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  3. Back in the day

    in Images of Interest

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    Hi Rob

    Hope you're well mate  

    you always have the most incredible stories to tell! That would have been the ride of a lifetime! The car is an absolute beast with an insane power to weight ratio. Funny you stumbled across it. 

    Cheers mate

    Peter Mega

  6. sound devices 633 inputs 4-6

    in Equipment

    Posted

    Just wondering how you guys are recording the ISO's on the 633, pre fade or post fade?

    Although I don't use my 633 that much (I tend to go for my 788's), I can't say I've heard this clipping. However, when I first noticed I couldn't get the desired level on 4 - 6, I got around it by recording the ISO's post fade. I can always find a moment to drop the channel in/out of the mix from the PFL screen on the type of shows I do. I understand this work flow may not work for some. 

    Will be experimenting with my UCR411a and inputs 4 - 6 to see if I can recreate the clipping mentioned. 

    What headphone level are you on when it clips? 

  7. Best Handheld For Voice of God

    in Equipment

    Posted

    Hi

    After years of searching/waiting for a portable VOG system that satisfied my needs, I finally found it last year and used it for my big show last series. Will tell in a moment. 

    Prior to this, and during my waiting period, I was using one of my Fostex 6301B for the location intro and outro scenes. Volume wise It was okay because I could get it really close to set in amongst all the cameras and lighting stands etc. However it was annoying because I had to run XLR and power to it. Audio was fed to it by a console in the video village that was used for monitoring and I gave the director a cabled hand mic with a slide/fader type mute switch built in. 

    The system worked well but was annoying for me. 

    What I wanted for years was a system with a wireless hand mic and a self powered battery operated speaker that I could easily place anywhere and move quickly and easily when it came to jib wide shots etc. 

    i looked at all the systems out there like Samson, Behringer, Mipro etc but I wasn't happy with the sound and quality plus the built in battery. 

    I finally found the Sennheiser LSP500!!!

    After researching and talking to Sennheiser Australia, checking it out, I bought it along with a Sennheiser SKM 300 series hand mic with programmable button and the half rack receiver that slots into the LSP500. 

    The unit it very well built, has superb sound, the hand mic has excellent range. It's loud enough to address very large groups of people outdoors and can be linked to more LSP500 speakers if required. 

    The deal clencher for me was the battery system. It takes 2 NP1 batteries! I have 10 of these already with 2 chargers and it came with 2 so I don't have to worry about power, nor changing internal gel cells when they crap out . The NP1's are hot swappable and the unit also charges them when plugged into mains  

    I set up the button on the hand mic as PTT. System works beautifully and is so easy to plonk down anywhere and pick up and move by it's built in handle. 

    It has the ability to take 3 radio mic systems or to receive 2 and send to another LSP50.

    Im absolutely loving it. It saves me time in location and the director loves it. It's definitely one of the best bit of kit I own. It's not cheap by any means, especially compared to the Samson etc types but well worth it IMO. I highly recommend this system  

    Cheers

    Megs

  8. Lectro SRc field reports?

    in Equipment

    Posted

    Thanks for the replies. Keep them coming please. 

    Has anyone used the SRc with just whip antennas in a multipath situation ie lots of radio mics, big reality show style with 20-30 radio mics. 

    How did they perform in this situation?

    SRb doesn't handle this very well, hoping the SRc does.

    Testing 1 SR against 1 411a both on the same frequency might perform similarly but doesn't indicate how it will go on a big show with many transmitters.

    There must be someone who's used them in this situation?

  9. SMQV SRb Hop Modes

    in Equipment

    Posted

    400 mode is native for your equipment. 

    Tx and rx should be 400 mode for optimum audio. 

    If you're using SM transmitters on talent and you use the remote control tweedle tones on talent mics, you should disable the remote control on your hop transmitters otherwise every time you make an adjustment on your talent tx, it will change your hops too, unless the faders are down on your mixer. 

  10. Lectro SRc field reports?

    in Equipment

    Posted

    5 hours ago, jonathan chiles said:

    Is there a way to combine 2 x Lectro rack mount units (UMC200 or UMCWB) for use with a single pair of antennas?

    Alternatively I suppose the Six Pack would be an alternative.. 

    Also I have seen a few UMC16B rackmount multicouplers going.. if I can creatively mount my receivers on the cart  that would enable up to 8 x 411.. would be quite a big and chunky setup though! See Paul Graffs rig from some years back below..

    And Thanks Jonathan ML for those figures on the filters!

    IMG_0696.jpg

    Yes you can use a single pair of antennas for more than 1 UMCWB. 

    My rig is 16 x blk 26 411 in 4 x UMCWB. I use the ZFSC41 to split to the 4 racks. 

    Since the photos in the thread below, I now use for each antenna (A and B ) ALP650 with Lectro ARG100 cable, BIAS T, then out of BIAS T to the ZFCS41, then split to all 4 UMCWB. The cables from the BIAS T to the ZFCS41 are all Lectro ARG2 with virtually no loss, they're so short.

    This set up has been absolutely amazing with astonishing range in some locations and more than enough in major cities. 

    The ALP650 has the jumper inside on the setting that provides the most gain (can't remember which) to compensate for the loss in the 100 foot ARG100 cable. 

    Ultra reliable and sounds superb. 

    I currently have this system fed from my RF out of my Venue system of 3 racks with 16 blk 24 for a total of 32 running off a single pair of ALP650 with the ARG100 powered from the first venue. So that's antennas into venue, in/out of 2 more then into the ZFSC41 then into the 4 UMCWB. 

    This too is working perfectly. 

    So, try some ZFSC41 and split your pair of antennas 4 times ( I think there's one that splits only twice) if you want. Run them close to set with long cables (don't cheap out on the cables) and you should have great results with good antenna placement on a high stand and well coordinated frequencies. 

    See pic in this thread below. The UMCWB system has done at least 200 flights in that case with no issues.

     

    To keep on topic, I'm interested in the SRc to compliment my block 24 and 26 for the bag style challenge days we do on my show which typically involves up to 30, sometimes more radio mics plus our links and IFB's. 

    Would love to hear your findings. 

    Cheers

    Peter 

  11. Lectro SRc field reports?

    in Equipment

    Posted

    I too would like to know how the SRc is performing in the field. Mainly in a bag scenario with whip antennas. 

    Are they really as good as a 411 regarding RF robustness in a multi radio mic situation. 

    When I say multi, I mean like up to 30 radio mics, IFB's and camera links on big reality shows. 

    411's shine in this situation and previous SR models just cant cope in that situation. 

    Love to hear people's experiences with the SRc please. 

    Thanks

  12. Shirt noise

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    try a white cos11 poking out behind a button with a donut of joes sticky stuff around it to stick it to the back of the button and also create some isolation. A piece of sports tape behind the mic head shaft bit inside the shirt as another anchor. 

    Third button down from the very top collar button is usually out of the close up and hides in plain view in wide shots. 

    Also Try the Abetek button down mount. Abe has mounts for cos11 and a couple of other types IIRC. 

    Agree with the beard rubbing on the shirt collar would not be helping the situation. 

  13. super hot levels on lectro tx

    in Equipment

    Posted

    Possibly mic wiring. Check your COS11 wiring. It could be the 2 hot ones are wired for non servo bias inputs. Does the problem move with those particular mic heads? ie if you use the 2 hot ones in the other transmitters, do they run hot on those as well?

    If you're not using the mic heads in older transmitters that are non servo, the best wiring is SERVO ONLY wiring scheme. 

    See Lectro website for diagrams. 

  16. Line to mic level attenuator

    in Technical Reference

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Miguel Carretero said:

    Looking for some advice so I can plug a mic to any line level only input; there are different settings out there....

    Using 10kOhm & 100Ohm resistors seems to be one of the most common but I am not shure if it is the right choice for me

    Any help?

    Cheers!

    Your subject title says Line to mic attenuator which is easily purchased in the form of an inline barrel. Shure make a switchable version. 

    However, what is confusing is your question asks about plugging a mic into a line level only input. For this you need a mic to line amplifier which can be a battery powered box. Shure also make one of these. 

    Other options are available like running the mic through a small mixer like a SD302 for example, to bump the mic level signal up to line level, then into your line level only device. 

  17. Jus sold my PCM-D1 - need a replacement.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    On 30 June 2016 at 9:33 AM, DX Dave said:

    Pete what do you use it for?

    I use it for a particular reality show mounted on the interior of a windscreen of a car with a suction mount and suspension for picking up dialogue of the driver and front passenger. It works perfectly. I am not there to set it up so it's very quick and easy for the other guys to set up.

    19 hours ago, spaulgal said:

    I found a great deal on a Tascam Dr-100 mkii and am looking forward to giving it a run. 

    I think the XLR's are going to come in handy -- at least for peace of mind. Each time we gear up for a big shoot I always think... what happens if the 744t goes down? At least now we'll have a clunky backup plan. 

    If it weren't for that, I'd likely have the D100

    Peter, does the D100 actually sound better than the D1? 

    Not sure, never heard the D1 but I imagine it would be same or very similar. 

  18. Jus sold my PCM-D1 - need a replacement.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    FYi, Nagra also makes this type of recorder. 

    I just bought s Sony PCM D100 to upgrade from my PCM D50 which will become my spare. The D100 is awesome!  It's built very well, not plastic feel at all, like most others. 

    Sounds excellent and now uses SD cards instead of the Duo Pro Sony card like the D50 does. 

    I only use it for a specific set up and it's perfect for what I want from it  

    If you only need 2 tracks, consider the D100. Doesn't have XLR inputs though. 

  19. Zaxcom's new High Density wireless

    in Current

    Posted

    8 hours ago, Jack Norflus said:

     

    There is no issues reblocking LA or LT transmitters or QRX receivers. The older AA transmitters and RX900S receivers which have been out of production for at least 6 or 7 years be changed to to the lack of availability of the components. 

    Well something doesn't add up because they reblocked my colleague's TRX900AA and RX900S towards the end of last year but would not do mine the beginning of this year. Only a matter of about 3 months or less and suddenly they're not reblocking older gear. 

  20. Zaxcom's new High Density wireless

    in Current

    Posted

    On 17 May 2016 at 2:21 AM, jgbsound said:

    Oh that's reassuring.  I have two older 900LTs that are in Block 26, that will need to be reblocked once that range goes away.  

    Don't count on it. Zaxcom would not reblock my older TRX900AA and RX900S. 

    I wanted this done because the above is in block 31 and now illegal. i wanted to change it to a lower block and have a system to use with my brand new, unopened RX200 which would've given me a tx and 2 x rx for those times I want to send a stereo mix to 2 destinations. 

    Just sayin, don't rely on them for block changes to existing older gear. Speaking from experience and not in general. 

  21. PR: Lectrosonics Introduces the IFB-VHF Wireless System

    in Equipment

    Posted

    On 3 December 2015 at 9:49 PM, Peter Mega said:

    As cool as this new system is, I'm a bit disappointed the new receivers are more or less the same as the existing ones. 

    I would've loved to have seen a completely newly designed receiver that had a screen and presets for storing more channels (like at least 10) that could even be labeled. 

    An indented knob for changing channels and a push down and turn for volume or visa versa. 

    The current method of storing more channels to the next open channel is cumbersome and at times frustrating. 

    Lectro is welcome to use these ideas for the next IFB receiver. 

    Dont get me wrong though, I love my R1a's, I just feel they need an update.

    Thanks and regards 

    Peter Mega 

    Hi 

    Quoting myself here because I want to add some features to the ones above for my suggestion to Lectro for the next generation IFB receiver which I hope will be a reality sooner rather than later. 

    More preset channels like 50 would be good. (I said 10 above but the more the better). This is so we could tune in talent radio mics for discreet monitoring for the producers wearing the IFB receiver. The shows I do regularly have up to 30 radio mics and sometimes 10-12 sound recordists.

    The IFB receiver would be native 400 mode (can also do other modes, including current IFB mode) so could do the above and also receive a transmitter from each sound recordist who has a 400 mode tx in their bag transmitting a mix. 

    The preset channels can be labeled with sound guys name or number so producer can select who ever they want to listen to along with the talent mic channels labeled with talent names for discreet monitoring of mics. The unused presets can be hidden so producer doesn't have to scroll through unused presets. Only the labeled presets are "visible" 

    Easy to read screen on top.

    Lock out of deep menu settings so producers can't change settings and only have access to headphone volume and preset channel select.

    A way of programming multiple receivers with a cable from a smart phone app so can set up different shows/names/presets.

    Receiver would be as wide band as possibly, say block 19 to 26. 

    Should be no bigger than current R1a.

    Battery could be AA, need to think more on this, ideas?

    A UM400a type clip, like the optional belt clip that's available for the current R1a. The current pouch doesn't last and the clip on the current pouch gets loose and eventually tears off the pouch. A UM400a type clip mounted on the receiver with a pouch around that would be better.

    Anything else anyone can think of, please add your thoughts  

    To the fanatics at  Lectro, I give you the IFB R2. Please make it soon!!

    Thanks

    Peter Mega

     

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