Do It Yourself
for those who are brave enough to go it alone... with a little help from your friends
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Hello sound and video people, I recently posted a video detailing how to modify the Sony UWP-D series wireless kits with SMA antennas. Links to all products and tools used are in the video description. There were videos and guides for modifying the Sennheiser G2/3/4 with SMA, but nothing for the Sony's besides some random Reddit posts with spotty information. I hope this will help the more novice sound and video/film people that might be using the Sony sets and are interested in having the SMA connectors for the antennas. Thanks to all.
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Mostly as an exercise, and to please overzealous TSA people who sometimes insist on terminals being taped, I designed and 3D printed safety covers for my Remote Audio Hi-Q batteries for a recent trip. The cup has small bumps inside that keep it in place on the battery. Picture attached with one cover at each end, just for show. Comments? John
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Plugging a lav mic directly into a mixer and needing an adapter to achieve this. Cos-11 can handle between 3VDC to 10VDC. Adapter will be a 5P TA Male to 3P XLR Male. Connecting directly to a SD688. Anyone here built an adapter before? There's a lot of mixed info floating about to achieve this.
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I'm trying to make an SMA antenna perform as well as the stock Sennheiser G3/G4 antenna. Does anyone know the specific type or name of this wire? Is it steel, copper, or something else? Also, where can I buy a good replacement? Any help would be much appreciated!
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I’ve seen some impressive builds for charging stations in Pelican cases, and I’m looking for inspiration for my own. Would anybody care to share theirs? Please feel free to show not just photos of the station, but maybe how it was built, materials, etc.
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My 833 rig was always slipping deep into my bag, could’ve used a simple foam block or 3D printed riser…but for $20 and an 11 second install my 833 now has air ride suspension with infinite work height adjustability and low profile travel mode. 10/10 https://www.lowes.com/pd/Johnson-Level-Air-Shimming-Tool/5001465067 IMG_8651.mov IMG_8652.mov
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Currently, I am using the tungsten weights from the brand Shrewdarchery (1 inch diameter )inside a custom resin printed piece that sits in an Ambient P35 boom pole foot. This works ok, but for a different concept I'd be curious, if the 1.25" diameter weights that seem to be more common in the archery world would still fit nicely in an Ambient P30 foot. The P30/P35 have a nominal inside diameter of 30/35 mm and come with the 4/5 section Quickpoles. 1.25" are apparently 31,75mm. So, anyone of you in the imperial world of measuring, if you have some 1.25" diameter cylinder and a 4 section Quickpole around, I'd be greatful if you could try to fit the rubber foot of th…
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I have a never-used 75-foot boom duplex cable that I am curious as to whether anyone here has ever repurposed one of these successfully? I really don't want to throw this thing away, but as it stands, I really don't have a use for it. I don't think anyone is looking to buy one of these since we're all wireless.
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I will be using 2 external mic press to feed 5 and 6 of my Mixpre6II Need to make up a aux in cable from 2 XLR female to 1/8" TRS. Question, if I may, do I tie XLR pins 3 and 1 together, or leave 3 open, and just pin 1 to sleeve, and respective pins 2 to tip and ring. Thx
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I picked up some consigned NP-L7S's recently, and one turned out to be faulty. Since they were used, I had no real choice but look into re-celling. I figured that either way it would be a learning experience. First, they make these things NOT to be opened! I was able to eventually get in, but it required a combination of finesse and brute-force. First, I removed both of the stickers from the outside of the case. I wish I had heated these up first, as I had a bit of cleanup on my hands afterward: Next, I removed the four screws from the top and bottom of the battery case: Once the screws were removed, the case was still glued shut. I heated t…
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I know a lot of folks here are self-sufficient, but wanted to share my repair in case someone else has to do it and save you the trouble of taking out the wrong screws. It seems to be a problem that is very common amongst people I have talked to and I have two of them with this problem. I am repairing 2x of them right now. Just wish the nut was somehow on the outside, but not too hard of a fix. With the battery door to the left, If you remove the two larger screws shown below middle top and middle bottom, the two screws on the side near the battery door, and the four screws on the side to the right, a little Tweaker screwdriver pry at the seams in the panel will pop the p…
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Hey all, Do you have any recommendations for 7-core microphone cable for a DMS setup? The only specifically-7-core stuff I can find is designed for tube microphones (5 audio + 2 DC power). Does a simple 7-core audio microphone cable exist? Or is everyone just adapting 4-pair Mogami or Canare? Thanks!
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Hi all, Did a search for "soldering" but didn't find a recommendation for a basic soldering gun/iron kit for a novice repair. I've got an ever growing pile of good cables that I'd love to fix - mainly 1/4 " guitar cords and XLR mic cables. Is there a good soldering kit that you'd recommend? In the meantime, back to the Youtube videos to learn more :-)) Thanks for your kind advice. Keep well, Dave
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Cantar Mini bag 1 2
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For the past few months I have been using my Cantar Mini. I work bag and bag cart, so in my search for a Cantar Mini bag I found only three sources and none of them really did what I needed done in a bag. So I built two versions, the second is shown below in the photos. The first version shall never be seen in public. All of the metal work and sewing I did, so please don't judge me!! The Mini is not like any other recorder/mixer shape. So my design incorporates a frame much like the Aaton cheese plate offering. I wanted something fairly compact and have some features that I don't believe any other bag has. By making it triangul…
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Hi, I am trying to find any advice on good repair/service providers that can properly rewire some lav mic cable connectors for me. In tha past I've used Wilcox Sound but have been unable to contact them recently. Any suggestions?
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I've come into possession of an Audio Technica cardioid lav: ATM350 (cW) (along with an omni cousin, an AT899c). I'd like to reterminate it for Lectro, and I'm trying to figure out if this is even possible with this mic. With some digging, I've identified the pinouts on the existing connector, but I haven't found reliable information about the required bias voltage. The official spec sheet lists 11-48V phantom, which obviously wouldn't work with anything except a plug-on transmitter, but that is for the cabled version, which includes an in-line adapter that accepts phantom. I have the "wireless version" (ATM350cW), which "features a 1.4 m (55") miniature cabl…
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Finished this build in March of '23. I've posted in other groups on FB, but wanted to make it available here. I appreciated seeing lots of other routes that others took before I decided on my build. Links to all parts below. Took a lot of trial and error with parts, fasteners, finding the right tools, but finally got her finished for a good while. Posting this with the hopes that it'll save others literal days of shopping, planning, shipping parts back, and throwing things away. Upgraded to 5" casters in the front because I work in rough terrain sometimes, and I based the rear wheels on that, so she's level, and she still folds! Total cost under $240, …
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For anyone interested, I've designed a couple of rack-mountable headphone hangers, one plain, one fancy. They have a 1U base and you can hang your headphones on them. You'll need a 3D printer, or a friend with a 3D printer who knows what they're doing, and these .stl files. https://we.tl/t-95Kz8xNDvA All the best, John
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I am finally at a stage designing my drawers on my 2 carts. I am having to decide what material. Should I use aluminum 2020 and aluminum composite or simplify by making them thin plywood, or weld aluminum sheet? Trying to keep it as light as possible.
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Hello all, long time lurker here. I think I have something some of you might find useful, and probably even improve upon. I mentioned my invoicing spreadsheet in an LA Sound Mixers' Facebook thread and some people asked for a template, so I thought I'd share it here as well. I've found that I prefer coding my own invoicing spreadsheet vs paying monthly for Wave, not only because it's free but also because it allows more flexibility to set things up just the way you like them, and you get to learn a new skill in the process. The only drawback for me is a lack of mobile-friendliness, when I want to create an estimate/invoice from my phone. I may eventually …
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I want to make a cable dipole antenna (described here in several threads), for my IFB Sennheiser transmitter. The purpose is to avoid the RF spray in my bag. Where´s the best place to put the antenna? Harness or elsewhere?
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I've decided to put some older G3 ENG receivers to use again as IEM receivers. There have been many threads asking about how to convert EK100 units by adding a pot and or amplifier circuit but that is just impractical. So here is a little passive box I have put together which takes a mono signal from an EK100 and sends it to both L and R sides of any set of head phones. It also obviously allows the user to adjust the volume pot. I've tested with Kz IEMs, crap dollar store buds, and Audio Technica ATM 20, 30, 40 and 50 headphones (not sure of the impedances). With the Sennheiser transmitter driven somewhat hard (tickling the AF Peak li…
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I've wanted to make one of these for a while. Finally got a used Zuca bag for cheap. It was the Sport model with 4 rollerblade type wheels. I have since mounted two of those wheels so it can roll on its back for loading. I removed the wheels and put the foam filled disc golf cart wheels onto it. I used a bushing to fit a longer bolt through the larger wheel bearing rather than drilling a bigger hole in the frame. I did actually have to widen the frame hole a little bit. I extended the legs with aluminum tubing, perfect fit, with the bolt through it to keep it on. Rubber stoppers on bottom. To make the folding table, 8020 aluminum piece…
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Anyone here have experience - better yet pictures - opening an audioroot or other smart battery? I have one bad cell in a pack and would like to play around with it without destroying it.
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Does anyone know what type/size the star bits are on the back of the g2? Bought several at local hardware stores and keep failing. -Ken
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