Sam Mallery
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Here’s a couple options:
Beachtek DXA-2T
Studio 1 Productions XLR-BP (doesn’t mount to camera)
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The Mackie Onyx 820i would be a nice choice. It connects to one of your computers via FireWire, so you can use it as the soundcard for the computer. You get 3 XLR inputs for recording voiceovers and whatnot, and you can connect the balanced TRS control room outputs to your monitors. The main XLR outputs can be set to a mic-level output, which enables you to connect the mixer to a video camera (one that doesn’t have switches for line-level audio signals), if you ever want to mix multiple audio sources directly to a camera.
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I’ve owned Series 100 Lectrosonics (I sold them) and Sennheiser G3 (I bought them to replace the Series 100). The bottom line with the Series 100 is that they just don’t sound very good. Even with Sanken COS11D lavs, the sound quality isn’t there. I believe this is due to the companding that goes on in the receiver (but don’t quote me on that).
If you’re going to get into Lectrosonics wireless, you have to shoot higher and get a system that uses a 400 Series receiver (or better). I have a pair of G3’s and I used them with the ME2 lav mic that comes with them, and I think they sound pretty decent. However, I also own a pair of SM Series Lectro transmitters and an SRa receiver. I default to using the Lectros for pretty much everything. The G3’s are back-ups.
I think you should get a wireless system that equals your 788T in quality. The G3’s are good, but if you’re doing serious work, there’s no question about reaching for Lectro first.
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Your old drives won’t operate at faster speeds. If you have a hard drive that’s highest speed connection is a FW800 port, the fastest it would operate on Thunderbolt won’t exceed 786.432 Mbit/s.
Thunderbolt doesn’t make old technology faster, it’s just compatible with it. The awesome thing is that a single Thunderbolt port could act as six FireWire ports.
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You don’t have to buy new hard drives to use them with Thunderbolt. You can use your old FireWire and USB drives with it. You just need the new FireWire/Thunderbolt adapters that are coming out. They’ll likely be $25 to $30 or so.
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If this is a brand new MacBook Pro, you could use the Thunderbolt port to connect one (or both) of the devices. Currently FireWire adapters are not available, but you could pick one up when they hit the stores and use the MOTU on your dedicated FireWire port, and your external drive on your Thunderbolt port (with the adapter).
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I’m having a similar problem. I just did some searching and found this:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/1098915
But, as you can see, no one provided a solution. I have a 5 minute project that I edited in FCP and exported and mixed the sound in Ableton Live 8. When I exported the final mix out of Ableton and imported it back into FCP, it’s the same problem. The first 30 secs or so is fine, and then you start to notice a little drift. By the end of the video the drift is really apparent.
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The FP33 comes stock with the Tape Out set at stereo line-level. You can adjust it to be summed L+R mono or mic-level by opening it up and doing some soldering.
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I’m with Ty. Use the 3.5mm Tape Out on the FP33 and plug it into the line-level 3.5mm input on a Sony PCM-M10.
I do a lot of shoots with DSLR cameras now-a-days, and I always make two copies of the audio in my bag. I record onto a Edirol R09HR and a Zoom H4n. The reason I suggest the PCM-M10 is that (like the Edirol R09HR) it’s a good little recorder, but the PCM-M10 has the best battery life in the whole portable audio recorder market by a landslide.
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I’ve never owned or used either of those mixers. That said, between those two I would likely get the Sign for the meters. The rule of thumb is that if you’re not investing in a Sound Devices mixer, you’re getting sub par audio and build quality. If you could get by with the two channels of the Sound Devices MixPre, you’ll have a much better piece of equipment on your hands.
The proximity problem you experienced with the Sennheiser shotgun isn’t going to go away when you swap it out for a different mic. You need to get the mic as close as possible to the person speaking.
The AT4050ST is a large diaphragm studio condenser mic, and it’s not a good choice for this purpose. I would suggest that you use the shotgun that you already have, but perhaps getting a wireless system for it and a pistol grip, so that the sound operator on the shoot can move freely to try to get close to and point the shotgun at the person who is speaking.