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And thanks for all you've done for us, and for me personally. Jim

We tried an earlier proto on a 17 page backwards walk and talk, it was great for that

Haven't tested the two against each other but I'm guessing it's by design. The advantage of the Lemo being lighter and more compact comes with the downside of less physical shock absorption and being more sensitive to physical impact (that's probably not how you would describe it scientifically). But cable noise is common even for XLR plugs. A really important feature of shockmounts is the isolation of the cable that is attached to the mic. If the mic itself is isolated from the boom or stand but not from the cable hanging or lying around then all handling noises will be transduced into the mic. So there's usually a short cable between the mic and another fixed XLR plug that isolates the mic from the rest of the cable length. Some shockmounts have a clip to attach a connected cable so if you're running only one cable you can clip it in shortly after the XLR plug to the microphone as some kind of strain relief. Alternatively, it should also help to fix the cable with some velcro to the stand. I'm afraid with sensitive mics and without a high-pass (low-cut) filter it's likely that you get some unwanted handling noise, even if the mic is static on a tripod. The table might even conduct the steps of the person walking in the next room. So a shockmount is always good advice and will safe you troubles. It doesn't have to be cinela but of course they're worth the money and have special mounts for the lemo version. Any other will do for table interviews.

MM1 is a great thing to have for problem solving.

50 rounds, err um, AA's or AAA's worth of storage for $5 bucks. I put a little foam on the lid underneath as AA's/AAA's are a tiny bit shorter than ammo so they would go up and down if rattled in the case but used something like this for the last 10 years with no issues. Also almost exactly the size of my 150wh V-Mount backup battery that I keep in a pelican case so I stack them on top of each other nicely in the pelican in a divided slot.

I think he means how the Easyrig has rigid hooks that hold the bag, so it is easy to take the bag on and off instead of unclipping 6 carabiners. I have always wanted something like this as well. I have both the Orca and Ktek waist belt and I find both of them super uncomfortable. Even the smallest bag, I found the mixer sat too low and kind of prevented me from being able to walk properly.

An additional question: Were you ok with having the bag low on your body? I prefer having the bag at chest level; I find it is easier on my back. But I'm curious how a belt rig would change the weight distribution.

I can't say enough good things about TXAdvance. I have been using it for 2 years. It is instrumental in scanning and finding clear frequencies, coordinating my 8 wireless transmitters and troubleshooting RF hits in LIVE active mode when some new RF source walks onto set. I have used several RF apps before using this one. For a location sound mixer there is simply no better product. I know several Apple device users who have purchased Android tablets just to use TXAdvance. Plus Grégoire is very responsive to feature suggestions. I highly recommend his app. In its current version it is very mature and feature packed.

If I attached my Easyrig Minimax, which supports up to 7kg (15.4lb), to a mixer bag instead of a camera the bag would feel almost weightless. I’d be able to guide the bag with a couple of fingers. The Easyrig for boom poles is designed differently, but Hellsten appears to be saying that it has a positive effect on the apparent weight of a mixer bag.

Hi all, I think it's a good idea to have one place for all news coming from NAB, including live streaming links, interesting products outside from production sound world etc. Looking forward to see what NAB has to show us this year. There will the famous party, right? Thank you, Vasileios

I just liked the way the mixer bag hung off of the hooks. Imagine a thick belt or girdle you wear around your hips, and you'd hang the bag on that instead of having straps over your shoulders, so no harness per se. I don't know if it'd actually work but it seems like a nice solution. I think I'd buy it

I'd advise against putting anything at the 180 degree spot/ back of the microphone, especially a bucket which is a very non-linear sound collector of sorts, especially when agitated with wind. The common misconception is that directional mics have a null at 180 degrees or various other angles , depending on the polar pattern. In practice microphones, especially shotgun microphones hardly ever have textbook patterns across the entire frequency range. Schoeps is probably the best at achieving as close as possible a textbook pattern but one quick look at the graph of the MiniCmit shows that at lower frequencies you have a significant rear lobe, meaning that this mic hears a lot of what's going on in the lower mids and bass behind the mic . 500 Hz is only down 8 dB and 250 Hz is only down 7 dB from its on-axis response. It is very important to consider what is happening "behind" the mic.

Thanks for the thorough and helpful answer @Sebi!

Neat ... that's the first armature I've seen that doesn't look totally impractical and bulky. I might keep an eye on this. It's still a pretty big item to be carrying run and gun, but they've clearly put a lot of thought into the specific needs of sound and boom. I'd try it.

Indeed, as I mentioned a few posts previously David! As I also said then, to coincide with NAB 2024 Sennheiser has issued more info, including the full specs w frequency response and polar pattern graphs, which are now available via the website: https://www.sennheiser.com/en-gb/catalog/products/microphones/mkh-8030/mkh-8030-700251 Cheers, Roland

Does your boom pole have an internal cable? Simply bypass the boom cable with a temp 12ft cable wrapped around the exterior of the pole and see if the problem goes away. I have to resolder the wee wires at the base connector of my K-tek pole occasionally for this very reason.

If it's the same with both mics, I think you can conclude that it is not the mics, but rather it's either the TRX, or there might be something going on with your pole's wiring.

Constantin, the earlier Schoeps digital mike amp--introduced nearly twenty years ago--was the CMD 2. It, too, was an AES42 device, but it supported only mode 1, in which the microphone is self-clocking, which means that you can't sync your recording to a camera or house clock, or run multiple microphones, unless your recorder has sampling rate conversion built in. The CMD 42 is indeed a complete redesign--as it should be, since the components available for a project like this are worlds better than they were twenty or even ten years ago. --I need to disclose occasionally that I've done translating and editorial consulting for Schoeps for many years, and I'm subject to the human tendency toward bias. (Also equalization.)

Yes, thnx, I already edited my post. The German Referenzhandbuch v1.32 p28 only mentions on the option for switching it on and the warning: "Manche Kondensatormikrofone funktionieren möglicherweise nicht mit einer Phantomspannung von 24 Volt. " meaning "Some Mics may not work with 24V phantom power."

Straight from the horse's mouth at Sound Devices recent Instagram post...

whatever happen in the future i’m pretty sure that a maintenance service will be available… and so far even if aaton is dead i keep some hope they can reborn. we work on it …🙏🙏

WMAS approval allowing high bandwidth bi directional communication is the future for all remote control protocols such as frequency, gain settings, sleep modes, remote recording, etc. No need to rely for unstable and overcrowded 2.4 ghz technology used in todays tech. It’s great news for all.

Digital Microphones..... a solution looking for a problem. Neumann dropped their Solution D series and Sennheiser has not made their digital 8000 series components in a few years. Mature analog technology is still King.

Radius Windshields posted this to its Facebook Group on December 4th. The post includes three photos and a video showing the fur being applied to the fabric Cosi. You have to apply to join the Radius group, but Radius welcomes new members. We recently had a pretty challenging request come in to create a pattern for a fur windcover for the smooth fabric Cinela Cosi… looking at it, we genuinely didn’t have a clue how we were going to achieve it. But Donna (the star that she is) worked over the last 2 weeks to perfect this pattern and it fits like a glove! Thanks [name] for challenging us here 😅 this certainly was the hardest project we’ve had so far! If anyone’s in need of one, just let us know. We’re not sure if we will list it as an official product, but if the demand is there - we might 😄 We can do short black, short grey and long grey fur

Battery power sources and LED lamps. What a different world we live in today. I always hated the "generator dance". (Although I still fondly remember the big arc lamps of yesteryear. They were magnificent in their brute strength, pun intended). D.

I have lost jobs due to not being willing to provide insurance for the production company. All of these companies were very big on telling me that "this is just how the industry works". I replied that in nearly 50 years in production I had never provided insurance for a client and would not be starting now. And yes, feel free to download any contract and cross out anything you don't like and add anything you want. That's the way lawyers do it. If they don't like your changes then can push back. Mostly they hope that you either won't notice what a fuck their contract is or will be too intimidated or desperate to push back on it.

I'd tell them to pound sand then. What's next, you need to pay them for the catering too? If production doesn't want liability, then they shouldn't be creating a production.

From my experience withe the CSS-5 in the mono shotgun mode it's a wide cardioide with no reach and very handling sensitive. For 5.1 work I bought I bought a Soundfield SPS-200 In post you can adjust many things using their plug-in software mike sps200-manual.pdf