Today, I write about how I built an 8 channel wireless IEM system in a 4U form factor. The Past A couple of years ago, I bought a Sennheiser ew IEM G4 to be used in my Sound Devices Scorpio; my microphone, MIC, rack. With this, I could either receive a single wireless stereo mixContinue reading “A Dante/AES50 enabled 4U mixer rack for 8 wireless IEM channels”
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Latency Test with a Wireless Microphone, through a DP48 Personal Mixer and a Wireless IEM
Now that we built our IEM rack it was time to bring it to a real life test and measure its latency. Would it really be usable? The short answer is definitely yes! But it certinaly is not free of any latency. We measured a net latency of roughly 2062.500us. Read on if you wantContinue reading “Latency Test with a Wireless Microphone, through a DP48 Personal Mixer and a Wireless IEM”
The last microphone I ever buy?
In the last post I wrote about my recent purchase: The Neumann U 67. And it arrived today. I just unpacked and connected it to my Sound Devices 833. The high-pass low-cut filter on the microphone is enabled and the polar pattern is set to cardiod.The gain is set to 44dB on the recorder, withContinue reading “The last microphone I ever buy?”
Sound Device MixPre-3 II Timecode Issue
In this post I would like to talk about an irritating feature, not to say a flaw, in the Sound Devices MixPre-3 II. You can also listen to the whole post on YouTube. Let’s take it away. One of the features of the SoundDevices MixPre-3 is Timecode. However, as it turns out, there seems toContinue reading “Sound Device MixPre-3 II Timecode Issue”
A new addition to my microphone locker – Neumann TLM 67
Having to stay in a sound-wise medieval croft for the next couple of months could make me think to invest in proper acoustic room treatment – or: to get a new microphone. And this is what I did. I ordered the Neumann TLM 67. Originally, I was up for a Neumann U 67 Reissue. However,Continue reading “A new addition to my microphone locker – Neumann TLM 67”
Shure MV7 vs Rode PodMic
I bought myself a USB microphone. The Shure MV7. Actually, a dual USB / XLR microphone. I did a quick comparison with the Rode PodMic, which you can listen to in this short video.
Microphone comparison in an untreated room
In the next couple of months I will be in a sound-wise unfriendly environment where recordings are very likely to suffer. As we will have to produce “live” there will be no time for post processing. But as I still want to achieve some kind of intelligible sound, I conducted some tests for find aContinue reading “Microphone comparison in an untreated room”
Sound Devices 8-series Firmware v8.90 bug leads to disabled Channel Input after Recording
The other day I finally got my new sound Devices A20 Mini and connected it to my Scorpio via A10-RX / SL-2. After a quick test recording I came across a small firmware error (that actually has nothing to do with the A20). [Update 2020-05-21] Sound Devices confirmed to me that they are aware ofContinue reading “Sound Devices 8-series Firmware v8.90 bug leads to disabled Channel Input after Recording”
Powering the Sound Devices MixPre-10 II via a MyVolts Hirose DC Adapter and a USB-C PowerBank
The Sound Devices MixPre-10 II unfortunately does not support power via USB, but either gives you power options via the battery sled or its Hirose 4-pin adapter. As normal NiMH batteries last to something like zero and the original AC/DC adapter is a bit bulky, I looked for an alternative, which I found at MyVoltsContinue reading “Powering the Sound Devices MixPre-10 II via a MyVolts Hirose DC Adapter and a USB-C PowerBank”
Sound Devices Scorpio with Hirose 10-pin Output
The Sound Devices Scorpio comes with 2 Hirose 10-pin outputs that – according to the block diagram – can be configured for L, R or bus B1 to B10. Sound Devices sells this cable under the product name XL-10. However, this item is no longer sold. And my supplier in Switzerland told me, he wouldContinue reading “Sound Devices Scorpio with Hirose 10-pin Output”
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