Francois Musy once told that he rediscovered the sound of his SuperCmit using the Sonosax’s SX-R4+ aes input. Could the preamp also change the sound of it?
So the most logic step considering : metadata between camera and sound with a world domination in the field of cinema production, would be for Arri to buy Aaton ...
But usually Arri develops the idea from others to make "their" stuff. They don't like to buy companies. The king is dead long live the king.
Pat
Cantar is a niche product. Expensive to make due to R&D and software development. You better be small not to make bankruptcy or you would have to kill the product and make something for the masses on a lower budget.
Best preamp ever done on a portable recorder is in the Sonosax SX-R4+.
If you need more tracks with preamp you can use the SX-AD8+ module and stay digital with AES connection.
It's also often used for classical music recording. No transformer, you get a clean preamps with the highest dynamic range on the market. It's also small and modular. (I'm not a Sonosax seller 😉 )
For some examples :
https://www.facebook.com/groups/422226551455412/user/572779073
Patrick
Their dual AD is also a well known trick dating back from the telecinema times in the 80's. Sonosax had it also implemented before them and Arri is also using it in their Alexas camera... nothing new.
Bright idea to patent the wheel...
Patrick
Usually post shout on low levels when there is only noise to dig but when you have good preamps it's not a problem to have low level as it keeps the sound clear even if you push it (reasonably) in post. IMHO it's less job to put a +10dB in post than to clean clipping.
Just for the director to hear the line?
32bit means do it in post. Phase, mix, equal, …. Titanic 1 was recorded on a Nagra mono. With a Sonosax Mixer. You had to nail it.
But DIT recieve a Teradek signal. There are no cameras that are hardwired to the DIT IMHO. I think the DIT could receive a real 4k (and expensive) HF link to check the look on a mastering monitor and then send a downsampled HD feed to the crew.