Did anyone else see LOM announced in their insta stories yesterday that they would no longer be carrying Rycote accessories and would be working with the former CEO of Rycote to develop new mounts and windkillers this fall? The story seems to be gone now, and I can’t remember the new company name.
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Jorg
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The company they (LOM) are switching to is Radius Windshields. The announcement can still be read in the LOM Instruments group on Facebook.
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bphenix
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The new company is https://radiuswindshields.eu
For those interested here is the text of the post which is still on the LOM FB group
MOVING AWAY FROM RYCOTE
I have decided we’ll stop selling Rycote products. The company has changed drastically after it was bought out by a large corporation. After the change in leadership, the communication was very disappointing (often we didn’t even get a reply to a massive order) and they started to act rather unethically towards their new competition.
We are now moving towards a company started by previous Rycote CEO and they are eager to help us prototype new designs, specifically crafted around our microphones. Here are some of the first prototypes you should expect to appear in our store, hopefully still this year! More info about the company can be found at https://radiuswindshields.eu
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KHAGE
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Even after so many years of loyal service, my Nagra Mezzo remains one of my favorite tools… probably because it’s the only one I keep constantly in my pocket.
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xmacex
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I thought i can edit (cut/trim) recordings on Zoom H1n, but I must be mistaken – I cannot find it on the device or googling. I thought I remember having been surprised to accidentally discover this feature on a device I had borrowed earlier. Maybe it was some other model (H2, H4?). A dream? A feature request?
In any case H1n is sounding nice and now with a dead cat also usable outdoors. I do more “augmented listening” than recording actually, since I still have no idea what to do with all the material of listening to random ongoings and going-ons around me. On well. I also found a select all → normalize with Audacity default values is a good routine to do. Maybe a little sox script is worth cooking for this task… if I figure out how to have Termux (Android unix-environment) access the Zoom as a disk… otherwise this task will land on norns.
The Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island Sound Map got its yearly update done and I decided to have a bit of fun with the video this time around.
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vhall
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r/fieldrecording has spotted a new Tascam field recorder posted by a retailer, similar to the Zoom F3 but more expensive. 32-bit float recording, small size and two (combo) input jacks. Looks like the retailer has pulled the product page today.
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Looks like a camera attachment version of the F3, with a nicer screen and some camera rec remote control options
xmacex
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Michael Gallagher, Anja Kanngieser, and Jonathan Prior call it “expanded listening”, towards “amplified sonic sensibility” in their 2017 Listening geographies: Landscape, affect and geotechnologies in Progress in Human Geography vol 41(5).
Also “beyond cochlear listening” and “non-cochlear sound” (Kim-Cohen 2009; Will Scrimshaw 2013); “forms of listening in which human bodies are marginal”… hmm maybe this is going on another direction than I was looking for earlier, but good fun regardless.
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human geography
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rstn
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This is kind of stretching this topic slightly but I figure this chat is active and filled with people who would know:
Any recommendations for a lightweight/portable mic stand? or are they all pretty much the same? I’d like something that could hold a microphone at least 3 feet off the ground. Doesn’t need to be wildly sturdy but shouldn’t blow over all the time. . .
monopole
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Not specifically, but look at camera stands and tripods, then a 1/4" to 3/8" adaptor to fit the mic clamp.
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muncky
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Not massively cheap, but very light and portable. I’ve been very pleased with this, and can be had cheaper the MRSP usually
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ermina
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i use the widely acclaimed* basic Manfrotto 5001B. It is less than 1kg and was 50€ when i bought it (aluminium got expensive or something in the last 10 years).
Pros: light enough, cheap enough, has wide feet that help resist light wind and can be weighted easily with a bag or rock.
Cons: sometimes i forget it doesn’t have a 360° ball head. It seems easy to bend while folding back, but it never actually happened to me.
*i mean, it is basically the only stand in its category that ever gets recommended in relation to a field recording question, according to a study conducted amongst all the times i saw this question asked online.
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I started with the 5001B stands (and their predecessors) mentioned above about 14 years ago, but have now standardized on Sirui-brand Traveller tripods. More flexible, more stable, just as light. I have two in carbon fiber and one in aluminum. A friend recommended the brand to me many years ago and he was right; inexpensive but absolutely a solid value, well made. Haven’t had one component fail on me in all manner of weather and misuse and travel (air, car, foot).
I do unscrew the center raised pole, though, it just gets in the way. Do NOT recommend them if you need height for some reason, they don’t deploy very tall at their max height.
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widdly
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I use cheap Neewer brand camera tripods from aliexpress. I use them for cameras, mic stands and also for holding easels for painting.
I had a manfrotto previously and the ball head broke and was not repairable. That put me off that brand.
Thhhh
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I see that Lom is releasing a batch of Ušis the next few days, and I’m wondering: how is the comparison between these and basicUchos? I have been looking a bit at the comparison chart, but I have a hard time understanding if the difference between the two would feel significant.
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The Uši mic takes Plug In Power (PIP) on a 3.5mm jack, that’s the biggest difference (in addition to its higher max SPL trating). The basicUcho needs 24-48 volts and uses XLR cabling. This is a big difference if you own, say, a Zoom F3, which does not supply PIP at all, or if your rig is based around a handheld that only provides PIP and doesn’t have XLR inputs. Ušis would be better on loud sources, the basicUchos a little less sensitive. And finally, the Ušis are a pair of mics. The basicUchos are single microphones. I wouldn’t be surprised if they use the same mic capsule but I’ve never torn down either mic.
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GGW
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Seems to be official now. Count me interested but I’ll wait for solid verification of the mic pre quality.
https://tascam.com/us/product/fr-av2
I wonder how it does on battery – I have the DR100 mkIII and the built-in battery does OK in terms of recording time, but loses a lot of charge when the power is off, and takes forever to charge. Maybe they’ve improved it on this model.
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jaz_tal
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Mic capsule:
Uši : EM172;
mikro : EM258;
basicUcho: AOM5024
This is my DIY version (AOM5024)
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