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Put a dry condom on the mic, that'll dull it down Then if the editors want some protection while they "F-off" it's there for 'em!!

My block 19 worked pretty well in Times Square

My old 722 will freeze anytime I do a drive speed test (maybe I need a new HD). I think I had it freeze once, while connecting, ejecting and reconnecting to a lap top, in the hands of a finicky DP trying to make a flight. In either case, I have to remove the battery to get it going again. I never have any problems operating, though Anyone wanna buy a 722?!

When I used to work on indi films I had some fun with the acronyms.... ADR = Additional Doe Required (that always got the producer thinking) M.O.S. = Moron on Set (when the DP tried to tell me when not to do my job, and made me feel unwelcome) I'm going back to my beer now and promise not to post anymore tonight!

The camera guys that refer to sound engineers as "extra baggage" are the same that like to tell you a shot's MOS just because they think sound just gets in their way. They'll tell themselves that post audio will have time and resources to clean up their mess, when in actuality, it could have been quicker, cheaper, and more authentic to just roll the audio half of the time. They don't see the Big Picture of the production or the story, those camera ops just see the picture, period. Maybe they watch everything on Mute... I dunno

I've gotten pretty good work for January, more so than last year, which was good last year. But I'm not really supposed to talk about it, is that bad?

"And I also try to re-check the feed on a break, "just in case." Some of the camera ops I work with have a tendency to bump audio level knobs when you least expect them." I've been minorly burned by this and now tape down the gain controls, while I'm calibrating, because even taping them down can change the levels on you. Of course, I always ask before gaffing their camera and they always say yes. I find that camera ops will be pretty hard on my return 3.5mm cable and sometimes pull them out enough that I lose the feed...haven't found a way to solve that issue yet... probably more tape

I haven't laughed this hard in some time Great quotes and Insight - Thanks guys

If you started with the Nomad on and did your scan, then turned the Nomad off and rescanned (without powering the SR off) then that's an inaccurate test. When Lectros scan they don't "forget" what they've seen. So any RF it encounters during the scan will retain on the read out, even if the RF goes away. Unless of course you reset the scan by momentarily hitting the power button.

WM realeas - Very excite!!! But what's the deal with the Crow?

That's a great way to figure out what receiver is going to what channel in a pinch...just don't listen to the burst of noise as it is very unpleasant.

I had the exact same thing happen to me 4 months ago. I was running an SMQV ( no chance of mis-seated dials) into my 411a on Block 19. Nothing had changed since last time I used the system successfully. I was getting plenty of RF strength, when I fired up my transmitter (no RF when transmitter was off) but the pilot tone was blinking and no audio was passed. I did bypass the pilot, just to see and got noise. As with all digital, turning it off and on again was my first instinct. Luckily that did the trick. The pilot symbol was solid and audio passed, I haven't had the issue since, but I may try to recreate the problem, per Larry's suggestion, so I don't get burned on set some day. I hate phantom issues of intermittence.

I've used the DPAs once and was shocked at how natural they sounded. Especially when the talent had on a tight T shirt with lots of jewelry and I was forced to hide it in the neck of the shirt, where the adams apple indentation was. I've always had good results there, as far as cloth rustle (and escaping jewelry rumble) with the Sanken, but it never sounded as natural as the DPA does in that local.

Every time I try to lighten the load and pull some things I think I don't need, I soon realize I need them within a few shoots. DPA Lavs do sound great, though