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  1. Awesome throwback! Eric, did you mean to put this in the WTS section? LOL!
  2. Gonna try to make it! Think I may have Saturday off.
  3. Awesome reviews! Max, are you referring to the DV-SQN4S system? And how high in voltage does it register in powering a 788T with fully charged batteries? Yeah Steve, I am looking into buying the NPB-XLR4S. And the spare Hawk-woods cup I've always had has 3 vacant ports left for me to install 3 more hirose female 4 pin outputs. I am glad to see that no real complaints about Hawk--woods popped up. What is really great is the real estate that comes out of installing Hawk-woods cups compared to BDS systems. Employing two Hawkwood adaptors opened up more space to store more transmitters in my bag. Hawkwoods have proven to be great in powering the 788T most importantly. In regards to NP1s, I have been using Varizoom Lithiums. Fully charged, they regisiter as high as 16.7 Volts. They are about two months old now since buying. They have been great.
  4. My adaptor cup to my BDS distribution system got damaged a couple months ago and during that time I took down my BDS system and replaced it with one of my spare Hawk-woods cup adaptors to power my 788T. My wireless receivers in my bag are powered separately by another Hawk-woods cup. Sometimes 4, sometimes 5 or 6. I finally had the time to get my BDS power cup replaced, but got accustomed to my Hawk-woods setup because I have had zero issues for many weeks now. And I decided I will keep to it. So what are the advantages that BDS boxes have over Hawk-woods? Any personal bad experiences with Hawk-woods that anyone can share? Just curious. Thanks!
  5. Matt! I got the G2 A group receiver in the mail. Thanks Dude! It'll be mounted on camera for HOPs tomorrow. Very prestine condition.
  6. How long do AAs last in a G3 series? I don't have G3s, but I own G2s and they go over 8 hours on alkalines and well over 12 on Powerex NIMH.
  7. Encouraging consensus. Really puts things to bed. Thanks Guys!
  8. Hey Everyone! Question: I am interested in the NOMAD, but would like to know if more and more sound mixers have been able to put both 788T and NOMAD together on multicrew shoots. Where the A-Mixer works the 788T, while B-Mixer runs a NOMAD. Does this cause any big snags in terms of workflow? I already got one account over the weekend from one sound buddy that said he has worked with both units on the same shoot and ran into zero issues. But I still want to get more feedback from other sound mixers to learn about any potential issues that haven't come to light yet in having these two units on the same set. Thanks!
  9. If you want to look into credit unions closeby. I have a credit union account in New Jersey called Affinity. And they kept private for years until last year where they decided to allow open admission to the public. Anyway, Here is their website: www.affinityfcu.org
  10. I have to admit to my mistake here. When I initially read the original post I envisioned the worst inept sound mixer in the world with an awful attitude in posting my response. Didn't look at it any other way. Took about thirty seconds for me to draw up my initial reaction and then I went to lunch. I really took it as a no big deal answer. And then I read all the right responses days later by others. Approached from various perspectives. Especially from a boom op being green thinking they know enough to criticize the sound mixer, which I must admit I didn't think about at all. No disrespect to Drunk Nun, this is just for the sake of conversation. Indeed you should always approach your problems to the sound mixer as the very first thing. Discuss matters at hand. And then go from there.
  11. My hunch at first would be the lav mike. At the connector point, maybe somehow the ground wire is in contact with the audio wire (hot signal). Swap mikes to see with that same transmitter. I did get distortion pops and clips a few weeks back from a friend's 211 series set. And after our troubleshooting, we discovered it was actually the receiver. We knew it was the receiver, because we put it on trial pairing it up with a series of transmitters in its block and compatibility mode one after the other. And it failed. No type of repair could be done for that by us except to ship it to Lectro with a repair RMA number.
  12. Wow! What an awkward situation! If circumstances are such, I think the sound mixer's deficiencies would be noticeable to the DP anyway sooner than later, because they are right there next to the sound department on the hot set. I think it would be a good idea to discuss your situation during downtime with the DP. The DP will be able to digest all the technical complaints better than a line producer or PM. After letting the DP know and they conclude the same way you have, you have someone to backup your complaints. From there, then go to the line producer or PM and inform them of the sound mixer's deficiencies. And keep your gear out of harm's way since the sound mixer does not really know how to run it.
  13. This is a very good thread to come back to for C300 post timecode issues. Glad you came back around identifying the problem Pascal.
  14. Failed pretty much all the time when I was working a show. It was a VER rental. It never posed as a big problem since redundancy between the CF card and internal SSD drive was enough. And those media drives never failed. But yeah, as you described it. Intermittent on and off in connection with the 788T.
  15. No. I never had timecode issues with the C300. The C300s I dealt with stayed in sync without a lockit box. But then again, post required DF on your shoot. Maybe the camera proves unstable in DF situations. Can the C300 remain stable on its own without the help of a lockit box? If so, next time jam the camera everytime its power is switched on and off.
  16. Thanks Marc! I will be going with one of the Zaxcom miniature timecode recorders with the stereo adapter to connect to my Alphamix. I have only worked with an Epic for a few days on one production and the timecode kept in sync the whole time with the 788T I was using. The frame rate was set at 23.97. In any case, I am going to follow that HDRX mode discussion thread sometime tonite at the Red User group. I never knew about the HDRX issue until you gave me a heads up about it just now. I will most definitely not show up on a RED shoot without a designated timecode recorder. On DSLR shoots, I have been using my FR2 as my primary. So I believe it can serve me well on Epic shoots also, but the recorder takes up a lot of real estate in my Petrol bag. I only use it on shoots where I know I can set the bag down for most of the day. Hence, the need for a smaller two track. I am in the minority (probably the only guy) when it comes to the 552. I work with 552s all the time on multicrew shoots. But I have never been a big fan. It's a pain to get to those trims. And I always jump to the trims for dynamic changes in audio levels. The Zaxcom miniature connected to my mixer would be a better choice for me since it can generate timecode and does not require a lockit box. And at some point by early next year, I'll buy a multitrack anyway. 788T, NOMAD, or HS-P82. My brain is still in deliberation about which one.
  17. Yeah, my kit was hit for Medicare as well as FICA tax on this check.
  18. Hey Marc! I just got off the phone with the payroll service. And according to one of their accountants, my mistake was that I did not estimate price value toward the gear. And that is why it was considered taxable. In any case, my check can't be reversed, but the correction can be made for future checks. Talk to the payroll service instead of production and see if it can get fixed that way.
  19. I just got my paycheck for a shoot I did two weeks back, but for first time for me, my kit rental got lumped together with my day rate. And the payroll company (CAPS, LLC Payroll service) taxed my kit rental in the process. Usually, when I work on a production that receives W-4s, my kit fee is paid nontaxed separately while my dayrate gets the usual taxes deducted. So is this incorrect, or is the payroll company allowed to do that?
  20. First and foremost the right safety provisions and insurances have to be in place for traveling out there. And then there is the gear. Your gear. Should you decide to work at $150/day afterall, I think it wouldn't be a stretch to negotiate with the production company to rent the gear from a rental house.
  21. Thanks Philip! Thanks Marc! I will not be employing an H4n into my kit afterall. I'll go with a Zaxcom ZFR100 with the stereo adapter instead. I'll have to figure out where to nestle the cable run and where to perch the thing in my soundbag. That can be a PITB. But in any case, I am glad to now know that there are indeed editors that will despise LITC. And Marc, I'm glad you brought up the possible drift issue with an H4n. That's enough to convince me to not go that route. And yes! That's a good T-shirt seller. Amongst only sound people that is! But then it can bait babes in general to ask about the meaning of the shirt, which can become a great conversation starter. Well, then again! Maybe not. They'll have to care to ask first.
  22. Hey Guys! Question about timecode that has been recorded onto a nonlinear digital audio track via a recorder's analog mic/line input! I am entertaining the thought of sending timecode to a Zoom H4n recorder with a lockit box. But wonder if done correctly, can this prove to be a hassle anyway for editors in decoding the TC? I am sure retrieving timecode from an audio track can be done, but is it always an easy process for the editor? Can decoding timecode always be done with little issue on Pro-Tools, AVID, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, etc? Or does retrieving timecode from an audio track require extra work such as searching the net for the right decoder plug-in program to do the job? Just seeing if timecode onto an audio track is standard enough to submit to an editor for any given occasion. The H4n would sit in my soundbag strictly as a secondary recording to HOPs. For the sake of conversation, I do know the 552 is an option, but I really like my current mixer. Opinions appreciated. Thanks!
  23. That is true! You can have the one block that fairs best with a particular city, but then walk into a private facility located in that city running its surveillance system that can occupy your favorite block. Especially Casinos. That being said, UCR411A receivers do a fantastic job shielding in heavy RFI environments anyway.
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