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Thank you both for the suggestions i will try them out this weekend. Would love to keep it in pro tools to minimize extra steps if tc is critical 

One worthy note on these smaller foamie shilds, the precut ursa stickies work perfect

Oof! The fur up inside is genius! Struggling with that today with the bulk fur on top of these already small units. Will try cutting up a few and adjusting the foam for these 6060 versions

This seems like an old problem because I found discussions about it on DUC but I was unable to find an actual solution, curious if I’m missing it somewhere. Files I record on my Zaxcom nova, I bring into ProTools and spot to original Timestamp. Make a few modifications and export. When I bring the original file and pro tools exported file into wave agent, The timecode is offset by a small amount between original vs newer pro tools export in a few seconds/frames. Is there a newer solution possibly to exporting accurately time stamped files in pro tools that i may have missed somewhere?

On 7/18/2023 at 4:36 AM, Lucas said:

There is, but I haven't printed and tested it myself. But feel free to try! I'd be happy to hear any feedback..

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Happy to report I have my first batch of this new version for the 6060 microphones and going to put to the test on a bunch of interviews today. A friend of mine printed them out for me and the process he used to make this batch turned out a lot smoother without print lines. My apologies I don’t know enough about 3-D printing to speak to how he technically made them but confirming this .STL worked perfect for him to print from. Now I’m curious if they could be made even slightly smaller because the 6060 specific foam was a bit loose inside so I ended up using 4060 foamies and they feel much more secure yet still mobile in the suspension to do the job. The ones on the right are the 4060 versions so definitely smaller with these newly printed 6060 versions.

Curious to know if anyone has owned both and if there’s a difference in technology enough that the 200 version might be the better investment? Other than physical differences, factory support for repairs etc. I am looking at specs in manual and is it correct the ifb100 is 100mw output and the ifb200 is 10.4mw output? Waiting on confirmation from Glenn as it might be a typo.

9 hours ago, Daddy D Rock said:

 

Thanks for the solid advice! I'm currently leaning toward the PSC unit, for the extra outputs and USB Ports. I will likely use the Sound Devices remote app via iPad/iPhone, so it would be nice to power/charge them on the fly. I can use the other port to keep a Nanolockit tethered to power in my bag.

also with the psc the 3 way switching is nice to power bag off but keep usb charging active - a usb led lamp or be the hero for the clients phone etc

I switched to the PSC triple play recently and I’m about to buy a second one. I really like the power management - two batteries, hot swap batteries and the 3rd option of AC conversion with an adapter is great too w/o powering down. The one I have is a little larger in size but I’m OK with it for the flexibility. Zero mechanical problems using daily for like the last six months. Extra usb ports are great 

9 minutes ago, RadoStefanov said:

Find an internal CL. Best quality of Maxx.

I do agree this is a great idea, the camera link itself I use almost constantly and has become as important to me as the recorder I am using. This 2nd one i have is great for when i have to send in for service. Has saved me a few times. Well worth having it at the ready to swap in a pinch

25 minutes ago, RadoStefanov said:

I use it for back up in my car with 2 qrx and also sometimes when just sending to camera and the Maxx is the back up. Integrated Hop transmitter is good. Maxx barely uses any power. 

 

I use to use it for Podcasts but now when I retired the OneUnit Nomad and put back 6XLR pre amps I use nomad for Podcasts

 

I second this - i have mine as an emergency bu with a qrx and cam link, occasionally break it out for run n gun jobs and 360 camera jobs and also use it with a senn ambeo mic to record band practice. Hopefully soon will have my oldest son training with it as he has shown some interest. 

I believe these are relatively new in that last year or so? I picked up one recently at a discount. Always looking for new ways to get even better reception. For omni reception, I have tried bowties, homemade dipoles, lectro dipoles - i cant explain the science behind it but this antenna works better in my setup than any other omni antenna i’ve tried. My only complaint is it is flimsy and fragile but i mount it on my bag with a clamp and use it with multiple wires on talent when on the move trying to keep it protected from damage. Using a nova with zmt’s mostly. The biggest bonus is i have always had trouble with zmt’s on talent mounted upside down with antenna pointed down. This antenna for my setup makes it a total non-issue vs whips only.  Works awesome as a transmitter antenna as well. Used it with sennheiser ifb’s in a super rf heavy environment and i was amazed at how far i could get. 
 

https://www.rfvenue.com/products/diversity-omni

4 hours ago, Sandor Gyurkovics said:

Hey, does this mount actually have room for the foam?  looks super tight.  thought about this one but wasn't sure i could make it go.  i'm leaning more and more towards cinela after using my INV6 for the last year. still pretty rough for handling noise. older carbon k-tek pole. 

Yes the foam fits perfect for indoor use with space around it still clearing the mount bits

Had my first issue with this today - mini 35 and a mini classic side by side. 2x jb1’s. Followed the very helpful instructions above to letter and no luck on the 35, but the older mini grabbed it right away no issues at all. 
 

just got a set of ambient nano-lockets but getting used to the blinkey lights and not knowing exactly what is happening without a screen is not the greatest under pressure. Once i checked my cheat sheet and got it going, nanolockit on mini 35 worked perfect. 1st n 2nd ac’s both found the note about a certain firmware i believe in the camera not working with the jb1, and the lower tc level output mentioned above could also be a factor. Nanolockits are good to have!

6 hours ago, Tong0615 said:

I'm not sure if it's the same cause, but with nomad, it needs about one second for the machine to get the timecode after the whole booting up screen is done (apply to both internal and external tc source). If you start rolling right after the machine boots up, it didn't get the timecode yet and will start at 00:00:00:00. This happened to me several times.

i think this is it - i ran some tests yesterday and might even be tied to prerecord rolling before timecode generator is ready at powerup. Will give some time before rolling after bootup in the future and see if this eliminates it

3 minutes ago, OB1 said:

Check your BNC connector.

Try to replicate by wiggling the connector but generally this is the root cause.

No BNC connector involved in this operation

I just received a call from a client that this happened although we used a slate so we were covered. They were kind enough to let me know. I went thru months of files and found only one other time this happened. The other time was not the first file but the 6th file recorded that day. Anyone else run into this and know what might have caused it? I feel like operator error for my instance is key as I am working on tracing my steps seeing if I can duplicate it. Both MARF and Wav mirror versions show zero start time on these particular files.

1 hour ago, The Documentary Sound Guy said:

You are confusing me by calling it a Y cable, but I think in principle what you are proposing should work.

This is what you are proposing?
TC-Out from Nova -> Nanolockit -> continuous jamming TC -> Nanolockit TC -> TC-In on Nova -> view Nanolockit TC on the Nova screen.

And, Nanolockit acts as master Tx to distribute TC to all other lockits.

All this makes sense to me and it should work, but I haven't done it.

yes precisely it would be a y cable lemo 5pin to 2x bnc, Where the bnc’s’s are wired to timecode in pin and timecode out pin on the lemo connector (am I reading correctly that these functions require different wiring as I currently have two different cables for input and output?) - I think I might have a scrap Lemo five pin connector that I can run this experiment on when I get back home. But if I could get this to work that would be awesome as this is definitely not something i can do with the jb1’s. The one thing I just can’t confirm specifically looking at the manual is that both time code input and output on the Nanolocket is active simultaneously by design. I am working on a job out of town currently theorizing this plan

I just bought a set of 2x of these to use as yet another timecode tool with jb1’s zaxcom erx/rx/urx’s. Love the creative potential on how i might put these to good use now that i am getting familiar with how they operate. Going through the manual and this may have been covered already in the manual but I may have missed it. I would like to try to use with my nova for a particular purpose - is it possible if I build a custom y cable can I continuously feed timecode into a nanolockit set a special mode while simultaneously sending timecode out y-cabled from that same unit? I would love to be able to use this as a secondary wireless time code feed that continuously jams from my nova while also being able to monitor its timecode output in the nova timecode menu. Not having a built-in screen is a bit of a bummer but I figured this might be a way around it if I could get it to work. Also great for timecode playback or record run functions and being able to see a visual display of that time code on my nova’s time code menu.

I myself love the jointed antennas but i try to be careful with them avoiding impact etc. My experience i have lost a few where the pins inside the connectoe snap rendering them unusable. But for my uses the flexibility of using them outweighs that risk. The original ones are virtually indestructible 

This is a longshot but I’ve had it happen with Lemo connectors where if all the bits inside aren’t assembled correctly (i.e. backwards/upside down), the block with pins inside could be positioned too far back to make proper contact. 

i am considering purchasing a set of these nanolockits - has anyone come across a lemo to bnc adapter without cable involved, like an all in one metal adapter?

This is too funny, at least in hindsight. First time ever my double alarm for an early call this morning was set for PM by mistake, so after 20yrs i am finally in sync with time of day on my slate.  I am now switching my phone clock to 24 hr time. There was a mad rush to just barely make it in on time this morning (and talent even more late than I was which was an added bonus). Pushing my vertical cart in a hurry to beat the rain on top of it all, went down a small slope into the street to get to the loading dock and went DOWN on the cart. Literally. Cart fell forward and stupid me did not let go. I can laugh at it all now with only a few scraped shins from the metal but certainly could have been a lot worse. Thank god no traffic on that particular street.  Somewhere there is also laughter i am sure by the viewer on a security cam somewhere as i am sure it looked comical. 
 

Vertical cart owners - be sure to slow your roll and remember to back down slopes. Be safe out there!

WOW. That was a nice mod. The heating to release epoxy is right up my alley just the opposite end of things for my project. That video is the ticket to clean cuts.  Thank you this is great info!

I have several boom poles one of which is a VDB that i have since stopped using for quite a while. In my quest to find a boom pole to stuff in a carry-on I settled on a K-tek traveler i already have, not the greatest but it’s fit my needs for this particular travel job. The smaller VDB‘s were out of stock and it’s unknown when they will become available at present time where i had checked recently. Looking at this boom pole I have on hand the idea hit me that may be in its fully folded state I could potentially chop it off to a new desired length and retro fit a rubber boot at the bottom and engineer some sort of replacement stoppers inside on each inner tube. 
 

has anyone here ever modified a carbon fiber boom pole in a similar manner? I have never cut into carbon fiber tubes before my fear is cutting might splinter or some other mishap i am not thinking of.

Think i am gonna stay the course with current editors i work with to not mess with our workflow. Will try to run some tests with a friend of mine. If I recall correctly in all of the OMFS I have worked with encapsulated as well as separated, the only meta-data with the files is the editor timestamps and not the original timestamps of the files whether it be camera footage that was synced with production sound on set or the production sound files themselves. I have editors give me EDL’s and i use EDiLoad to sync my production sound files with these sessions. This is something I’ve never explored with AAF but going to try to do a comparison between them all when i get a chance