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  1. Interesting thanks, didn't know that was possible, who offers that please?
  2. Yes, spend more money, on a machine where they've taken the trouble to work these things out? The processor needs to be programmed to deduct whatever the pre roll is from the incoming timecode and apply it, not just turn pre roll off because it's too difficult to make it work? 633?
  3. Sennheiser say this which may help? 'The HMD 26-II headset has many upgrades including a redesigned boom arm, an auto-mute boom function (shipped disabled)' but if you can find the instructions to enable auto-mute you're a better downloader (not in the manual I downloaded) or Googler than me...:)
  4. None of the explanations seem to add up? And here's another theory which doesn't seem very plausible - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/12/cuba-mass-hysteria-sonic-attacks-neurologists
  5. Except the Super CMIT, for example I was recording a presenter in a medieval 40 foot stone walled cube room, with stone floors, and a 15 foot stone table, reverb hell, and the Super CMIT was significantly better than a standard shirt placed DPA radio lav I had on him, to the extent that it was maybe too good at cancelling reverb and didn't necessarily sound how it looked.....:)
  6. The Schoeps Super CMIT is very good at reducing reverb and off axis sound, and can often give significantly better results than a well placed lav except perhaps headband wire mounted one, which might be impractical and undesirable.
  7. I'd be very surprised if SD went for that degree of integration, there's too much competition in the wireless market, with many committed to different systems for different reasons. Would the TX recording function be disabled for the USA, and enabled for Europe?
  8. Then they went from refuseniks to proselytizers and made an interference tube with an additional capsule and Illusonic processing.......!
  9. Nice but $2,799.00 USD! 5 pin Lemo timecode input.....don't they know it's Red modus operandi to go counter to decades of industry standard 5 pin for TC, with 4 pin!?
  10. Yes I wasn't sure about DIN connectors never having used them before, but now I have I like them and they seem robust, and are nice to use. I've got a whole load of cables for different cameras that have BNC male on one end so I simply got the low profile Eonvic, and it really doesn't add much at all. The only cable I've had made so far is DIN to right angle lemo (Anglissimo) for Alexa mini. to minimise cables. High tack self adhesive velcro just about works for attachment as the USO is so light, but there's going to be pouches soon. Apparently using a heat gun on the glue of self adhesive velcro makes it stick well, though I haven't tried this yet. (in TCS FAQ) It does not switch on completely if you squeeze the case, it appears to come on briefly, but shuts down again and needs an additional two quick presses on an arrow key to actually make it stay on, likewise for switching off. Any USO can be set as a master transmitter (mode - Master TX) so you don't need the whole Wave thing. I love wireless in addition to free run accuracy as within range (which is easily 100m) there can be no drift, no complicated tuning procedures required, which even with the best, they really needed to be tuned, for real confidence over a long day. If a USO goes out of range for a while it has the accuracy of any lockit style box, comes back in to range it re-slaves even tiny amounts of a frame. It works very well, especially with multiple cameras, and gives confidence, no wondering about, should we re-jam at any point in a long day? Many camera departments have developed a taste for very small sync boxes (even demand) Tentacles (but I didn't like them), and the Ultrasync delivers far more, in a box that's pretty much the same size and as lightweight.
  11. Wow combining files that have different start times would be very useful. Presumably the start time of the interleaved file is determined by the last to start? Or can silence be an option to be added on the front or end, or both (user choice?) of tracks that are different lengths, that have some simultaneous timecode overlap? I'm thinking of files that have been recorded by say Zaxcom transmitters with timecode, that can be incorporated in to a field recorder poly wave interleaved file, and they will have different start / stops. That would be truly amazing...:) Could track ordering be drag and drop? I'm getting carried away now.....:) The Majax list is pretty comprehensive > View and edit metadata > Change metadata on multiple takes at one time > Change Sc / Tk / Tracknames / Notes > Change Filename (Short, Long, Long with underscore) > Play takes > Timeline with waveform > Edit Sound Reports. > Configurable Pdf template > Csv sound report > Interleave takes. > Stereo interleave of mixdown tracks. > Stereo interleave of user selected tracks. > Polyphonic interleave. > Polyphonic interleave with track rotation. thanks....
  12. I got some of these to ease compatibility with USO's and BNC cables I already have, they work well, and are relatively inexpensive. Nice right angle DIN connector too..... Eonvic BNC female bulkhead to Right angle 1.0/2.3 DIN male RG179 SDI cable jumper pigtail 20cm https://www.amazon.com/Eonvic-female-bulkhead-jumper-pigtail/dp/B01LYG69P5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504120181&sr=8-1&keywords=Eonvic+BNC+female+bulkhead+to+Right+angle+1.0%2F2.3+DIN+male+RG179+SDI+cable+jumper+pigtail+20cm
  13. Of course Pro Tools can do all this, (sync and merge files with different start/stop times, edit metadata etc. re-arrange & change track names) it's all just a bit cumbersome. Anyone got any idea if a plug in / script of some kind would be possible for Pro tools that could streamline all this, ie. do everything that Wave Agent does and more? Or Logic X? I'm guessing not, as it would probably have already been done? I'd pay good money for it and have spent years trying to persuade Sound Devices to really develop Wave Agent to be more versatile and emerge from permanent free beta status, and have said many would pay for it, but never made any headway. I don't think Wave Agent has changed for years...... Aaton Cantar Majax is another piece of metadata software but will only work with Cantar files, Majax3 (as a reference to Cantar X3) is now available for both Mac* and Microsoft Windows operating systems. is able to : > View and edit metadata > Change metadata on multiple takes at one time > Change Sc / Tk / Tracknames / Notes > Change Filename (Short, Long, Long with underscore) > Play takes > Timeline with waveform > Cantar X3's vumeters. > Edit Sound Reports. > Configurable Pdf template > Csv sound report > Interleave takes. > Stereo interleave of mixdown tracks. > Stereo interleave of user selected tracks. > Polyphonic interleave. > Polyphonic interleave with track rotation. Given that location mixers have been delivering poly wavs for many years now, iXML metadata has been around for many years, it's still quite likely editors won't even see location track names. Though Final Cut X is making big efforts with highly versatile metadata, and does now use BWAV track names and other iXML metadata and feeds them in to its metadata system. The iXML concept was born during a meeting of various vendors, including manufacturers of field recorders, NLEs and DAWs, hosted by the Institute of Broadcast Sound, in London, on 8 July 2004. The whole situation is in a bit of a sorry state, though Aaton are the most active in trying to improve the situation particularly Yves Marie OMNES with iXML.
  14. Yes that'd be good. DPA do already make a heavy duty microdot extension choice, which will work with 4098, but there might be some quality control issues with microdot extensions as I bought two (non-heavy duty) ones recently and neither of them worked and had to be changed. (one completely dead, the other intermittent) so check before use, which I didn't unfortunately (trusting they'd be ok) and was caught out.......ooops! http://www.dpamicrophones.com/accessories/microdot-extension-cable-2-2-mm
  15. Interesting thanks, but as soon as I saw the format is exFAT it rings alarm bells for me, a production I was on lost a days picture rushes because of some weird interaction between exFAT drives and an Apple laptop OSX. They just vanished, on set, and then it was compounded by when post received the drives and seeing they were apparently empty, proceeded to re-format them exFAT, it took some rather expensive specialized data retrieval to get them back. Just saying, I now avoid exFAT when it has anything to do with OSX.
  16. Yes likewise, I discovered the internal storage is blazingly fast, and changed my 500Gb 15" MBP (Kaby Lake) for a 1TB when I found out just how fast it is. (Like double a SanDisk Extreme 900 USB 3.1 Gen 2 Portable SSD.) Apple were very helpful and allowed me to return my 500Gb within 14 days. It's dongle spaghetti though, I got one of these for studio use - CableCreation USB 3.1 Type C/Thunderbolt 3 Multiport 4K UHD Adapter, USB-C to USB 3.0/ HDMI/VGA/Mini DisplayPort/Ethernet/Stereo/SD Card/Micro SD Card and USB-C Female Charger Adapter. and one of these for mobile use - GN30H USB C Hub Shuttle Type C Hub with Power Delivery for Charging ,HDMI Output ,Card Reader, 3 USB 3.0 Ports,Gigabit Ethernet Port Adapter Which has the amusing 'QacQoc' stamped on it, made in China and not too expensive They've both been fine and done what they're supposed to so far......QacQoc gets a bit warm....
  17. pindrop

    Stolen SD 688

    Great you got it back. It'd certainly be useful for all concerned, if the police had better search facilities, that could return nearest matches for human consideration, any human would most likely have spotted that one straight away?
  18. Yes true I saw that +60 dB max gain and thought that's low, are they sure about that. With a 633 offering 91dB......
  19. comparison table may be of interest - http://www.timecodesystems.com/products-home/ultrasync-one-compare-timecode-generators-sync-solutions/ cubic volume : TCS Ultrasync - 41,140 Ambient Nano - 49,140 Tentacle - 27,200 Betso TCX2 - 33,040 Denecke SB4 - 88,200
  20. Several user assignable buttons, would be very good. At least 4 maybe more? Comprehensive menu range for these would be very nice too.
  21. Might have to do with the mini being literally a cut down version of the X3, which has two analog in circuit boards, of 6 inputs each. Hence the mini has one analog in circuit board of 6 analog ins, and then to further save new development costs retains the 10 fader control. It's most likely more cost effective to retain existing designs and save the cost of manufacturing new parts. Does that sound likely? N.B. I've tested Zaxcom AES out from QRX200's and the SRC of the X3 copes fine, with the Zaxcom weird choice of either 32k or 96k AES output.
  22. Plus in the X3 the Double Solo & Phase-meter, this is exemplary, and no other manufacturer has thought to implement anything like it, do you use it? How do you find it? Can you adjust delay on the fly whilst watching the phase meter, for example? I have tried an X3 but forgot to try that.
  23. Just weighed a 416 in a full rycote, with no windjammer, it's 670 grams. 743 with battery - 212 grams mini CMIT - 78 grams Small cyclone - 586 grams total 876 grams Cinela PIANISSIMO - 330 grams PIANISSIMO version total 620 grams So looks like you win the bet with a Cinela? 620 vs 670 grams
  24. Tom are you saying that in post, LR can be processed to MS (as if MS was delivered in the first place), for the manipulation MS offers (stereo width) and then of course output as LR again?
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