[Ty Ford]

sorry, my fingers meant to type Rode NTG-3.

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Anand and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

The Sennheiser MHK 416 shotgun is known for its ruggedness. The Rode NYG-3 is a new mic of similar design. The ElectroVoice RE 50 is a great handheld mic.

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[Ty Ford]

Welcome back to the Cow Audio Forum Din.

How ’bout giving us a little help?

What hardware do you expect to use?

Where do you intend to record?

For what purpose?

..and about 30 other questions.

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Gotta say JC,

In only know one mic on the planet that MIGHT be more sensitive and with 1-2 dB lower self noise than the TLM 103, and it’s got edgy problems. So I’m going to disagree with you on this one.

I think he has a fan that isn’t making the sound he wants, or he hasn’t found the right spot, or he has a really noisy room.

Go to fan shop and find another fan.

REgards,

Ty Ford

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[Mark Allen] “I don’t know alot about pin configuration, but from the previous posts I take it you could split the channels if it was on a 5-pin but not a 3 pin. Is this correct?

Also, does the ability to choose stereo or mix make any difference in trying to split the audio out feed?
“

Hi Mark,

Unless they are running unbalanced audio out of that 3-pin, you will only get one output. Stereo might make a mono mix (but why would they call it stereo??) You have a strange beast. Try listening and switching and make your decision accordingly.

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Brian,

Good idea, but when I pulled up the owner’s manual on the web, it indicated a Male XLR 3-P, which I assumed was a three pin. The language seemed to indicate that there was a monitor out switch that allowed switching from one track to another. Perhaps Mark can confirm.

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Mark and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum,

How weird is that? Only ONE XLR out for a camera with two tracks. They must never have expected it to be used as a deck.

If you must use the camera, you pretty much have to make a second pass for the second audio track and try to sync it manually.

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Ty Ford

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[Ty Ford]

Good work everyone.

Thanks for helping Bob with this. He’s a good friend of mine and I’d hate to have to prematurely attend the viewing after his electrocution.

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Ty Ford

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Thanks for filling in the good content, Sam.

Some thoughts. The CS-3e is not really a shotgun mic, though it looks like one. The capsule is pretty much at the tip of the tube. It can be used inside and out.

The Schoeps cmc641 (which will go up in price AGAIN sometime this year, probably to $2400) is the mic you want for interior boom work. And yes, you can use it outside as well.

I think they’ll be renumbering the 4053a. The discontinuation was due to the ROHS compliancy that lots of mics are going through now. Unfortunately the AT web site does a poor job of explaining this and sometimes lists a mic as discontinued without providing a link to the new version.

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Hello Scott and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

I doubt that you’ll find many folks all that divisive here when it comes to gear.

For the HVAC duct, start with wrapping it with sound blankets to see if that reduces the noise. Maybe you’ll get lucky. There’s a video studio at one of the local colleges with a HUGE HVAC return (4 feet x 4 feet) just outside the studio. When the system is on you can actually hear the wind whistle through the cracks around door.

Nice that you have the Neumann shotgun. 81, 82 or rsm191?

Field Mixer: How many inputs do you expect to use? I have a Sound Devices 442. 4 in and three sets of balanced outs (for feeding three cameras simultaneously) Go to the Sound Device site to read all of the features. I know of no better 4 input mixer.

Lavs: Sanken COS11 do very well. I have Countryman B6, E6 and EMW, all of which I like.

Wireless: Audio Ltd. makes the best sounding longest range wireless I’ve heard so far. I have samples up in my online archive. Their 2040 system is stunning. Lectrosonics makes great gear. Zaxcom is very ground breaking – digital, transmitters that are enabled with recording chips in case you do have a drop out.

Field Recorder: Back to Sound Devices for the 788T. 10 tracks, new solid state hard drive, (no spinning discs), excellent sound. Add on mixer interface. 744T, a four track, is in my kit.

BoomRecorder software runs on a Mac and with the right audio interfaces works really well.

Both Sound Devices and BoomRecorder record polywave files, so you end up with one icon representing all of the tracks of a take and they are synced together. Very cool.

DT100: nice phones. Impedance doesn’t always have bearing on sensitivity. The Sony MDR 7506 are about the most sensitive headphones out there and because of their sound, they are standard issue for film production. They are peaked a bit at the top and bottom. The new Audio Technica ATH M50 headphones are more natural sounding, slightly bigger and cost a bit more.

Cheers,

Ty Ford

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