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  10. NAB 2024

    in The Daily Journal

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    Lectrosonics DSSM Digital Wireless Micro Transmitter

     

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    https://www.lectrosonics.com/dssm-digital-wireless-water-resistant-micro-transmitter.html

     

    Video Report by Gotham Sound

     

     

     

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    Schoeps CMD 42

     

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    https://schoeps.de/en/products/colette/microphone-amplifiers/cmd-42.html

     

    Video Report from Gotham Sound

     

     

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    Sennheiser MKH 8030

     

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    https://www.sennheiser.com/en-no/catalog/products/microphones/mkh-8030/mkh-8030-700251

  11. NAB 2024

    in The Daily Journal

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    Hi all,

     

    I think it's a good idea to have one place for all news coming from NAB, including live streaming links, interesting products outside from production sound world etc.

     

    Looking forward to see what NAB has to show us this year.

     

    There will the famous party, right?

     

    Thank you,
    Vasileios

  13. Lectrosonics DSSM

    in Equipment

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    14 hours ago, Izen Ears said:

    Thank you all for your replies!  After getting majorly burned in 2008 using digital wires I just stuck with the Lectro hybrids.  Good to know they work as advertised these days!

     

    Dan Izen

     

    2009 was the 788 release, right? Or 2008?

  15. Schoeps CMD 42 - Digital Microphone Preamplifier

    in Equipment

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    6 hours ago, DSatz said:

    Um, no, I meant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2st7KzoEHlo starting at 24:01. This came up last August on an amateur audio forum that I sometimes participate in ("Tapers Section"), where someone had watched this video but perhaps didn't understand the German being spoken, and thought that Wittek was recommending to set analog preamps to low gain levels such as 20 dB for best noise performance, which definitely isn't right. Here's what I posted back then:

    > [T]he topic from about 24:00 to about 30:00 in the recorded talk is dynamic range, which takes into account both the noise floor and the maximum SPL of the signal chain. He's very concerned to compare apples with apples: the digital microphone with the analog microphone PLUS the preamp that you have to use with it [whether standalone or built into a mixer or recorder].

    > As he says (ca. 26:30), the CMD 42 isn't limited by having to pump out high voltages (more electrical power) at higher SPLs, so its maximum SPL is a few dB higher than that of the CMC 6. But when you bring an analog mike preamp into the picture (ca. 27:15), the clipping point of its output becomes a much more serious limiting factor when you get near the maximum SPL of the microphone. In the slide at the point that you mentioned, he's saying (around 28:20) that you would need to limit the gain on your preamp to about 15 - 20 dB in order to avoid this overload at the maximum SPL.

    > He's definitely not saying that this is an optimal setting--on the contrary! His whole point is that analog preamps typically have lower input noise than the microphone's output noise only when set to higher gain levels than that, such as 30 - 35 dB. (This was shown in earlier slides, ca. 25:15 - 26:00.) Thus there exists no one gain setting for a typical analog preamp that both accommodates the maximum SPL of the microphone without clipping, and simultaneously offers the lowest noise for the quietest sounds that the microphone can pick up. If you need to record both at the very highest and the very lowest SPLs without touching any gain settings in between, the digital microphone offers a definite advantage as compared with the analog microphone--given that typical analog mike preamps can't put out 10, 20, 30 or more Volts (not that you really would want such levels to occur in practice).

    > But then he goes on to say two things. (ca. 28:55) "With suitable operation of the preamp, I can obtain performance from the analog system that is exactly as good, or nearly as good, as that of the digital microphone. But I must operate it in a suitable way; I must really set exactly the gain level that suits my application exactly." Secondly, (ca. 29:50) combination analog mike preamps and A/D converters exist that use multiple analog gain stages and gain ranging--and he says that such equipment can produce results that are very nearly equivalent to digital microphones.

     

    --best regards

     

    Thank you for the translation! Appreciated a lot!

  16. How many boom pole sections is too many?

    in Equipment

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    6 hours ago, rmac said:

     

    Just thought I’d note that Ambient describes the QP Slim as a 4-section pole. As discussed in the Gotham Sound video below, it was apparently developed due to Allen Williams and others calling for a pole that has a smaller diameter handle, and fewer sections, than Ambient’s current QP 5-section poles. The discussion starts at 0:19:

     

     

     

     

    That's correct. In my POV, the last part of boompole (or the first one) I don't count it, because will exist anyways. 😁

  18. Schoeps CMD 42 - Digital Microphone Preamplifier

    in Equipment

    Posted

    22 hours ago, The Documentary Sound Guy said:

    Is there a more advanced interface for AES42 than what my Nova provides?  How are those advanced features accessed?  My understanding is AES42 is a spec for transferring digital audio (sometimes with self-power), not a control spec.  Schoeps has a list of AES42 interfaces and what features are included, and most of them do not provide more than power and sample rate conversion.

    https://schoeps.de/fileadmin/user_upload/user_upload/Downloads/Kataloge_und_Broschueren/Prospektblaetter/AES_42_interfaces_for_Schoeps_CMD_42_and_SuperCMIT_-_Tabellenblatt1.pdf

     

    I am afraid that is a question about the end-side (eg. recorder) rather than the AES42.

     

    https://sound-link.co.uk/docs/AES - Digital Microphones - AES42 and all that.pdf

     

    The only two recorders which support Mode 1 & Mode 2, is Aaton Cantar X3 and Cantar Mini. But it's out of business, oh well. 😅

     

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    I would like to see more information about other stuff regarding CMD 42 instead of how to control via end-side (eg. recorder) or to use an app. I hope some stores like Gotham which produce - report videos from NAB to cover some basic questions like:

     

    1. Enviroment tempatures and conditions. Currently shooting in a place with -30 Celsious. How it handles such low tempatures or high tempatures like in desert; and if has been tested in such "real life situation". The next question is about humidity and if affect it.

     

    2. A20 / 745 / 743 is the only available transmitters for now. Any feedback from beta tester with those transmitters and what the pros or cons.

  20. The end of fuel generators is near (isn’t that great?!)

    in Equipment

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    There is also an intersting interview from ARRI with "Poor Things" Gaffers.

     

    https://www.arrirental.com/en/about/overview/news/arri-rental-talks-lighting-with-poor-things-gaffers?fbclid=IwAR3wQx9rhhnnnAkAT4YeDaJAxcPSFbq2qf3wYWQOlWH8t6n3oIPoKsIrOgU_aem_Ac7q_Jhj1HmK-0NVk78xd_4v8IWb74XqhJ4dP6IpHID7tAwPSaw7NhglTE72aEoIQU_DEg1EY6PxsUoRWKZMRwph

     

    What lighting fixtures did you use to light the actors’ faces?

     

    GM: We lit the faces using a SkyPanel S60 with Chimera attachment, strictly from batteries because cables were never allowed on the set floor. I was happy when Yorgos mentioned that he didn't want to see cables; I don’t like to see them on the floor either.

  21. Schoeps CMD 42 - Digital Microphone Preamplifier

    in Equipment

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    43 minutes ago, The Documentary Sound Guy said:

    Just what I wanted.  An app for my microphone.  What are the odds we'll be able to resell this PSU in 40 years, given that the full functionality is tied up in an app ecosystem where compatibility is measured in single-digit years?

    </sarcasm>

    That said ... it does do things that other mics don't normally do, and I can see digital output being occasionally useful.

     

    "...alternatively it can be controlled via a AES42 standard interface"

     

    😉

     

     

  22. Schoeps CMD 42 - Digital Microphone Preamplifier

    in Equipment

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    Hello World,

     

    Seems like the beta phase of Schoeps CMD 42 is over and Schoeps gonna release it in April 13th 2024.

     

    It is compatibility with all MK capsules and Colette accessories. AES42 Mode 1 & Mode 2.

     

    CMD Remote App to handle all the settings.

     

    From my limited market research, it has price tag around 1.000 euros. Not sure about dollar price.

     

    Wireless Transmitters Compatibility:

     

    - Sound Devices A20-TX
    - Zaxcom TRX745
    - Zaxcom TRX743

     

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    More information: https://schoeps.de/en/products/colette/microphone-amplifiers/cmd-42-beta.html

  25. Aaton bankruptcy

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Being used Sonosax RX4+ for TV Drama with eight wireless, no issues or limit channel / track; it's 16 tracks recorder. Have used 788T last summer as well, no issues. That "things" being build to last, not being refrigerators. 😁

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