berniebeaudry
Well-known member
I have a SD 302 and I'm curious if any other 302 owners use the "advanced gain structure" method to line up the meters with your recording device. I would like to hear about the pros and cons of working this way. I interface with a number of different cameras and the metering is all over the place. Some of the older Beta SP camera/deck meters are particularly tricky. There doesn't seem to much room above zero on the scale yet the meters aren't very responsive till you hit it harder and then its a tightrope between getting strong level and getting close to clipping. If I listen to the return loud enough to hear what I'm doing I sometimes hear clipping on the peaks but I don't know if its distortion from the headphone circuit feeding both channels of the camera at too loud a level or its the tape really distorting. A playback direct from the camera would tell me for sure, but there often isn't time to do that. Any advice about lining up metering with different cameras would be appreciated.
I've also been considering buying an outboard 48volt power supply for my mics (Schoeps CMIT5U, and Peluso CMEC-6). Do you think this would give me better performance from these mics than what I get using the internal 302 power? And if so, what unit would you recommend? Sometimes the mics don't seem to have as much gain as I would like, but perhaps I'm being too conservative on the trim pots. Another reason I would use an outboard supply is the Peluso mic causes the mixer to go into oscillation if I don't use the 160hz high pass filter on the mixer and I increase the gain beyond a certain point. It happens with mics that have extended low frequency response. I can use it this way and it still sounds alot like the Schoeps hypercardiod mic, but would like to be able to use it without the filter if I can.
All in all its a great mixer and I use it and a 442 quite often and want to get the most out of them and deliver the best sound possible. I've been doing field audio for a long time and I've recently become addicted to reading this and some other audio forums and its because I like to learn how to do the job better/easier/faster and throw in some help to someone else if I can. The mixer who I boomed for early on in my career gave me a good start and taught me alot about this business and then implored me to pay it forward. Its good to see the professionals on this forum have the same attitude.
One last question. Do you finance your equipment purchases or do you just get what you need to do the work as it comes in? I'm looking for ways to complete my partial package.
Regards all,
Bernie
I've also been considering buying an outboard 48volt power supply for my mics (Schoeps CMIT5U, and Peluso CMEC-6). Do you think this would give me better performance from these mics than what I get using the internal 302 power? And if so, what unit would you recommend? Sometimes the mics don't seem to have as much gain as I would like, but perhaps I'm being too conservative on the trim pots. Another reason I would use an outboard supply is the Peluso mic causes the mixer to go into oscillation if I don't use the 160hz high pass filter on the mixer and I increase the gain beyond a certain point. It happens with mics that have extended low frequency response. I can use it this way and it still sounds alot like the Schoeps hypercardiod mic, but would like to be able to use it without the filter if I can.
All in all its a great mixer and I use it and a 442 quite often and want to get the most out of them and deliver the best sound possible. I've been doing field audio for a long time and I've recently become addicted to reading this and some other audio forums and its because I like to learn how to do the job better/easier/faster and throw in some help to someone else if I can. The mixer who I boomed for early on in my career gave me a good start and taught me alot about this business and then implored me to pay it forward. Its good to see the professionals on this forum have the same attitude.
One last question. Do you finance your equipment purchases or do you just get what you need to do the work as it comes in? I'm looking for ways to complete my partial package.
Regards all,
Bernie