I read the report of the "2-4-6-8" Meeting in the recent AMPS newsletter - well, I think it is recent even though it has Spring 2003 on the front :-) I've got...
Hi Jim Yes, you should have been at those meetings to put your points - your knowledge is very valuable. Both David and Nick are experienced people and...
A new edition of The DAW Buyers Guide is now available at http://SYPHAonline.com It provides information on over 280 different DAW hardware and software...
Hi there I have 2 questions for anyone out there who might have an opinion 1 - has anyone found anything better than a dat/ diva / nagra/ minidisk to record...
Michael Lemass
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Oct 17, 2003 11:00 pm
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... Jeff Wexler comments: I have not found anything better than the Deva for location production sound recording. There are certainly lots of other ways of...
Jeff Wexler
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Oct 18, 2003 4:02 am
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Hi Michael, Jeff as usual is right on the money. In my low end arena I'm looking forward to the Sound Devices 744T http://www.sonicsense.com/744t.htm And...
Ray Collins
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Oct 18, 2003 1:22 pm
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E-mail message From: rcol@... (Ray Collins) Date: Sat, Oct 18, 2003, 6:23am (EDT-3) To: amps-talk@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [amps-talk] New...
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Hi all We had a demo of the new Deva V here recently from Glenn Sanders and I must confess he has removed most of the reservations I had about the first Deva...
... It is my understanding that both Zaxcom and Fostex have a lower cost 2-track non-linear recorder in the works, so I doubt that prices will drop on the ...
Jeff Wexler
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Oct 18, 2003 3:03 pm
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I read with fascination that the topic of a suitable location recorder remains an issue. The irony of the situation is that analogue Nagra and DAT continue to...
Richard Daniel
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Oct 19, 2003 7:00 pm
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Hi Richard Very provocative! Oddly enough, I am just now purchasing a 24 bit Stereo Digigram PCMCIA Card for my laptop to 'play' with. It even has an LTC...
Normally, I've never had problems with feature film credits....just TV! Contact the line producer, post production supervisor or supervising sound editor and...
Sandy ! Would you then use using this system for front-line sound recording ? And if not, why not ? And if so, how so ? Cheers. Steve Whitford Sound Recordist ...
Hi Steve, It is not my intention to replace my existing rig with the Digigram but to gain a bit of experience with non-linear file and disc formats. Although...
I have the feeling we could use this type of gear, but it would have to be ruggedized. But with a casing that would allow the unit to drop 6 feet with no...
Ray Collins
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Oct 20, 2003 1:00 pm
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Hi all. for the third time since I purchased my Fostex Pd4 the manual has not been returned by borrowers. does any one have a pdf / or any other filetype or ...
Niall O'Sullivan
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Oct 21, 2003 9:21 am
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Hello, I am recording the production sound for a short student film in San Francisco and I was wondering what the best way would be for the boom operator to...
... If you do not have the use of any outboard mixer, your choices are somewhat limited for monitoring directly off the Nagra 4.2. You could try and obtain an...
Jeff Wexler
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Oct 28, 2003 7:05 pm
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The boom operator actually doesn't need to wear headphones. I'm aware that I'm probably one of only a few sound mixers with this opinion. My boom operators ...
... Yes, you are one of the very few sound mixers who hold that opinion. If you include in our group ALL of the mixers worldwide, you will find that many sound...
Jeff Wexler
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Oct 28, 2003 7:21 pm
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Jeff, Karl and Peter As a mixer in the UK for over 30 years and one who started his career as a boom op many, many years ago, here is my three penny's...
Jeff wrote: If you include in our group ALL of the mixers worldwide, you will find that many sound mixers, notably in the UK, also feel that it is unnecessary ...
... I only singled out UK mixers because I remember hearing from a few directly in the past when this issue of boom operators and headphone use came up awhile...
Jeff Wexler
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Oct 28, 2003 11:17 pm
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Good comments Jeff. I've used Garwood UHF in-ear monitor for about 6 years, and have 15 receiver for production use (programme feed only) and two other...
It's always been a puzzling question as to why US boom ops use headphones and British ones do not, but I can assure both Jeff and Mike that having been lucky...
Mike Westgate wrote: How then do English mixers talk to their operators between takes or during takes when they are tipping the top of frame. Do they shout...
Roger Slater wrote: I have been using radio booms ever since the advent of the Audio 2020 and am sold on the advantages of mobility, reduction of lighting...
Sandy, I think you are referring to the Audio 'Radio Stick' mic which takes the Schoeps capsules. In fact I use my normal choice of Sennheiser MKH50 via a VDB...
Roger wrote: I think you are referring to the Audio 'Radio Stick' mic which takes the Schoeps capsules. In fact I use my normal choice of Sennheiser MKH50 via...
Yes Sandy, I would agree that sometimes you can get a low level burbling noise with the compander system, commonly on distant city traffic noise. The Nagra, I...