Stef Albertyn

South African Commercial  

They are great, but does not travel well. The earcups keep coming off and they are difficult to get back on. But sound and isolation were great!

I regret selling mine and not keeping them for studio use, I am now on Austrian audio Hi-X65 (open) for studio use (not in front of mic- they are open) and for location I use Hi-X60 (closed back) They are built to last and super comfy!

Thijs

Like mentioned - check phantom power - we had an issue with Wisycom plug on not supplying enough for the current that the Cmit required (think it was 5.5 mA) - Everything worked well after we added a Mozegear phantom power supply (although that came apart with connectors tht are just glued to the box with hot glue -not well made)

Hi Bouke

Thank you for looking into this for me!

The drive was not formatted by me - I am doing post on the job and they came to me for help as they are all out shooting - I agree with you - they have 10+ drives and messed up by not having the spares on remote location. I always record to at least a week's drives so that drive 1 will only have to be deleted by day 7 so that any errors in data handling can be picked up before disaster...

THANKS!

Hi -

We had a "misunderstanding" between data wrangler and sound crew and an entire days worth of sound files are gone after it was formatted before pulling the files and arching/backup. The drive is untouched since formatting. Tried several "off-the-shelf" softwares (Mac OS) and it can retrieve the files but they are rubish (2 seconds of recording and the goes into digital noise). 

Any help will be appreciated (GREATLY!!!)

Kind regards

to all

stef

I have a couple for camera hop & headphone fb - never had a issue with them - never used it as wireless lav mic.

Very nice & neat ivanovich!

Here is my "compact that started growing hairs . I use the RodeLink as a spare so should not relly be there - 4 x wisycom TX with Dpa 4060 and the extra receiver is for the plug -on. Sony is just camera hop & foldback.

Tentacle or Ambient with Sony UWP for headphone foldback and mono camera hop. Small indie / docu / short film shoots. Works well and never had a problem (for about a year).

I ordered Timecode systems Wave & Ultrasync bundle.

I have been using the Sony UWP - but mostly for headphone & camera hop. I have used it once with the supplied mic - which is not great. Seeing that it is a backup for me, as I bought Wisycom for main usage,  I will use it with a Rode Lav +Micon 8. I have only tested that combo briefly and it sounds good - will try to do a proper test with that and Sanken over the weekend (including keyes test :). 

I have no worries in recommending them - I think they are just as good as the G3, but I think the headphone out and slighly cheaper price makes it a better buy - for me in any case.

44 minutes ago, chrismedr said:

Thanks for the test.

Do you remember the wiring for the unbalanced cable?

What Rick said!

I got this to work best

T->XLR Pin 2

S->XLR Pin 1

R-> N/C

It made no difference when XLR pin 3 bridged to pin 1 or not

Cheers

stef

I'm in South Africa - things are just simply more expensive here - they normally go for 1050NZ$, and I paid about 700 NZ$.

For those on the cheaper end of the budget scale.

I had a bit of credit at the local music shop and they had the Rode Newsshooter at a ridiculous special - so I bought one - if it was terrible I could use it as an extra camera hop for guide tracks, so I had nothing to loose.

I plugged a Schoeps 641 into the Rode, set the gain to +30 on the transmitter and 0 on the receiver. The line level send was reasonably low and needed a fair amount of gain. I will look into using an "unbalanced" cable betweern receiver and recorder next to see if there was any issue there. But for the time being - here are two files recorded - one with the Rode and one with the Schoeps directly into the Sonosax. Some noise on the Rode - but not bad at all!

Obviosluy have not tested distance etc.

Cheers

Stef

EDIT - I changed the cable and it sorted the gain issue out - lot less noise!

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Hi DaveMars

Startup the Sonosax while holding down the headphone level/input nob

You will get to the service menu (which you will also use for upgrade of firmware)

Format the card from this menu and then slot it in the mac - and add bin file for upgrade of firmware

Transfer card back to Sonosax and do upgrade of firmware

When done restart - and remember to format your card again before recording!

Cheers

stef

Hi Ivanovich

Please pardon this oppotunistic post from me!

But the machine is really hardly used - thats why I am selling it - None of the projects that I was going to use it on materialised. I will get something way more basic like the new Sound Devices Mix Pre 3...:(

Thank you John!

Once I got to the set and inspected the mic, it was evident that the "innocent" boomswinger banged the mic very hard - so it is being shipped to its maker. Thank you for the valuable information and the trouble to reply to my call for help!

I have a small metal or plastic part that has come loose inside a ccm mic. It is working fine otherwise - I need to get through the day - can someone explain to me how to take the mic  apart and take the bit out - it will obviously go back to Schoeps - but just need to take the bit out so I can get through the day

Thanks

stef

Do it in post...

http://www.thecargocult.nz/slapper.shtml

Works fantastically!

Mine is very quiet as well - after switching the headphone feeds. I can only compare with my studio Apogee Trak 2 and Lape People mic pre amp - and the Sonosax sits in the middle of those to as far as noise goes...

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V1.3 is on Sonosax Website under support:

Changelog:

• Fixed monitor presets: wasn't restored at boot time
• Fixed take list menu: selected take timecode wasn't correct
• Fixed pop noise during playback start
• Fixed AUX AES output: channel status is now in pro mode
• Fixed various minor bugs
• False start files are now hidden
• Full re-work of the metadata menu: scene is 10 alpha-num chars, added tag last take, added user editable snipped list for track names and notes
• Full re-work of the push button assign menu (SETUP/SYSTEM/PUSH BUTTONS)
• Added file size selection: fow now limited to 4GB (until WAV64 is implemented)
• Added RECORD TRACKS menu
• Added encoder long press new menu with various useful links and tools: timecode, track names, track arming, screen lock, headphones lock, display brightness, daylight mode
• Added timecode set manual
• Added quick power-down (to be enabled in menu SETUP/SYSTEM/POWER DOWN SETUP): press and hold REC button in rec ready to power down unit.
• Added solo in headphones menu
• Added a second reference level: user can now configure 'orange' level and 'red' level
• Added a config save button (SETUP/SYSTEM) to force configuration save (done at power down)
• Player: loading a take no longer begins automatically playback; encoder can be used to modify playback position (1 step = 1%), to change headphones level, enter pause or stop states.
• Various minor interface improvements

Maybe he is referring to this?

https://search.rpxcorp.com/lit/njdce-311129-zaxcom-v-teac-america

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I do not think this was ever pitched as, or intendended to be used for dialogue recording - it is clearly a stage/pa solution - where noise and fidility is not such an issue.

yip - I cut about a millimeter of each side - staying outside the stitching, and then just gave it a quick melt with a lighter to make sure it does not fray - took 5 minutes and looks almost exactly like the original.

Cinella Pianissimo

+1 for Snapper