Newbie Location Sound Bag Demo - Mixpre10 II with Lectrosonics SMDWB and SRc Wireless

[@lectrosonics]

Nice video - thanks for going through the details of your system, and setup tip!

[@fer_fdi]

never turn on a TX without the antena! So best practice is to install the antenna before installing batteries

[@alexbologna1125]

Love the peacocks in the background

[@atomterrible]

Kevin!

[@fiercesound2138]

Great video! Maybe avoid the brown packing paper next time 😜

[@ReAmped]

Great video! Thanks for sharing

[@BobbyKawecki]

fantastic video! how do you connect the receivers to the mixpre?

[@atomterrible]

The Lectrosonics SRc receivers come without a backplate. If you want to use them in a bag so they have two TA3 outputs and a power input, you need a SREXT adapter kit.

[@atomterrible]

@@BobbyKawecki You got it. 2 cables if you want to run two transmitters.

[@AzizAlmezzy]

Thank you, Nice video I want to ask you can I play a tone as it is in Zoom F8 This helps me to test the transceiver from my device to the camera

[@atomterrible]

The mixpre10 ii has a tone generator, yes.

[@RobertLinthicum]

Liked and subscribed. This was very educational, thanks for making it. Is the A1 frequency block the way to go, and why did you choose it?

[@atomterrible]

A1 gives the widest range of channels. B1 is slightly more limited in terms of legal frequencies, and C1 recently got repurposed and is now illegal to broadcast on.

[@productionsoundtexas3949]

Can you show us your gain structures! Thanks

[@atomterrible]

For this kit for this company, I recorded everything in 32-bit float, so gain structure is irrelevant except for setting it correctly at the transmitter (the louder the gain, the better range you get). So those are just set as loud as is reasonable to balance audio quality without the limiters crushing everything and still get good range.

[@joellouisfire]

Thank you for this video! So helpful. Two questions - what bag is that specifically? OR-280? Also, what Rycote wind protector do you have on your MKH416? Good for outdoors? Thanks!!!

[@atomterrible]

It's called the "KSTGJ" which stands for "K-Tek Stingray Junior Audio Mixer Recorder Bag." B&H no longer carries it, but it's available on k-tek's website. The closest thing that B&H carries now is the "Stingray Jet X Bag."

[@joellouisfire]

@@atomterrible Oh awesome, thanks! I didn't know K-Tec made a bigger bag for the Mix-Pre. I have their smaller bag for the Mix-Pre 6, back when the MKI was first released. Looking to upgrade to get more room for receivers and extra goodies.

[@tonyjazzo]

What a great video!!!

[@atyuuu]

Seems like a nice compact light setup! Do you think using a harness with this bag would be overkill?

[@atomterrible]

Depends on the ratio of the bags weight to how long you'll be wearing it. 3 pounds around your neck for an hour, maybe overkill. 20 pounds for 8 hours straight, you'll want one. This setup is very light, and I don't use for more than 4 hours in a day, so I'm good. It's less than 15 pounds I'd guess. Work a typical day without a harness and make the decision then. Harnesses add weight.

[@atyuuu]

@@atomterrible Okay, that actually makes a lot of sense, not sure why I didn't think of it like that.. Thank you very much for making this video + your insight! Very helpful.

[@gsixx8fpv499]

Would you provide a link to the right angle XLR cables you have in this bag?

[@atomterrible]

They're made by Cable Techniques. They have all sorts of colors and you can change the angle that the cable exits the connector with just a set screw.

[@studiosaveur7917]

Which bag model are you using? The KSTGJ? KSTGS?

[@atomterrible]

KSTGJ. You can get it directly from K-tek. B&H no longer carries it.

[@studiosaveur7917]

@@atomterrible Thanks a lot!

[@shirtlesslager]

Love this. Subscribed, thank you.

[@matthewsmith910]

Are you recording in float 32 or how is your gain always set?

[@atomterrible]

Yes, 32-bit floating point

[@matthewsmith910]

@@atomterrible I had heard that many sound posts don't want to be given 32 float. Is this no longer the case?

[@atomterrible]

@@matthewsmith910 24-bit is always easier to work with, even if the person doing post can handle it easily. Think of it as recording video footage in RAW. Bigger filesizes, and the post guy has to do an extra step just to make it usable. It makes run-n-gun easy now, post harder later. Always ask post about it if you can, and if you have good limiters and any knowledge about how to set levels, 32 float is indeed overkill most times.

[@jeremyevantaylor1724]

@@atomterrible Are you recording 32-bit float with just your boom or with the lavalier input as well? From my understanding and from trying it myself, it's not really 32-bit float once it's gone through the transmitter and receiver. It is bound by the 24 bit of the Tx/Rx. The audio files end up having lots of flexibility in post, seemingly a little more than 24-bit. But they're not quite as flexible and the noise floor is more present than 32-bit. It's kind of like capturing 10-bit ProRes through an Atomos recorder with the old Canon C100. It's not as brittle as the 8-bit native codec, but it's not true 10-bit either.

[@jeremyevantaylor1724]

@@atomterrible When you think about how it really isn't adding that many more steps and the file size is still so miniscule compared to video, it doesn't make sense to me that post aren't happy with 32-bit float. I think part of it is being resistant to change and thinking of it as a feature for lazy recordists who don't want to ride their levels. I also think the guys who are 24-bit till they die usually own the high end Sound Devices mixers that don't have 32-bit float. I don't blame them. I'd be pissed if I owned a $9,000- $12,000 mixer that doesn't have 32-bit float while there were people with $900-$1,800 mixers from the same company as mine which had that feature. That would be like owning a really nice camera that only shoots ProRes, then the same company comes out with cameras that are way cheaper with less features, but they shoot RAW. P.S. Thanks for posting the video. I'm about to pull the trigger on a MixPre-10 ii and some Lectrosonics Tx/Rx's myself. Subscribed.