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Kien Tran
June 19, 2012 at 7:27 pm in reply to: UltraStudio SDI and new Macbook Pro’s USB3

I just got a new Macbook Air and had an Ultrastudio SDI already. Unfortunatley, I can’t get MediaExpress or Camtwist to see it. Likely, they will need to firmware update the Ultrastudio with a Mac compatible embedded driver.
Kien Tran
February 9, 2012 at 7:03 am in reply to: Mic advice for noisy conference interviews at a desk (can’t lav guests)

@Daniel

Thanks for the input. I guess in the end I’m going to have to take some of this equipment to a Mall on a busy night and do some testing.

I’m still thinking heavily about the AT803 Wired Lavs though, which would force guests to stay at the table till I get them.

Fortunately, wireless options were never in consideration as I can never rely on them working with the polluted wireless space at a trade show.
Kien Tran
February 8, 2012 at 7:53 pm in reply to: Mic advice for noisy conference interviews at a desk (can’t lav guests)

@Daniel

Yeah, this is a solution I was looking at doing as well. Those Schoeps Super CMITs look amazing, but at nearly $5k a piece, it’s probably out of our price range.

I was looking at using some AT8035s and setting up in the same way as you suggested. I have my own personal hatred for Lavalieres for your stated reasons.
Kien Tran
February 6, 2012 at 8:03 pm in reply to: Mic advice for noisy conference interviews at a desk (can’t lav guests)

“You don’t need “perfect placement”, or even a hidden wire (although that’s always nice) ”

I guess that is true. Visually I hate having the wire run down in front, but then again, I have having a desk mic in front even more.

“Could you give us an equipment list and an idea of the signal chain?”

We have 4 SM58s on deskstands on the table, which was a process setup long before I took over the production. They have gotten a couple sets of Sennheiser 100 G3s, which works until one of the hosts gets an important biz-dev call and walks off taking the lav with him. In any rate, wireless is a general no go at these events as there’s so much cross talk it’s a nightmare.

I’ll prob just have to make to them get some AT803s, and replace the desk mics with those. I just have to run over there between guests and hook them in each time. This would be my ideal solution actually, as it gets me lavalieres without wireless.

The biggest issue is I have no PA to help me and am more or or less running everything on my own. I guess I just have to force them to take comercial breaks, of which I have been fighting to do for some time. This might be a good way to do it.