Mobilemike

3 hours ago, John Blankenship said:

 

Plus 24 is the US distributor for Sanken. 

 

As Jim said, several of what we call "The Usual Suspects" probably have COS-11s in stock.  "The Usual Suspects" refers to location sound dealers that work hard to service our little sector of the filmmaking ecosystem.  Therefore, many of us recommend patronizing them over large box stores. 

+1

-Mike

I tried it for awhile with one of my smaller bags. Honestly I found it more of a PITA than it was worth. I moved over to smart batteries and a BDS in that bag and haven't looked back. 

-Mike

Do you remember when it used to cost thousands of dollars for a “flat screen” TV? Now you can get a huge LED screen that looks better, lasts longer, and takes up less space for under $500. 

My point is that technology advances exponentially. Don’t judge new tech by old prices. Use your ears. The new Kashmir preamps won’t let you down. 

-Mike

Wow!

I wonder what the actual size is. The picture makes it look rather large, but I suppose thats deceptive. 

Microdot inputs huh? Interesting new direction for Zaxcom... "perfect for" dpa mics...

-Mike

I have a couple of the Bubblebee Windbubbles for just this purpose. They’ve worked great so far, but I haven’t had them out in anything but moderate wind as of yet. 

-Mike 

I’d do:

Mono overhead

Kik 

Snare

Bass

Guitar

Vox

-Mike

9 minutes ago, cinetj said:

 

Thank you for answering. Wave agent will recognize these in the same manner?

 

Yes it will. I haven't had a problem with it in any program. 

-Mike

9 minutes ago, cinetj said:

Just got my hands on a mix pre 6 today in order to try it. What I didn't get at all is the metadata fields. Why does it have a number field instead of scene and take. How do you deal with it if you're doing fiction work?

 

 

"Name" = scene

"Number" = take

Always worked great for me. 

-Mike

13 hours ago, Kisaha said:

 

What is your impression vs a classic softie and/or a classic Rycote basket solution?

I’ve not done a head to head comparison but my impression is that the spacer is more effective and sounds better (esp. with the fur removed) than a classic softie, and not quite as good as a traditional basket + windjammer. 

Side note: I wanted the spacer bubble for my Neumann RSM190 stereo mic, but the mic does not fit in any of their standard models. When I reached out to Bubblebee about that they gladly made me a custom one to fit (using measurements I sent them of the mic). They turned it around in just a few weeks and it didn’t cost me any more than an off the shelf one. 

Rycote’s customer service is great as well of course, but I was really impressed with how Bubblebee went above and beyond. 

-Mike

I have a Spacer bubble and the short fur doesn’t seem terribly more effective in medium-heavy wind than the spacer by itself to me. You will definitely want the long fur too. 

-Mike

20 hours ago, codyman said:

Hey!  My DR680 still gets used to this day.  I use it to drain down 8 NiMH batteries quickly before recharging / deep cycle charges and oh boy does it drain those batteries quick!

Genius!

-Mike

If you have the Musicians plugin I believe you can use that to load files into a project from the card. If not I’m not sure there’s a way to load files back onto the MixPre. 

-Mike

Amazon has Remove wipes for $9/50. 

-Mike

Very cool!

-Mike

I use the Squid with a Zaxcom ZMT3 Phantom. Works great, no complaints. 

-Mike

Gotham Sound has nice prices on non-microdot DPA’s. Add them to your cart to see the price. 

-Mike

Sweet, thanks for the heads up!

-Mike

1 hour ago, Allen Rowand said:

It'd be nice if Wingman was updated to act as a virtual keyboard to get around this…

Wingman does act as a virtual keyboard AFAIK. I certainly use it to rename channels, edit file names, enter metadata, etc., in addition to starting and stopping recording. Is there something else a keyboard can do that Wingman can't? I've never needed a keyboard personally. 

I love the support for fader controllers! Thats what I've been hoping for since the MixPre's were released! I can't say I'm too fond of the specific controllers they support yet though - they all seem to have very short throw, plastic faders. I'd love one with some nice long throw faders on it, so a big +1 to adding more options and/or opening up the protocols. 

-Mike

Very nice - looks great!

How are you finding the heat having everything enclosed in the backpack? Ever feel like the gear is getting too warm?

-Mike

The CS-M1 by itself is quite light. The picture shows it with a Rycote softie on it though, which I'm sure adds some weight, and makes the system a bit front heavy. Just guessing here, but since it is such a small mic, stiffer lyres are probably needed to counteract the weight of the softie and balance the mic out. 

-Mike

Do you ever need 8 channels? If so then your choice is easy

I have both and prefer the 633 for a lot of jobs because it is smaller and lighter. It’s much easier to enter metadata and change track names on the 633 because of the wingman app. I find the menu system easier to navigate on the 633 but that’s personal preference too. 

Both are awesome tho and for music gigs or when I need more than six channels or more than three mic preamps I have no hesitation using 788. 

-Mike

On 8/31/2018 at 12:22 AM, Kisaha said:

Can you do a couple of tests in/outdoors for us living nowhere close any reachable Sanken dealership?

 

I would love to but unfortunately I had to give it back to Gotham. When I get one for real (they are heavily backordered apparently) I will definitely do some more tests. 

-Mike

Woohoo this looks awesome!

The only thing I'm not a huge fan of is not having any balanced analog outputs. Any chance of making that analog output a TA5 so that we can get balanced signals?

AES is nice to have but for me I will use analog much more often. 

Love the mini-jack output as well - that will be perfect to get two extra channels on my MixPre-6. Specs say headphone/line out. Will you be able to switch it between the two modes? I'd rather not have whatever headphone amplifier is there in the signal path when using this as a line output. 

Looking forward to it!

-Mike

I had a demo of the CS-M1 last week thanks to Gotham and I must say I'm impressed. Its a really great sounding mic. 

I had it up in several ADR sessions alongside my mainstay, the Sanken CS3e, so I could compare the two easily. It's definitely a bit brighter than the CS3e and has a bit less low end, but I found myself preferring that in quite a few situations because it mixed into the track even more readily. It's not as bright as the 416 or the CS1e (which is a good thing IMO), but has a nice air up top. When I mix in ADR, most often I dump some lows and add some brightness, so the CS-M1 had that already done for me. It definitely has the same sound quality of the CS3e, which is what I was unsure about. It had similar reach too, which is very impressive for what a tiny mic it is. The CS3e has a little more reach, but not much. The CS-M1 also has quite a hot output, needing less gain than the CS3e. 

I had demoed a Sanken CSR2 a couple of years back thinking that might be a backup to the CS3e and wasn't that impressed - it lacked the richness and fullness of the CS3e and I just didn't think it sounded that great. The CS-M1 has no such issues. I think its definitely a great tool and I plan to pick one up when they are back in stock!

-Mike

 I have these on my keychain for every day, bumming around, never know when you’re going to need it use. 

https://eargasmearplugs.com/products/eargasm-high-fidelity-earplugs

 I like them just fine. Protective, fit well, and sound decent. I do have a pair of custom molded earplugs that I’ll take in the rare occasions I’m mixing live shows or something like that, but these are fine for every day use. 

-Mike