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  1. Hello Boys and Girls! As you may or may not have heard there have been a few changes to the Nomad line from Zaxcom. The Nomad 4 will now become the Nomad Lite The 6 and 8 will be upgradable to the 10 or 12. Nomad 4 to Nomad Lite - $95* Nomad 4 to Nomad 10 - $950 + $300 upgrade fee Nomad 4 to Nomad 12 - $2,095 + $300 upgrade fee (Must come to Zaxcom for the hardware upgrade, tracks may be unlocked via a code) Nomad 6 to Nomad 10 - $150* Nomad 6 to Nomad 12 - $1295 + $300 upgrade fee (Must come to Zaxcom for the upgrade, tracks may be unlocked via a code) Nomad 8 to Nomad 12 - $195* The above pricing is good until December 31, 2012. Upgrades with the * are done factory direct only and are not discountable. Beginning January 1st the $300 upgrade fee will be applicable to ALL upgrades. Nomad Lite and Nomad 10 unlock codes / software will be ready on or before November 1st!!! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions! Thanks! Christina Z Wittich Sales Manager Extraordinaire Gotham Sound and Communications
  2. Since I am currently in cable-making readiness mode(have 200' of CA3PS26 coming from Trew and Neutricons from Markertek for my DIY breakaway cable system), I am also thinking about building a breakout for the DB-15 AES connector on my Nomad. I am looking at different cable options, this one looks quite good: http://www.gotham.ch...7_details&id=59 Has anyone yet built one of these? Managing the shields in the DB-15 looks like it will be the most "fun" part of the job... and the 15mm diameter of the cable presents a thought as to the shell of the DB-15.
  3. Howdy, I'm hoping for some technical guidance running a console mixer in front of a Nomad 8. I'm setup using both AES inputs and analog input on nomad to accomplish a post fade mono mix, and pre fade ISOs down the line. The setup is Sonosax 84 AES out -> Nomad AES in. Ch 1-8 digital out on sonosax is post-eq, pre-fade signal. That feeds directly to Digital in 1-8 on Nomad. The Sonosax digital out is ONLY pre-fade, post eq. In order to get a post fader signal I must run an analog bus (XLR) out of Sonosax and into analog input 1 to Nomad. This solves my routing a mono mix to the Nomad, my question is this. Am I facing any factors in delay or latency with this setup and A/D conversion? Recording to Card using Digital & analog inputs simultaneously, does anyone else have experience with this? I notice no delay between the mono mix track and the pre fade track on Nomad with this config, but I'm not sure on the science end of it. This is a new setup for me, any constructive suggestions/criticisms are welcome. Thanks, Jobo
  4. I just recently purchased a nomad and got it set up for the direct to camera 4 lav shoot I was on the other day and it worked fine. I was just looking to get some experienced tips or tricks or things you've found to save me some time and bring me up to speed with using the Nomad. Anything and everything helps and I thank you all in advance.
  5. I would like a remote power switch for my Nomad without paying 200-400 dollars for a Remote Audio BDSv4 or similar. A suggestion from another thread was to build a switch on to my current Hawk Woods NPA-SQN battery cup I would like to have this situated along the cable, not on the cup, as the cup will probably be in the bottom of the bag. I just received my first batch of Sugru so I could probably use that to patch/mount/encase as necessary. I can solder, but i have no idea how the elecronics of this situation should work. Any suggestions on how I should do this? What kind of switch component would I need (how many pins/connections etc)? Would it be better to use a regulated power adapter like this Hawk Woods NPR FR2 ? Is this simply a bad idea?
  6. Today I was staring at my nomad levels, when a tiny bug crawled across the screen. Without really thinking about it i put my finger on in to remove the little critter. He just kept on crawling along, completely unaffected by my poke.....hmmm. Yes, he was on the lcd screen, underneath the protective screen, and as long as he stayed along the edge, he had a perfect little protected track to run along, I couldn't get him! Bastardo! Then he made a fatal error, he crawled out towards the middle of the screen and SPLAT! I got him!... hmmm. Now i have his remnants permanently etched into my screen, perfect! I wonder if there are others? I wonder if it was a he or a she? Was she kind enough to lay some eggs around my preamps before she met her demise? hmmm. How would it get into the LCD screen??? Anyone else? If someone is interested, I could probably get around to taking a picture of the little guy. Glen?
  7. Now that my Nomad is having it's power switch repaired, it's time to invest in some kind of remote switch.... juuuuust in case.... Anyone have any recommendations? Currently powering Nomad is a Hawk-Woods shoe with a single hard-wired hirose4 (worryingly vulnerable), while my G2s/G3s are on AAs. Thing is, if I am looking at paying nearly the same for a switch as I would a switched distro, I would go with the distro for future proofing, seeing as I will eventually buy/borrow Zax or Lectro radios. Any thoughts?
  8. I guess the biggest change for the audio side of things at NAB could arguably be wireless timecode. The Timecode buddy made a big splash in the waters. Timecode over wifi!? Wahoo! But Ambient did the same thing - currently, it doesn't speak to Idevices mind you but with their new firmware speaking to each of the ACL204's and it functioning properly I'm sure the next software update will speak to Idevices and their timecode app. Then of course - Zaxcom Nomad and their ERX1TCD's - do a similar thing. The ERX1TCD can serve as both "comtek" and/or timecode receiver. The cool thing here is on drop out, the ERX1TCD is also a generator so it continues its timecode. And guess what? All on a wifi 2.4ghz signal. Could Zaxcom not build an app for the Ipad? Technically pricing is relatively similar. So which is the better system and why? Why go with one over the other? Is wifi a reliable transmission? It sure is nice to not have to re-jam every three hours. Anybody have any experience and recommendations? What features make one better?
  9. I ordered a Nomad 4 channel recorder through B&H Photo and was told 10 weeks wait time. When the 10 weeks were up I emailed B&H to see what was up and they were told by a Zaxcom rep wait another 10 weeks. So when that 10 weeks was up I emailed again. This time I was told the order was cancelled. Wow, I got a full refund through B&H within 1 day so props to them for that but in the 20 weeks I waited with my money tied up in the Nomad I had to use a cheap recorder for a ton of projects. Disappointing but I'm glad I got my money back so I could get a decent recorder. Anyone heard of this happening to others?
  10. I just got my Nomad 6 the other day, and have been going through it with a fine-toothed comb. I noticed today that on both the Slate and Com, when using the internal mic, there is a fairly low-level "jitter" that sounds a bit like Timecode or something similar. As I figured it was a little late to <HAT>, I figured I would throw this out the the JW Community to see if anyone else has the same thing on their Nomad. Attached is a sample of the noise. Let me know what you think! Thanks in advance. Best, -Travis Prater Nomad Slate Noise.wav
  11. Just noticed that you can no longer find any Zaxcom units on B&H's website. Actually, if you search for "Zaxcom Nomad" they show you an SD788! Anybody know what this is about?
  12. Gotham Sound has Nomad 4,6,8, in stock! Also, the new Porta Brace bag AR-NMD. Christina Z. Wittich Sales Manager Gotham Sound
  13. Hey guys, I switched from using a SD302 w/ a Zoom H4N to a Zaxcom Nomad. It's been quite a jump, and I love all the things it can do. On a philosophical level, I think I'm still a bit confused about multi-track recording. Hopefully you guys can help and offer some insight. When using the 302, when I turned the knob, it controlled how much or little volume the recorder would record. I would monitor from my source, since that's what I was ultimately recording. If I needed more bump, I could turn a gain knob and open it up. I assume that is post-fader recording/monitoring. By default set up, the Nomad uses post fade, i think. This makes it so that when I'm mixing, moving the fader knobs doesn't actually really effect anything, so i'm generally just mixing using my gain knob. I have it set up to record isolated tracks for the first 5 channels, but channel 6 is a mono mix of what ever combination i'm using. I guess I'm just confused with how monitoring on my Nomad is different from recording to my Zoom. I really hope i'm making sense, and I know it seems simple, but I'm having some problems grasping the whole pre-post fade thing. Thank you, -w
  14. I have not had any reported issues with syncing since using my Nomad the past few months. For the first time the other day, my friend who shot something with his Canon 5D told me he had a drifting issue towards the end/middle of one of the takes. I'm not sure if this was because it was just a mirror file, or from sending the files over the web.Working with those variables now to see if that's the case. However... I went in and saw that my TC was set to 30. He was shooting at 23.95. Does that make a difference when recording with/without using a smart slate? Thank you, -w
  15. I see that Porta-Brace now makes a case especially made for the Nomad. If anyone gets it I'd love to read a review!
  16. In the process of getting a breakaway cable made for me and was wondering what the inputs and outputs other Nomads Users have on the camera and Nomad ends of their cable....
  17. Me again. Random thing I'm curious if anyone has experimented with. The Mirror files obviously make a copy of what is recorded first to the primary card. If I go back, and re-name a take, or add a note that the last take was "room tone", but the Nomad has already mirrored the segment (since it does it automatically). I'm assuming that means that the mirror files would then lack the same meta-data as the primary. The work around to this would be to leave mirrored off, until you know there is a break, or a scene change, and that all your meta data is up to date. Just curious
  18. Has anyone else found they need to crank the trim all the way up using a Boom Mic? I use a Sennheiser 416, Phantom Power is on. I just always seem to be cranking the trim all the way up. Is there a setting I'm missing, input limiters or something like that that I should check on? Thank you. -W
  19. Just posting to say I had a good time at the Zaxcom Nomad/Digital wireless presentation at Trew Audio Toronto tonight. Glen Sanders did a great presentation (including a quick shout out to JwSound Group ) and I learned a lot about Zaxcom's products and digital wireless, Thanks Glen/Zaxcom! Also thanks to Trew Audio for hosting the event and for the great BBQ! Cheers!
  20. Hey guys. First time field testing my new Nomad-6. I'm in love with it, everything is intuitive and works great. I was really excited about the Write Sound Report feature. I'm assuming it writes to the primary card and not the mirror card. Is there a way to set it to send the report to the mirror card? Also, when you click on the "write report" button there really isn't any indication that something was triggered. Anyone else notice this? Thanks, -W
  21. I just finished my first gig with my new Nomad and was wondering how do you bill/invoice for it? I've seen some talk about varying the amount depending on how many features or recorded channels are used. Looking at average gear rates: 744t $100/day 788t $150/day 788t w/ CL8 $175-200/day Deva/Fusion $200/day I'm thinking $150-175 for up to 4 tracks recording/mixing, $200 for up to 8 tracks recording/mixing. Thought and opinions welcome, Mark O.
  22. I’ve been using my Nomad-6 for the past three weeks on 12 different shoots for a documentary I am independently producing in association with HBO. So, far the Nomad has crashed four times during recording, including twice in one day. Each time, except for one time, when the unit crashed (it stopped recording and the screen froze), it made a high-pitched tone that continued from the output channels (1 and 2) to my camera. On one occasion, the output was silent. By simply shutting off the unit and restarting, I was able to fully recover the recording up until that point, but lost about 30 seconds of critical dialog that was happening each time. On two occasions, including today, I’ve also had an intermittent problem with Channel 3 (which was set to line, 0 db trim) where by the sound was totally distorted and was cutting in and out with only part of the frequencies. (When I switched the same wireless receiver to another channel that was set the exact same way, the sound was fine.) Tonight, when I re-tested for the problem, I could not get the problem to re-appear. (After reading other people’s experience with distortion on Channel 3, if the trim was set to above 10 db, I cranked it up to 20 and 30 db and still the problem didn’t manifest, so it is one of those nasty intermittent problems.) A couple times, I’ve also experienced the annoying problem of getting no sound out of a particular channel that was set up correctly and when I simply turned off the machine and started it again, the sound was fine from that same channel. I do have the latest software - v2.76d. I reset to factory default settings and then manually re-set my settings after upgrading. I use the Transcend 133x 32GB CF cards. I’m wondering if other Nomad users have experienced these problems. I’m also emailing Glenn and Zaxcom with the same information. Robbie Leppzer Turning Tide Productions www.turningtide.com
  23. I'm recording now with the Nomad and when I press stop, I get a False Start page, which only gives me three options: mark , delete or cancel. When I press mark, the recording continues. When I press cancel, the recording continues. I'm afraid if I press delete, my files will be deleted. What do I do to stop the recording and safely save my files? As I'm currently recording (Sunday, 2:40pm ET), I don't know what do except turn the power off to stop the recording, and I'm afraid if I do that my files will definitely be lost. So, I would appreciate some immediate answers if possible, as I have about 8 hours until my card is full. Robbie Leppzer Turning Tide Productions
  24. So I recently sold my old two channel 722 and my DV Promix (shameful look) and I am making the move into the professional world. I am going to get a a pretty hefty tax return this year and I am debating between two routes for my new recording rig. I currently have an MKH-50 and a few good wireless channels, with Cos-11s. I am debating between moving to a cart rig or the Zaxcom Nomad. I already own a new MBP, and Pro-Tools 9 with a Digi 003. So boom recorder and a mixer makes me a great timecode recorder, but I like the Zaxcom Nomad argh please help me decide! Rig #1 $4,700 Yamaha 01v96i w/ Meon life and BoomRecorderPro and Pro-Tools and an SKB 10x6 Rotorack +16 channels of record +Unlimited routing +Sync Playback through pro-tools +Rack Based makes expansion easy -Computer Based -Big Heavy, will not work for one man show. Rig #2 $5500 Zaxcom Nomad 4 Channel, BDS v4 +TimeCode Included +Zaxcom Brand/reliability +Bag based is portable and Versatile +12 channels/ZaxNet/ IFB/ Remote Control with later upgrade -Bag-based work not my favorite. -No playback ability -Will eventually end up on cart Recorder Options.pdf
  25. the challenge, easily control levels of tracks 7+. i've got a job starting tomorrow where i've got 6 talent and boom. they need iso's while mixing hop to camera. my first solution was to stick a mic pre in my bag and run into my return 1/2 for tracks 7/8. luckily i had a few ta5 cables made so i could work with those ta5 connectors: ta5f to female 1/8"(camera return), ta5f to dual xlrf and ta5f to ta3f. so i had some options of to ways to get into those additional channels. but then i remembered i had an emergency that I had in my 302 kit, which has ta3m connectors. so for those of us who are looking for some sort of POT/fader for the additional channels then getting an emergency RX can be a good setup. price wise, its about $180 for the box and then whatever you choose for the cabling. and since we haven't even seen what zaxcom has up their sleeve for the 4 fader add on, this is it for now...
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