ekimsound Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 Hi all. I’m working on a set where the camera crew prefers to use Arri UDM Sensor unit. Which uses ultrasonic pulses to measure distance. There are some moments when my mic captures the pulse and records a continuous beeps. Especially when it goes CU. It doesnt happen always but it does happen often, so I’m keep asking the camera crew if they could take the UDM off. And they do, for the day. But put it back on on the next day until I ask them the same thing again. So.... I was wondering if this is going to be my life till the end of the show? or are there any tips and advices I can get to work around it? possibly making both, me and the camera crew, happy? Thanks, Eugene Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canyouhearmenow Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 Hi, what kind of mic are you using? And is it wired or wireless? Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerobertson Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 If no one from the camera team is being paid a rental on that unit they may be open to using something else for the rest of the show. Easiest fix I can think of is use a different boom mic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 If the DP has to have it I guess I'd consider trying Sennheiser on the boom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Wolf Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 Is it a wireless boom? As far as my experience goes, it appears on sennheiser sk5000 series. I had that problem only on lavs, not on the boom. You could ask the camera dpt to aim lower to not hit the boom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekimsound Posted June 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/19/2019 at 10:28 PM, canyouhearmenow said: Hi, what kind of mic are you using? And is it wired or wireless? Mark Sennheiser mkh8060 w/skp2000 I guess it doesnt go well with wireless boom ;( Seeing the comments, I guess I’ll have to use my cables to avoid this. But every cine gear is going wireless and wireless... Now each dept are even using iphones to monitor. So... I’m not sure I can catch up the production speed if I go back using cables alone. haha. Thanks for all the reply tho! 14 hours ago, Simon Wolf said: Is it a wireless boom? As far as my experience goes, it appears on sennheiser sk5000 series. I had that problem only on lavs, not on the boom. You could ask the camera dpt to aim lower to not hit the boom. This might be one way to try. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canyouhearmenow Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 Some Sennheiser wireless systems use an ultrasonic PILOT tone. There may be an interaction with that. You might try turning off the pilot tone feature in both the Rx and Tx. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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