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jayhartigan

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  1. I wrote that little check happily. I like these little things😉
  2. TentacleSync is only sold on their website. One of our regular dealers suggested that I look at them and he told me he couldn't sell them to me. I really appreciate that.
  3. About a week after I received my pair of Tentacles I received a bill from UPS for Customs Duties $14.30 and Brokerage charges $7.00. Has anyone (everyone) in the U.S. who purchased Tenticles received this bill?
  4. Thank you Chris. That was helpful. One of the supplied USB cables was defective.
  5. Success! One of the two micro USB cables shipped with the units was bad. I swapped cables and magically it worked. Crisis over.
  6. I excitedly opened the very nice packaging from TentacleSync and examined all the bits. The cables I added are very well made and everything else looks great. Then I downloaded the setup to my MAC and plugged in the first little box to the USB. Not connected. Then the second. Not connected. Then I figured the batteries needed charging so I plugged in both units and waited for the light to stop blinking. Not connected. Then I went to a PC and downloaded the setup for Windows. Not Connected. Both units. Anyone have any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Jay
  7. I ordered mine yesterday. Can anyone tell me how long it'll take to receive them from Germany? Also, how are you mounting these to the 5D? Hot shoe sled or some other method? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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  9. My son just lost two new IDX NP1s to TSA in College Station TX that were in his Pelican case with the 788. They stopped him at the gate as he was boarding to tell him they found the batteries in the case and wouldn't be getting them back. I know I used to tape the contacts in '09 but that stopped. We've traveled by air hundreds of times all over the country since then without trouble. Here's my question. Does anyone know of a protective sleeve that the NP1 will slip into? I searched this forum but can't find a reference. Thanks Jay Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
  10. I love the Container Store for pouches. Pricey but good. Jay
  11. I have used the Phonak Invisity for years with success. The best trick I've learned is to put Topstick on the earpiece to hold it in the ear. Jay Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
  12. Does Lectrosonics offer RF switches and Remote Antenna Relays? Where to buy?
  13. On a same but different note I had Neopax make me some brapax. This gives a very secure mount for the SM or SMQV and low profile on the back. I had the persons names embroidered on the packs so they know its their own sweat between washings. You have to have very pro talent to be comfortable unclipping her bra and slip on the pack and we do. Jay
  14. The BBR1 only clocks with SP-DIF or AES. An SB-3 doesn't have AES out, only word. I use an Ambient (red label) for clock and timecode. You can see it in the lower left of the box photo. Power for it comes from the PowerStar USB.
  15. When you do, Peter at Gotham Sound will fix you up!
  16. I've been using a Hall Research AD-340 for a while and I like it. It runs on 6V DC powered. You have to deal with that.
  17. That's not timecode. That's absolute code. The difference between my index finger and middle finger pressing record. Timecode is the little blue box in the lower right corner.
  18. When I first was testing this recorder I armed all 24 tracks, plugged in a 1 TB USB drive, fed it a music source and put it in record and left it for a weekend. When I came back it was still going strong. I tested with a power failure and watched it rebuild most of the files. I was very impressed. Very robust! The Allen & Heath MixWizard 16:2 is a great routing tool but doesn't provide for individual channel level monitoring. I'm using the direct outs into the JoeCo recorder. L-R is for me to listen to each channel, AUX 1-2 sends to VideoVillage, AUX 3-4 to transcription, ST1 listens to the 702 and ST2 listens to the JoeCo a pair at a time. The JoeCo offers 3 tiny LEDs for level monitoring on each track. Green for signal present, orange for mid range and red for -2 to 0. It also offers normal 12 LEDs for watching two tracks at once in pairs, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 and so on or summing all to L-R, very difficult to watch as many mics as I have to. The two 888's offer accurate monitoring of all 16 tracks. On this show I'm not really a mixer but really a tracker. There can be three or four action areas on this set at once. Each camera with it's own scene all recorded by me. It's quite exciting. 24 tracks in 1 RU, operating on 12V is another great feature. There is no power switch so I built in my own into the blank panel just above the top recorder. If anyone has a lot of tracks to capture this is an excellent option.
  19. A new software update does allow poly files now but it also causes the recorder to reject many USB drives that worked under the previous version. I had to go back one version because so many of my drives stopped working. Other than that its bulletproof. Our post loves the mono files because of the ease which they load into Avid and because the track name ends with the character name. Also in the photo is a Sound Devices 702t that I record mp3 files for transcription. I send two aux channels to this recorder. You'll see the ext CF card at the bottom of the box. Sorry it loaded sideways. [i fixed the image - JW] Jay
  20. I have been using two JoeCo BBR-1 as my primary recorders on the Food Network show Restaurant Impossible. I too wanted a recorder that would record to two places at once. At the price of the BBR-1 you can buy two and achieve redundancy. I put it into record about 8am and record until 8 or 9 pm breaking the files every 30-60 minutes. I record 12-15 tracks all day to two USB drives. This thing is a workhorse. Monitoring is an issue with this recorder so I have a pair of DigiDesign 888-24 downstream of the two recorders that I monitor with and they work great. I love my JoeCos! Here some photos of my rig.
  21. Gotham Sound built a 12V power supply for my A&H MixWizard3. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
  22. The Joes will stay stuck even through some very sweaty shirts if it goes on before the sweating begins. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
  23. I like the gaffers tape and Sharpie one. I get that all the time. Why do they come to me for g tape?
  24. Do a test to show post their request is causing the error. I know the Panasonic cameras will not recognize DF code. Maybe Sony doesn't bother to explain that the way Panasonic does.
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