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About Fred Salles
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Sound Recordist for more than 20 years, with a strong taste in documentaries.
Based in Marseille - France
Half based in Nairobi - Kenya
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Betso Bowtie versus 1/2 wave wideband whip
Fred Salles replied to Indeliblesound's topic in Equipment
Is there actually such a thing as « 1/2 wave wideband whip » ? It does not sound right since by definition 1/2 wave applies to one dipole for a given center frequency and most wideband antennas are (to put it simply) made from several dipoles with various center frequencies to be able to cover a wider range. That is the case for the bowtie and all sharkfins antennas that I know. hence the lower gain compare to a single dipole. A whip antenna is a monopole with a ground plane within the receiver to « make it behave » like a dipole. It then has a single center frequency and the range is limited around it. @Borjam I do not see the Lectrosonics SNA600a As a wide band. unless I misunderstood, it is a dipole with an ajustable center frequency. So it allows to use it with a « wide range » of receivers but once set it is limited to the band around the chosen frequency, like a normal dipole. -
Good writing. I read almost the 11 pages and enjoyed it! I am not sure why you considered the MKH60 a lesser choice in the industry since here in France it was the number one choice for decades for many colleagues. The Schoeps CMIT did I guess take a big place of the scene when it came out but it seems like its trend has past. Mostly for the reasons you have highlighted in your test as far as I am concerned. The “trend” now is around the MKH8060. Actually personally I still have not find a shotgun mike that would permanently replace the 416 in my kit 😅 It is not the one that has my favourite sound color but it is the one that does everything I need from a shotgun. I appreciated your mix of subjective and reasoned comments, and was not surprised your final choice would go for the MKH60.
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That sounds like a great combo to me. Although I do not know the sound of the VI, several colleagues use it for music recording and are very happy with its sound. You will love the M2D2!
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Hello. AETA was a great brand for preamp in France from the 90s till end of the 2ks. Their ultra portable stereo preamp PSP3 (and PSP2 before) was a must in our kits to go capture stereo ambiance in the field along with a DAT portable stereo recorder as most of them had poor sounding preamps. We were still using NAGRA tape recorders for synch dialog scene but on several of my first short films I use it in a combination with the EAA micromix portable mixer (by AETA engineers before they were called AETA) which had very beautiful sounding preamps, close to a Neve sound. So that was also my choice for acoustic music recording. I owned (still own) a SQN 4s for all my tv and documentary jobs as they were the best in ruggedness and ergonomics but the sound was not as musical (more flat than the EEA). Later on for all acoustic music related jobs I used the AETA mini-mixer MIXY and later their beautiful MIX2000 that had great AD converters embedded, mixing down to stereo and recorded to a DAT machine. They were very musical sounding machines. But... I have never used the 4MINX since when it came out I was already a Sound Devices 7 series fanatic. For more recent options I would second Sonosax recorder or preamp: Actually a pair of M2D2 in combination with any 4 track recorder with AES inputs would be great for what you are looking for. The preamp of the M2D2 are my favorite sounding preamps both for voices/dialogue and music. They sound very natural. I have now a sound devices 888 and the preamps are beautiful and I do all my film work with it with great satisfaction, but I still have a preference for the Sonosax sound. last note: forget about the Sound devices 6 series, they are the less interesting preamp of them all in term of sound. Unless you feed it with the sonosax preamps.
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Fred Salles started following PSC sound cart measurements needed , Radius Windshields? , World Radio Conference 23 and spectrum anxiety respite and 1 other
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Hello, no RAD suspension yet so I am slightly off topic but still about RadiusWindshield: I have received my replacement fur (windjammer) they made for my AF rycote windshield (for my schoeps ortf stereo setup). It is more than 15 years old and going strong still, except the original fur. I must say I am very happy with the fur ! It is so far better than the original one on many account - I have not been trying it in a very strong wind situation yet. The Radius fur fits perfectlty and cover fully the lower part, that was a point not adressed by rycote for years. The fur hair itself feels exactly like the original, maybe slightly lighter. The inner fabric is definitely lighter yet feels strong, and it seems to me the whole windjammer has less acoustic impact in the highs than the original (feeling only since I cannot do A B comparison with a new Rycote). Also the team at Radius was impressively reactive and quick to proceed my request as AF size wasnt in their listing yet. On the total oposite of Vitecbibendum that initially said they could provide but stayed silent for more than a year after I asked for a quote… I am glad I heard of Radius here the first time some months ago and got in touch with them. An efficient human-size business like I wish there were more. I am looking forward to try their suspension, although I am a Cinela fan. But for the Piano fur I will try the Radius replacement soon!
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Hi. If I understood correctly, for now the only frequencies available are the 216Mhz "band" used by Comtek tx, 10 of them. Isn't that quite limited nowadays? The Lectrosonics T4 VHF band is 174.100 to 215.750 MHz, so it seems we won't be able to use it unfortunately, for now.
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Sound mixer available in Nairobi - Kenya
Fred Salles replied to Fred Salles's topic in Work Available - Available for Work
Hello, I am back in Kenya for a few months. I was on a feature film shoot here in November and December 2023 as HOD location Sound recordist/mixer (details in pm if needed). Full kit for feature fiction film with me. -
It was a film written and directed by a Somali director, all dialogues in Somali language. Prod was English and most members of the crew were not speaking Somali. Production hired a translator Somali/English so he would translate all dialogues during takes from video village away from set, but also some moments when the director was giving indications. I gave him a can with IFB feed Somali (my main mix, also sent to director, my boom ops and camera, and some Somali speaking producers) and a headset mike with his TX. It had its own iso channel permanently armed in my 888 for the editors and I mixed it in a dedicated bus with ducked down main mix to send to IFB feed with eng Translation. Mostly sent to the continuity lady, first AD, the DOP camera operator and some producers.
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It looks a bit messy but the photo was taken during shoot so no time for cleaning and grooming 😉 it was a recent feature setup (I am the bag on cart type), here on the cart, in Kenya. SD888+ID-TF8 extension controller, SL2 with MCR54 quad and the antennas aux outputs are used for an extra receiver Lectrosonic LR for a 5th channel (live translator) 3 IFB feeds tx: Sennheiser G3 for the boom ops, Lectro SMDWB for prod without translation, T4 VHF for prod with translation.
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World Radio Conference 23 and spectrum anxiety respite
Fred Salles replied to borjam's topic in Current
Thanks for the info. But I hope it will not translate into further development of DTT on the 470-694 band! It already took over the 700 band almost entirely in most countries and it bleeds drastically over the 600 in some. -
Cleaning Canare Microphone cables - products and methods
Fred Salles replied to PCMsoundie's topic in General Discussion
I haved use « essence F » for the last 3 years with quite good results and no damage on the cable so far. Same for all my other cables (canare, mogami, belden, sommercable…) I do not know the real translation in english (mineral gasoline F?) -
This question is about actual bugs, insects, and how to get rid of them when they invade our gear. i am on a feature shoot in Kenya in a reserve and we have many night shoots. Only we did not anticipate that hundreds of thousands of flying and crawling bugs would be attracted by the lights and litterally invade the set. I had to have art department cover the tin roof of the set with blocking fabric from the gaffer to avoid heavy rain noise that the bugs were making falling under the lights to the roof. now when wrapping and packing we can’t get rid of them all inside the bags and cases. I am reluctant to spray insect killing product onto my 888 and all. Any advice on how to eradicate insects and prevent nesting inside the machines without damaging them? thanks
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Thanks for your inputs. Mungo you must be right, I assumed the Lectrosonics were all isolated. These ones might not be. Indeed I made these ones myself, with miniature isolated dc regulators. Do not remember which brand I used but either Traco or XP power. Actually they might even be simple linear dc regulators, if I remember correctly. And linears do not need isolation isn’t it?
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Hello, this is the second shoot in a raw where I encounter issues with Battery eliminator from Lectrosonics from rental house equipment. Woobling noise in the receivers. Both problem solve by switching to batteries. Strange thing is that the transmitters and their problematic battery eliminator were both different models. Last month an old UM200 with its 9v batelim (rx R1a) and this month a more recent SMDWB and its SM batelim (rx IFBlue) Both almost similar noise although much louder on UM200. It happened at any voltage stage of my power system: switt VLock 180wh on vlock plate and xlr4 output. The vlock plate output is point to point here but it also provide regulated voltages on usb C and DC 2.5. I have sennheiser G3 TX and lectrosonics LR RX running with battery eliminator without problem at all. Recorder SD888, powered by the same circuit. it seems to me that some battery eliminators have switching regulator with a frequency that somehow generate audible artifact in some situation and not others. I still have to explore the issue further but I am on set on a feature for now so no time. Any idea welcome
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Hi everyone, I need some info urgently about the PSC sound cart, as I could not bring mine so I am renting one on location for a feature but I will get it very last minute. It is a full cart (similar to SC-4 listed on B&H but much older). The PSC website is down or not accessible from where i am. I have the 18x17 inches dimensions of the shelves but not the heights available. I want to buy tomorrow morning plastic crates that will fit and/or have some wood ones made. What are the heights between the shelves? I know shelves 2&3 might have height adjustable but between what min and max? Thank you so much in advance for those who can respond this evening... Regards Fred