Hyde Park has some of the best preserved second empire Victorian homes 🏠 west of the Mississippi River. Great documentary on the historic neighborhood.
In your opinion, if one only uses two channels, is it worth using an SD302 combined with the Fostex FR2-le? Or do the Fostex preamps do the same job? This is leaving aside the fact that the 302's analog limiter is certainly a plus compared to the FR2-le alone.
Thank you! I've got two Fostex FR-2LEs after watching this video. They are perfect recorders especially using Tamiya RC battery or just AC/DC power supply. Looks like they are recording at a little bit different speed. And I wonder how to replace the internal RTC battery in the future...
With all due respect, I think this is bad advice. Set up the 302 to output a 0dbu 1K tone (default). Line that up to the H4n line inputs (TS unbalanced) at -20dbFS (the meter on the H4n is a dbFS meter not dbu). This allows head room and allows the 302 limiters (set at the default 20dbu setting) to catch the momentary peaks but keep your over all levels around 0 to about +8 on the 302 meter which will correspond to -20 to -12 on the H4n meaning you'll never clip and have FULL dynamic performance of the 302 and the H4n. You've set it up for extreme limiting and lowered the total dynamic range available on both devices. You should then set your input levels on the 302 to dance between 0 and +8, again seeing -20dbFS to -12dbFS on your H4n which is pretty standard for digital recording. The H4n does have a poor line input spec and adjusting the output of the 302 to a -10dbu level is totally relevant and useful but the levels should still be set as described above for maximum dynamics and fidelity.
I don't believe side by side comparisons make much sense. Let me explain. I have two pairs of headphones, the MDR-7506 and HD280. They sound vastly different side by side. Compared to the MDR-7506, the HD280 sounds shockingly muffled when listened to after having the MDR-7506 on my head. However, couple of days later, the HD280 sounded normal. Answer? Human brain adjusts to those differences. So what's the point to compare side by side?
your testing line inn not mic-preamps? I think fostex would win hands down as its very clean and sounds very like true analogue like my Sony Pro walkman but with no hiss.
Great video!!! Thanx!!!! I've seen many people saying Zoom H4n (and pro) hasn't LINE IN input, and that you have to use external XLR pad attenuators (-20db) to use input 1 & 2 for line in signal. I got an answer from Zoom saying i can use the 3.5mm back input for line in. As well as, the 1 & 2 input, but in this case i have to set the line out of the Shure FP33 mixer to MIC. I can confirm this watching your video, and the way (and cables) you make the connections. Thank you!!!
as a kid age 5 to10 my family lived across the street after school me and 4 friends would help unload cows and pigs from trucks we had to walk threw hyde park to get to clay school use to play on the ice on the pond in the winter and fish it also
You deserve so much praise for what you are trying to accomplish..you obviously care about the history of this neighborhood and the buildings..I wish you much luck and I hope you succeed..I had beautiful memories of my grandparents home on 2804 burd Avenue in St. Louis..I was praying it would still be standing..I did an address search on Google and got a view of the street and the spot it stood..it was gone just wiped off the face of the earth..all the memories of my childhood with my loving grandmother in that house..it hurt so bad..most of the homes were gone it didn't even look like the neighborhood at all..it looked like the country..so save as many places as you can..I would give anything to see the house one more time. My grandparents came over from Italy in the 1930s it was there first home and lived in it till my grandfather died and my grandmother went to live with her oldest son..their names were Bernardo and Angelina Nardi.
Sir, was the audio , per microphone, raw and unedited, or were they edited in post , for presentation here?.....isn't a mic test supposed to.be raw audio, straight out of the box ?
My mom used to tell me when the slaughter house was still open it used to stink Every time she went through it and she used to 👂 animals screaming poor things but I didn't know that I lived in Hyde park all my life till now
Thanks. I haven't looked at that video for about 5 years and in doing so have a comment. Turns out that the H4n and most cameras have input mic preamp circuits that you can't avoid. So, your goal is to send a strong output signal from your expensive Sennheiser G2-3's or high quality field mixer so you can turn down the input volume of the H4n or audio input of your camera. Additionally, don't forget the fundamental difference between dB and dBFS. Your mic and field mixer or G2-3 are analogue with bars running optimally at 0 to +10 dB. Recorders (and digital cameras) are digital with bars running optimally at about -20 dBFS. So, when you hear audio editors say that they like levels running about -20 they mean -20 dbFS digital as recorded on the SD card. But, your boom guy riding levels on a field mixer should be looking at levels around 0 to +10 dB (analogue). Obviously, you set up the offset 0dB vs -20 dBFS relationship between the mixer (analogue) and recorder (digital) before the shoot begins. Hope this helps.
I'm looking at the sound devices 302 to use with shotgun and wireless system. How does its preamp compare to the newer sound devices mixpre 3 and 6 and other current options? Is it too old for 2018?
Listening on a controlled environment/room with Genelec speakers. I actually own both the ME and the 416. This test is VERY accurate as to what you'll get. ME Sounds thin and hollow. And trust me you won't be able to "rescue" it most of the time if you're doing documentaries or outdoors feature locations. While the 416 may not be the BEST mic out there it is a crazy trusty workhorse and it'll be alive maybe all of your professional life as a sound recordist. And it'll give you this very distinguishable character. EDIT: typho
are u creating a record poly????? and if i want all my channels in separate for edition? Microphone and 3 lavaliers separate in different tracks for edition
The white water tower located on N. Grand was built in 1871, not the 1700’s. Additionally, it was built to service a nearby water treatment plant. The pirate story is ridiculous.
I'm wondering if this exact same set up can apply to Sennheiser AVX system with Zoom H5? I'll be very much appreciated if anyone can help, I can't find much related informations about this on the internet or maybe I'm just looking into the wrong place, thank you in advance
