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Shastapete

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  1. I really like my VDB small, 50 cm (19.69in) collapsed/ 2.1 m (82.67in) extended. So a little shorter than the K-Tek, but it fits easily into a carry on pelican case
  2. They have a built in Charger and pass voltage when plugged in. I recommended it because he also wanted a UPS solution (and if he already invested in the smart battery format, he just needs one or a couple sleds, depending on draw, and he's all set) Still need to run a powersupply to feed the DC input, but this covers the UPS situation
  3. That's overkill for a sound bag, how many watts do you draw on an average day? If you are already using other smart batteries, you should get one of Inspired Energy's sleds, It won't pass the telemetry along (but it does have bluetooth so you can see the stats on your phone) but it can be tied to a power supply and fail-over to the battery when disconnected. They also sell them in a rack mount with 5 units https://secureservercdn.net/45.40.149.34/b0v.cde.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/Our-Battery-Holster-gets-upgraded-with-new-feature.pdf
  4. You can use a relatively inexpensive LDO 12v regulator, There's a small voltage drop from the input voltage, but above 12.5-13ish volts it'll hold at 12v (which is fine for the 16.8 volts of a lithium battery off a charger) https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Microchip-Technology-Micrel/MIC29300-12WT?qs=sGAEpiMZZMsGz1a6aV8DcP%2B6ey5cUOYkns8EB2YLuv8%3D
  5. They would turn that sine sweep (IR) into a convolution reverb and then that room/PA speaker would just be a patch in their reverb plugin
  6. Might be worth building some pin-compatible tails so you could use the cable as a 25' 4 channel snake too, always nice when an expensive cable can be used for more than one thing
  7. For best results, you need a broadband linear attenuator
  8. That may have been me/Silver Sound. Cory Choy hosted a mic shootout at Silver in June 2015 (I think). We had all the normal "highend" mics and I brought a pair of the monoprice mics for the hell of it. I picked them up for camera and "crash" mics – I've also used them a few times for audience mics – They've started to fall apart and get noisy if the pieces aren't all in the right place. The 2 surprises from that shootout were 1. the monoprice mics, and 2. You can't hear a difference between the CMIT and 4017 on axis, and off axis the CMIT was a tiny bit nicer, but not $500 nicer.
  9. Matt Bacon builds and sells carts in your neck of the woods http://www.soundcart.tv/index.html
  10. Not cheap, (but neither is 6 Phonak systems) but Gotham sells a system called Digitear that can do up to 8 discrete channels of IEM in one system. https://www.gothamsound.com/product/digitear-4-channel-2-zone-iem-system Not sure if they rent them out, but this seems to be what you need. The neck loop and IFB is certainly the cheaper option... depending on budget and what gear you can get your hands on, it might be best to get a combo of the above. Also, do they really need discrete channels? could they get by with 3 groups of 2?
  11. Well, that case was made exactly for that use... so many of us... I personally have the Pelican Storm iM2500, it's 5 KG empty and a little longer inside which perfectly fits a VdB QT small boom pole horizontally, and cost $160 US. The 1535 weighs 4 KG empty, and costs $195 US the Air also has a real top handle, where as the Storm only has the luggage handle (which it traded for a larger interior volume). The 1510 weighs 5.5 KG empty, also costs $160 US and (in my opinion) is the worst of the 3, it may be slightly more rugged than the others, but it is smaller and heavier So it all comes down to your specific needs when it comes to the different variations
  12. Best take I've seen yet, might make it even more useful on set
  13. Tesla announced a new all electric "pickup" truck, 100cu f storage, 14,000lb towing capacity, 0 to 60 in 2.9s and 500 mile range (in the top end model) Plus built in power, compressed air, and loading ramp for the bed Who'll be the first to get a Cyber Sound Truck?
  14. He's traveling back to 1995 and wants to blend in! Or it's a statement piece. "You want to pay me rates from 20 years ago? You get 20 year old gear"
  15. Get the Sanken CSM1, $900 US, not sure what they go for in dollarydoos but I like it better than the 50
  16. I think you haven't paid attention to what I've posted. An SNA is 100mhz wide. Your gear is nearly 250 mHz wide. The SNA will attenuate the signal lower than what your whips do outside the set frequency. An antenna distro will just make the one antenna available to all of your receivers, it doesn't change the physics of the antenna attached to make it work better. Using an SNA tuned outside the frequency of your receivers as your antenna will preform worse than using whips. The correct antenna to use is a wideband antenna OR antennas (whips) tuned to the frequency of each receiver, an SNA is NOT a wideband antenna.
  17. A shark fin is a Log Periodic Dipole array. These antennas have multiple dipole antennas and each pair is sensitive to a tuned frequency based on antenna length and wave length (full, half, quarter) plus and minus some, but the center frequency is the best. They are wide band because there are multiple dipoles that when combined gives you broad spectrum sensitivity. An SNA600a antenna is only a single dipole and therefore is only sensitive around the tuned frequency (plus the roll off area) A dipole is like a whip antenna in that it is tuned for its intended frequency use.
  18. https://zaxcom.com/modulation-overview/
  19. Neverclip is on the transmitter. That's where the A to D conversion happens, from the pack to nova is all digital. So no, you aren't correct. With 2 MRX414 receivers, you can receive 8 mono signals (using mono, xr, or zhd96 modulation) which may or may not have neverclip depending on the source
  20. The sna600 has a 100 MHz bandwidth around the center frequency (as printed on your antenna). So you're not really using the right antenna for this wide of a spread of frequencies. The roll off is gradual, but with a range of 512 mHz to 760 mHz that's a 250 mHz spread. Use a sharkfin antenna as that is wideband
  21. ZHD 48 isn't supported by the 214 or 414 Yes, there needs to be a firmware update to make it happen but the RX12 and RX12-R will be able to output the 24 channels in AES mode, per Glenn at the announcement event last night
  22. That hak5 link is a .8 watt amplifier, so I'm sure it'll help
  23. haven't had a chance to test it yet, my work for the last few months have all been interview or simple doc where I'm within a few feet of talent and have just continued using the rubber duck
  24. If you want "the best" Look at the Nagra Seven https://www.nagraaudio.com/product/nagra-seven-broadcast/ but at this point a Sound Devices Mix Pre 3 would probably meet your needs just fine.
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