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Michiel

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  1. Personally I just unscrew as I don't switch boom that often... The theory is that it's lighter.
  2. I prefer the Baseball over the B5D. It's very transparent and provides better 'boom-move' wind protection. It is not an empty space inside but a very rough 'foam'. It sits so tight you might not want to remove it too often. Many years ago I assisted someone who used the old Schoeps B20 or W20 type cover, but it had terrible internal (off axis) reflections. That's why I prefer something foamy. No experience with the Leonard.
  3. I did a quick first walk test today with MCR42 and MCR54 on the same frequencies and the MCR54 actually had better reception over long distance. Something I did not know prior is that all 4 channels must be within 32mHz of each other. This limits the claimed frequency freedom to quite some extend in my opinion.
  4. Just mild taps, which should be somewhat similar to bumps in a road. Both mics were stored funny btw in their original packaging, foam was deformed.
  5. I was kind of 'shocked' that the mini shockmount that comes with the 4097 microshotgun makes a lot of noise from friction from the foam with the mount, and/or perhaps the mic with the foam since it's all loose and detachable. Is this normal or do I have bad copies? I'm not even sure if I want to keep them since I specifically bought them for easy car rigging. In the attached sample the highpass is 180Hz (higher than I'd like) and it's a Wisycom transmitter. DPA 4097 sample.mp3
  6. DPA actually also makes them it's called DAD6001. It looks like a normal Neutrik connector but actually has electronics inside.
  7. That is interesting, thanks for sharing. It doesn't seem the LR mix has any limiter options or at least I can't find it on my Mixpre-3 II. Otherwise it could be an option to monitor the LR mix.
  8. The best advice I could give is to have the guts to say no to gigs that might be stressful or is just a topic you don't like. It took me years before I finally had the guts to say no* to something that potentially could have given me lots of work in the future and would have looked nice on my portfolio. When I finally did say no, a weight fell off my shoulders and I felt free. I never regretted it, even though my income is probably lower than it could have been. * Apart from certain reality drama shows involving traffic accidents etc, I immediately said no to that.
  9. Software noise reduction on a recorder is probably the worst thing you can do and reduces your gear to the quality of conference calls... Noise reduction always comes with loss of intelligibility which is even demonstrated in their own product video. I too would be very p*ssed if i'd get audio delivered like that. Indeed if you apply this plugin to recordings, you have to be absolutely certain there won't be any audio mixing on the project. Like a live stream. But even then I don't understand why one would not want to experience the location, hear what people are reacting to. There's are reason this is never done on live TV (do not be mistaken with gating, that's not noise reduction).
  10. I didn't know the RF Explorer was also sweep scanning. But at least it does it at a very good frame rate. In this video you can nicely see a temporal spike:
  11. An advantage of the RF exdporer is that it shows the spectrum in real time. Sometimes I see temporal bursts at bands that otherwise are emty. These are not picked up with a single sweep scan, i'd think.
  12. To get back to the original question: It would probably be wise to choose the Sound Devices over the Zoom. Although I still like my portable Zoom H2n... And I would never record 32 bit without limiters for clients if not discussed upfront, since they will think the audio is distorted. (And I don't even know what other problems 32 bit will cause in editing software and exports to sound). For now, 32 bit is indeed great for SFX recording though.
  13. Sorry for my late response. If you haven't solved the problem yet I would really suggest using the low-gain microphones since the circuitry is build for that. Since the low gain version can handle higher SPL (if I am correct) it should be actually harder to distort the signal. Theoretically you should be able to record sports car exhausts with it although I haven't tried that myself...
  14. Pardon me if I read over it, but what Wisycom system exactly are you using? I am using MPT40 S and more recent MTP41 S for a few years and love them for their near-impossibility to distort and high dynamic range (coming from Audio Limted EN-2).. They need a low-gain microphone. I use DPA mics. In my case that is the SC4061-BM (low-gain model). Perhaps you are not using low gain microphones for the Wisycoms.
  15. So that's why they call it cyclone.. You get a DIY cyclone effect kit at the same time... That swinging test is all you need to know about the Cyclone. Best way to simulate wind. Thanks a lot for sharing. Mistake from Rycote to claim it does not need a fur cover. Cinela does not have to worry... Pity, because Cinela's are a *** in the *** to (dis-)assemble.
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