Armin Siegwarth

I am on an Red Epic shoot right now with the additional 2 Top Fans. Today it faild at an long Interview after about 30min. Fan Setting was "Adaptive - Quiet Record" with target Temp of 65 Degrees Celcius and Record speed max of 40%. How are your experiences of fan settings with the 2 top fans? Red service told me target Temp 60 Degrees is better for Millenium Sensor. Default is 65 Deg - thats for Dragon Sensor.

hi adam, here my comments: 4 velcros to reduce size of front pocket do no look that nice - i would do only one bigger velcro on each side front pocket still looks a bit too big (1/2 inch too deep) for me. And I would reduce height at the bottem a bit more as of the previous mentioned first touching ground if loaded. I suspect the zipper at the sides not to be used daily to open card slot. On my older bags that zipper runs not easy (pretty much stress on them all the time) and I see these as modification option only. For the AO 1.5 one could lift the mixer for card access but for an AO 633 I suggest a velcro flap for the card door. And that smaller Version should also be of the height of the 1.5 for less bend of receiver antenna and the Option to put an NP-1 under the mixer. Could be it needs even a little more general height. On the right side I would want one as big as possible zippered pocket / a flap for cards / exit for cable. Color wise I hate orange and would go all black but I might be in the minority here as others like colored interior. But couldn't stay the logo black / white? The cable tunnel on the left seems too long for me. I think half the length would be enough and result in better accesability. The removable double vinyl accessories pocket I would do only onesided vinyl. I do not like vinyl for its stiffness and would guess one side cordura is ligther. And I would close it by zipper and not velcro for silently searching for something while recording. 3 metal rings on each side seems too much to me. I would go for 2 on each side for reducing weight.

Great thing to get it for free :-)

I am pretty sure the 633 sells well and there should be an AO Option. I don't like your Mixer specific bags as they tend to fall over... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

+1 I would like to have zippers or so to remove the front compartment.

Hi Adam, nice to see a manufacture listen. I do own two AO Bags - I think its the 1 and the 1.5. I really like the small one for my SQN 2 - great bag for it. I have used the 1.5 for the 552 and the 664 but it is not that great for the too large (deep) front compartment and the side pockets. One big bonus you have over your competition is the reduced weight combined with a rigid structure. Please please keep that advantage with your modifications. Comments to AO 1.5 (2010) - I don't like the Vinyl over the front Pouch / transmitter pouches. makes it bulky and stiff / not versatile to fold away - I don't need the velcro to let out antennas on the front pouch. Its not padded so I put the receivers in the main compartment. Front pouch is for uncritical stuff like cabels, batteries, lavboxes for me. - I don't need the pocket on the backside - like to have the weight of the mixer close to the body - front pouch too deep and high. deep for getting through tight spaces and high for touching floor before main compartment. an additional net in the front pouch sewn to main compartment could help organize it. - accesibility to the sides/Card slot must be improved. vertical zipper with fold away sidepockets? - left side pockets for transmitters eat too much space - prefer one bigger slightly padded one that is also higher to less bend on antenna. Without vinyl and with vertical velcro to close in different highs - dividers: 2 or even 3 long ones is much better than ready cut shorter ones to modify yourself. Thin ones are ok for reduced weight and space. they don't need to make bag more rigid just keep stuff in place. rounded lower corners to let cables pass by. - handles: I like the two already there. Could just be a tad longer for carrying with cables + headphone on top of mixer + vinyl. single handle does not keep the bag together for me. - I'd like to have a velcro on the front pouch to fix the vinyl of the maincompartment upside down to have it out of the way. Maybe complete front pouch with female velcro also helps fixing front pouch in differnt highs. - generally: improve the sides and reduce the depth to have the weight near to the body and get better through tight doors etc. my quick thoughts Armin

Thanx for sharing your test and your thoughts on superCmit. Explains to me why i found Samples on the Internet which put me away from that Big Investment. Did you have a clear 2nd Place with your test? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

Stop Reading stop writing and get out and do recordings with your friends. Rent an mk4 and experience yourself. You will find Out that your expectations on one mic are too high. I have the feeling you neeeeeed to do your own experience. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

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Finally We went cabled miced for sensity and cost reasons. Oktava 012 hyper / rode foam / Sennheiser Foot for the retro Look. But I can't recommend that because there was too much Handling Noise over the table. Additional foam bits under the Foot Wasn't enough to disconnect from the table. So the hidden lavs will be used. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

well I expect 1m for leaned back and 30-40 cm when sitting like hoped with arms on table. And at 1 foot from below...? the TV show I mentioned above with the Sennheiser MD 441 worked as long nobody leaned back. They worked without foams but I guess the 441 is less sensitive to plosives than MK41. I know one guy of the band. Very friendly and positive but quite active with his body language and "creative" in ways he sits. Sony Music is the client and the band is very successful since years in germany so I won't be too demanding to them. If it weren't a 3cam shoot this time with a very wide I would hang 4 hypers...

I did use an condenser Sennheiser EW 165 G1 handset years ago (capsule no longer made hypercardiod 3mV/pa) at an distance of about 1m and was quite surprised how well it came out. But that was outside with construction in the back, so not very quiet. I have DPA Lavs with me for sure - just they must be hidden. Camera + Director do not want them to be seen. So headset mics won't be liked also. Plus I will have no influence on the clothing nor do I know if I get the time to wire them up properly. In fact I want the prop mics as backup or use them as main if they are better - to have the choice. The sonically probably better solution to use a small condensor needs a buttplug as the wires would be ugly on the table. If the optics of an MK41 / Neumann 184 with buttplug will find friends is to find out. I think I would use foams on them as well as they have no internal pop screen as the handsets usually do. @ Constantin Asking Sennheiser directly is a good idea. I found out that the European Song Contest had them directly from them. Toneheads cologne who did the rest soundwise were provided by Sennheiser. Maybe they know at least a rental that has the silver ones.

butt-plug - haven't thought of it. dooooh thanx for that. lets see what the director thinks of it. ev-666 is not really availible in germany but looks so nice :-) I could use the butt-plug with the 441 but I am not sure if that dynamic mic would not fall off too quickly when they lean back. Should give that a little test at an rental. I see Shure and Sennheiser the most at the rentals - but which one is best for the distance a table mic has to a person leaned back? Our usual suspects only have sennheiser - the shures are more at the band rentals. Haven't found one in my area with silver handsets yet.

I will be doing a 4 man band inteview sitting around a table. The idea is to bring 4 mics on the table as wireless handsets to avoid the ugly cables. There has been a tv show with Sennheiser MD 441 in pic and that was found to be nice. But they made holes in the table for the cable which we can't. So the question is which good looking handset mics (silver prefered) has the best reach if the guys lean back. Was thinking about Sennheiser SKM 5000 but which capsule to choose? 5005 hypercardiod 1,6mv/pa or 5004 cardiod 11mv/pa. Or neumann 104? And I have problems to find them in silver for rental (and that in germany...grrr). The cheaper EW 300 and 500 Series are much more common in rentals but all black. Or am I better of with Shure which I haven't worked with yet. SM 87 / KSM9? Any other ideas? A schoeps capsule would have to have a foam onto it I guess. Armin

I had the emesser ATE 208 for two quick jobs and thought it was quite decent. Not as good as my MKH 30 but way better than a rental 418 that had really lots of selfnoise. The original Emesser wasn't that good I heard. Do you know if you tested the newer 208 Emessser? In what way you feel it sounds crap?

LOL - that's it :-) Thanx JFGrijalva for the tip with the loose coiled cable!!! BTW on the documentaries I do we are most of the time three man band - Camera,Sound,Director except for occasional reenactments on bigger productions with up to 20 people on set.

lovely "it depends..." is back :-) :-) :-) hi SENATOR Mike As you quoted I wrote "I have found..." and this is what I was looking for as well. Personal opinions that may vary. Like Philip Perkins that states Aluminium Poles have more handling noise and he uses no internal cable with it (wonder which models he used) Or Jesse Flaitz that upgraded from 144 to 152 and says its worth it - but why? only weight? Nevertheless thanx for your " but generally, not enough to matter..."

thanx - just wondering cause I have found some poles cause easier handling noise than others. for example the VdB I had was not so good as the quickpole qx 565 I now have but it was lighter. And while I had the QP480 I think it was a tad better than the QX 565 regarding handling noise. Stiffer, faster, easier to lock/unlock anyway.

did you compare cable noise vs K-tek? And if which models?

Thats true but I work mostly at 7-9 feet for my documentaries. The poles I mentioned are around 12feet. Thanks for the explanation with the small diameter. I know a Panamic from rental and I do like it very much. Think its the 5811 1,5m-4m 870g around 600 Euro incl. tax. Panamics have no internal cable option from their website. And I look for a shorter collapsed length. The 5807 1m-4m 690g is around 875Euro incl. tax. and also without cable. This is why I look at K-tek and wonder if there is a difference in cable noise Avalon 144 vs Klassic 152.

Did anybody compare a K-Tek 152CCR and a Ambient QP480 in person? I never had an internal cabeld pole - always shorter Ambient and VdB (2,6m). My much liked QP 480 (external cable) was stolen quite short after purchase. Recently I had a short Test with a 152 CCR of another sound guy and was surprised how little cable noise it makes. Then I saw the price 699 Euro :-( But the Aluminium 12' 144CCR is only 279 Euro. In fact the K-tek homepage does not really tell the differences between Avalon and Klasssik in their series beneath stating Klassic is more modular - whatever that means. The design of the collars looks for more grip though. Weight difference is 856g vs 1016g which sounds not that much for me Is there a difference in internal cable noise between K-152 / 144 / QP 480? Ambient only offers straight internal cables and that seems to me of no advantage vs external as I like to disconnect the boom quickly from the mixer and avoid messing with cables. Maybe another company does an coiled cable for it? There is not one dealer in germany that has them in stock in whole germany... Recently I had a rental QP4140 which is also 1000g (external cable) - I did not need the full length and think about buying the 144 ccr. Good to read here about dents - any more drawbacks?

1 : AT 2: Sanken 3 : Sony 4 : Tram I do like 2 the most

I heard a price point of 35.000 Euro. So right next to a fully packed Dragon Epic.

There is a Power Limiter availible that seems to be smarter than the -10 / -30dB damping Modules. But till now mine works fine without for nearly one year. http://www.exp-tech.de/Hacking---Measurement/Power-Limiter.html

Nice estimate Jesper. I have a Sony D50 here right now and can confirm that selfnoise is higher than M10 and lower than DR40. But the M10 is much darker as well so I think I keep the D50 as the mics sounds best also. D50 selfnoise is quite on the edge for useful ambience for me (I hoped for less). I thought about a Audio Technica stereomic BP 4025 feeding my Tascam DR40 as a small XY Stereo package but never tried it. With the cables it gets too big for me to keep it always with me on doc shoots.