What's In Your Location Sound Bag?
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Production Sound Mixer Jim Keaney gives a tour of his small Location Sound Bag.
K-tek Stingray Junior Bag: geni.us/eZTuT
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Sound Devices 633 is DISCONTINUED Have a look at the 833:
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Lectrosonics SRc Dual Receiver
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Lectrosonics SMWB Transmitter
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Lectrosonics LT Transmitter
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Inspired Energy eSmart 98wH Battery
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eSmart Battery Charger
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Powerex 2700 Rechargeable AA Batteries
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Powerex AA Charger
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Watson Battery Sleeves
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Timecode Cable
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Scissors
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Leatherman Multi-tool
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Plano 3449 Organizer Box
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Ruggard Tri-fold Lens Filter Wallet
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Cos11 Lavalier Mic
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Countryman B6 Lavalier Mic
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Portabrace Piggin' Strings Cable Hangers
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Sound Devices 10t
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Cable Techniques Low Profile TA3/TA5 Connectors
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Cable Techniques Low Profile Female XLR Connectors
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Coroplast (to build Velcro platform)
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Neutrik Right Angle Female XLR Connector
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K-tek Coiled Boom Cable
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Remote Audio HN-7506 Headphones
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Music by me
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One of the best youtube videos i have watched. I will definitely watch it over and over again. Thank you so much
Thanks for sharing - nice, tight setup.
Thanks for the video Jim! Very well thought out and nice bag set up! Thinking of adding some SRC's to my bag set up myself to replace some of my BLK24 &26 411's. I really like those connectors on those receivers to the 633 as well! Lots of excellent ideas here, Thank you!
Michael Wynne Thanks, Michael. I follow your channel and love the content/insights . I’m looking forward to Lectrosonics new digital receivers. Their new 4-channel 1/2 rack would fit similarly to a pair of SRC’s. I have to assume/hope an SrD is in the works.
I liked the custom XLR plugs from Cable Techniques. My wireless lav kit is cheaper Rodelink stuff, and was using a 1/8" patch cable combined with Rode VXLR adapters. Being able to custom make a 1/8" TRS direct to XLR with short plugs not only is one less component in the wiring, but is taking up less space in the bag overall. Thanks for this video.
This is awesome! Would love to see a video for people looking to get into location sound for film as a career !
Great video - thanks for showing all the details of your bag setup.
This is the coolest rig I've ever seen. So organized and compact.
I just got this bag for my MixPre-10 II. JUST getting serious about sound, too. It's neat seeing a pro do his work. :)
thx for the inspiration Jim, today I`ve ordered the Junior. The filter bag is a cool hint, way better as my Sennheiser box!
Well thought out...nicely done. My large petrol bag is a beast, 664 is gonna have a new home real soon.
Martyn Truman thanks! Due to the width of the 664, you’ll want to get the Stingray Large for it.
I ordered the Rugguard case today- thanks
Great bag-tour!
Love my Stingray Junior, but I did not know there was a newer version...wish mine had those pocket-straps!
Am impressed at how much you've packed into such a small bag!
Thanks for uploading this to us. I got some very good ideas that I can use.
Thank you very much for the time to put this together. Beautiful setup.
Great Video! I was looking at this bag (Actually a newer version), and wasn't sure between this and the orca, but you sold me on this bag, thank you!
... and here in late 2022 it's preamps are still among the best there is 👍
Thanks for the video!! There`re some ineresting ideas! ))
Excellent tour of a compact bag. How about doing a tour of the new system you switched to?
Really nice setup! I had the orca or-28 before watching this video and never looked back since buying the stingray junior. You really sold it for me! Such a friendly and well thought out bag. Huge thanks!
@Jim ... Solid bag ... I learned alot for my next setup. Much appreciated
Glad you found it helpful 👍🏼
fine choice of mixer, bag and wireless (exact same as my small doc bag rig ;)
Such an awesome informative video. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
Totally completely excellent video!! I tried a KT Junior but sent it back as it was too small for my 633 and it was too rolly-polly (would not stand up without kick stand). You proved it is not too small. If K-Tek had this video on their web site I probably would have kept it and known how to configure it.
RallenMan Thanks! K-Tek just shared this video on their social media channels today, so better late than never 😉 The rolly-polly part is still there however due to it’s narrow footprint. A small trade-off in my opinion.
awesome bag
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Amazing breakdown sir. Thank you so much.
Great setup. I learned something today. I like it!
I'm thinking about picking up Junior bag to have the option of having a nice compact bag for the 75% of the work and then having my larger Stingray Small Mixer bag for when I'm running a more demanding workflow. My gear and cabling(low profile) is very similar.
Do you ever feel cramped running camera hops/TC/Coms plus your 4 wires and boom in that bag?
BTW great idea on the filter case!
Looks nice and tight ! Would be great to see the setup with your 688 and soundcart ;)
Thomas Claire definitely in the cue. It’s a neverending project. Getting closer though!
@@HubLocationSound I feel you on that. Always trying to find tricks and equipment that can make our life easier !
satisfying
hey do you know any one who does tutorial like your on izotope for dialogue audio ?And thank so much I real enjoy your tutorial don't stop plz
This is one of the better ones I've seen... ua-cam.com/video/v4M0Y4dUfXw/v-deo.html
your videos are super helpful, thanks man
would like to see ur lav techniques ur ways of stocking or making tapes the different ones u use all that goodies plssssssss
This might have to be my next video. Thanks for watching!
@@HubLocationSound No Thank you :)
Very clean!
My god, you're prepared for war here
Hey Jim,
Thanks for sharing, looks like a cool rig! Having the batteries on the side looks heavy though, what harness are you using for this setup?
Thanks
Chris
couple of questions.
1) how heavy is your bag?
2) does the bag stand up straight when you put it on the ground? because the base area is so small. i am thinking it might just flop over.
3) do you use harness with this bag? if so, does the foldable kickstand at the bag causes discomfort to your belly when you use it with the harness?
Hi Derrick, The bag is about 13lbs once the transmitters are deployed to talent. The base of the Stingray Jr bag doesn't stand up on it's own - as you've noticed, it is a narrow bag and has a rounded pair of rubber "feet". I do typically use a harness when wearing this bag. I did suggest to K-tek that they make the Kickstand removable, maybe we'll see that on their next iteration. You may notice the kickstand feeling uncomfortable on your stomach after a really long day, but it's not something that bothers me much. Probably depends on the stomach and/or height it's worn at.
@@HubLocationSound hey thanks for your quick reply.
Yeah, the weight is around the same as mine after giving TX to talent. But I am using the stock bag for 633 as it's super light weight. I wanted to change to k-tek jr but it's has quite abit of weight when it's empty.
Yeah, the kickstand is a brilliant idea but I am just concerned about it being uncomfortable to the belly. Hahaha
What organization! Thank you for sharing.
I would like to know how you are doing to give power to the receivers? Which cable do you use? I have the impression that this kind of connection is made to bind the receivers to the Sony camera for example.
Actually, I ended up with Lectrosonics SRc5P Dual-Ch having a connection for Sony Cameras while I want to use them directly on my audio recorder. Do I need to have Mounting Kit for Stand Alone Operation or is there another solution? Thank you
Adam BD Hi Adam, My SR receivers have Lectro SUPERSLOT DB25 plates on them. The cables shown in this video are custom made. The DB25 pinout info can be found in the SRUNI or SUPERSLOT MANUALS on Lectrosonics.com if you’re interested in building your own DB25/D-Sub connectors. I used Hirose 4 pins to feed power to the SR’s from the AudioRoot BDS. So each DSUB looms out to a pair of either XLR or TA3 connectors for 2 channels of audio + Hirose4pin cable to power each unit.
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It's very well thought, bravo!
As I have the SRc5P version, I don't need to worry about the audio output. Maybe It will be an option in addition. I will focus especially on the power supply. Thank you so much!
Hey Jim, great video. One of my biggest pet peeves about my current bag setup is that I have to take the whip antennas off my SRc's or else they get deformed under the cover (I have an Orca bag at the moment - though I did just buy a Stingray Jr because your setup just looks fantastic and my Orca bag is just way too big). But I notice on your SRc's you have some kind of folding antennas and thought that those would be great for me too. However, when I went looking for them, I couldn't find any for A1, only ones for block 19 or 20 or 21, etc. So did you actually find some for A1 or are you just limiting your frequencies to one of the blocks?
Thanks
Hey Bob, glad you found the video helpful… Since the SRc's cover 3 blocks, you just choose the antenna tuned to your center block (so for A1 that'd be BLK19). Here's a link to the A1 Lectro Swivel antennas... Hope this helps
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@@HubLocationSound Ah yeah, those are the ones I saw. I was hoping to find one for all of A1, but oh well. Much appreciated.
@@bob76451 Blk 19 “covers” all of A1 according to Lectro. If you wanted to carry 3 sets of antennas, you sure could, but Lectro states the difference in reception performance using an antenna tuned one block from another is negligible. That’s why they ship from the factory with just one set of whip antenna (tuned to the middle of the units available spectrum).
@@HubLocationSound Oh I see. Yeah, I guess technically A1 is just blocks 470, 19, and 20. Thanks man for the good info.
Hi Jim! Thank you for all these helpful videos. A Quick question. What is your BDS in this bag? Thank you Jim!
Hi Alex, Thanks for the note. This is the e-smart BDS in that bag: www.trewaudio.com/product/audioroot-esmart-bg-dhmkii/refid/hubjk/
@@HubLocationSound I appreciated for your quick reply! Thank you Jim! Learned a lot from your videos!
Well, I am new in the sound world. As I have seen you are using multiple dual receivers and transmitters. Could you please elaborate on what is the function of these and why are you using multiple of those? Thanks
Those dual receivers can receive 2 separate channels of wireless audio. So this bag setup could receive up to 4 Wireless Lavaliers at once (assuming you have 4 transmitters). I'd record those 4 signals individually (multitrack files) and use the mixer to create a live mix/blend of those various sources which would often be wirelessly transmitted (using a separate 5th transmitter) from the sound bag to a camera, several cameras and or IFB's (for clients, director, producers etc to monitor).
@@HubLocationSound Thanks for the explanations!
Do you get any RF interference from the Audioroot distro? I just got that same distro and I think the OLED display is causing interference when the receivers are very close. I'm getting it with my LR receivers.
tuberstoma No, haven’t experienced any rf spray with that BDS and I own 2 of them (one in each bag 633 and 688). I don’t use my LR’s in my bag typically (usually reserved for camera hops). What else do you have in your bag?Have you tested the amount of rf spray by creating more distance between the bds and the wireless? Ie. Does it decrease the further from each other?
Great video! Just curious about the DB25 sending Analog audio. Why DB25 and not a pair of TA3 ?
Tales Manfrinato Thanks! I thought I mentioned it in the video, but perhaps I didn’t. My larger bag has a 688+SL6 which houses the Lectrosonics SRC slot receivers and since the connectivity there is DB25/Dsub, I made the 633 bag connectivity match that so I can hot swap the receivers pretty quickly from bag to bag when needed.
Great video, where did you get those great colored protective end caps for the smart battery
Chris Thanks, those caps are offered by Inpired Energy in FL (they make all the esmarts). I think they’re $1-$2 each.
Thanks so much!!
Hey! Love how clean your bag is. Do you have info on how I can make my own D-Sub breakout? I was about to get the SREXT but thinking this might be a more cost effective way of making it work.
Also have you tried the 3M dual lock fasteners instead of the velcro?
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If you’re savvy with soldering, the pin-out for the DB25/D-subs can be found in the manual/data sheet for the Lectrosonics SRUNI or SRSUPER back plate. If you don’t need DB25 connectivity I don’t think it would be any more cost-effective than just buying the SREXT. I have D-subs in this 633 bag because I have a larger bag with an SL6 which requires D-subs. So it makes it easier for me to swap them between the two bags.
Hub Location Sound ya I have the same situation. 688 bag with SL6. Making a 302/702t backup bag/light rig(688 is a back killer).The SREXT are $150 each trying to see if the components would be cheaper for the dsub and just trying to figure out the soldering.
Rumor has it you can attach a mono pod
Mike Last bingo!
Nice bag!
One thing that I didn't get is how do you record the second SRC unit since the 633 only has 3 mic inputs? Does the Lectro SRC has any kind of preamp system?
The Lectrosonics SR's output true line level, so they can be output to the line inputs on channel 4-6. I actually run all my SR's at line level, even though the 633's channels 1-3 offer mic pre's.
Thank you Jim! I’m new to location sound and I wanted to upgrade from my entry level kit to a more professional rig.
Do you have any advice on how to afford all of this equipment, or did you rent it on a per gig basis at first? It feels like a chicken and egg situation where you need better paying gigs to afford Lectros but the higher paying gigs require this more expensive equipment.
My kit includes a Zoom F6 for recording/mixing, 3 pairs of sennheiser TX/RX, and a Rode NTG3. I do not have a power delivery system or a IFB system. Any advice?
Hi Hatim,
Advice on how to afford gear? Buy gear as you can afford to and rent it to your clients (most aim for 3-10% per day of the total retail value of the gear). If you treat the equipment as an investment it should all earn it's keep and (once it's paid for itself) it will earn you a second income for as long as it functions. If you want to upgrade your gear, I recommend buying USED. The higher end gear (wireless/recorders) tend to maintain their used value. So if you buy it used, it will likely stay at that same price for years to come - meaning you could later sell it for close to what you paid for it. Otherwise, I recommend avoiding going into debt for gear. Buy it when you NEED it.
What are the blue cable protectors attached behind both of your SRc receivers??
Those are DB25 connector backshells. Low profile 3D printed.
@@HubLocationSound Nice. Thank you!
Hey Jim, i was wondering if there is any difference in plugging the lectros rx in the mic or the line port of the 633?
Thinking of buying a 833 over the 633 mostly cause of the 3 more mic inputs but wouldn't really make any difference if I was going to use wisycom or lectro receivers?
Hope to here from you!
Pro receivers (like Lectro and Wisy) output Line Level. I see no reason to put them into a preamp. I run all my wireless Line in and think it’s great. If you get your gain staging correct at the transmitter pack, you’ll be in good shape. 3 mic pre’s have been plenty for 99% of my jobs. The 8-Series is nice for many reasons but also quite a bit more expensive. You could probably find a used 633 for less than half a new 833.
@@HubLocationSound perfect!
I like all of the routing abilities of the 8 series and the build in EQ but the price difference is a lot compared to a used 6series. Maybe I wait to find a used 833 but this could take a bit..
Thanks for the answer!
Hey man, Im still confused about the battery situation. When you buy that battery do you need to find a adapter for the Hirose input on the mixer?
Robert Conde Hi Rob, The eSmart battery feeds power into the audioroot Distribution (via a fixed battery cup). That Distro box has 6 hirose outputs. In this bag, one is feeding the 633 (so yes that’s a hirose4 to hirose4 cable), the receivers and “hop” transmitter are also each receiving power with hirose4 (to locking DC 2.5mm) cables.
@@HubLocationSound awesome vid and Thanks for putting the Time in to your channel! I had a question also about power and the Audio Root Distro box... how would you rig it to do dual batteries? I can’t find that answer anywhere! I currently have a remote audio distro in my bag with same mixer and mics. I’m looking to switch to audio root for power display features. Great tip on the boom extension.
@@magoneproductions Contact Gene at sound-guys.com He'd know how to make a dual cup for you.
Those straps on the back are pronounced "molly"
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