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  1. Daniel, Thanks for the post and support! Note that Second City Sound's Black Friday Special's happen on Black MONDAY 11/26/18, and all specials are in shop while supplies last. Have a great Thanksgivinig all!!
  2. John and company, You also might take a look at the Winradio units. http://www.winradio.com/ or this inexpensive ($500-600) unit http://www.winradio.com/home/1550e.htm I know we have had great success with one of their higher end units (around $4K once you package up all the bells and whistles), and I became aware of this company when someone from a vendor brought one in to do some heavy freq coordination for us. Just FYI, Be Well, Gerry Formicola Chicago, Illinois
  3. I have purchased from distributors Anixter, and strangely enough from Gepco. Personally I like Gepco better and in bulk they seem to do a little better on prices. Also be aware they manufacturer their own mic cable, but happen to sell Canare because some clients , like me, like it better then their standard mic cable. www.gepco.com They have offices in Des Plaines, Illinois, and Burbank California. Good Luck, Gerry Formicola Chicago, Illinois
  4. I too looked at these at NAB and had somewhat mixed feelings.  Seemed like very nice people.... but the product seemed somewhat unfinished. They did not have a "base" as they called it, a bottom to finish the poles they had on display. Seems like a huge oversight at what is one of the biggest trade shows of our industry. Also, pricing was no different then their competitors, and there was nothing that was distinct, nor special about the product. Sorry I can't say more positive, be interested to try one in the field though in a finished form. Gerry Formicola Chicago, Illinois
  5. Good place to start. Sooner or later you'll have to wire the actors too, as well as have a boom mic standing by. Don't let them put you in the trunk. Will you have to work car-to car ever? Philip Perkins I kind of want to cover my bases on both sides and split the mics to a local HD, Car to Car, and to what ever medium they are recording in car for the visuals, that way I'm backed up on both ends. But I am kind of concerned about not having control of the mics before the HD recorder. The trunk is a no way, even though it is a big car I'm #250 and to old for that kind of #@%*!
  6. See the USA in your Chevrolet.... So the deal is I have two talent in a car for 10-14 days.  My guess is based on the nature of the shoot I'm going to have to wire the car up (Sanken Cub's I'm thinking) and record onboard with a HDD (Sound Devices 744 or 722) and also split this to onboard cameras (ala Taxicab Diaries) and wirelessly feed the lead/follow car/van/semi/megatrailer. Suggestions, ideas, good jokes? I haven't used the Cub before but everybodies write ups seem very positive. The car will NOT be a convertible (so far - Thank God) but of course there is plenty of time for production to change their mind. In the past I've used mostly COS-11's attached to the visor, has anybody used the COS-22 in this kind of situation?? Love any info or suggestions on what others have done.  Hey at least it means I have things to look for at NAB right? Be Well, Gerry Formicola Chicago, Illinois PS things I have thought about are, 1) No leather interior 2) Stuffing the trunk with blankets to reduce noise...... Antyhing else I should think of before we start?!
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    How many cables?

    Peter, With good cable and staying clear of issues from ballasts/AC/generators/neon, and all the rest you are good for hundreds of feet without issue. Obviously, as many have posted wireless is often times more convenient in that you fire it up and away you go, but I concur with Jeff in saying that a cable will almost always sound better. I mean I can't remember the last time one of my mic cables fritzed, or took a hit, or a dropout. Ok all kidding aside, if you can get away with a cable by all means do so. If it becomes a weighing of convenience and ability to get the job done in a more efficient manner that is the point where you start to decide if wireless will do the job. Good Luck, Gerry Formicola Chicago, Illinois
  8. Michael, I walked in to my kids class the other day and there is her whole class of 8 and 9 year olds with Mac ibooks on their desks, far nicer than the one I have! At this point I think most of us in the MID age group (43 myself) tend to appreciate technology now more than our kids will. For them it is a given that this does the job or something or other will come along that will. Many of my compadres go back, as do I, to 1/4" reel to reel tapes and film mag, and 2" tapes that would take a 30 second preroll to sync. I go back to a trip a couple of weeks ago where I drove with my boss from LA to San Fran and we had very few appointments and no map. But what we did have was a TOMTOM GPS, a Verizon wireless card for his laptop, and cellphones. It was great - where is Locations Sound? Enter it in your on your way, off to Audio Specialites, make a call see if folks are available and away we go. How did we get along before?? Gerry Formicola
  9. Sorry as I find myself occasionally reminiscing over this or that old piece of computerware this website reminds me of all the pieces of silicon that have passed through my hands. http://www.oldcomputers.net/ None of it is as sexy as the '68 GTO I let go before I knew any better, but...... Enjoy, Gerry Formicola
  10. As far as availability they must be available since I have them! Of course I ordered them a long long time ago. Think summer 2005. They work great as do the VRS modules. Gordon kept telling me to do a direct comparison between the two and I did at one time and heard no noticeable difference between the two. His thought was to put two transmitter as close as possible (frequencywise) to each other and see if you could hear the difference between the tracking module and the wideband front end of the VRS. Slacker that I am I never got around to doing it, but there's still time! Also on another note for someone who might be lurking from Lectro, when we do bring out the very nice looking bag system will it be wideband as far as the multicoupler goes or will it still be limited to two blocks as the present venues are??? Just Wondering - Thanks, Gerry Formicola Chicago, Illinois
  11. Multiple follow ups: Cost I seem to remember the loaded Venue system with VRT's was about 5-7000. I think the Rack is around 2k and the modules are 5-900 apiece depending upon what flavor your purchasing. I second Doug's post about the VRS modules, they worked great for us and we only recently switched to the VRT's. Here's a surprise, they work great also! As far as the the extra receiver, we did buy two extra 411's just in case a camera had to follow someone out of range or....  We have used them a couple of times, but for the most part the Venue's in our system have always done the trick. I mentioned on another thread about using a Palm/PocketPC with a venue for control... Is anyone doing this rather than running a laptop??? Be Well, Gerry Formicola
  12. Phillip, Get what your trying to accomplish, and it all makes sense in trying to keep things small on the cart. Have you given any thought to a Palm type PC. Small as your looking for, and more full featured. Fairly cheap at probabaly under $500 and it exists at a computer store near you! Plus it is leaves Larry and his minions time to design the Lectro backpack system in which the well adorned audio engineer can wear 24 channels on our back and with optional Sound Devices/Deva/Cantar/Fostex/Nagra (did I leave anyone out) modules be able to record and post all your audio before your talent even says anything. Just a thought. Gerry Formicola Chicago, Illinois
  13. Jeff, First of all thanks for starting this alternative. Â Personally I find the banter back and forth between manufacurers and users to be very stimulating on both ends. Â I think often times though the builders envision how something will be used they never truly get the idea until they have seen it being used by us! Â Then come the questions, why did you mod that, why do you need it to do that, how did you find that problem, etc. I feel that any forum needs to include manufacturers in order to give them the feedback they need, and users the input we require. Â A forum devoted to new or specific products sounds like a great way to do both for all. I think at this point I know that when we drift from advice to one upmanship it no longer matters to me. Â I've owned/tried/demo'd/repaired/replaced enough of almost everybody's gear that I have now formed my own dinosaur like opinions. Â I'm happy to dish them out, and totally understand if no one wants to listen to them. Â Plus the best part is when I can see a difference and make a change for another user, or myself. Thanks again! Be Well, Gerry Formicola Still from Chicago, Illinois
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