Shastapete

You'd need the "Platinum" License (which can be rented for a reasonable day rate) but the Wavetool app can give you 4 client feeds that broadcast over wifi to an iphone/ipad app

https://wavetool.fi/

You'd need a computer to run the software, but it'll take dante input and let you matrix mix the sources
 

14 hours ago, IronFilm said:

What would be the specific situations someone would use a boom pole with only a max length of 1m?

I'd use one as a fancy pistol grip for sound effects and ambience recording, but the 50cm collapsed length of the Small VdB is short enough...

either that or for laughs when rocking up to set with a mini-pole. I haven't seen the price for a pocket, but I'm sure it's around $200... and that's around $200 too expensive for a joke

I'd recommend the VdB Small – perfect for doc work, fits into a pelican carry on, has the largest full to collapsed length ratio that I've seen.

At just shy of 7' it is a very usable doc/eng pole.

If you (for some reason) still want to go smaller, they have the "pocket" which is 12" to 42" but other than specific situations, I don't think you'd want something that small

15 hours ago, Trey LaCroix said:

Bag’s all ready! Need to get back to work!

 

You must be the only person to buy the RX200 slot receiver

These mics have become popular for plants these days. Any update to Zaxcom compatibility?

7 minutes ago, Mattias Larsen said:

Excellent! Will it have analouge out as OP mentions? Not sure I have seen it anywhere else, but I was also late in for the meeting.

Yes, analog out – but only from the receiver side, will not convert dante to analog (but will do dante to AES)

Doing some remote recording the end of this month. The client decided that having the interview subjects record audio locally was too much work and they were fine with the audio quality that comes over their meeting software of choice.

So my workflow for this is digitally routing my computer's output back into protools and joining the meetings.

2 days of recording and 2 days of editing will be some of the easiest work I've had in years. Plus, it is for a big corporate client, so I'm getting full rate plus a rush rate for turning around the edits that weekend.

4 minutes ago, sciproductions said:

Is this for 2 x MRX414's? Or 4 x 414's?

 

16 channels of dante, as in 8 channels primary and 8 channels secondary?

2 slots, and only current generation MRXs (214 or 414) so up to 8 channels of wireless.

The other 8 channels of Dante are accessible from the AES I/O so you can add a second RX-8 without dante for inputs – or any other AES device, and on the outputs you can attach a CameraLink or again, any other AES device

2 minutes ago, Mark Farag said:

 

Just as a heads up, I believe Colleen said 8.25", on the Zoom chat rather than 10.25", which does come out to 21cm.

You're right, she said 10" so many times before she actually measured that I had that number stuck in my head even though I had the metric length correct. Thanks for catching me

17 hours ago, Olle Sjostrom said:

Nice!

Help a European out here... Are your bills really huge, or is the rx8 small, or is the dollar closer to the camera than the Rx8? 

The RX-8 is 10.25" 8.25" (21cm) wide so same width as the Nova

16 channels of Dante

8 channels of RX
AES and analog inputs and outputs (that can be independently routed from Dante)
can be powered over POE

What other features did I miss?

https://zoom.us/j/91698149112?pwd=bCtjaFFORW55c3EvNStFRU9Vd0lvdz09&fbclid=IwAR28BBGjHsvOW7CtuU1YZwO12q6S1XTjAl0bYEQEYkwCoqO-QrasYjvvMxE

https://www.soundlazer.com/product/sl-01-open-source-parametric-speaker/

Never tried it, but this thing has been sitting in my "Cool Sound Stuff" bookmarks folder for years

A lot more than I expected but not too scary – my only fear is i'd "brick" my transmitter when removing components.

2 hours ago, Paul F said:

And first thing this morning, I had the answer from Listen Technologies. They are providing me instructions on how to do it. Good folks.

Great! manufactures tend to know their product best!

Please share that info here too, I also have an LT700 kicking around for extra comtek feeds, and would love to know that info

You need to be way more specific than "IFB transmitter" what manufacturer and model number is it?

I have a Sonos beam as my primary speaker.

I've learned in life that I can be of two minds – If I'm working I want my gear to be the best possible and clinical, when I'm relaxing I want it to be easy to use, and good enough – sonos is way better than the TV speakers, but it is no where near the best living room system.
 

My TV is a 43" 1080p best buy special, I bought it because it didn't have any smart features and my Apple TV covers those needs

My family doesn't need to eat... I can just use my stimulus check!

From the Sound Summit schedule

And a quick google

https://usermanual.wiki/Lectrosonics/DPR

23 hours ago, Jim Feeley said:

 

Hey Pete,

 

Have you had a chance yet to heat up that Hakko cordless iron? Whatcha think?

I have, this past weekend I needed to do some repairs/make cables and I put it through its paces. worked on some hirose 4 pin power cables, XLR cables, and a small power distro project.

Pros:

Cordless

Heats up fast

Runs on AA batteries, which I have a ton of in my kit as almost everything I have uses them

Cons:

Unbalanced - With all the weight in the back of the tool it is harder to hold onto, and the design makes you want to hold it like a pencil near the front

No temp control - It gets pretty hot and is almost too much heat for delicate soldering

Fat - hard to get into tight places

The XLRs were simple, the heat was perfect to melt solder quickly in the solder cups

Hirose power cables, the Switchcraft power plugs were a breeze, but the 4 pin hirose connectors were about the limit for this device. No problem using this tool for a repair job, but my real solder station will be used if doing more of these at home. The width of the stock tip is a little too big and you have to be careful not to overheat the pins.

My power distro project: ultimately, I was successful, but I had to redo multiple connections because the cramped quarters and fat tool caused me to melt the insulation off my wires. This would have been hard with my "real" soldering iron too, but not as difficult.

Conclusion:

I'm certainly keeping it, and I was very impressed that it kept up the heat for over 45 minutes of work running off 4 white eneloops (would have gone longer, but I was done with what I needed to do). It isn't going to replace my main soldering iron, but for work away from power or on location repairs in emergencies it is going to be perfect.

You could probably use it to field repair ta5 connectors, but lemos would be a big challenge... and at $40 a pop I wasn't going to waste a spare trying to "repair" a working lav for the experience.

The Sony FS7s have their own clock design (not as stable as whats in our recorder and lockits, but it exists) Since they have the same tech, their drift is consistent. So they may seem in sync, even if they drift away from your reference.

Also, what are you referencing the drift to? Time of day? another timecode source? Unless you are using drop frame timecode, timecode time will fall 3.6 frames an hour out from clock time, not because of drift, but because of the frame rate.

I appreciate that Zaxcom has started to normalize their naming convention.

[Transmitters received] [A number] [Output channels]

so the MRX 214, receives up to 2 transmitters and outputs 4 channels of audio, a 414 is 4 receivers, and 4 output channels.
 

which means the QRX 200 is really more of a QRX 204, and the URX 100 should be a URX 112, but I digress... 

Hat, in solidarity.

Sounds like the lav is dead.

does the connection come back/static happen when manipulating the connector, at the mic head, or somewhere in the middle?

If it's the connector, that can be replaced and it'll be back to life, if it is in the middle, you can make a shorty lav by re-terminating after the break.

Mic head, you might be SOL. There are a handful of companies that can repair it, but it might just be worth replacing at this point.

It sucks, but lavs are expendables

I also have a Weller WLC100 with a collection of aftermarket tips. I've used to to build a couple hundred cables and wire up a few recording studios over the past 15 years or so.

I just got a Hakko FX-901/P Cordless Soldering Iron, runs off of 4 AA batteries, got it to go in my pelican tool kit as a portable iron was what I felt like I was missing for effective field repairs/custom cables. Still haven't had a chance to fire it up yet, but I'll report back on how it works.

https://www.amazon.com/Hakko-FX-901-Cordless-Soldering-Iron/dp/B00FZPUA28