming through the transmitters. So, my natural next inclination is to bypass the Zoom f2, and the best way that I can imagine to do that is with a Y-splitter that allows me to send the Lavalier's signal into both my transmitter and recorder at the same time. Is there…
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Hi, my first post, hope it’s in the right place. I’ve made cables to connect my Cooper CS106 with my Nagra IV-S via the dedicated Tuchel connectors on the 106 and it’s all working fine and I like the remote roll switch on the 106. One thing though; when setting levels using the 1k tone on the 106 I basically have to have the volume potentiometers 100% clockwise on the IV-S to reach -8db, which I believe is correct. Could someone confirm this is to be expected, or if not, offer advice? Any unrelated advice also welcome. P.S. I’ve very much enjoyed reading some of the other threads here, thank you.
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So this actually started happening a month or two back but haven't had to time to look into it, I have been forced to run with my back-up setup in the meantime. Started having weird dropouts while on shoots, seemingly on my boom channel a lot. I had just gotten a new MKH50 and was worried something was defective but soon it started happening on my other channels as well with my lavs and even Line-In channels. Levels and sound would be coming in as normal and then randomly... just nothing. No sound, no levels, no signal. And no sort of problem solving would ever get the input back either. Re-stabbing the XLR ports, power cycling the mixer or the RXs and TXs, r…
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I have a bunch of Sony UWP transmitters and receivers that are all the previous generation. In total, I have 5 lav transmitters, 2 plug-on transmitters, 2 handheld mics, 6 single receivers, and 1 dual receiver. I use my wireless transmitters and receivers on my Sony FX6/3 cameras as well as on my Sound Devices MixPre-6 II for various video projects. In addition, I sometimes will also use them for livestreamed events where we are also projecting audio to house sound through various sound boards. My question is about the new generation. I see that the body packs are slightly different (smaller), but I’m curious if there’s anything in the newer system that would …
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The best Nomad sound bag ever made. $35.83 A lot of cool pockets and features. But the best feature is you can zip up the top to protect it. WHICH EVERY SOUND BAG SHOULD HAVE!!!! All water resistant. Great padding. Waist mounts and shoulder strap. Side cup pocket. Zippers and compartments everywhere. I wish somebody makes a small one like that for NOVA OneUNit. YVLEEN Sling Fishing Tackle Bag - Outdoor Fishing Tackle Storage Pack - 2023 Newest Design Water-Resistant Fishing Waist Bag Cross Body Fly Fishing Sling Pack https://a.co/d/6n2REqp
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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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I'm have an issue with my 4017...I've tried to contact DPA through their customer support portal on the website (twice) and nothing but crickets. Is their support usually this absent? Anyone here work at DPA?
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I have owned and used Phonak in the ear receivers. I have an ongoing project that an in the ear receiver would be very helpful for the talent. Seen the Halter videos on the Microsone. Are there any folks out there that have a Microsone or used one? How well does it fit in the ear? Does it hide well? Phonak seems a bit smaller How is the audio quality? I suspect there is a difference over using a Comtek transmitter or a UHF transmitter from other manufactures. Price point is a large consideration. The Roger system is a bit out of reach for this project. Thank you for your thoughts and advice. David
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A newbie question, but the Lectro documentation on "phantom power" from their UM400a transmitter is confusing to me. Seems sometimes you can connect powered mics directly using the MC41 cable, but other times you need an in-line 48V phantom power box. I'm hoping to rig the the UM400a with an MC41 cable to a 416 mic to make a wireless boom for some shots. Any guidance in what's needed here (or whether this is worth the expense and weight) is much appreciated.
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Hello, I just bought an used srb block 25 dual receiver but I couldn’t check it thoroughly until yesterday I began a shoot and I came across an issue I wasn’t able to solve: Everytime I wanted to use both transmitter, either a “check freq 1” or “check freq 2” showed up and I couldn’t use one or the other, and yes, I scanned, checked the compat snd everything I could think, even at one moment, I couldn’t hear both transmitters and the check freq kept on showing up… any help or an idea? Or it should be sent to Lectro? thanks in advance… Axel.
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I thought I saw a photo either here or on one of the FB pages of a multi-bay slot-loading charger for 6 or 8 NP-50 (Fuji) batteries as used in Lectro SSM transmitters (and the new little Zaxcom one, I think). Search as hard as I can - I can't find it again. Does anyone have a link? Thanks, Nick
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Hey Guys, I'm going through my stuff and was testing out my CL-8. I'm sending tone to my 788 that it's attached to from my lectro receiver. When I adjust the fader on the CL-8, I hear some kind of digital or harmonic artifact while the tone is running. I thought it might just be in the headphone circuit or something, but I did a test and it is being recorded. Here's a sample of what I'm talking about: https://file.io/zu2r3cSp6ufU Does anyone know if this is normal with a CL-8? The only thing i can think of is that it's adjusting it in steps instead of like an analog fader and causing some sort of harmonic to be audible. When I adj…
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I have a voco pro ifb that I need to connect to my mix pre but all I have to connect it is a ta3 to xlr. I know I should use a ta3 to trs 3.5 jack but I don’t have that cable- can I use one of the mix pres ta3 l/r output for this?
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Hi, can the Lectrosonics UT700 handheld work with any other Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid receiver in the same block besides the UDR700? I'd like to use it for bag work with a UCR411.
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