who uses a wireless butt plug?

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robfilms

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i'm thinking of picking up a sennheiser g3 wireless kit w/the me2 lavs.

i'm up in the air about including a butt plug to possibly power a dynamic mic.

i have need for the wireless lavs.

at present, i don't have a need for the wireless butt plug.

who uses a wireless butt plug?

thanks in advance.

be well

rob
smalltalk productions
 
The two major scenarios that come to mind...
1) Where you are using a hand-held mic (as for a stand-up interview on the sidewalk, or audience questions, etc)
2) You are taking a feed from a house mixer (etc.) to send wirelessly to your remote camera location.
Other scenarios could include...
3) Using something other than a dedicated clip-on lav mic, as for a plant mic
4) Some people use them to make their boom microphones cordless for more convenient mobility.

As you say, the kind of shooting you typically do will determine whether a plug-on transmitter
(or ANY equipment, for that matter) would be a viable investment.
 
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I've had one for 5 years, I have no idea where it is - it was used once and that was that. I just don't need them.
 
I have similar concern
is that better to buy the g3 wireless handhled mic or buy a regular wired handheld mic then plug this thing in and make it wireless..
 
You know, I hate to say it but I stopped using wireless butt plugs long ago. I found that I got much better feedback when I used a wired version.

My wife disagrees and she pretty much swears by wireless. She claims it gives her more freedom when she's working and I just don't get that. I mean, I've never felt the need to have to get up and move around while I'm working. I'm almost always stationary. I just feel that sometimes we don't see eye to eye on these issues.

Regardless, the feeling of both is great. Much better than not having a butt plug at all.

Also, what settings do you use?
 
davefisk said:
I know lots of people use them on their cabled boom poles to go wireless boom.
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Unless your mic is self-powered (internal battery), you must have the more expensive plug-on transmitter in order to do this. The standard G3 plug-on does not provide phantom power.
 
I haven't used the plug-on option as often as I thought I would. It has saved my bacon a couple of times using it on a battery powered AT897. A NTG-2 would work also. And I have used it with an interview mic a couple of times as well. For what you pay extra for it in the kit price, it seem like a versatile option to have in your bag.

Grant
 
I use mine frequently, mainly with a Sennheiser MD46 dynamic mic, for handheld ENG interview type shooting, or as a pass-around mic for audience questions when I'm covering presentations in a lecture hall or some such. I appreciate not having to deal with cables enough for it to be worth the slight expense in sound quality and reliability. I do wish mine had phantom power, but I'm satisfied with what it is for most tasks.

- Greg
 
Can I please plead for people to stop calling a "plug on transmitter" a "butt plug"?
I know it's nothing new but its so utterly ridiculous hearing audio guys say that on sets
or online I'm on a mission to get it to stop ;)

That being said, I don't think I would ever do a film again with a cabled boom.
Obviously a hardline is better and gives the mixer more control but the benefits of going wireless are superior to
going cabled in mine (and many many others) opinion.
 
Rippie said:
Can I please plead for people to stop calling a "plug on transmitter" a "butt plug"?
I know it's nothing new but its so utterly ridiculous hearing audio guys say that on sets
or online I'm on a mission to get it to stop ;)
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I had never heard the term before, or did and blocked it out. I have to say reading this thread in the right frame of mind is kind of hysterical.
 
eh, i call it my brick pack, and i have both the phantom and non phantom version, i do use them, not on a very frequent bases, but every time i do an event, whether there is a DJ or no. get the phantom version and you can get some nice condenser performance mics.

the day you do an event where they have a shitty DJ board with supposedly no outputs for you, and you take your butt/brick pack and plug it directly into the back of one of their speaker's pass through XLR ports. you will smile and know it was worth it.
 
I'll stop calling them butt plugs when everyone in this industry stops calling tripods sticks. Or clothespins C47s. Or extension cables stingers. Or...
 
adamr316 said:
I'll stop calling them butt plugs when everyone in this industry stops calling tripods sticks. Or clothespins C47s. Or extension cables stingers. Or...
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Hand you a clothespin? Oh wait, do you mean one with a spring? or those types that don't have springs? I think I might have some plastic ones laying around..might not be what you need though..
Oh a C-47. Gotcha.

Hand you an extension cable? What kind would you like? We have header cables in the truck, I could give you a zip cord if you want, what are you trying to extend? Lets chat about it so I know what you need.
Oh you want a stinger? Here ya go.

You want a butt plug? errrr.
 
I use one weekly on a house sound system to send a mixed mono signal from the house board down to my bag for our worship music. This lets me be with the family for church, but be recording and monitoring audio from my bag with the family. (maybe not a standard scenario, but it works) I also use it on lav mics and on boom when/if required. I don't even have a belt pouch transmitter for lavs (as I only have one cos11n) the plug-on transmitter is the only wireless I use, and for me, it works great.

I use an AKG1800 series wireless system with a plug on transmitter that delivers 12v of phantom, and can even use it with my Scheops CMC641 (because the cmc6u power module only requires 12v of power).
Ian
 
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