Re: [Sursound] Soundfield 450 Mk2
I, too, find it really odd that a facility that was there in the very earliest production Soundfields (and which I used as a matter of course every time I used them) is no longer there in this model even tho' it would cost less to add it now than back in the 70's. Still, it IS about the only thing that there is wrong with it :-) Dave On 20 March 2014 12:57, Jon Honeyball j...@jonhoneyball.com wrote: Pity this *still* doesn¹t have a 1K tone generator at say -20dB, allowing you to properly calibrate the input levels and replay of your recorder, which almost certainly doesn¹t have ganged controls. The Sounddevices 788T can do this, but others can¹t. Missed opportunity. Jon ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound -- As of 1st October 2012, I have retired from the University. These are my own views and may or may not be shared by the University Dave Malham Honorary Fellow, Department of Music The University of York York YO10 5DD UK 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20140330/46904f66/attachment.html ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
Re: [Sursound] Soundfield 450 Mk2
The Roland R4 I had before the 788T didn’t, if I remember rightly (which is where the idea came from) jon On 20/03/2014 20:12, Daniel Courville courville.dan...@uqam.ca wrote: Le 2014-03-20 08:57, Jon Honeyball a écrit : Pity this *still* doesn¹t have a 1K tone generator at say -20dB, allowing you to properly calibrate the input levels and replay of your recorder, which almost certainly doesn¹t have ganged controls. The Sounddevices 788T can do this, but others can¹t. Missed opportunity. While ganged level controls are quite necessary for the SPS200 or the TetraMic, the ST350/450/450 MkII output at line level and numerous input devices, either portable or studio-dedicated, have fixed line level inputs. - Daniel ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
[Sursound] Soundfield 450 Mk2
Pity this *still* doesn¹t have a 1K tone generator at say -20dB, allowing you to properly calibrate the input levels and replay of your recorder, which almost certainly doesn¹t have ganged controls. The Sounddevices 788T can do this, but others can¹t. Missed opportunity. Jon ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
Re: [Sursound] Soundfield 450 Mk2
On 03/20/2014 01:57 PM, Jon Honeyball wrote: Pity this *still* doesn¹t have a 1K tone generator at say -20dB, allowing you to properly calibrate the input levels and replay of your recorder, which almost certainly doesn¹t have ganged controls. The Sounddevices 788T can do this, but others can¹t. Missed opportunity. well, since the box produces b-format, the calibration of the recorder is not quite as critical as with (say) the tetramic. but yeah, a test tone wouldn't have hurt :) i usually use it either with unity gain line inputs or with PGAs, so its absence doesn't bite me much. you could get one of those phantom-powered XLR test tone plugs to align your 788T before you plug in the soundfield. -- Jörn Nettingsmeier Lortzingstr. 11, 45128 Essen, Tel. +49 177 7937487 Meister für Veranstaltungstechnik (Bühne/Studio) Tonmeister VDT http://stackingdwarves.net ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
Re: [Sursound] Soundfield 450 Mk2
I align my 788T with my Prism dScope, but that’s cheating :-) Quite a few cheaper devices don’t have ganged inputs, and it would help. I asked Soundfield for this several times, but clearly they disagree On 20/03/2014 14:07, Jörn Nettingsmeier netti...@stackingdwarves.net wrote: On 03/20/2014 01:57 PM, Jon Honeyball wrote: Pity this *still* doesn¹t have a 1K tone generator at say -20dB, allowing you to properly calibrate the input levels and replay of your recorder, which almost certainly doesn¹t have ganged controls. The Sounddevices 788T can do this, but others can¹t. Missed opportunity. well, since the box produces b-format, the calibration of the recorder is not quite as critical as with (say) the tetramic. but yeah, a test tone wouldn't have hurt :) i usually use it either with unity gain line inputs or with PGAs, so its absence doesn't bite me much. you could get one of those phantom-powered XLR test tone plugs to align your 788T before you plug in the soundfield. -- Jörn Nettingsmeier Lortzingstr. 11, 45128 Essen, Tel. +49 177 7937487 Meister für Veranstaltungstechnik (Bühne/Studio) Tonmeister VDT http://stackingdwarves.net ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
Re: [Sursound] Soundfield 450 Mk2
Jon Honeyball j...@jonhoneyball.com wrote: Pity this *still* doesn't have a 1K tone generator at say -20dB, allowing you to properly calibrate the input levels and replay of your recorder, which almost certainly doesn't have ganged controls. The Sounddevices 788T can do this, but others can't. The Tascam DR-680 has ganged controls. Len Moskowitz (mosko...@core-sound.com) Core Sound LLC www.core-sound.com Home of TetraMic ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
Re: [Sursound] Soundfield 450 Mk2
Le 2014-03-20 08:57, Jon Honeyball a écrit : Pity this *still* doesn¹t have a 1K tone generator at say -20dB, allowing you to properly calibrate the input levels and replay of your recorder, which almost certainly doesn¹t have ganged controls. The Sounddevices 788T can do this, but others can¹t. Missed opportunity. While ganged level controls are quite necessary for the SPS200 or the TetraMic, the ST350/450/450 MkII output at line level and numerous input devices, either portable or studio-dedicated, have fixed line level inputs. - Daniel ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
