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  1. I'm a lowly hobbiest really, as much as I'd like to push it further. I have an F8n, and think it's a great piece of equipment. I think a lot of the zoom hate comes from the popularity of the zoom h4n, which was such a popular recorder at the low end of the market, but it would have introduced a lot of people to the world of sound - myself included. My comment earlier was more a joke, but it's not without precedence, even in the audio field, with Behringer buying up brands like Midas & then putting "Midas preamps" on all their equipment. I imagine if a brand like Zoom bought Aaton they would run the brand stand alone, but that's not to say there wouldn't be features flowing both ways, and possibly some brand exploitation happening. With everyone being let go from the company, maybe the engineers will take their experience and apply it to a new company that can either support the existing equipment, or develop a new recorder that can compete. It would be coming out swinging for such a major product, but maybe they start small, and build up to it. Didn't Sound Devices come out of Shure? But it's all speculation. I'm just throwing thoughts out. I guess only time will tell what will happen.
  2. even more insane, imagine if zoom bought them, and released it. That would be akward. lol
  3. Just linking to the Gotham sound Livestream with Deity, where Andrew provides some answers and clarification. It sounds like the slot receiver is not currently on the agenda, but is a possibility if there is enough demand. Price will be inline with their other products, taking into account the features. It's kinda cryptic, but I'm guessing this isn't going to be a super budget mic set. With all their timecode offerings, I feel like they are attempting to climb out of the budget market. And his response to having the screen on the front was use the app if your receiver is burried in your bag. The decision was to put a larger screen on the side instead of a smaller one on top. One thing that a lot of people might find interesting is he mentions another model of transmitter coming out later that will be able to supply phantom - for wireless boom and the likes. All in all, an interesting development in the upper side of the prosumer market, with some very solid features. An interesting thought - they are linking the available frequencies to the GPS on your phone. Maybe they could do similar with the transmit. If you're in the states, disable the live record feature. If you aren't, Disable it. I'm not sure how that flies with the Zaxcom patents, but it might be a way around it.
  4. With the feature set, I can't imagine it's going to be cheaper than the likes of the Sennheiser G4s etc, so I don't think it's going to draw too much attention from that crowd that aren't already using UHF gear. The influencer crowd seem to be all about the tiny little mics like the Rode & DJI units, that are all 2.4ghz, so I think we're safe from that for now, but who knows.
  5. It will be very interesting to see where these slot into the market. It packs a lot of very handy features that the lower end of the market is yet to feature. onboard 32bit recording if of course a very handy one, and having it sync'd to timecode if you use their boxes makes it even easier to use if you need to go to the onboard files due to interference etc... Wideband UHF would be a godsend for a lot of people in the current crowded RF environment. The big up in the air question is going to be price. With that feature set, surely it has to cost more that the radio mics Deity have tried to compete against previously, such as the Sennheiser G3 / G4s etc..., but I don't think they can compete with the pros, purely on reputation at this point. I'm going to guess they will be somewhere inbetween. It would have been nice to see a top mounted screen / interface, however I've seen some people talking of a potential slot based receiver. I don't know if that's a wishlist, or if there are official sources of that, but a receiver with more pro connections and features would be even better. I guess we will learn more as time goes by.
  6. Awesome, that's good to hear, and thanks for the info on the polyfuses. That sounds pretty handy with the parallel batteries. Being able to hotswap them could be very useful in certain situations. Currently I've got a working prototype on a breadboard. I'm hoping I can print out a case I've designed next week, and start assembling it into a bag ready kit.
  7. I know this is a fairly old post, but I was wondering how you got on with this distro? I'm currently prototyping a similar one using an Arduino Pro Micro and an INA226 Current/Power Monitor to keep track of my batteries. I'm using NP-F970's in my bag, which are a bit bulkier than I like, but I have a bunch of them, so ditching them for something else just isn't a priority right now. This means I'm using step up buck converters to get the 7.4v to 12v to power my F8n. I'm currently using a cheap battery / volt meter in a DIY enclosure to keep an eye on the battery now, but it's bulky. I figure I can squeeze the electronics in a much smaller enclosure, and maybe get it in somewhere a bit better than where it is currently. Also, a question on the polyfuses - what is the rating of the ones you are using? I think they come in 16v and 32v, and whatever amperage suits. I want to add some protection, as currently I'm relying on the protection built into the battery to save things should there be a short. Thanks for the inspiration and ideas. Cheers.
  8. I just like the gopro on a rail system, and the mic attached with a cheap magic arm with the little claw, all mounted on a reasonably hefty tripod. That setup is awesome!
  9. I think the screen looks very "zoomy", it reminds me of the H4n myself. I guess similar screens are popular on a lot of the lower end recorders, as I suspect the low resolution monochrome displays are as cheap as chips. I'm sure it functions fine, I mean, I can read my H4n fine, but in a time where smartphones have super high resolution displays, it just looks chunky and clunky, and i feel readability would suffer, especially when you are cramming so much info onto a small screen. I find it interesting that they didn't just scale down the F8, they have clearly cut a lot of features from it, i guess to get the price down they had to cut a lot of features. I guess they also wanted to make a product that wouldn't take too many sales from the F8.
  10. MattRuth

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    It would appear to be working for me also! Sent from my GT-I9507 using Tapatalk
  11. It looks like its not so clear which rode mic will be included with the kit. The rode site pictures a smartlav (original i think, as its all black, not the grey connector the new smartlav+ have), but if you click the link, it takes you to the info on the full rode lav, which suggests maybe it is the rode lav. then again, maybe its something all together different (something like the smartlav capsule with a locking 3.5 connector?) Time will tell i guess
  12. Ah, makes sense. Yeah, you are right. Now you point it out, if it outputs analog it wouldn't really matter. Sent from my GT-P5110 using Tapatalk
  13. BHPhotovideo have it listed for $399 presale. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1115091-REG/rode_rodlnk_fm_rodelink_wireless_filmmaker_kit.html If its any good, that's way cheap, considering that it comes with a rode lav, which is over $200 on its own (according to the video). I'm surprised they went with 44khz as the sample rate, considering they are aiming for the video market. I'm guessing there was some technical decision for the choice.
  14. On a slight tangent, I've made use of an old overhead projector trolley as a welding bench. It has no drawers built in, but there is no reason you couldn't add them. These particular trolleys are solid, welded together and have a pair of large wheels and a pair of caster wheels. The slightly newer ones have plastic big wheels, and lockable casters. Picture of cart - old photo. I've since added Castors back to it. I think they are gilkon brand. They could make a pretty good sound cart, and there is probably a lot sitting around in schools and universities as overhead projectors become obsolete. You just need to find somewhere with this style, and not the rickety bolt together ones. Probably not worth buying new though, just found a price online, for $300
  15. Speaking as someone who lurks a lot, Congratulations on Jeff for creating such a great wealth of information. I post basically none, but that doesn't mean I'm not here every day reading and learning from the pro's. I originally joined so I could see posted pictures of peoples setups. I don't post because I can usually find what I'm looking for using the O'l search function, and I know how much people love the "What is the best....." questions So congratulations again to Jeff, and all the members who make this forum what it is!
  16. Coming from a Uni and AV background, there are several ways of doing this. Over the years, I've set up so many sm58's on mic stands for conferences and the likes for Q&A, and have watched them go unused. people would usually just shout from their chairs. Probably the best way of doing this is use another wireless hand held mic like a 58 (or whatever the hand held mic is for the system you are using), and have a runner pass the mic around to people asking the questions. putting some kind of omni mic to pick up the room would probably work better than a wired 58 that people aren't anywhere near, but its not going to sound the greatest, and may cause you issues if its also going through a PA system in the room. The final option is to have the lecturer repeat the question before answering it.
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