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Looking for the exact sized hex tool to remove the rotary fader knobs from my cooper 208. I know i had a allen wrench that worked for these but can not find it now. Need to order it on the internet. Thanks...
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I friend of mine asked if it is possible to recover the programing on an helical video tape from the early 1970"s The tape is a Sony V-32 I see that there are companies that offer this service and was wondering if anyone on JWSound has used any of these services and , if so, how did it go? Is there any company that you would recommend? Thanks, Bob
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I’m not to crash hot on the whole balance, unbalanced, line and mic level thing. I’m sure I have balanced/unbalanced sorted but not how it all combines with line & mic levels and wiring. Here’s what I need to do. I have a 442 and a Tascam Dr-60. I want to be able to record the 4 direct outputs to the Tascam which has 2 x XLR inputs and a 3.5mm jack for channels 3&4. So the variety of input types has sticked me up a bit. The 2 x XLR inputs can be selected between line or mic. The 3.5mm mini jack is/can only be unbalanced line level, correct? So to get everything matching as best as possible I’ll need to change the 442 settings so that the outputs are …
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Dear friends, How do Lectro block 21 and 24 work in Toronto? What blocks work best? Anticipated thanks Libero
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Hi there, I have got a new 788t with cl-8. How can I listen in post fader from my hp? When I use the 788T in post-fader, also if all the cl-8's faders are -∞ I listen the armed tracks. Why? I would like to listen only the tracks that I open from the cl-8. Is it possible?? Thank you
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Just had a recent experience that I thought others would find useful. I wrote about it on my blog, found here, but the text is below. WAV Goodbye To File Corruption They say that power corrupts. I had never really given that much thought until my 788T froze on me a few days ago. At the end of a 1 hour, 8 minute clip, my unit ceased to function. Running firmware v3.0, I incurred the fatal(Please power cycle your unit) error. I pressed the power button and it immediately blanked out. I didn't have to remove external power or anything, which I found odd from previous lockups. I turned the unit back on and everything worked like normal. While doing my sound repor…
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Hey guys, I'm totally stumped. I got the Remote Audio straight replacement cable since my cans were a bit old and one of the ears had gone out. I'm not the world's best solderer but here's what's now happening. Left channel goes to Left ear (as planned). Left AND Right channels go to Right ear instead of Right channel only. I can't figure out why the Left channel is getting to the right ear, full and clear. I tested with a couple different playback devices using youtube stereo test videos. I also put a stereo song in a DAW. Panned full L, I hear L in both ears, Panned full R, I hear R in Right ear, nothing in L ear. Panned center, I think I'm hearing L…
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SD_664_Ch5_NTG3_Noisy.wav I've just tried posting twice and both times somehow deleted all the text, so here's an ulltra brief run down of my issue: Channel 5 of my 664 is producing a weird noise, as heard in the attached sample. It is not cable or mic related as both have been switched out. It happens with both the 416 and Rode NTG3, and any cable. It is intermittent. I first heard it two days ago, about 4 hours into a corporate shoot- single boom, in channel 5. Noise would come and go. Usually immediately after buttoning on. I switched the cable out, the problem persisted, I switched 416 out to the NTG3 and the problem dissapeared. Next day I'm using the NTG3 on a…
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Hi, I am about to shoot a documentary in Saint Petersburg in russia. Does anybody have any experience as regards with radio frequencies that are not occupied by TV channels in this city ? I haven't found any infos in Olle's "ultimate frequencies list"... Thanks Vincent
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Hi guys, I'm a long time viewer of the site but haven't posted anything until now. Most of the time any questions I have can be answered by a scan through this site but I want to make sure i'm on the right track with this! I may be doing some work in Taiwan come November and i'm looking at frequencies over there. I have only previously worked in Europe. So far I have only found this - http://www.ncc.gov.tw/english/files/07060/92_070605_1.pdf Am I right in thinking I can use some frequencies of Channel 69 radio mics over there? All my equipment is currently CH38. It also seems I am limited to very low power transmitters- does anyone have any experience with th…
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Hi, Recently on a shoot the time code on my SD 633 kept resetting to 0.00 every time the machine was powered off. Even though i had entered the time of day and jammed the camera. Not sure why as usually it holds it for the day. Anybody know what might be causing this? Or rather how I guarantee it stays..
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CAT-5e cable for portable applications: (pre-chewed but not inhaled: researched but I have only a little reliable field feedback) To distribute SD video and audio for Video assist purposes this paper is much too complicated but CAT5 is good enough. Quality is secondary to convenience and cost. Go to Pac Radio and get what they have on the floor. You do the sales people a favor, they will make their quotas and get their commissions, forget all this research stuff. Anyway read on you geeks: Cat-5 solutions are for analog component video and audio signals through cheaper lighter weight Cat-5 cables were the best quality is not so important. Cat 5 was originally mad…
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[edited for clarity] Hi Guys, I am getting no love from the manufacturer or the distributor of the microphone, so I am forced to ask here. Has anyone successfully terminated an OST TL40 for Wisycom systems? My best guess would be to wire it for the "2 wire + bias" setting on the wisycom Tx, however I'm suffering a little bit of a mental block over the supply voltage available. The manufacturers spec lists the nominal supply voltage for the TL40 as 1.2volts, the wisy's offer 5.5volts - should I be looking to wire in a resistor or will the mic operate happily with a 5.5v supply? There is no maximum supply voltage offered by the OST on their website and they were…
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The left channel is interrupted once for 250 ms every 4 seconds. 250 ms later the right channel has two interruptions of 250 ms spaced by 250 ms. Graham's Line Ident Tone System (GLITS) is a test signal for stereo systems devised by BBC TV Sound Supervisor and Fellow of the IBS Graham Haines in the mid 1980s. It comprises a 1 kHz tone at 0 dBu (- 18 dBFS) on both channels, with interruptions which identify the channels. This arrangement has an advantage over the EBU stereo ident tone in that each channel is explicitly identified as belonging to a stereo pair. The EBU Technical Document Multichannel Audio Line-up Tone (Tech 3304) defines stereo lineup tone has havi…
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Something has been bothering me for a while. So I have done some crappy, quick turn around jobs. You know the type - A Simple Boom and Lav shoot. The turn around is quick and the editor doesn't even bother with a simple sound mix, because it was shot on a 5D and they spent all their time syncing. The final videos sometimes don't have the audio tracks center panned. The boom is on the left and the Lav is on the right and it just sounds ridiculous. It makes me ashamed to have my name in the credits. I remember that I got a complaint about this a few years ago from an editor. He didn't like that when he brought my sound into his NLE (FCP7 at the time) he had to manu…
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A quasi continuation from my other recent posts. The hits just keep coming; let's talk levels for a moment. I've gone through the audio for the first couple days and the levels are pretty low around -42 to -30db and occasionally peaking around -24db. This is occurring for both the boom and lavs. From my understanding the levels should be around -12db? I'm not just talking about Wide shots where the boom can't be near the actors either, the same thing is happening in Mediums and O/S, and it's not framed in some artistic way, the players heads are near the top of the frame, so the boom mic if placed properly should be giving a pretty strong signal and I imagine the l…
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Hello, just got a report back from editors saying that -20db tone on the files is playing back at -15db when imported into tbe avid - as a result they're saying the audio is a little hot. question is, is this on my side somehow? I'm using a 788t and ad 256. Thanks J
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Hello, I want to do a mod in the direct outs of my CS106, like the one Vark Audio offers. The problem is that I live in Ecuador, South America, and sending the unit to them would be a little difficult. So I contacted a local electronics engineer and he told me that he needs the service manual, because the diagrams in the operators manual that I gave him don't have all the information he needs. Does anyone have the service manual of the CS106 or know where to find it? I sent an e.mail to coopersoundsystems@gmail.com, but they haven't answered yet. Thanks. Juan
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Hi there, I'll soon shoot a documentary in Scotland, and I was wondering if I could be able to use my Block 21 Lectrosonics wireless lavs without being "illegal". Could anybody help me on that? Much appreciated!
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Kinda of curious, I have here a dead Switronix NP-L60 li-ion, no juice! I was wondering because I was unable to find any links pertaining to replacing the cells on this unit or what type of battery's.. Anyone every here replaced the cells on the NP-L60?
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Can anyone advise on making a cable or project box that can step 18 down to 15 volts dc? I am looking to power a euphonix mc mix (requires 15 vdc) from a PSC powermax (wired to provide 18 vdc out). Thanks Greg
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Hello, I've been given some dailies and I see the audio has been recorded at a sample rate of 44,100/32 bit. Now I thought the minimum one should record audio is at 48,000 khz. Thought this was industry standard? With it being recorded at 44,100, is that bad? How big of a quality difference are we looking at vs 48,000? Does the fact that it was recorded at 32bit, make the 44,100 superior to a 48,000 recorded at 16 or 24 bits? Thank you
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I have a Tvc shoot this Sunday where the frame rate will be 33.33FPS. What is this? I usually record at 25 or 24 and I'm a bit stumped as to what to set my 744T to? I have never come across this framerate before and the 744 obviously has no setting for it. .. Would 25 on the 744 do and they will fix it post? Or better to change the FPS to something else? Thank you
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Hey all, I want to send 5 volts continuously down the "positive" leg of a Canare Star Quad cable. I'm assuming that is completely fine as Phantom power would be sending 12-48 volts. Phantom Power sends a continuous charge at a higher voltage than I'm looking to do, so I should be fine...? Maybe the info is in front of my face when I check out the Canare Star Quad specs: http://www.canare.com/ProductItemDisplay.aspx?productItemID=53 But all I see is that Star Quad has a max voltage of 500V AC and at only 1 minute. I want to continuously send 5 Volts of DC. This is for a remote control, but I would like to use Star Quad cables so I don't need a dedicated c…
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