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Freeman

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  1. Here's a look at the spectral display if anyone's interested or could provide insight. This was a recording taken from the transmitting BP-TRX's SD card. Seems to be grouped in harmonics upwards from 400hz. Overlaps most of the useful dialogue frequency range so it's not great...
  2. I'm having exactly the same issue. I recently got 2x BP-TRX units (timecode kit), 1x HD-TX and 1x DUO-RX for various uses (mainly corporate video stuff where I need to chuck a mic on someone quickly or get TC/waveform sync with very little time to set up). Love the idea, but I'm getting horrific RFI noise on both the BP-TRX units to the point of them being unusable for my purposes. I've tried pretty much everything. Unpairing/re-pairing, isolating each unit by powering off, firmware update on everything, changing every setting including RF power/latency, turning TC off, trying every possible tx/rx configuration between units, system reset. No luck. I'm not in a place with unreasonable 2.4ghz interference, just a normal house with a standard wifi router and a couple of mobile phones nearby. I even tried unplugging my router and turning off every other device nearby running on 2.4ghz. Feeling pretty stuck and considering returning them. Observations: noise type is an intermittent mid/high frequency stuttering very typical of digital RF interference you'd hear on a cheap mobile phone or similar. It's incessant but often disappears momentarily depending on how the units are positioned, but it's there most of the time. loud enough that audio is functionally unusable (-20db to -10db under typical dialogue, registers on the VU meter clearly) clearly audible through the transmitters headphone output as well as the receiving unit carries across to the transmitters onboard microsd recordings, identical to the headphone output and receiver noise stops when transmitter is unpaired from the receiving unit or the receiver is powered off same issue on both BP-TRX units when transmitting, regardless of whether it was being received by DUO-RX or another BP-TRX RFI noise volume increases with input/preamp gain noise volume reduces when included mic (W.Lav) is unplugged, but still audible noise volume reduces when another mic (sennheiser ME2ii) is used instead of the included W.Lav noise is not present when using the REC ONLY mode the same issue is not present when transmitting from the HD-TX with the W.Lav to any units (DUO-RX or BP-TRX), indicating it's a problem with the transmitter mode on both BP-TRX units I've messaged Deity support but haven't heard back yet. Is this a known issue that someone like @Andrew From Deity could shed some light on? If so, is there a way of resolving this or have we just got faulty units that need to be RMA'd? I'm really determined to make these work if possible.
  3. Thanks so much for your replies! I have been reading a huge number of reviews and I know the theoretical ins and outs of both machines, but it's incredibly helpful to have all of your advice on this particular issue as many of you have way way more experience with this stuff than I do. It's immensely appreciated. Jose your review was fantastic, and really the only thing I've read about the f8 which I've actually taken seriously. It was actually what prompted me to seriously consider it as an option. I've operated the 744t before, and I'm in agreement that it's a solid machine. The zoom f8 does look amazing on paper though, and I'm hindered by a limited budget. For me it's only a matter of getting something that will allow me to perform well at my job and bring me more work. As I mentioned I have a 442 which I'll be running as my front end, so preamps and integrated mixer functionality aren't so much of an issue. Just to clarify, I live in Australia, so the zoom f8 is gonna cost me around $1600AUD (>$1200usd) after shipping, tax and the good old old "you live in australia" surcharge It's good to know I can resell it to one of you guys if I dont end up hanging onto it though
  4. Hey everyone! this is my first post so excuse my noob status I'm about to upgrade my DR680 as I'm getting more work, but I have a limited budget and I'm after some advice on which recorder I should go for. I have an opportunity to buy a used 744t at about the same price as a new zoom f8. Even though it's on it's way to being obsolete, would I be wise to grab it and forget about the f8? I'm pretty suckered by the 8 tracks, promise of good timecode, bluetooth capabilities etc... but I have reservations about it being a zoom and it's reliability, and that nobody has used one yet, and don't wanna get laughed off a film set because i have non-pro gear ... the 744t is a workhorse for sure, but would I be stupid to buy gear that old, especially if I'm gonna be reselling it an upgrading in a year or so anyway? Either way it's gonna go behind my 442 most of the time anyway so I'm not that fussed about the preamps. Advice would be appreciated!
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