Stef Albertyn Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 For those on the cheaper end of the budget scale. I had a bit of credit at the local music shop and they had the Rode Newsshooter at a ridiculous special - so I bought one - if it was terrible I could use it as an extra camera hop for guide tracks, so I had nothing to loose. I plugged a Schoeps 641 into the Rode, set the gain to +30 on the transmitter and 0 on the receiver. The line level send was reasonably low and needed a fair amount of gain. I will look into using an "unbalanced" cable betweern receiver and recorder next to see if there was any issue there. But for the time being - here are two files recorded - one with the Rode and one with the Schoeps directly into the Sonosax. Some noise on the Rode - but not bad at all! Obviosluy have not tested distance etc. Cheers Stef EDIT - I changed the cable and it sorted the gain issue out - lot less noise! Test_Schoeps_641_with_Rode_Newshooter_to_Sonosax.wav Test_Schoeps_641_Straight_to_Sonosax.wav Test_Schoeps_641_with_Rode_Newshooter_to_Sonosax_LESS_GAIN_WITH_UNBALANCED_CABLE.wav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 3 hours ago, Stef Albertyn said: I had a bit of credit at the local music shop and they had the Rode Newsshooter at a ridiculous special Am curious, what was the "ridiculous" price you paid for yours? As I've noticed they're a bit more expensive than the RodeLink Filmmakers Kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef Albertyn Posted July 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 I'm in South Africa - things are just simply more expensive here - they normally go for 1050NZ$, and I paid about 700 NZ$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismedr Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Thanks for the test. Do you remember the wiring for the unbalanced cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Typically when feeding a balanced input from an unbalanced output, XLR pins 1 and 3 are tied together. However some manufacturers recommend floating XLR pin 3 in an unbalanced scenario (for instance Sound Devices recommends this for the 302). So the best wiring config depends on what the receiver is feeding. FWIW, According to the Rode specs, the NewsShooter receiver has a dual mono 1/8" TRS output (unbalanced), so if a generic TRS to XLR balanced adapter is used, total cancellation is likely.. No audio at all, I'm sure that's happened to a lot of OMB shooters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef Albertyn Posted July 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 44 minutes ago, chrismedr said: Thanks for the test. Do you remember the wiring for the unbalanced cable? What Rick said! I got this to work best T->XLR Pin 2 S->XLR Pin 1 R-> N/C It made no difference when XLR pin 3 bridged to pin 1 or not Cheers stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismedr Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 perfect, thanks for the info. I have access to a Rode wireless, so I might wire up some cables and run some tests into an 633. curious if I can make it work on channel 4-6 with line level since with the low output of the G3 it's pushing it to a point where I don't feel comfortable. chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 7 hours ago, Stef Albertyn said: I'm in South Africa - things are just simply more expensive here - they normally go for 1050NZ$, and I paid about 700 NZ$. Yikes! I think I paid around NZ$530 for mine. 5 hours ago, chrismedr said: curious if I can make it work on channel 4-6 with line level since with the low output of the G3 it's pushing it to a point where I don't feel comfortable. I don't see the RodeLink Filmmakers Kit (which is different to the Newsshooter Kit that is discussed here) as a replacement for the G3, due to the hideous size of their TX packs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismedr Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 15 minutes ago, IronFilm said: Yikes! I think I paid around NZ$530 for mine. I don't see the RodeLink Filmmakers Kit (which is different to the Newsshooter Kit that is discussed here) as a replacement for the G3, due to the hideous size of their TX packs. Well, one can get the filmmakers kit for about NZ$400 (260EUR) net over here, and while I wouldn't want to use it as a talent mic on serious productions, it could be a nice emergency backup, quick extra plant mic or camera hop etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 58 minutes ago, chrismedr said: Well, one can get the filmmakers kit for about NZ$400 (260EUR) net over here, and while I wouldn't want to use it as a talent mic on serious productions, it could be a nice emergency backup, quick extra plant mic or camera hop etc. That is basically what I am doing. RodeLink Newsshooter Kit = Plant Mic RodeLink Filmmakers Kit = Camera Hop (or super ultra desperate extra lav mic for talent, but rarely happens now that I've got more wireless in my kit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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