[Ty Ford]

Even funkier.

I can download the file from my server and play it fine on two of my three macs, but experimenting further this AM, on my 3rd Mac…no audio. Even if I bring the file over the network from the machine I rendered it on…no audio.

And the get info doesn’t describe the audio. How weird is that?

It’s as if the audio is being scraped off for some computers, Mac or PC, but not others.

Anyone with an explanation, toss in.

Fascinating.

Maybe I’ll try another render. Got any suggerstions?

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Todd and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum,

Compressors can pack a little, knocking back a bit of what’s sticking out, but what probably happening is the mic is in a bad position to pickup a better mix or the conductor has a weird sense of mix.

Try standing behind the conductor. See if the mix sounds any better.

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[Danny Grizzle] “30 years ago, I lost a great interview with my wife’s grandmother because of holding a mic near her face. ……………..
Maybe I would be better off hiding a Sanken COS-11 on my person, then stand too close to people talking.

Speaking of which, the Sanken comes with a little rubber mount intended to be taped to a surface. Any experience with this? It is certainly smaller than the Crown, but I wonder about using a lav in this way.
“

Hi Danny,

30 years ago, maybe the mic was too big or you did indeed brandish it. Either might have been objectionable. 🙂

Attaching a lav to a large flat surface can make it a pzm. Works pretty well, but not as well as being on the person in the right place.

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[Ty Ford]

Hello John and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum,

Drift is due to slight differences in the sample rate clocks.

In order to get really good sync, the devices need to be driven from the same clock.

You might get lucky with two devices, you might not.

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Danny and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

Minidisc recorder for your relatives and don’t try to hide it.

You’re not going to get much from a PZM at 5 feet. Short shotgun and pick your environment carefully.

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Hello Stan,

It’s not in front of your face, It’s on your cheek when positioned properly. In fact putting it in front of your face would be a big mistake. It would pop like crazy.

If you cheat the talent a bit to one side you never even see it.

I am loading a file called Josh Guitar 2 final to my online server at http://www.tyford.com. Much less compression. Yes he has a beard, but I’m using the black E6 on him. The fleshtone E6 blends in a lot better on regular skin.

I thought I made it clear why I choose the E6 over a lav. Go figure. It’s because the mic is closer to the mouth and head turns don’t effect it.

The networks are using them.

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Joshua and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

Hmm by “sky” are they referring to satellite or Sky Radio?

For Sky Radio: https://www.sky.fm/contact.php

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Stan and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

Thanks Dave 😉

Stan, in your case I would use a Countryman E6 over the ear mic. You can see (and hear( the one I use on this Youtube piece.

https://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=-rFHwXWHpcA

Both guys are wearing E6. They can turn their heads anyway they want and they are still on mic. Listen to how present they sound. Sure they are in my acoustically-treated audio studio, but the mic element is 2 inches from their mouths. Head turns (even they are not doing much of that) are not a problem.

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Don and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

This is pretty off the grid for this forum, but we all find ourselves at these crossroads from time to time. Most of us here have reinvented ourselves several times. It can be disorienting especially if it’s the first time.

If getting certified is what gets you hired where you are, get certified. I certainly won’t do you any harm.

Where’s the work? It’s out there. Your people skills are as important as your technical and aesthetic skills. There’s no way to tell where you are on that scale. I know several really smart audio guys with bad attitudes. They end up shooting themselves in the foot most of the time. Not saying this is you, just pointing out the less obvious. Maybe an attitude adjustment is in order.

As weird as this may sound, sometimes being brutally honest with yourself and asking for help from whatever force you may believe in works. There is energy around us all of the time. If you can tune into it, things happen.

You can burn out for any number of reasons. Could be this is not what you were meant to do (anymore), to you have failed to realize that the work you used to do isn’t there in the form you’ve become accustomed to seeing.

There was this experiment with mice in a maze. The researchers faithfully put cheese in the same spot for a while. All the mice found it. Life was good. Then the researchers moved the cheese. A lot of mice kept coming back to the same spot looking for the cheese. Over time, some mice figured it out and started looking elsewhere. We can learn from this. Part of you has figured out the cheese has been moved. You have already started your migration into video. That’s a very good sign. Don’t doubt yourself. Pay attention to what’s going on around you. Get out there. Talk with people, not just in forums, but others.

When someone asks me what I do for a living, I say I’m a hunter-gatherer. When they question that, I tell them that almost every day I get up and look for new opportunities. Symbolically, I go out and pickup the first rock I see. Anything under there for me? No? Look, there’s a rock over there. Anything under there for me? Well there’s something, but what is it and what do I do with it? Eat it, put it in the virtual or financial bank, give it to someone else I know may have been looking for one of these. Move on. That’s the life of the hunter-gatherer.

If you’ve looked under every rock where you are and find absolutely NOTHING, then it’s time to move on. If you find things but don’t know what to do with them, you need to start thinking differently.

You don’t sound like you’ve been working a 9-5 job. That’s good. Many 9-5 folks are ill-equipped to be hunter-gatherers. It freaks them out when they don’t have a job to go to. I think you’re probably more than halfway there. It takes a leap of faith. Not everyone can do that.

Taking a leap of faith means taking chances. You may or may not end up on your feet…this time. Next time maybe you will. The important things to hold to your heart what you learn from your mistakes and that it takes less energy to change the course of an object in motion than to put that object into motion.

Start every day being open; asking,”What’s out there for me? What do I do with this day?”

Staying open requires a LOT of energy at first. Most people aren’t open at all. They are in a rut because predictable behavior and responses require less energy. You will feel tired. That’s OK. Sleep well, eat well, get up the next and ask the same questions again.

Let your brain play with creative and productive thoughts. I find the 10-20 minutes or so as I go to sleep and just after I wake up are fertile ground. Try using that time to exercise your thoughts, come up with new ideas, let things occur to you. Don’t bear down. Keep it light and fun.

Let me know how that works for you. Thanks for letting me share this stuff. Pass it forward.

Regards,

Ty Ford

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Janice,

The Sennheiser G series or Audio Technica 1800 series is as low as you want to go for wireless.

Lectrosonics and Zaxcom above that, Audio Ltd. above that.

Mixer: Sound Devices 302.

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