Johnny Karlsson

Oh no. This forum really is/has always been a special place thanks to Jeff. I am sad to hear this. I learned so many things hanging out here when I was starting out. I can't even find words.

Well, I am probably not the only one who has noticed that everything always works perfectly in these demo presentations. But - when you try it on a real thing, it never really works great, or takes a lot of manual tweaking to get a decent result. (Anyone remember how great Siri worked years ago in a presentation…?)

As JonG mentioned above, he is good in that department. As am I. However, the Bubblebee Windkiller is quite transparent, and works well in many situations. In fact, I rarely bring out the Pianissimo. But yes, when the wind really kicks up, that is of course the way to go.

+1 for the Bubblebee Windkiller - it has been working very well in my experience.

That's great. Thanks! Any perceivable degradation at all in terms of run times, holding charge etc with time?

I’m using the XTAR with good results so far in DBSM, SMV, and DPR-A. Slightly better than eneloop Pro and Ladda 2450. Not sure, of course, how they will be holding up a year later, but I will keep using them for now.

I will say this is the right move. You will get it back in factory spec, like new, because they go through everything and replace whatever needs replacing. While not “cheap”, it’s a tax write off, and reliable gear pays for itself in the long run.

PSA: Ikea Burbank had stock of 'Ladda 2450' on Monday Sept. 8.

Supposed to, perhaps, but if the program is mastered at Broadcast level with ~ let's say -18 LUFS ~ and the commercial is mastered at Death Magnetic levels ~ around -4 LUFS, it will appear much louder, even if the peaks are at the same level.

LUFS I heard the original reason to bump the loudness of commercials was so that during the break when you get up to get a beverage, or snack in the kitchen, it would be loud enough for you to hear the very important message of the commercial from there.

Hahaha! What…? I love that general call time is “ongoing”. And for others “always on” @@

The Comtek BST-25 base station puts out 50mW, and will punch through a lot of stuff, especially if you get a Mini-Mite antenna up on a mast like 8ft in the air. If you need a portable setup, the Lectro IFB can put out up to 250mW, with either a T4, or SMV/SMQV.

An existing solution that keeps looking for a problem. If you are starting out and/or don’t own IFBs, just rent them from someone who owns them, or from a rental house. You can still mark up the rental you charge, which is completely justified due to you are the one who is doing the extra work of picking them up, setting them up, collecting them at the end of the project, and then driving back to return them.

Reply with something like: “no problem, I have the latest greatest ‘Mega-2000 350Hz-erator’ and the ‘Ultra Aviator Phatterator 50000X’ for making SFX sound luxuriously softer and much less thin. I expect to get the work done in roughly 100 hours, so please send me a Cashiers Check for $6000. As soon as the check has cleared, I will provide a link for you to upload the files, so I can start the work”.

FWIW - I have always kind of had this be hit or miss every time I go to IKEA. Some times they have them , some times they are sold out, and nobody that works there seems to know when they will get new stock…