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    I am a location sound recordist in B.C., Canada. I specialize in sound for documentaries.

    I’ve been recording sound professionally since 2006. I’ve worked on everything from giant Hollywood blockbusters to your brother’s neighbour’s short student film, and my favourite is documentary. There is nothing else I’d rather do.

    I’ve hiked half a day to a pristine alpine meadow for a shoot. I’ve stood waist deep in the ocean waves to record dialogue in a kayak. I’ve plugged in to helicopter comms at an active heli-logging operation. I’ve recorded a daredevil waterskiier as he skied on and off the shore of the Squamish river. I love documentary because it takes me places that normal people don’t go.
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  1. The Documentary Sound Guy
    What's a display/gen? And why would a slate ever use silver oxide (i.e. coin) batteries? Was NASA really involved in designing timecode? I kind of doubt it. someone here must know that history though. Half the answer isn't relevant, and he's responding to the first post of an 11 year old thread that has already been answered, apropos of nothing. This garbage needs to be blocked.
  2. The Documentary Sound Guy
    AI thread necrosis?
  3. The Documentary Sound Guy
    Software indicated the power supply and they replaced the mainboard instead? #@(*&%)(*@
  4. The Documentary Sound Guy
    I don't know what's up with Wisy, but every experience I've had with their documentation, there's been missing or wrong information. I can't help but highlight that even the 'correct' diagram has a mistake (Should be 3V on pin-2 Lemo, definitely NOT 3W).
  5. The Documentary Sound Guy
    If it means I can hide the mic in plain sight, I'm all for it. But how do they sound? Can I put a DPA inside?
  6. The Documentary Sound Guy
    Ah, I didn't realize there was an additional piece of hardware involved. I'm still not clear what signal flow you are using: You've referenced a PHA48, and linked to a manual for a PHA60. Don't think I can be much help, sorry. I don't actually own the gear you are using.
  7. The Documentary Sound Guy
    I'm confused. How are you plugging a TA3 cable into a TA5 socket? And why are you wiring Lemo3 to TA5 instead of a straight XLR? Either way, if you have DC power wired to pin4, pin4 doesn't appear to connect to the mic at all. I can't speak for the MTP60 side of the schematic, but phantom normally applies the 48V power to both + and - (i.e. both XLR pins 2 & 3). It's not on its own pin. I'm also not sure why you've jumped negative to ground? I'm not an expert, but I would think that will unbalance the connection and raise your noise floor.
  8. The Documentary Sound Guy
    Also very stretchy ... I've experimented with using nylons as a microphone suspension for my binaural head. I don't have the design right yet, but I think it's the right idea.
  9. The Documentary Sound Guy
    Thanks! That tear-down looks super interesting.
  10. The Documentary Sound Guy
    I mixed on a camping stool once. Never again.
  11. The Documentary Sound Guy
    Based on that, I'd be willing to bet that 'gain' on the MixPre is actually digital gain, not pre-amp gain.
  12. The Documentary Sound Guy
    I've been wondering this for years. I aim for average levels at -20dBFS, but don't worry too much about it otherwise. This keeps it in the ballpark of the -24LUKS that many productions are mixed to. I do get the odd complaints about mixing too quiet and I try to oblige when asked, but I do find that I end up hitting the limiters more than I would like if I'm much above this level. Usually I get this complaint from directors / indie filmmakers who are checking the raw files on a laptop or something with weak speakers that are designed to playback consumer music or some such. I don't recall getting the complaint from post.
  13. The Documentary Sound Guy
    I'm inclined to say you encountered a one-time glitch with the 633 and it has nothing to do with feeding the camera hardwired or any of the other possible factors you identified. Since restarting the 633 made the problem go away, I would just leave it at that. I can imagine scenarios where interference comes back through the XLR cable, but none of them seems as likely to me as a software glitch within the 633 itself. And, yes, I'd imagine a wireless hop would solve even the potential for interference coming back through the output cable, though, as you noted, wireless comes with its own gremlins.
  14. The Documentary Sound Guy
    Not only that, it's a discussion I started! Thanks for digging it up. I needed the reminder.
  15. The Documentary Sound Guy
    My understanding is that Rx Antennae do intermodulate with each other, but I've never been able to understand the science behind it. So, I understand your skepticism. Maybe it's a popular myth? I'd love to hear someone with knowledge explain why or why not.
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