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So all rules are off. Do what we want; eat our own and whomever bends over the most (and the cheapest) gets the job. Justify the reasons that what we do is ethical, whether or not it's "legal." Dudes! The cops are the crookedest of all. And then "No hard feelings." It's a race to get to the bottom fast gents and I too am glad I can retire in a few years. I'd rather make Cobalts. At least it's an honest job. D.

Almost but not quite. This is made pretty specifically to mic drums; probably for live reinforcement. It makes it easier to get the mics into that crowded area around the snare and hi-hat. It won't really help with the major problem however; flailing rock drummers smashing the black grills off the mics with missed hits. In my day, I replaced probably one or two A DAY on some tours (that shall remain nameless). The cool thing is that the mic itself almost always kept working, a testament to their amazing resiliency. D.

An EZ UP is a much better choice all-in-all. Buy the most expensive model. It's worth the extra money. I have my original EZ UP which I bought more than 20 years ago. Through thick and thin while the cheap ones don't last a whole show. A new top every couple of years and good-to-go. D.

For playback with either Reaper or PTLE, I just set up a TC audio track locked to the music. I haven't had a situation where the timecode is not on the source in any other form than LTC. I'd have to think about getting a time-stamped file's TC out and generating the appropriate code to transmit to the slate. Any ideas? PS, I am a MIDI dummy. D.

"V" is side address, no "V" is front address. Being that they are Schoeps products, my guess is that they will sound completely the same if correctly oriented. Is there more to your question than this? D.

All the digital clocks in all my analog TVs have stopped working! D.

Seems like you are doing it correctly. But of course, YOU will have to be the one to sort out and explain the problem<g>. Get the specifics of the sync issue from the guys in telecine. You will then have a chance at ascertaining where the problem lies. It does seem like a mis-set machine in telecine to me. D.

Oh yes. And I thank God every working day that there is no noise in the recording chain. I wouldn't get to be as casual about that, right? D.

Hmmm. Or should I say "huuuum." I'll report back on my outcome with the Ebtech HumX even though I am the only one to have any hums in my rig. Who knows when someone else might catch it<g>. BTW, I have spent maybe twelve years taking hums and buzzes out of large packages of dis-similar equipment, and I admit to being a bit obsessed. But why should the boommen have to listen to a hum all day that would drive me nuts in an hour? Back to the laboratory!

I am seeing a trend toward bitterness. Time for some y'all to look for new careers. D. Bob and Lawrence are correct in their views, and I subscribe. If it's no fun any more, get out.

No question in my mind. Reaper for Win and OSX. Full-featured including a built-in Time Code generator! And less than $50. Blows PT away. http://reaper.fm/ D.

I am trying to get rid of a little noise in my headphone feed to my boom ops. Traced back to inverter noise (and generally, these inverters are VERY quiet. This is a nitpick.) Anyone tried the Ebtech HumX AC line noise filter on their inverter? Thanks. D.

You are right, Michael, Of course. I just might not be the right choice to mix their job. D.

Hmm, maybe Eric and FZ would not be a good fit. I'm just saying<g>. FZ, indeed the greatest composer of the 20th century. D.

I can just click on it, FWIW. D.

Maybe Jon and company over at SD could come up with a "real" one of these for the 788T. A little DSP for some FX (compression and maybe EQ), and a good matrix I/O assign. Wowzer! Sign me up! Oh yeah, and a slate mic that doesn't buzz<g>. D. By the way, the 01V96 makes a great work surface for the (or two!) 788T. Just a little bulky perhaps but I did a live to 16 track record with that rig last week and was the sheeeeits!

Yes, with one camera! Wide shots sounded wide, closeups sounded, well, close up. Throw another camera into the project (or two more!) and you can't do it with one mic, or a mono machine any more. Add to that inexperienced actors, directors, CLTs, key grips and doing a mix that cuts with all the cameras becomes very complicated. Add to that, a shortened post schedule and whiny re-re mixers and you have a big job on your hands as a production sound team. "If it were easy, anyone could do it!" D.

Hmm! Why do you think the build-quality is better than the Lectros? As well, clients won't like the out-board antenna sticking them in the ribs! D.

Hi Mike- I don't know if you use Schoeps mics and have them in your kit but I have been playing around with the Schoeps Double M-S plugin for DAWs. They allow post producing a cardioid and a figure-of-eight clipped to a CMIT as a package that can be used for dialog (turn the cardioid and the figure-of-eight off) or surround (not "quadraphonic<g>" That is for 1980's LP records!) without taking the rig apart. And. . . . . .it fits in a Rycote zep! http://schoeps.de/E-2004/double-ms.html I have been experimenting using two cardioids and a figure of eight on music, small classical and jazz ensembles, and it is a very smooth sounding product. The plugin lets me manipulate the patterns and levels in the DAW to adjust stage width and depth, and even delay the surround speakers. Very nicely done. D.

I can think of some actors to whom I'd like to tape a hot vacuum tube! D.

Oh, and sort of off-topic. I have been using Reaper to work with the Schoeps Double M-S Plugin to do five-dot surround using three Schoeps heads that will fit into a regular Rycote zep. Very cool. I am using this for recording music as I am not a fan of trying anything more than rudimentary stereo on location. But the Double M-S setup maybe could do with another thread. D.

Reaper is a great sound editing application. Google it! I have both the PC version and the slightly-later-to-the-party OS X version but they both work really well. I use Reaper exclusive for playback if I am not forced into a Pro Tools session (I frickin' HATE Pro Tools!!); Reaper has two very interesting features that make it really nice for playback. The first is a global speed change setting that makes pull ups a piece of cake changing the sampling rate perfectly and pulling up 29.97 TC to 30 flawlessly, and an assignable time code generator that is externally syncable to incoming LTC. And all for $50!! It's a steal! D.

First of all, I ALWAYS go for every rebate that I am offered on things that I need to buy anyway. I have been 100% successful in getting my rebates even if it took a while and/or a re-submit. It's free money! Secondly, SanDisc processed my rebate promptly and it dropped the price of my two 8GB UDMA cards by almost 50% off the big-store (I use Adorama, but B&H has them as well) discounted price. How could I go wrong? D. Oh, BTW, watch out for counterfeit cards if you buy from non-mainstream stores. Ebay is notorious for counterfeit CF cards. There are articles on the net, maybe on the SanDisc site, about how to know that you have a genuine card.

A machinist. D.

I recall a rubber band trick for the FF switch but I can't for the life of me picture the exact rig. And you KNOW that I have no Nagra to look at here<g>. Pitka yelled at me once about how long it took for me to roll. It was soon after DAT machines came on the scene and I stood up and yelled back that I had been rolling for the last 20 minutes and he NEVER had to wait for me. He picked on someone else for the rest of the day. Bolla Wines IIRC. Remember them? D.