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    Smart Slate 101

    youtube has many videos like this one: viewing videos and reading manuals (downloaded from manufacturers) are a start, from which you may have questions to pose here....
  2. in the past, if I ran out of tracks, I would only iso the track I was using in the mix. I have 24 tracks to play with now, track count is no longer an issue, and I always iso both supercmit tracks
  3. here is a link to a story about a pilot who saw smoke, just before taking off: https://www.cinema5d.com/drone-batteries-causing-plane-fire-australia-declare/
  4. the schoeps is somewhat power hungry. perhaps the phantom power supplied by the 633 is a bit low for it
  5. it was very reasonable. I am reluctant to name a price due to our falling dollar and potential rise in cost of parts. get them to quote you. should be faster as well now, since javed has already done two upgrades.
  6. easy solution for you, glen. I took it to audio services in toronto, where javed made that spacer and attached the neutrik connector. I had two analog cones upgraded and left one stock. I may have one of my aes cone changed soon. there is an emc version of the spec series that I might try. for interiors, we use the 742 attached to a cinela mount, with the wider lwb cinela base. for exteriors, the 742 goes into a pouch, and is not on the pole, to keep the weight down. microphones used this way are the sennheiser 8000 series microphones, most often the 8060, but in small quarters we use the 8050.
  7. the only serious solution is the neutrik locking connector. the 742 is unable to move
  8. I use 4"(100mm) 3M coban, or the veterinary equivalent, "vetrap". vetrap comes in black, which is good for male actors who like the pack on their leg (or actresses wearing black), above the sock. if the pant leg rides up in a particular shot, it is just black on black (assuming the socks/stockings, are black). this material also comes in white, which might be the ticket for shooting in hot climates, with white t-shirts or similar tops. this material is usually one use only, and is something the production picks up in the expendables budget.
  9. digital designs are based on specific chips, which become obsolete, making products unrepairable. in my market, there are many mixers who reluctantly moved on from their ever fragile and unreliable cameo mixers and bought sonosax boards.....
  10. I find that the material that the sony pouches are made of is a little bit "brittle" and that the clip will work its way out of the pouch sooner than one would like. I do like using the sony transmitters on shows that supply them to use as a camera hop because of the battery cages. quick change, and leaves my zaxcom units for talent. I also specify them for discovery type shows that shoot in and around machinery and the like. I want the receiver to be a rental sony, inside the camera, out of the elements, rather than be one of my zax qrx units with the yawning holes waiting for the rain or snow to intrude
  11. a good thing. I have 3 8060s, and they have all been in for updating....
  12. ao

    Audio Ltd. 1010

    I was going by the "brochure", which stated no recording function in the u.s. for the time being: http://www.audioltd.com/1010digital/tx1010-digital-transmitter/
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    Audio Ltd. 1010

    I think vas was referring to the record function, in the u.s.
  14. transcription houses have a homepage with their specs listed on it. have your client tell you who they are using and find out what you need to supply at the end of the day.
  15. saves the internal timecode battery when you are not using the recorder for a while
  16. I was wondering how to summarize the x3 and then axel posted such a detailed reply. I will use his comments to piggyback some thoughts of my own: I was relieved to see the same connectors on the x3 as on the x1, on the analog side of things. I will keep my x1 as well for those gruelling discovery channel type shows, so I won't expose that large x3 screen to any harm and also get better battery life for those shoots in isolated places the designers have made full use of the x3 colour screen to come up with interface options they could not implement in monochrome. it is easy to see what metadata window you are in - instantly. blue, for past takes. violet, for the next take. the file browser window benefits from the increased screen real estate, by being able to see comments. helpful when the script supervisor comes to ask which take was a false start. I used an htc athena pda to make metadata notes via bluetooth. was concerned if I could adapt to the x3 keyboard paradigm. I have found the editing of metadata information on the x3 using a full sized keyboard to be analogous to using the pda with the x1. I opted to use an apple a1242 compact wired keyboard (no numerical keypad) that I already had around the house. I found an L3 systems wristpc compact keyboard on ebay as an emergency back-up. the function keys of the apple keyboard work in the same way as the led buttons on the x3 and many of them act as help for remembering which ones to use - i.e. "f1" on the apple keyboard achieves the same action as the "f1" labeled button on the cantar x3. the bottom row of the x3 screen also has hints on which keys to employ for commonly used actions. the scrolling wheel paradigm still works on the x3, but when you are on the cart, using an external keyboard, it is faster to use the arrow keys to navigate the routing matrix. you can also use the "single use" comment field for the usual "plane, train, automobile" comment, after the take. the "constant use" field is for "2 shot" or "sophie's single" and such I haven't had much need to playback, but I appreciate how easy it is to navigate and fine tune the section you are looking for - the scroll wheel is handy for that in case it taxes the x3 to be running 3 media at the same time, I have taken to running my second SD card in idle mode. it is a much faster process on the x3, due to the increase in horsepower the pdf sound report is not as attractive on the x3 as the one generated by the x1, but that is my opinion. it's reliable and usable having more resistance on the input pots would be a great benefit. the colour of the pots is growing on me. I bought the coloured fader pack, but since I have not used the integrated faders yet, I have left the originals in place I have the stuart wilson version of the kts bag, which will work, I think, for the time being. I would like to see the kortwich one. perhaps a trip to europe in the spring? there is a price to pay for additional horsepower and a large display. this is in stark contrast to the x1/x2 but seems part of the new generation of equipment paradigm I have only used the x3 on the cart, so far. I use the psc powerstar to power the x3, the onboard batts for backup only. I would like to get some of the inspired energy 98wh batteries to power the cantar in the bag. I got Audio Services to make the same bracket for my sound cart for the x3 as I have for my x1, so if I have to press my x1 into service, same cables, same bracket. I am only three weeks into a series, which continues on jan4. I will update further thoughts, if I feel they are significant. In the absence of the cantarem2, I continue to use my audio developments ad149. would like to downsize my cart, once the cantarem2 is freely available. I would also like to thank those x3 users that I asked questions of, in the early days, and their prompt, helpful answers. you know who you are....
  17. margus and I get our cantars serviced at the same spot. after every long gig, or extreme gig, javed goes through everything to make sure things continue to function normally. my cantar x1 went back to the mothership once, in its 10 years of service.
  18. is there a bracket and sleeve made for the rx200? one annoying thing I have found so far is the power connector is different than those on the qrx series
  19. the spades looked pretty ordinary. the plastic they use around the spade is "stickier", that the more "slippery" sennheiser connectors. the manufacturer is on your side of the pond. give them a call. they are made for dj use, perhaps there is some chatter on a dj board. I use their cable on a pair of hd25sp as well, (they fit better under a helmet when working on construction sites) and have been happy using them under difficult conditions.
  20. I had problems with the spade bits being intermittent, or popping out from time to time. bought a third party cable from these folks and have been happy for the last 4 years. just bought another one for my backup pair. have one cable as pictured, the other with a neutrik 1/4". they also have colours, for those inclined: http://www.zomo.de/en/Products/Accessories/Cable-Adapter/Spiral-Cable-for-Sennheiser-Headphone-HD-25-translucent-45m.html
  21. perhaps these folks have a suitable cable. I have bought from them in the past: http://www.angledcables.com
  22. software version 1.83 is available from the aaton digital software update page for the x3. the manual has been updated as well to version 1.4
  23. 3 hours for mono analog use with lithium batts seems low. that's the time that I get with the digital cone and the supercmit. turning the transmitter off at lunch and off during long lighting set-ups gets us through a 12 hour work day. I am guessing that leaving it on all the time would give us 6 hours with analog use. nimh batts might get us three hours, but we prudently change the batts at the 2.5 hour mark. last winter, when it was -30C outside, nimh lasted 20 minutes. lithium was the only option.
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