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  1. Oh that is curious. After reading your description I thought it would be the limiter, but now it’s a limiter that never opens anymore. So I‘m not clear yet what happens now. The interview is over and you rebooted your transmitter and everything sounds fine again? Or does this recur?
  2. They would have found a way, but as a US company they are still under the patent restraints, regardless of where they manufacture. In the case with Sound Devices I‘m surprised they can still do this as they purchased Audio Ltd several years ago
  3. That‘s a good thing. Bluetooth audio is always late to the party, too I always prefer actual hardware controls over virtual faders. It’s one of the reasons I even got into this job in the first place. The feel and aura of all the actual hardware of things. That’s why I immediately bought the CL-16, for example. But it’s great to have the iPad option, like in a car to car situation. And I used an ipad on a sailboat, mostly to keep the other gear away from any potential water damage
  4. I too have read reports about MGs long repair times, but I have not heard that the mics need to be repaired more frequently than mics from other manufacturers. I‘m surprised people need such a long time to come up with their own modular mic systems. Schoeps have been doing it for such a long time, and Neumann as well, to an extent, and with such success that I‘m really curious why it’s only catching on now. And by now I mean the last 20 years or so, with Sennheiser and DPA getting into it a while ago, and now others catching up.
  5. As I understand it the converters themselves don’t need dynamic range greater than 24 bits, as they basically shift the reference point around to accommodate louder sounds. So the range stays the same, but the 0dBfs moves around. Still the converters do need to be able to facilitate this I always thought the Cantar did have dual ADCs. But Aaton has never been very open about their specs
  6. While you are making valid points I am curious why you think that 32-bit float of all things would negate the need for mixing?
  7. Speaking into the side of a capsule will never sound good. At least not good as when speaking into the large side of it
  8. You did not get what my problem is from the very post you quoted? Like I said, I detest these posts and photos, hence the negative energy. I just don’t like topics where the sole purpose appears to be to highlight a colleague’s bad work day. Sure, the OP also asked about the mic, but when I asked him to clarify what his post was about, it didn’t really sound like he didn’t know what I meant.
  9. Well, you may find it light hearted, but the person who rigged that mic might not see it that way. His off day rig displayed here among a group of peers. There’s a group on Facebook that has a lot of these posts, and I detest them by now. At first, I shared Olles sentiment about the high end show people making the same mistakes as the low end folks, but by now I find these posts really really boring. anyway, if it makes you feel any better, post away.
  10. What was that experience? well, meet me. I also know a few others who use it…
  11. I‘m uncertain about the purpose of this topic. Is it to enquire about the mic used or it to show that the mic shows? If it’s the latter I fail to see what’s so special about this one. I’m sure most of us here could post hundreds if not thousands of these kinds of mic showings, but to what end?
  12. Same. I actually tend to leave the adapter on the transmitter at all times and always unscrew the MicroDot. So far all good
  13. Here in Germany it’s been ok. Whenever I‘ve had an issue I have gone through local distributor who either repaired things themselves or sent them to Denmark. They replaced a C preamp under warranty and an entire 4017 which had suffered from water damage. So I am quite happy with their support. I just wish they would use more words. On social media there are no reps as far as I know (except for this one guy from Belgium) and when they do repair something (or not) they don’t contact me prior. They just send everything back without further comment.
  14. Hence my advice to take the fur off when possible. A Pianissimo without a fur sounds on par or maybe slightly better than a Cosi - to my ears anyway. Cosi does sound fine and it’s the best solution for indoor and lots of of outdoor situations. But a mic with just the stock foam or naked still sounds better.
  15. Yes, the Cosi is a must-have product, no doubt. However, it still muffles the sound a little bit, so if you’re moving in and out quickly, with potentially szrong wind, I would probably prefer to use a Pianissimo and just take off/put on the fur, as that is really easy and fast to do
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