Re: Mackie 1220 and Boom Recorder

On Apr 2, 10:10 am, walki...@xxxxxx (hank alrich) wrote:
Soundcatcher wrote:
"Philip Perkins" wrote:
hank alrich wrote:
Guiayrosa wrote:
Is it crazyness using a Mackie 1220 Onyx with Boom Recorder in a
feature film with big stars ? I mean, can I achieve a very good sound
quality on recording? I will use excelent mikes, cables and I have
experience.
I'm a little concerned because I know that it is a cheap mixer.
Thank you
Gui
It has decent preamps for a cheap mixer, a surprisingly nice EQ (that
doesn't feed the Firewire outputs), and output headroom issues less
severe than previous Mackies (but still important to gain-stage around).
The convertors are okay, not stellar. Whether or not it fits your film
work, I do not know.
But before you go for it, do read through the downloadable manual to
understand exactly how the Firewire interface works, and what it does
and does not provide.
Make sure you understand about TC vs. convertor clocking and device
aggregation in OSX if you plan to use the firewire out of the mixer.
Just out of interest what would you recommend? And what are using
Philip & Hank?

Honestly, I am not a film sound recordist. I arrived at this forum
because Kurt Albershardt alerted me to a question about the Metric MIO
2882 interfaces which weren't ubiquitous, but which I'd been using long
enough to determine features and faults. I have no knowledge of the
specialized gear y'all regularly employ, beyond shaking hands with
Kurt's SD744T.

Once I started reading RAMPS I became fascinated with the myriad aspects
of film sound capture of which I had no knowledge at all. If I ever get
called for work like that it will most likely be a gratis gig supporting
some kind of benefit here in the boonies where I dwell. And I will be
able to do a better job for the reading done here. Of all I've read the
one thing that sticks in my mind is that the mic's view of the scene
should match the camera's view. That seems obvious now, but I am also
aware of having viewed material in which that consideration was omitted,
and at the time not realizing what was wrong, although my senses were
reporting wrongness.

I commented on the Onyx because I have experience with those boards, and
with many of their predecessors. Regard Philip's reply much more heavily
than mine as regards their use for film sound.

--
ha
Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam



My "cart' mixer is not digital for now--I use a modified PSC M6. I
prefer to use either dedicated recorders (like Sound Devices etc)
or FireWire interfaces (like MOTU etc) with computer-based recorder
apps like Metacorder and Boom Recorder. I like the Mackie boards
just fine and have one I use for larger video jobs etc.. The main
issue with using Onyx consoles via their firewire outputs for TC /sync
is the old bugaboo of requiring that the TC and convertor clocks be
locked together for sync to hold over a longish take. (More than a
few minutes.) There have been other threads on this subject here on
RAMPS.

Philip Perkins CAS

Philip Perkins

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