Matthias Richter

new firmware available but still no additional (AES) inputs ... I have to be patient I guess. But as SD is listening to customers request I am all positiv. Matthias

Philip I`m so sorry to disappoint you ... I just came across that info by the ambient homepage and thought I give it a shot as I keep changing those Sony cusions much too often. As for thickness - the Beyer are maybe 2mm thicker but seem alittle bit softer ... here are some pics

as many sound mixers use the Sony 7506 for monitoring I thought I`ll pass this info: the cusions of the Beyer DT 250 match the Sony ones. The Beyer are much better in lifetime and will add some isolation to the environment that the Sony is missing. Matthias

that`s all true. But as my mixer got 8 channels I don`t want to repatch anything in the middle of the battle we all know that shooting smtimes are. I don`t need 8ch isos very often if at all but unplugging cables is not very appealing to me. Thats why I was hoping to use the digital Ins as discribed. Matthias

Hi Paul, I was refering to the 744T. Btw do you know if / when we might expect the digital inputs routed to tracks in ADDITION to the analog Ins? That`s the feature I am waiting for before purchasing the 788T cause I wanna send my Cooper 8 PF outs to tracks A-H and my LR out via AES to tracks LR. Cheers, Matthias

I didn`t count the seconds but with a programmable F-key on my keyboard that is attached to the 744T it works pretty much as you described it. Hit F2 (e.g.), hit the down-arrow (cursor is activated within the scene-name field), hit the right-arrow till the end of your scene-name and enter the A or press the up-arrow to change that A to a B, then hit two times enter and you are done. It might take 5 secs but it works for me. Matthias

definitely!! I didn`t regret my purchase one minute. Matthias

apart from monitoring I see another prob in your setup: as far as I understand the 788T you got 8 inputs only whether they are digital or analog. You can send inputs 1-8 to tracks 9-12 but you can`t access them from the outside. That`s info from the SD forum btw. ;-) Matthias

interesting as always! Most sound mixers are going to build a new cart or at least modify it in the winter time - so will I. Cheers, Matt

it looks promising! Got my units back and after a quick check up it sounds much, much better then before. Now the Areitec/TRX combi is ready for shooting. To bad it`s winter and slow season. Zaxcom has changed the input impedeance to all my units and that has changed the overall RFI situation drastically. My DPA 4063 are still somewhat suspecious to RFI but at a level I can live with. So actually this is the first time since I bought the units nearly 2 years ago that I feel safe and secure to use them for booming wireless. Well done Zaxcom (finally). Cheers, Matthias

I`ve got that very same keyboard that Pascal is refering to but with a ps2 connector and use it with my SD744T / CL-1. It works perfectly and for some reason I not even need to press the function key when I need to use the cursor keys (scrolling through the menu). Matthias

well that is an even higher freq than what I am using. Very strange. Maybe they have changed something recently (and substantial) - again. But for me a combination of a trx900 and a 48V supply offers more flexibility as I can use one or two of my tx for booming wireless or for talent if I got a scene with a lot of actors to wire. Can`t wait to get hands on my returning units. Maybe I finally will find the holy grail (at least my one) Matthias

lucky you!! the one trx 700 I was using was not usable at all. It was tested by several mixers here in Berlin and finally went back home to Zaxcom. I had a listening to another 700 recently - with the very same result. Must be a freq thing though. can`t think of another explanation. Do you? the one advantage of having the trx right at the top of a pole is having no cable running down the pole. So if you wanna adjust the lenght of your boom there is no fiddling around with the coiled cable. But perhaps you US guys are working with internal cables anyway? Matthias

what block is your trx700 on? It seems that all European (German?) units (block31) are much more effected by rfi than lower freqs used in the US. I don`t know if the Areitec works with Lectro but you can email the guys from Areitec: http://www.areitec.fr/AREITEC/Pico48/pico48_ENG.html Still waiting for my TRX900 to return from Zaxcom. Hopefully they will play as fine as the other units here in Berlin ... Best, Matthias

got a reply from another mixer: it`s 12V DC 600mA he says. Matthias

thanks Jeff. I sent the guy an email to check on the power supply unit itself. Hopefully he will get back to me in time. On the pics it says DC IN - USE Focusrite unit only. In the manual it says psu 12AC 1A. Best, Matthias.

does anyone know for sure if the Focusrite SAFFIRE LE is powered 12V AC or DC? Specs says AC but it says DC on the Saffire itself ... Wanna power that box with 12V DC from my cart and would like to know before ebaying. Cheers, Matt

for all Germans (or nearby): there is a German distributor: www.quickfist.de

how often do you guys clean your (panel) mixers? Just the outside, heavy dust, sand removal from the inside too or even cleaning the P&G faders? Or do you bring it in for service? I`ve got a Cooper 208 and I am wondering how much of a self cleaning process one can / should do? Cheers, Matthias

well apparantly it is (still) something wrong with my TRX900 as the units from my fellow mixers work ok with the Areitec (bit more noise than cable). we have tested the Areitec with Schoeps CMC6+MK41, CMIT and Sennheiser MKH40. will send all my tx to Zaxcom for a checkup. Matt

I was playing around with the TRX700 quite a while back too. It wasn`t working properly. Way to noisy and some RF issues. Had to return it. Got the Areitecs today and been disapointed. RF injection into the 48V supply. Sounds exactly like what I have had with lavs on the TRX900 in the beginning. Not just plain hiss but sounds like the heating system in my living room. The sound changes with the trx position. Unfortunatly it is the worst just where the TRX is meant to be by the Areitec-engineers ... Will do some further testing 2moro with some fellow mixers here in Berlin. We bought 4 units in total and apparently they noticed a bit more noise floor vs. hardwired but no probs with RF they say. Will know 2moro and I`ll keep you updated. I prefer the position of the tx and the 48V supply on top of the pole as there is no cable involved at all. Makes it easy to do adjustments at the very last moment without fighting the cable coiled around the pole. It adds some weight thats true but so far all my boomops were taking it for the benefit of flexibility. Matthias

even I as a non American was deeply impressed and even touched by his Thank-You speech! Good luck to America and the world!! Matt

Hi Billy, what is that Firebox doing? And have you got portable RX in addition to the RX4900? I will get at least two for the out of the porta jobs. btw - I will get two of those Areitec phantom supplies made for the trx 900 by 2moro ... Matthias

if that will work on the 744 too that would be awesome!! It would eliminate a lot of additional work I currently have to do with my SD files. Please SoundDevices, Please! Matthias

was shooting in a flat last night and had some strange hum coming through the mic. Changed cable position on the floor, although it was away from any lighting cables, changed to wireless boom, unplugged from AC - all without success. Then we spotted the reason in the wall!! It must have been the house AC (maybe the HMIs that has been plugged into it?). Changed from CMIT to MKH and it was clean ... First time in to years of using the CMIT though. Matthias