johnpaul215

I got some done at the Audio Department. 

On 2/3/2024 at 12:01 AM, Constantin said:

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

*just a guess* but Sound Devices probably never brought the wireless division (Audio Limited) in to the USA. So they're probably still made at the same place, outside the USA. Maybe on some legal level, that's is why it's ok, but they can't import recording versions into the USA. 

On 9/10/2021 at 9:50 AM, Paul F said:

Has anybody renewed their expired license? I see that some who originally got a license had an expiration date in 2021.

Is anybody maintaining their license or tried to get a license recently? I ask because the local 695 link no longer valid (5 posts previous to mine).

I guess you sorted this out but responding for anyone else. mine lapsed and I tried to renew after it had expired and they denied the renewal, and kept the money. They don’t give you notice it’s expiring, so you need to remind yourself. I had to reapply from scratch. 

I will add that there’s a bunch of jobs a year that I send the rate card to and they respond with “that works for us”. So, it’s numbers they see elsewhere and what they have planned for. When I was in Philadelphia, I’d have 40-50 clients a year. Lots of those were people passing through for a day, or a few days. So, it might be different if you primarily have local repeat clients. That said, remember that the government cost of living adjustment for 2023 is 8.7%. That’s the highest in about 40 years. So we all need to bump rates January 1 or we’re falling behind. 

I also have some really old iPowers skill kicking from maybe 2010? The purple text ones. I finally retired the older light blue ones. 
I’ve gotten some Tenergy ones more recently and they seem to work well, but they’re mostly for Comteks. I don’t have any transmitters left that use 9v. I do occasionally use them in a 411 paired to a HM for a handheld, and no complaints. 

On 10/18/2019 at 12:31 AM, engaudio said:

No, Never done a A/B recorder comparison but we all have to remember we (production sound mixers) mostly hear our recorders through the h/phone amp, not via a studio playback system.

To be honest that was another one of the deciding factors for getting a Sonosax SXR4+,  after using the 688/633 & 552 for several projects I decided I really didn't like the h/phone amps so needed to try something else. After 15+ years of using an SQN mixer the SD h/phones amps sounded awful to my ears, but was always happy when listening back via my studio monitors. I'm not dissing SD recorders, they sound great but not via h/phones for me and that's how I listen 99.999% of the time..

I know, slightly OT but am sure you get my point.

 

it’s tricky. If you’re capturing dialog, then you have different needs than if you’re recording music or ambience. That goes for inputs and for what you want to hear via the headphones. 
 

i also factor in that I usually use a Zaxcom mixer and my Zaxcom wireless is connected via AES. No pres except the boom, if the boom isn’t wireless.
If I’m setting up a Sound Devices mixer with Lectrosonics wireless, I’m making the wireless send to mixer inputs a line level signal because that’s what Lectrosonics recommends. 
 

I was working as a 3rd for a mixer this last week and we were talking about how much of it is mics we grow accustomed to, and how anything different sounds.... different. I think that’s why some people have reactions to DPA mics. They don’t color the sound like some common mics in our world. The same would go for hooking up your wireless inputs to the mixer through mic-level preamps versus a digital connection. 

9 hours ago, Kvark said:

 

 

Sure it can. Most of it is digital anyway. That's why it's so light. I believe it can be done. 🙂 

 

 

 

There is space, and no - it would not require double the parts. The proprietary connector supports four channels as well, so no limitation there.

2x the RF stuff, but not the audio parts. I never looked inside one, so I don’t know what they look like. If it’s doable, I’m sure we will see them one day. Why wouldn’t they? It’ll make that machine that much more amazing. 

11 hours ago, Kvark said:

Nice review.

I want a MRX214 receiver with four separate transmitters (mono) in. That would be an instant sell actually.

I'm sure it would already exist if it was insignificant engineering. That would require double the RF receiver parts packed inside the same size package. If the components *can* be packed in, there’s also a heat consideration. Not saying it’ll never be possible, but that’s a big leap because the module size is already set. It’s not like they can even make a new housing that’s 50% bigger or something, because that’s already defined. 
That said, I owned a Fusion 10 and soon will have a Nova. The difference in size is amazing, even if they’re 10 years apart. 
 

On 9/17/2018 at 5:30 PM, Izen Ears said:

“The DefendEar Hunter has increased noise suppression for large caliber D-bags on a job“

 

How I wish there was anything for this...  No way that claim can ever be true!

I know this thread is old, but I find the Etymotics way more flat than many others. When I used to play bass in a band, I liked the rubber foam ones you roll and shove in your ear because they cut the higher end disproportionately. I could really hear drums and my bass more. That was terrible if I was playing guitar, and that was when I started using the Etymotic ones. I had a set of the Eargasm ones and they weren’t bad. I eventually lost them, and may get more to try them again.  

There was also a high speed car accident a few years ago. The officer was racing to a call and I guess another car didn’t yield to them? I don’t remember the exact details. The camera op and sound mixer were hurt pretty badly. 

Just know what you’re signing up for if you choose to work on a show like that. 

When I sold my last block 28 stuff, it sold to people in the USA. I posted it to Ebay with international shipping. I don’t know if it was travel kit, or they were buying for a friend, but it was US buyers. 

I held onto it for a while in case I went somewhere it was still legal, but that never happened. 

wow very cool! 

what a transitional time period to be working in a studio.... wow. 

I wish I'd gotten to see the studio while it was still there. 

I’m going to guess there being a pair of tumbleweeds is a hint. 

The main reasons why many people use comteks over better sounding brands is because the range is pretty good, they’re not too pricey, and if they sound too good to anybody else listening, then you’d be potentially dealing with back seat drivers. That is to say, you’ll get more people interfering with your work and methods if they can hear every little detail. They need to hear the dialogue and nothing else. 

The bill was only released to the public (and Democrats) around 17:30 EST Friday afternoon. It’s over 500 pages long, and the House is scheduled to vote on Tuesday.
I don’t see any way there will be a CBO score, and obviously no public hearings to discuss it.

I’m guessing a bunch of accountants and economists will spend the weekend crunching numbers. Kind of wild that *if* this passes next week, it goes into effect on January 1st 2018. As of right now, the Republicans seem to have enough votes to pass it themselves.
I did hear they are removing the ability to take a deduction on your federal taxes for state taxes, which is specifically a big Republican F U to the people of California, NJ and New York.

"We have to pass the bill to see what's in the bill" - Pelosi

 
Zaxcom must be become with an ERX in the size of ZMT (or little bigger) with audio & timecode capabilities. Otherwise, it's waste of money.

I've been using the IE ones for a while now (same thing), and they've been great.
Definitely worth the upgrade, and people will buy your NP batteries and chargers pretty quickly.

On 7/24/2017 at 10:08 PM, Jim Bartell said:

Thanks to everyone for you kind thoughts.  I just wanted to put a story to the name so he wasn't just remembered as the guy with good products but bad service.

I've always loved my Loon, but knowing more history of the person behind it makes the whole thing more personal. I actually wish I had more than one Loon. That's something that gets lost these days more and more. We know some of the people behind the companies that make a lot of our gear, and I love that personal connection. 

Johnpaul 

Wow Jim, thanks for sharing that. 

Very cool!

I'm guessing there's nothing on the market (except the Lectrosonics one) beyond a 2 bay because these things last soooo long in point & shoot cameras. That's probably also why the lower capacity knock-offs are fine for most people.
I do like that Zaxcom and Lectrosonics both use the same battery, and hope a 3rd party sees an opportunity to make something targeted at our world.

How are your ears? I've worked with a few musicians and studio people as boom ops and they were incredible. They have this lifetime of listening to very slight differences in sounds, and that's why some of them become very good boom ops very very quickly. They'll quickly learn what is off axis and what is the mic's sweet spot.
For what you're doing, you can make it work without wireless mics. Assuming you guys shoot proper coverage, that's where the cleaner dialog comes from. That is assuming that the actors are delivering a consistent performance (have this talk with your crew). the dialogue from when the cameras (and mics) are closer can be used for the wide shot. That will also help it sound more consistent throughout the scene.
When somebody is working on a budget that is apparently as low as what you guys are, I think it makes more sense to really focus on that boom instead of you losing money by bringing a whole bunch a wireless that isn't in the budget. I don't know how old you are, but most of us grew up watching television and movies where the majority of the cast did not have a wireless mic. They only used them when needed. Everything came from the boom.
This "we must wire everyone, even if they don't have a scripted line" wasn't so common in the past.

I remember when the stopped making the PD6. Everyone was so sad. Oh, right, that never happened. 

I think this was announced pretty recently. Somewhere else I saw a post about the 702, the 722 and the 744T all being retired. The 702T and 788T-SSD continuing for now.
I'd bet the 702T/702/722 has a following with people doing field recordings (besides dialog). Keeping the 702T also makes sense for people wanting a small backup recorder on the cart.