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  1. On 11/27/2020 at 12:23 PM, daniel said:

    Descript looks really interesting!

    Are there any audio search tools for finding 'quiet', atmos's or room tones within files or even folders?

    No, there's a "remove silence" but for most people's workflows searching for silence isn't something that is needed or wanted. I get why it could be useful – but that's certainly not a need of the regular users of this app.

  2. On 10/17/2020 at 3:39 PM, WrineX said:



    Thanks M8 !! smart batteries, never heard of those :)  any specifik brand ? since they look to be any battery that holds a BMS :)

     

     

    Just saw your follow up question – The battery "everyone" is using is the Inspired Energy NH2054HD34 battery, RRC makes an RRC2054-2 battery that is compatible, and Audioroot has a battery that is OEMed by Inspired Energy, but now offers their own version as well by a different manufacturer

    There's also a half sized 49wh battery, ND2054hd34RRC2054, and 48Neo that have the same footprint and charge connector, but are half the length (and power)

    There are batteries out there with this form factor with Remote Audio and Sound Devices labels – but they are made by Inspired Energy with private label attached

  3. Comtek's headphone output is set up to play out of phase in stereo headphones – this is their workaround for making their unbalanced headphone amp work for both mono and stereo connectors. Bubblebee likely sums the tip and ring of the headphones as 99.999% of trs jacks are wired in phase (and if stereo, it'll sum mono), and audio 101 tells us that when you sum an in phase signal with an out of phase signal you get nothing.

     

    Using a mono adapter is the standard procedure for making stereo wired headphones play in phase with the Comtek mono connector.

     

    This is a Comtek issue, use an adapter, or modify either your comteks or headphones/BB ear piece. It isn't Bubblebee's problem they went with the industry standard.

  4. I can't find the official specification but "Smart batteries" are what the Cantar uses, and what companies like Sound Devices and Aaton are using now as the NP1 is phasing out, RRC and Inspired Energy both make chargers that can be dropped into projects – AudioRoot, Remote Audio, and Sound Devices are selling OEM Inspired Energy batteries with their own label. AudioRoot also makes their own with their "neo" batteries, but I haven't figured out their OEM.

     

    So you shouldn't ignore this battery, as it is a new "standard" that is quickly replacing the NP1s in sound bag use, the "off the shelf" chargers are easy to add to a charging case if you can supply the 24v DC they need.

     

    Anyways my batteries:

    • Smart Batteries
    • AA Batteries
    • Np50 batteries
    • Motorola BT100
    • General USB plugs to charge devices with built in batteries 

     

  5. I've been using Descript for the podcast productions I've been doing. It uses google's transcription engine and creates a transcript that is directly tied to an audio timeline – so doing a paper edit does a decent job of editing the audio file as well. I would export it to ProTools to clean up the edits and do post processing and mixing, but it saved me a significant amount of time doing the first pass of the edits. 

  6. Are you looking for a 'How to do Production Sound' explainer? 

     

    I get that you're not working (most of us aren't or very slow) but there's a huge difference between live sound and production – including gear, workflow, set etiquette, skillsets, etc – and you may have taken a job you aren't qualified/experienced enough to handle...

  7. 4 hours ago, osa said:

    per Howy this morn...

    "Yes once we added 16 tracks there was no room to put the rest of the output bus selections so they are mono. I was thinking of trying to make those output boxes contain a L,R,C instead of just an X."

    If every box had an LCR then he could cut the number of boxes by half – if a button is free add a phase flip option, and if panned center a "side" mode to decode an MS mic

  8. 34 minutes ago, JonG said:

    Do we have a list of new releases announced?


    Off the top of my head:

     

    K-tek showed off their new Stingray bags
    Bubblebee gave a sneak peak of the sidekick 2

    URSA showed off the "Maskie" and a new lav mount
    Schoeps showed off the CMC1L (CCM sized lemo preamp for colette capsules)
    Lectrosonics showed the 822 receiver
    Ambient showed off a new superslot receiver master locket
    Orca had some new bags

    I'm sure I missed something, but the live streams are still viewable on Youtube
     

  9. 2 hours ago, aksanaom said:

    Has anyone gotten their hands on the updated "X" bags? I need a bag for my 633, but I'm holding out to hear how these new ones are.

    They aren't available yet – the small will be shipped to dealers in around 2 weeks, but they may only get enough to cover initial pre-orders, with more in November, JuniorX and their Scorpio bag are TBD

  10. I don't have any personal experience, but don't see why it wouldn't work, with the USB over IP drivers it just shows up to the computer as any USB device. Gotham featured this box in a video

    https://www.gothamsound.com/library/gotham-labs-building-poe-production-audio-recording-rig

    They used a program called Wave Tool which sends remote commands to the wireless receivers, and since that works, I don't see why the native app wouldn't also work just fine.

    If you talk to Peter at Gotham, I'm sure he has more experience to share

  11. 3 hours ago, hobbiesodd said:


    We’re in beta testing now and about to roll out a big update in the coming weeks, but you can DM me and I’ll send you a link for a “lite” version of the current interface you can play around with.


    The cross-platform playlist is a pretty amazing feature. I’ve got playlists stacked with content from a multitude of sources. (When the protests were going full throttle I had a MultiView command center with live-streams from all over the world on my single laptop screen— it was wild.) Once we integrate the APIs for sub services like NetFlix and HuLu, my days of switching back and forth between them all will be pretty much over.

     
    **anyone interested can feel free to dm me if you have any questions— I don’t want to hijack this thread if it’s not relevant to the OPs needs**

     

    Cheers,

    Evan


    Sounds cool, but to circle it back to our conversation – do you have NDI support in your multiviewer?

  12. 10 hours ago, Richard Ragon said:


    I think this is possible yes.. which would make this the cheapest 4 video feed wireless setup ever, right?

     

    richard


    If you have a computer on your cart that can connect to an Ad-Hoc wifi network you could get the Kiloview N2 Wireless NDI device, with the Decimator quad you come in at around $800 for a 4 channel wireless link. Limited, of course, by your wifi range.

    https://www.adorama.com/kvkvn2.html


    The Kiloview uses NDI-HX which is a very inefficient h.264 encoding, upside – the stream is only 30Mbps, downside – it isn't compatible with most other NDI devices and therefor you need a computer to decode the signal.

     

    There is a new HX2 spec that is out that is similarly low bandwidth but uses a much better system for encoding h.264/265 video into a native NDI stream making it much simpler to decode, the iPad app I mentioned above can decode that stream, I just haven't seen any hardware that uses that spec yet.


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    If money was no object I'd certainly go with the Birddog 4 channel box and throw a wireless video system on the HDMI multiview out as a fallback/boom op feed, but at that point you're a Qtake license away from being able to do the video assist's job as well as mix the show. 

  13. If you put an internet modem onto the same network the NDI signals are running then the internet is there – but you can't connect to more than 1 wifi network at the same time, and mixing a "Production" Network with NDI and Dante signals with an "Internet" network isn't a good idea

  14. 3 hours ago, IronFilm said:

    Could you skip the enthernet adapter and connect to a WiFi Hub instead? 

    an HD NDI stream is 125mbps, so yes. You could run it over a Wifi N or better connection – but it would need to be rock solid. You'd just be limited by your wifi range.

     

    The benefit of using the Ethernet adapter is you can run your NDI streams on the protected network and still use the Wifi to connect to an internet hotspot for internet between takes.

  15. If you're ok changing your cart monitor, and using a quad multiviewer - you can get there even cheaper.

     

    Get the birddog multiview Flex – which can take POE and spit out an extra 15w at 12v.

    https://www.bird-dog.tv/flex-overview/

     

    Get the Decimator DMON-QUAD Multiviewer, with a short power jumper and short hdmi cable you can get 4 SDI inputs into a video stream – you'll need to pick a layout that works for the number of cameras but there are many options with the Decimator

    https://decimator.com/Products/MultiViewers/DMON-QUAD MultiViewer/DMON-QUAD.html

     

    Get a mobile POE Switch for your cart (or just a regular switch if you can provide 12v power at village)

    Get an iPad and iPad ethernet adapter

    https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HMJU2ZM/A/belkin-ethernet-power-adapter-with-lightning-connector

     

    Run the NDI monitor app on the ipad

    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ndi-monitor/id1196221514

     

    You're looking at around $1500 all in for the above gear, if you have a large cart monitor already just get the Flex output box.

     

    You may need a computer to set this up, but once configured with static IPs your devices should just find themselves

  16. 4 hours ago, Sound said:

    Now I got all my cables and the crimping tool shipped from china, I just tried to install the SMA Connector on a cable. But I cannot get the copper pin out to crimp it on my cable. Usually the copper pin in the middle of the plug is shipped separately so you can crimp it on and then just click it into the plug. Does anyone know how to get it out? 

    https://www.ebay.de/itm/223480639309

     

    It isn't an SMA, but a DIN 1.0/2.3 connector. In the connector you linked on ebay, it isn't a crimp for the center pin, but solder as you can see the solder cup in the product images, also why there is a big opening around it.

    You need to prep your center conductor to exactly reach with just enough jacket removed to fit into the cup

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  17. 7 hours ago, John Blankenship said:

    FWIW, Zaxcom transmitters can adjust band limits in 6 mHz steps via the Factory Menu. Therefore, a block 25 transmitter can be set to only tune from 656 mHz to 662 mHz. 656 to 657 is part of the 653-657 range available to licensed users and 657 to 662 is within the 657-663 range available to unlicensed users and White Space Devices. In the Extended Menu the transmitter's output can be set to 25mW which in practical use should be within the legal limit.

     

     

    It's all software – Zaxcom should just release a Block 25 firmware update to set it to the operating range and 20mW output

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