I currently use Apple Airpods Pro and my iPhone but would like to get a clearer sound with reduced wind noise. I use these to record thoughts for later editing and/or short videos of my rides. I typically start and stop recordings as thoughts arise and intentionally make an initial comment on the topic to make editing easier. So, an easy way to start/stop recording while hands are on the handlebars is important. Any recommendations on a setup would be appreciated.

Using a NTG with my iPhone 15 Pro, it connects and works but basically I can't adjust microphone audio pick up level on the NTG (adjusting from 1 to 15 makes no difference at all) and it seems to be set at a default number (controlled by the phone internally I guess), other settings on the mic works, only the audio level doesn't.. I have to be really really close to the mic or it doesn't pick up enough audio. I think the problem comes from the fact that the phone thinks the mic is also an output source, as the sound doesn't work on the phone if the mic is plugged in, because obviously the NTG has no way to output audio. I may be wrong tho. Any idea?? THANKS

Edit: the gain level 1-15 doesn't work even if I plug the mic into the computer. Tried with jack3.5 cable or the usb-c to lightning cable. Same issue.

im not thinking of pros and cons, just straight up quality

I was recording a school band concert earlier this week and tried to take the audio directly from my MixPre II and send it to OBS Studio on my computer to combine a camcorder video feed with good audio.

As I was recording within OBS, I noticed the level meter did not pick up test claps and guessed that compression was being added somewhere in the signal chain. I didn’t have time to troubleshoot before the concert started (double duty as director), and decided to check it after the concert. As expected, the audio was muffled and non-existent in places.

I was recording directly to the device as well, and that audio sounds great. So my question is- does the USB audio get processed differently before exiting the unit and is there a way to adjust that setting if so? I turned off all ‘audio enhancements’ in the Windows 11 settings and verified that no compression is being added in OBS Studio. I don’t have any added compression when I add a Zoom H6 as an audio device in OBS Studio.

I will cross post this in an OBS subreddit as well to get opinions.

Looking to get into film/video sound to some capacity. Whether that be post production or location/production sound. I've done a bit of sound on student films for my film degree, but haven't gone much deeper than that. I'd like to get a better understanding of the principles/ fundamentals of sound, how it works etc. Just wondering how people learnt about the basics/ any resources ppl have?

Can you add antennas to a 633? I know you can with the 688 and an SL-6.

Be gentle.

I’ve been doing studio work full time for a few years now and live sound has recently been a large part of my income I was wondering how I would break into location sound aswell? Any advice would be great. I’m down to join a union. There really isn’t anything like that for studio engineers near me so union protections would be nice

https://news.mit.edu/2024/sound-suppressing-silk-can-create-quiet-spaces-0507

Hi! I’m a beginner sound operator. Recently I’ve had an occasion to help with a short film during which there were a lot of scenes without any dialogue.

I’ve had some issues with recording loudness level. I’m working on a MixPre-6 I with an MKH416 and a pair of M50x headphones.

The problem i’m facing is that my headphone volume is between 80-90 and what i thought was loud and clear in the recording turned out to be very quiet once i listened to it after the shoot.

My gain was relatively around 35-40dB and the distance from the sound source (which were various sand shoving foleys) was around 2 meters or so.

If anyone here have a similar setup could You guys share how you setup your gain and headphone volume for such recordings?

Thanks a lot

Hey guy, I’ve got a pretty standard kit with lectros, (src, 411a, smqv, and smdwb)

And for some reason, my preamps on the smdwbs are generating a noise that sounds something similar to a grounding issue when I turn them up.

It sounds kind of like when you unplug a guitar when connected to an amp, but also with a tiny clicking sound.

It’s almost as if they’ve gone audible. Has anyone experienced this?

My smqvs don’t have this issue.

I used the same frequency’s on both the smqv and the smdwb with the same compat mode and on the same receiver. I can clearly hear a difference in the sound of the preamp when they’re turned to the same gain setting.

I'd love a set of lectro hops. But I don't have that many thousands right now.

A couple of things have me leaning Sony, a couple of things have me leaning Deity. Help me out, reddit. I'm on a budget of about $1400. I'm looking to add a higher quality hop than the icky vocopros I've been using. I'm drawn to a dual channel wireless system because I can send individual mics from my mixer to cam. I have a few questions and am also looking for some opinions.

The Deity has timecode which is nice, but I already have mk2 tentacles. So I don't really need that. The other thing it has is a wider variety of freqs to choose from by comparison to the Sony, plus some other recording-oriented options that maybe sony doesn't have.

The sony TXs can be powered by my BDS with the right cables, which is very attractive to me. They also have a lower noise floor (correct me if I'm wrong about that) and they say "Sony" on them.

The wild card here would be finding a cheap SRB and a couple of matching UM200s. But keeping that within budget (mostly the SRB) could be a task, and then power solutions are basically gonna be rechargeable batteries every so many hours. Not a particularly flexible solution, but probably the highest sound quality. I know there are some battery eliminators out there for the UM400s but I'm not sure about acquiring them, plus um400s are much more than the um200c.

Right now I'm leaning Sony purely for the power considerations, as I already have tentacles and these aren't going to be my primary lavs, ever. I have an SRc/SMDWB/6060 combo for my primary duo. I just don't have that kind of money at this time, and won't for the foreseeable future. I've also considered getting the new gen dual channel sony receiver and trying to pair it with a couple of UMs in the same freqs, but compatibility is a question.

Sorry for writing a book I just have things to consider.

Of these options, what would u/locationsound do?

(Just buy the sennheiser, right?)

I'm not necessarily asking about their compatibility, since I know that the H1N is a low budget solution nowadays, but I'm interested in whether it would *work*. I'd get a cable that convert a XLR3F of the mic to the 3.5mm jack of the H1N to connect them. This information seems to be so simple that I couldn't find anything on google. Any insight is appreciated, as I'm very new (and only passing by) in this field.

I'm currently considering wireless boom setups and some of the advantages and disadvantages with it. I do really like the idea and versatility of a wireless boom but I recognise that rf waves and distance can mean the boom loses it's reliability compared to lavs.

I was considering the idea of a setup to accommodate for this. My idea is to mainly have the boom be connected into an XLR splitter with one xlr cable going into the wireless transmitter that goes to a reciever in the main sound mixing device while the extra xlr line goes into a single xlr recorder like the tascam dr-10L or f3. The extra input for the xlr line that isn't going into the sound mixing device can be connected to a timecoder and can be stored as a backup for if the wireless input for the main sound mixing device fails then.

So basically that way the regular sound mix has all the wireless inputs and recordings but the dr-10L has saved a backup which can be accessed if the wireless input on the sound mixer fails. With the timecode on it too syncing different audio recordings also shouldn't be too difficult either.

Do you think this is a decent idea to have a wireless boom with a backup in case something goes wrong or is this going a bit far to make wireless work?

How they perform in monitoring sound? Do they have good isolation? And what about frequencies?

So has anybody experienced this?

When I time sync my cameras and my mixpre, every time I record it peeps and for a millisecond, a warning shows up on the mix saying that the time is now synced.

But the time never did go out of sync.

The deity tc is connected via bnc and I tried different cables already. Also switching the tc unit doesnt do anything.

It’s not destructive, so it’s not breaking the recording. But it sure as hell is annoying.

If somebody experienced the same thing and knows what to do, please tell me

Thanks in advance !

edit: i will try to get videoproof of this to post here and sed to deity and SD.

Hello! Some context, I'm working in my local church and am leading a team of volunteers who do the location sound recording and also audio post production for all our videos. I myself have been doing both for roughly around 3 years now (ever since the COVID pandemic forced everything to go online), and I really do love it. I love holding a boom mic and making sure that the audio is perfectly recorded, that the lapel micing is done well. And I love doing the audio post production work as well.

Here's the issue : I just...cant quite verbalise WHY I love it. I just do. But it becomes a little bit hard to inspire and impart the passion to newer people if I can't really verbalise why I love my craft.

So I'm just curious, what does everyone here love about their craft? Is there a particular personal vision that you have? Or a goal? Or something that happened on set that just fired you up and ignited your passion for your craft?

Hello!

Got a gig in a few weeks where I'm going to be trouble shooting and doing a general once-over of the audio setup for a small studio(cheers if you commented on my post about travel rates a week ago), specifically to help them nail down some wireless issues they've been having.

I'm going to bring a small RF scanner to use to help coordinate the wireless systems they have on site, and I'm getting a bit of option paralysis.

I'm currently bouncing between:

• A Used RF Explorer - Compact, single device and I'd output the scan to Wireless Workbench for the coordination ~$150 USD used
• A TinySA - Compact-er, super cheap and compatible with WWB with a script ~$60USD
• Tx Advance - Runs independently of WWB, can use WWB if I want, needs all sorts of dongles. ~ $130-ish USD

Tx Advance seems like the nicest option as it's the most flexible, I wouldn't have to bust out my laptop every time I want to coordinate stuff and but I don't current own any Android device, so after getting the App, the dongles, and a thrift store Android phone it's not much cheaper than an explorer and twice as much as a TinySA. (The android phone would double as a dedicated Wingman device so there's more value there)

I still think Tx Advance is what I should do, I currently mix an Axient ADX5D, Sony UWPs and Senn G2s for IFBs so I could see myself using it a lot, but I wanted to see if anyone here has any experience with any of these.

Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone, I'm currently a recent grad looking to go full time into production sound. I've done a few school projects, but I'm not going to get any gear until I have experience working under mixers in my area first.

I've mainly been researching mixers and shotguns, and haven't spent much time on wireless systems. I have some experience with wireless, my school had a few Sennheiser G3s and a pair of Lectro L-Series(LR receiver and HMa transmitter), but I wanted to explore my options.

How do the Sony UWP's compare with the new Deity Theos system?

EDIT: Randomly got to try the UWP system today by chance! Really like them and impressed by them. Waiting to have an opportunity to try out the Theos but definitely wouldn't be dissatisfied if I went with the UWP!

Hello!

I've been deep diving online to find the best microphone set up for my needs but have overwhlemed my brain with options and don't know whats what anymore.

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I'm looking to record acoustic guitar and vocals on location in various places, fields, churches, gas stations etc. Sometimes it'll be filmed with a Sony A7, sometimes with an iphone, so I don't need something that feeds the audio directly to the video source, as I'll be mixing it later.

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I'm looking for two lavalier mics, they can be wired, and something to receive and record the audio that is small and can fit on the perfomer. I'd ideally not like to spend more than $300 total, which I know is low, but what is my best best here? The performers and camera will be moving, so a field recorder would not be ideal!

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Thank you!

I’m running a PowerStar LiFe and would like to add an additional battery. At close to $1000 for the PSC built box I’m tempted to try my own using an Amazon LiFe battery.

What don’t I know about using the 2 pole speakon at the back of the PowerStar to cable to/from an off board battery?

knobs, screen and buttons placement

What do you use to power your receiver? Looking for suggestions! My buddy uses a d-tap battery, but didn't suggest any brands or anything.

For my fellow UK soundies, do you guys know if there's any documentation on the delivery & collection fees people charge for APA jobs? Trying to explain it to a producer but I'd rather have documentation (i.e. like how the APA ratecard is set out) to show.

I have a pretty basic, simple sound rig used to small corporate and commercial shoots. I rarely have to send out multiple feeds. And when I do, it’s a single feed out either xlr to a camera or to a wireless hop. I use the X1/X2 input on the mixpre for that.

For this upcoming shoot, they want hops on 2 separate cameras. What’s the best way to go about this? The MixPre 10 II only has the one output on X1/X2 to my knowledge. It does have the USB outputs but i’m not sure that applies here.

I don’t have much accessories or gear so i’m wondering if there’s some things I need to get to make this work. I have 2 wireless systems (G4s) to use as the hop itself, but I’m not sure how to send 2 feeds out from the X1/X2 input.

Just need to know if there’s a simple way of doing this where i could order some new accessories or cables for it. Thanks!

Just purchased a Wireless GO II together with a Lavalier II

The sound comes out quiet and poor quality. What am I missing here? Anyone troubleshooted this before?

EDIT: more information;

Sound sample: https://voca.ro/1kNMSlbY7IXw

The lav 2 is hooked up to one of the transmitters, the receiver is hooked up by USB to my computer, and I'm using the RODE as my system mic for testing.

I tested also by getting the recording straight off of the transmitter without going through the receiver, and it sounds the same.