Tim Paul

Just to follow up, the IL-19 worked like a charm. No dry line was available from the truck. Not an issue though... two days of live shots and not a single IFB issue. Thanks again guys!

I tested out my IL-19's with 48v phantom power, sure enough according to the meter no power passes thru. I made a short XLR jumper with 10uf 50v non-polarized electrolytic caps in line with pins 2 and 3. According to the meter the cable is still passing about 42v. What am I missing to make this cable work?

Andy, you just answered my question... I have a couple IL-19's, I was going to ask Jim if they would do the job. Thanks for answering my question before I even asked! I may build a barrel with caps just to keep in my IFB kit, but it's nice to know I don't have to build it right away. Thanks again guys! You have all been a huge help!

Awesome, thanks guys!

I've got a shoot coming up where I need to hook my LMa up to the truck for talent IFB. I'm betting the truck can send me a dry line. However, they have not yet found a truck, so I can't talk to them to confirm. I'm hoping someone can help me with a schematic to make a wet/dry XLR adapter cable. Thanks!

I just used RF as a general term for lower frequency systems spanning a much broader frequency range.

I fear we are headed for disaster as more and more companies start selling devices and adapters that operate on the wi-fi freq. of 2.4 Ghz. My schedule has been filled with three shows this year. Two out of the three shows were using the 2.4 Ghz Starlink systems provided by VER. The other show used an RF version of the same system. After the Starlink system shutdown the Wi-fi for the business we were working with on the first show the DP turned down the power. I planned on running the Cl-WiFi with my 788. The adapter worked great at home, but on location, even 1 foot away my Iphone would not connect. They had a tech come and change wifi channels, still occasional issues with the work wifi. The show I just wrapped would end up killing the video transmitters because every business we walked into the tx's would overpower and kill all the wifi in the house. Am I wrong in my thinking that we are already over using wifi on set? Clients have to have wifi access... camera has extremely hi-power wifi, sound has wifi, etc...

Hi guys, Thank you all for your comments! As much as I was hoping this post would just die off and be forgotten, I can't let it end that way. My name is on the line and I must post a followup. I hope you will all give me a few moments... Let me start by saying this, I wish I would have never made the posts I have made in the recent past. The person I was referring to and I have made amends. Honestly, unfortunately, he was just the guy that was a victim of my stresses of being a Supervising Sound Mixer for so long and the comments I had received on other shows from production and crew about other sound mixers not using the boom. Yes, I was not the SSM on this show, so my job was to just shut up, do my job, and not make comments. Honestly, when I started mixing reality in '98 we were using a Wendt X4 and sending a single channel to the camera, that was the only mix for the show. Literally we would dial up our main three players on wireless and boom up to an additional twenty people. That's where my reality boom attitude came from. My longest boom session was 2.5 hours. While I have changed with the gear, my boom attitude did not (for better or worse.) I don't boom if the wires can cover it, but when unwired players show up in the game I'm not afraid to get in there. Most camera guys understand this and will work with us. My resolve conversation with the mixer I mentioned opened my mind to a different way of thinking! He wouldn't worry about booming because he knew I had it. He would then concentrate on his mix doing the best he could to mix our players on mic. Look, we all make mistakes, and have said things we regret. This was my moment to say things I regret. This was an eye opening experience that will stick with me the rest of my career. If I have an issue, it won't be brought up on the web, it will be resolved man to man, the way it should be! However, next time I have an issue I will step back and put myself in the other mixer's shoes and try to see what they are doing and thinking before I make a judgement. Please forgive me for my lack of professionalism in this matter! I know that our reputation is the only thing we have going for us. Yes, I know I over stepped my grounds and made a very unprofessional move. Know that I have never done anything like this in my prior 14 years of mixing location sound, and it will never happen again! BTW, that is me with the goat on a beach in Chile. The DP took that photo while I was out recording off camera FX tracks. Thank you guys for understanding, tolerating, and forgiving my lack of professionalism. I appreciate all the input that comes from the members of this group!!!

What's with guys that are afraid to boom? When they boom it's more like a pointer than running full stick over head. I'm on a show now that the lead audio (should be A2) barely booms, when he does he might as well just be using the pistol grip. Trust me, production knows it, he won't be back for second season, I will. Meanwhile I'm over talents head on a 9' stick. He will never put both arms up in the air, boom is always at an angle. Me, I boom with both arms straight up. Reality and multi-track has created some lazy bastards!!! I black list these guys but WTF?