Mike Wally

I just added the book to my kindle, thanks for the original suggestion, who ever mentioned it first!

Right. I know I couldn't. And I came up with a way to make editors lives a bit easier by making an "STE - 001" underneath the "Roll" section of the slate. This way, every take you'd see the slate would match up to the file i was recording, which the zoom just did as "STE_001, ect" So, it was a ghetto way of doing it, but I made it work using what resources and funding I had available to me. Doesn't mean I'm not a good technician, I went to school, learned a trade, and figured out a way to apply it so i could make a living. It was definitely a struggle to work with just a Zoom as a record. I put my kit together for 3,700$. I bought it on a credit card, did my first job, and then paid it off, then slowly bought more and more things to enhance my kit. So, I've just been working my ass off and never intended to hurt anyone else. Most of the jobs I do have been on DSLR, but I have done work with the RED and Alexa. Again, I never meant to offend anybody, I just figured that the higher paying jobs went to the people with more experience and who had better gear, so I didn't think I was taking any work away.. as for my work, I mixed a feature called, "Things I Don't Understand" which is getting very good writeups. http://www.tidu-film.com/ The other two features are still in post-production. Everything else has been short films. Again, it's hard sometimes to interpret writing on the internet, so not sure if you're chiding me or not. Never meant any ill-will towards anyone, we're all on the same team as soundies.. I'm sorry you feel that way. :/ Also a good method .

Yea, I'm going to send Zaxcom an e-mail suggesting they add it in. Right, but it's nice for the editor to just be able to look at the slate on the video file, pick the corresponding file named similar and then sync it up. At least, that's how I was always taught back in school using the Sound Devices system. Again, Wave Agent does everything that I wanted to do.

As an avid reader of 9gag, I laughed out loud at these. Thanks! And I counter with: "Sh*t Craigslist Producers Say" When i'm not about to pass out, I will make some sound-guy meme pictures

Ouch ... I spent my first year freelancing using a Zoom H4N, 302, 416, and 2x g3's. It was all i could afford at the time, and I was able to mix 3 features, a bunch of shorts, docs, and other random gigs on it. I suffered though, and the inability for time code, or the ability to name files didn't always make editors happy. I still worked hard, and I don't think I undercut anyone. I just generally said yes if someone was willing to actually pay me, even if it was low. I couldn't offer a smart slate even if i wanted to rent one, and ultimately felt stuck working on all low-rate stuff. Not sure which city you're talking about, but in NYC at least even with my simple set up I was anywhere from 100$-200$ gear+service. For the OP: I've found a cool way to "hardball" producers/clients is when asked if you're available, you tell them you're on a job already making X, and can't cancel on them because they've been giving you more work. People perceive value, and by nature we want what we can't have. The next time he calls, he'll WANT you, not the other way around. Just a thought, might help. Again, the big issue here is how dependent on this guys work you are. I've found that you really can't know what the right call is 100% of the time, and just go with your gut. Sometimes you win and dodge a bullet, sometimes you say "Yes" to an In-Kind job, only to get offered a high-paying gig the same day after you've already said yes. That happened to me this weekend, but of course I'd never bail on a friend. Could have used the coin, though..

Thank you. Wave Agent is the coolest thing ever and did everything I wanted. I'm able to take the mirror card, rename all the files, create a report, and dump it off to the editor.

So, after running the Zaxconvert, it generated a .xls file sound report. It has all the scene names, and my notes on each of them, which is great. It doesn't change the actual files though? If i open the folders it still says, "z001001" ect. I'm used to the sound devices system where when you label a file as "3AT01" that's what the file ends up being labeled. Are editors going to get mad at me for giving them non-labeled files with the report? Also, I named my tracks "Boom" (Channel 1) "JENLAV" (Channel 2) "SKETCHLAV" (Channel 3) and "Mix" (Channel 6). Does that not register in the meta-data? Is that just for my own sake when looking at the LCD display on the unit while mixing? Just curious about this. Also, I don't see a way to write the sound report for the dailies. Maybe a possible feature for the future if it's software related? Sorry, a lot of questions. I'm not trying to sound pushy either, just curious to see exactly WHAT my new amazing unit can do . This was my first time using it on a shoot and everything went amazing this just seems to be the hardest part. I came from a ZoomH4N w/ 302 Mixer to this, so it's a big jump.

Thanks for all the responses guys! Mirroring was turned on, and that seems to have done the trick. The only time Sound Report is mentioned in the user manual is to highlight that there is an option under "My Nomad" No other detail given, so that might want to get added into the manual When I press "Write Sound Report" with mirroring now off, it says, "Sound Report Done, 70 Segs" it flashes for only a few seconds but it does give me the cue that a reaction was triggered. Does this now apply all the metadata to the files? When I offload the mirror files, they are not named with any of the meta data. is there something else i needed to do?

Hey guys. First time field testing my new Nomad-6. I'm in love with it, everything is intuitive and works great. I was really excited about the Write Sound Report feature. I'm assuming it writes to the primary card and not the mirror card. Is there a way to set it to send the report to the mirror card? Also, when you click on the "write report" button there really isn't any indication that something was triggered. Anyone else notice this? Thanks, -W