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Some sort of Metadata coordination on set would be WONDERFUL between camera dept., sound dept. and slate for the post, I imagine.

I am getting so darn tired of producers telling me the director/DP is shooting 50/50 for a commercial. What the actual hell? Mr. director/DP are YOU going to sit next to the editor and explain what was actually recorded and why you may not have sound files and slate for a particular take?

We are in the communications business. Communicate. 

50/50 shooting on commercials simply tells me there is a complete lack of direction, vision and coordination. 

In this 'cats sleeping with dogs' scenario I record it like a reality show. No detailed paper logs. Just the recorders limited meta data and no mix down stereo track.

I may have strayed a bit... but there it is.

I use Lectro for my booms and lavs. I use Senny G2s and G3s for hops. Once or twice a year a get pushback for using the Senny's as hops. I tell the producer I can certainly rent higher end stereo hops but you aren't going to like the price. The ROI just isn't there in my market.

I want a pair of glasses I can wear that will reveal all the RF waves around me with variable wavelength filters. Like the glasses Roudy wore in "They Live."

"...in today's world of massive proliferation of ^anti-^social media."

There. I fixed it for you.

Buy a decent bottle of wine with my $50.

My cart has a self-raising martini flag. 3pm.

Great news for me! I won my self-argued small claims court case today against Abbson, LLC/Chad Abbott of New York for a one day job back in Oct '23. $4k plus interest, court costs and certified mailing expenses. Now I'll see how the collection process goes.

I hope all youse who have been burned by Beverly Boy get your money.

It take a jolly big wanker to threaten you from behind a computer keyboard. What is he, mentally thirteen? 

My $4,000 small claims court date against Abbson out of New York is July 3rd. I anticipate they won't even show up. They didn't show for the prelim. 

I agree, Ian. Live Check has saved my butt in the heat of battle more than a couple of times.

But Zeus' balls, Ian. Get a strain relief for that USB-C cable, lol.

Michael,

You will come to love the ability to sideload all sorts of helpful apps without an app store.

I second TXAdvanced. I use it daily. You will not find anything better as a portable app. I purchased several others before this app came to market.

I know "Apple Heads" who have purchased an inexpensive Android tablet just to run TXAdvanced. I am told there are several road blocks to porting this app to IOS.

I wasn't going to say anything since you said you were looking specifically for an IOS app but someone else mentioned it so I am contributing to the conversation.

Derek H,

Blahahaha. Funny last paragraph to your post. 

I think you have to be a preteen to understand XikXok or get any mis-percieved value out of it. What a time waster, in my opinion. And I certainly don't understand "influencers." I am definitely not their target audience. Ever.

To put a fine point on it, THIS!

This Is why I have never used insta-twit, FU-book, Twatter or XikXok.

Any platform can turn into a toxic environment from abusive members but THESE platforms attract them and act as a very efficient amplifier. Though with a very low signal to noise ration and gobs of THD.

Remember, YOU are the product on these platforms. Besides getting potentially sketchy advice you are giving yourself up to be data mined by nefarious actors. 

I celebrate dedicated boards like jwsoundgroup.

Just saying.

Rant over.

Aluminum alloy? Get ready for RFI like the CMIT-5 experiences near fluorescent and HMI ballasts.

The vinyl rain cover deteriorating, yes they do. I have two different Petrol bags. Both over 14 years old. All of the clear vinyl bits have grown stiff, cloudy and cracked but not melted.

dhk,

Are you having TC offset problems?

Are you placing your video clip on the timeline? Add the timecode effect to reveal the "clip timecode." You will see the clip's TC overlayed on the video. Place your cursor or an in point on the timeline. Double click on the desired sound file to load it into the preview window. Scrub to the point where the TC of the sound file in the preview window matches the TC overlay of the video clip on the timeline. Mark an in point on the sound file in the preview window and then drag or place the sound file on to the timeline. The two files should sync.

Also, not saying you did this, a time or three I have accidently flipped the power switch to INTERNAL instead of EXTERNAL. The 664 ran great for about 20 minutes on the five AA batteries. Then switched off. 

Bizarre. I have had my 664 since they were first introduced. Really a bullet proof machine. 

The only problem I have ever had with my 664 is, after many years of use, a circuit board ribbon cable worked loose, probably due to cluncking my mixer bag onto tables thousands of times.

You have jiggled switches, cables and connectors in an effort to duplicate the problem. That is good. Now questions.

1) were you operating on an AC adapter or battery? Is it possible either has an overload or under voltage circuit that could have suddenly reset and momentarily cut power?

2) Did anything else in your setup lose power at this time?

3) were you running power direct to the mixer or through a BDS? BDS units have short circuit protection. Maybe it momentarily reset.

$39.99??? They are currently $70 USD!

I have no interest.

In over 25 years of doing car rigs I have never had low freqs overload my mics that a low freq roll off at the mic and maybe a little at the mixer/recorder couldn't handle without adversely affecting voice freqs. There may come a time but I have not encountered it.

The slate app looks hopeful. I understand it is in beta. I see i can sync the slate clock to my phone clock. Are you investigating the hook for polling the Tentacle time bar app?

Also, is your slate clock really 24fps or 23.98? 23.98 is far more useful in the states.

Thanks for your efforts.

Okay, I found the exported files in my Downloads Folder.  Comma delimited fields.

I assume this is html5. Is there some json in there too?

This reminds me of a "scripty" app my wife used to use.

Would it be possible for your app to poll the Tentacle Time Bar app on my phone for accurate TC lock?

This could be VERY useful. Even though I use Sound Devices log for basic reports and paper logs when I am cart based, this is far more convenient. It would be brilliant if I had the ability to custom create a template with fields I can fill out on the run. The 23.98 TC clock you have is essential. 

Does the Export to CSV work? I dont get a dialog for where to export it on my phablet?

Great project. Keep it going.

I still use my petrol harness for my petrol football bag. I like it. The Versa-Flex guys were jealous of it when I picked it up in, maybe, 2006. I use it weekly and it is still in great shape. My bag weights about 12 pounds and I can wear it for 4hrs without a break on reality shows.

I have seen the Orca harness on sets where I am shooting. It looks nice and looks like it offers lower back support. If I ever decided to change harnesses I thought I would go for the orca.

Let us know what you think if you get to try one.

Ha, 160 lbs. I haven't weighed that since I was in high school back in... never you mind how long ago that was.

I can't say enough good things about TXAdvance. I have been using it for 2 years. It is instrumental in scanning and finding clear frequencies, coordinating my 8 wireless transmitters and troubleshooting RF hits in LIVE active mode when some new RF source walks onto set.

I have used several RF apps before using this one. For a location sound mixer there is simply no better product. 

I know several Apple device users who have purchased Android tablets just to use TXAdvance.

Plus Grégoire is very responsive to feature suggestions. I highly recommend his app. In its current version it is very mature and feature packed.

Does your boom pole have an internal cable? Simply bypass the boom cable with a temp 12ft cable wrapped around the exterior of the pole and see if the problem goes away.

I have to resolder the wee wires at the base connector of my K-tek pole occasionally for this very reason.

The gaffer used a couple of these,

https://zendure.com/products/superbase-pro-2000

on set last week to power large Aputure lights during a day of bus driving interior scenes.

I don't know if they put out sinewave or squarewave but it didn't bother my wireless mics.