Michael Lindsay

thanks for all the thoughts! I think I will keep the Nomad 10 and 3x ERX2 TCD for now as I suspect they are not easy to sell anyway and I do like having them. I will try sell the QRX 200, 2 x TRXLA2.6 and see what I get.

Hi IronFilm As I understand from Zaxcom’s website the RX200 only accepts 2 channels from 1 TX? As for the audio on these Red cameras.. The cameras often need a Ground Loop Noise Isolator Noise Filter if the audio box feeding it is powered from the same battery. Tested this to death a few years back... Often, people just put up with the bad sound quality as it is normally scratch track only. My goal is to have less stuff on the camera and can definitely handle something like a Deity THEOS D2RX on the camera. If the same functionality came from Zaxcom that would be nicer... and if it also had TC that would be great cause of I go Deity I will have to move from Ambient to Deity for my TC needs. Note: often, when my partner or I work Audio is someone else deal this is just for the odd line, pick ups or when there is a restriction on bodies... and because of this simple is ideal! I have emailed Roger 'EverythingAudio' in the UK and will see what he recommends. thanks again Michael

Thank you both for your replies.... I appreciate the time and effort this takes Sorry for my very slowly dissolving ignorance but it seems we are saying that no current battery-powered box from Zaxcom can receive from two separate TX units and output TC in the way I need? this very new stuff from Deity has a real advantage then (from a spec pov... not sure about quality or reliability and will prob test this soon) The 2 tx to 1tx option has a RX solution that is as happy sitting on a camera as in a bag. The inclusion of TX simultaneous recording and transmitting (UK not US) means I would feel secure in using it as this is the reason I bought the Zaxcom stuff in the 1st place. Now if someone from Zaxcom wants to send me a private message saying don't worry we have you covered by something coming I can keep a secret and can wait.. 😉 My cameras for normal bread and butter work tend to be either a Red Monstro or Red Raptor both are annoying for audio in a way that even though I have 12v power (lemo/P-tap) available on camera I run into issues if I have this power audio from the same battery that powers the camera.. it is the reason I have enjoyed using the ERX2 TCD on camera feeding TC and scratch track. Thanks again Michael PS I agree the Zaxcom stuff is awesome... I love their approach and would like to support their IP position! ... that is why I am investigating this here.

Hi and thanks in advance for anyone willing to read this convoluted post and offer some advice… Background: I had a particular project a few years ago that encouraged me to buy some nice audio equipment. I am not really an Audio guy. When I or my partner normally work there is an Audio guy (using his own kit) or it is MOS. I bought in the UK from a nice guy called Roger a Zaxcom Nomad 10, QRX 200, 2 x TRXLA2.6, 3x ERX2 TCD and loads of nice mics/bags/poles and all the good TC stuff /accessories stuff and custom cables to make it all work well. He did a good job looking after me and I was really happy. After the 1st job which went very very well we don’t really use it much. Over time it basically now never gets used. The only time it is used over the last 2 years is in an emergency bag drop situation in my studio where I set it all up myself. No assistants can really be trusted to get their heads around the Nomad. So I really try not to use it. Well the other day I was offered a pretty lucrative job that was mainly MOS but there was one piece to the camera… If my QRX was battery-powered, I would have probably broken it out and fed my camera and done it that way. I insisted on a audio guy but then the job did not go my way and in the end a mate did it and he used a very cheap DJI mic 2. The client is happy and I am stareing at 15k+ of stuff that isn’t as useful to me as I want it to be. the facts as I see it: The cameras I work with have crap after-thought audio and don’t play well with audio RX kit fed from the same power source. I have tested this to death and even had things made up to fix this siituation they all add hassle and I am left in Ground loop madness only solved by adding weight! I don’t want to add more weight to the camera than a QRX 200.. Even though the Zaxcom stuff is fantastic, clever and robust I don’t need it and I could replace it all with some deity/zoom stuff (maybe even DJI) and have more useful functionality that I now seem to need. ? So unless there is a box I can buy from Zaxcom that I strap to the camera (when I am not using the Nomad) which has: RX from the 2xTX (the TRXLA2.6) + TC in or out (which the TRXLA2.6 gets from the RX remotely) and its own internal power supply… I am better off getting rid of this stuff and buying a mix of Deity and other cheaper stuff? Yes or no? I guess even if selling the zaxcom stuff is the right thing it may not be possible in the current market? Now if I sell I assume I would keep my DPA and Cos11 mics ? As they are better than the cheaper Deity stuff? Either rewire or adapt? Thank you Michael PS Note: I really liked learning how to use the Zaxcom gear and felt it all very clever so I am not criticising it at all... I just don't know if it is best to try and adapt, add or start again..

Sorry no direct experience but our raptor is not bad at all and I figure for reasons Patrick mentions the Komodo should be at least as good.. Didn't know you couldn't control the fans.. Patrick is the main guy re Red and fans so he is to be trusted 😉 PS For what it is worth we used to black balance our monstro to 45 in summer so it would stay quiet and I felt the pictures looked great.

Sorry if I am being a little slow... but am I correct that it is capable, with internal RX installed, of only 4 TX ‘if’ never clip is used? either way looks great! ps may have a immaculate Nomad 10 for sale soon;-)

So does this inc zaxnet IFB?

Sorry for my ignorance but am I right this tool can’t be fed by the nomad or nova like a ERX3TCD can? As in without another box...We will need a new UHF TX box? thanks Michael

I’d buy one...

If you are shooting an interview there is no pictorial disadvantage in black shading the camera really quite hot... this will mean the fans have to do far less...

Datavideo AD-100 Audio Delay Box?

Sorry to be slow getting back to you... KH 120 A but I do wish I had picked up the digital version for its integrated delay functionality...

We bought some Neumann KH 120s and like them... Really easy to setup (in the sense that they are not too room fussy), great documentation, lots of accessories and good sub options... Worth looking at?

Some post effects are light computationally (like eq and some compression for example) ... effects as meta data.? Nothing destructive and completely ignorable? Just a thought from a picture person.. I say this because I def feel that there should be a meta data gain option built into broadcast wav files. At the moment finding 12db+ of gain is not completely simple in some picture editors. Neverclip from Zaxcom pretty much needs post user understanding which is a little fanciful... (Love the idea myself) I belive Gain, compression and eq are all computationally lighter than a high precision 3d LUT on a big picture file... So maybe a Audio decision list with look up table is the way forward...? Just a thought (apart from the gain part which should already be in place) Michael

Thanks for sharing...

Thank you!

Was this list ever posted? Thanks Michae L

From some old questionable part of my memory... With Avid MC having a audio track with TC is useful when syncing picture to audio. but since some editors struggle to sync pictures and audio (even when they are TC stamped) I often ask my DIT to do it for them and bin up the combined files (takes him a few minutes)... It may be worth trying it yourself as you will receive a phone call (and you then can talk the person through the process) ....phone calls happen before any post person will look at a manual. Michael