David Watson
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But if all the cables involved are mono (1/4″ or 1/8″) and the adapters are mono 1/4-1/8, then I don’t see why this solution would be a problem as a temp solution for 2 events? It’s if you have to deal with stereo to mono mixing that you can run into issues.
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More to expand my knowledge base; as I think I mentioned I am coming from a music production background. I want to get into video/film production, and am learning as much of the ropes as I can. I have joined a volunteer film production group to achieve this. But since I have a good audio/music production background, the group is looking to me as the “expert” on sound. So in addition to expanding my knowledge base, I am trying to learn as much as I can about the specifics of sound/audio production for film, including things like on-set/location recording.
Specifically with time code, I was considering whether it’s worth it for the group to use a TC system for syncing or stick to manual using the clapper. I’m thinking the manual should work for now. The group primarily produces short films and uses 2 cameras at most. We recently purchased a separate portable recorder, but before the mic(s) were feeding directly into the camera being used, which ranged from pros like RED to DSLRs to HD camcorders. (The cinematographers on each production used whatever camera they owned).
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Wow, thanks Brian!
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Corbin did you end up getting any of the headphones you were looking at? If so, have you tried them out? What did you find?
I realized that the Sony MDR-XD100s I have are most likely consumer headphones, but probably pretty good ones. I like them because compared to most other consumer headphones I’ve tried, the XD100s have a good non-biased flat frequency response.
However a volunteer film group I’m part of recently purchased a Sennheiser HD 280 headphone. And I get to try it out. So I’ll run some tests comparing frequency response and signal level of the HD 280 to the XD100 and post the results.
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Hi Brian thanks for your response. It does help but I have a few follow-up questions:
[Brian Reynolds] “During a shoot all recorders are referenced to a master time clock [normally the main camera or TC slate], all the recorders then operate in ‘free run’ mode and every few hours [meal & coffee breaks] they are then jambed synced to maintain alignment or via a RF time code sender.”
Is this the case with LTC? You mentioned LTC is now a thing of the past. In that case, does the above still apply today to whatever TC format is used?
[Brian Reynolds] “The DA or ‘script chick’ “
Sorry to sound like a newbie, but what does DA stand for? I’ve heard the term script chick, and I think it’s the person (traditionally a women I guess?) who makes sure the filming is going according to script. Is that the same as continuity supervisor?
Also nowadays how are things done? Do all recorders still operate in ‘free run’ mode or are they more tightly synced?
Where does SMPTE come in? If I understand Peter correctly, SMPTE is the overall standard while LTC/ViTC/CTRL are specific methods of implementing the standard?
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[Peter Groom] “Its use is much more on the video side of things rather than film.”
Hi Peter, I assume you are referring to LTC/ViTC/CTRL? If so, then what is generally used in film to sync?
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Not sure; I tried using Audacity and Mbox 2 – I generated a 22KHz Sine Wave tone. But I couldn’t hear the actual tone itself. However, not sure if that’s due to Mbox 2 not playing the correct frequency or the headphones.
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Hey Corbin, not sure if you’ve made your order yet, but the ones I use are Sony MDR-XD100s. I know these weren’t on your list, and tbh I haven’t tried any of the others on your list. But I’m adding in my two cents only because I’ve found these to be incredible for long periods of wear. You can find specs here: https://reviews.cnet.com/headphones/sony-mdr-xd100/4507-7877_7-31299089.html. I find these have good balance in terms of frequency response. The specs say they peak at 22KHz, but I haven’t noticed an issue with not hearing extremely high frequencies (ie >22KHz). But I do use these as my normal headphones for general media consumption, as well as studio headphones for music and video production, and I’ve never had any issues. The stock chord is quite long, which is a bonus. I should note though that the ear-cups fit my ears well. If you have bigger ears than the size of the cups, then of course you’ll want to look for something else.
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