[Ty Ford]

Got it.

OK, but what happens if you take the Golden Age out of the chain. Still popping?

If so, then your problem is likely the mic. Check it. If not, it may be the Phantom Supply in the Golden age.

Humidity can be a problem, but usually only if the diaphragm is dirty. Did you buy the mic new or used? Do you smoke?

Is the mic exposed in a highly humid environment? It’s EXTREMELY humid where I am right now. August in Maryland; East Coast Middle Atlantic USA. None of my mics are do ing this because they are all in an air conditioned studio.

Put it somewhere drier than where it is now for a day. Wrap it in a bag and include some silica gel packets.

Worst case scenario, send it back to Neumann for inspection and possible diaphragm cleaning.

not saying to do this, but if you get up on it and exhale right into the grille, if it is a dirty diaphragm, you should hear it snap, crackle and pop.

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Tom and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

So no audio is getting through?

The TLM 102 requires full 48 volt Phantom Power. Is the Phantom Power turned on on the Golden Age?

What I fail to understand is why you have both the Golden Age and the Steinberg UR22. They both have preamps and Phantom Power. You should be fine just plugging the mic into the Steinberg with its Phantom Power turned on, and plugging the Steinberg into your laptop. Maybe someone was a little overzealous in providing your gear list.

If you ARE using both, one after the other, Phantom Power only needs to be turned on on the device you’re plugging the mic into.

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Ryan, et al,

While this is true, there are things you do have to be on top of. There’s “Gain Staging”, which is the study of connecting multiple pieces of audio gear together successfully. Observance of the right impedances, levels and either balanced or unbalanced audio allow audio to be transferred and recorded successfully.

Sending line level to a recorder set to receive mic level is a recipe for disaster. Sometimes the output level of the mixer is set to line, but the operator is running the mixer at a lower than standard level and the levels coming out of the mixer are closer to mic level. Everything’s fine until the people start talking at normal levels and then, if the levels are to low, the DJ turns them up and your recording is toast. If they are too high, the DJ turns them down and there went your signal.

There’s a lot to know. The operator of the mixer may or may not have a clue what level is coming out of the mixer. It’s not the DJ’s job to solve your problems. Unless you listen constantly to the recorder during the shoot, you have no idea what’s being recorded or what levels are set.

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Hello Ryan,

Yes, to all of the above, and……

When the only tool you have is a painter’s pole, everything looks like a paint brush. ☺

This is not a device that you need to buy again and again, like a smart phone.

My first pole was really expensive. A 16 foot carbon fiber K-tek. I asked the dealer what most people bought. He said a 12 footer. I told him, “Here’s the thing I know about me. If I get a 12 footer today, I’ll need something that goes 14 feet tomorrow.” I gritted my teeth and bought the 16 foot carbon fiber.

You can use the extra length to counterbalance instead of ripping your arms out of their sockets and overworking your forearms. it carbon fiber. It’s lighter. Period. I bought it about 15 years ago. I haven’t needed to buy another one. Buy once smartly instead of buying another one later.

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OK,

I will be plugging the Zoom h4n into the sound board and the sound board would be operated by the DJ and I would be operating the Zoom.

You need to get with the DJ to settle on using mic or line level to your recorder. Line is usually better.
You need to watch the level into your recorder during the show, because he may change levels that make your level go low or high. You may need to adjust. Having both of you there for the rehearsal is a VERY GOOD IDEA.

There will be a microphone on the officiant, bride and groom. Not sure what type of mic as every wedding is different.

One mic on all three or three different mics?

I am using a Mac computer and edit with Final Cut Pro.
OK, me too.

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Kelsie and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

You enter as a hopeful, empty bucket expecting to be filled. There is so much to learn.
I’m not sure of the best place to start. My experience is that every shoot is different.

What will be plugged into the inputs of the sound board?
Who will be operating it?
Will there be mics on people or somewhere else?
What mics will be used on which people?
What editing system will you be using?
Is your computer a Mac or a PC?

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Hi Again Kevin.

Another thought. Some systems like an SD card that’s freshly formatted for each shoot, or they get confused and misbehave. Not all SD cards are as good as others. Usually, the mfgr. lists a set of cards that are known to work.

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Kevin and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

Thanks for posting the audio sample.

That sounds a lot like RF to me. Are you certain that you were listening intently and all the time? That doesn’t explain how the noise could be on both tracks at the same places.

The glitches were on both the NTG4+ and wireless tracks at the same places? The NTG4+ was hard wired, right?

Sound Devices has a great piece of software called Wave Agent. You might try opening and saving the problem audio in it.
https://www.sounddevices.com/support/downloads#waveagent

I haven’t tried testdisk, bit it looks interesting.
https://www.cgsecurity.org/Download_and_donate.php/testdisk-7.1-WIP.mac_intel.tar.bz2

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[Ty Ford]

Thanks, Bruce

And your contributions to this forum are always appreciated and well thought out.

Thanks for being you.

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Hey Bruce, Thanks!

I forgot I wrote that! Ha! Not a half bad article. ☺

We also found that when communicating by remote computer, the Plantronics USB headsets mic really did a nice job for us. We bought them for every person we had an interview with. Too much for the average caller.

We recorded split track directly over SKYPE with an add on app called Call Recorder.

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