I got mine as soon as it became available in EU, and I love them to bits. I have a lot of audio equipment, but this set is the one I use most. So versatile...
These mics are ace, I have used these on alot of shoots. Although had a few issues on certain jobs so now using these deity Theo’s but these are always in my bag! Nice video 🎉
@ yeah I’m gonna do a little video review test on them soon as honestly super good value and performance especially if you have the TC1 timecode modules so you can tie everything together nicely.
I have used these a couple of times and I agree, they are pretty good. I love that you have two transmitters right out of the box and the 32 bit is there if you need it. One function that did prove a drag is the timecode syncing. It seems you need a laptop on hand and is a faff to set up. So not a function I'll use again if I can help it.
Yeah the time code isn’t amazingly implemented. I’m sure they could have come up with a better way to sync them. I guess it’s useful if the transmitter goes far out of range but otherwise most would be better off just having the audio go to one of the cameras then time code between the cameras instead.
I do most if not all my TH-cam recording apart from a bit of GoPro stuff on my iPhone. I needed better audio than I currently had but didn’t quite have the budget yet for the pro,so I got the new rode wireless micro & am very impressed
Nice one, Palfers. We have a couple of sets of these, and love them too. Always prefer the sound of a boom mic, but for back-up audio, or quickly grabbing some audio with minimal fuss, you can't beat them. Paired with our Sanken Cos 11D they sound amazing. Very happy with our sets.
I own this system and love it!! Excellent sound quality and ease of use. As for harping on the size, I don’t get that. I ALWAYS use the lavs which have better quality and look more professional on your guests instead of a clunky box attached to the chest area. No brainer right? Your critique of not having a replaceable battery is a non-starter as well. Being able to split the tracks from 2 mics going into the camera to help in editing is also great! Nice review so thank you !!!!
I agree I personally much prefer to use them with lavs however for content creators it does seem they just like the speed and convenience of using the built in mics. For them I think the smaller size of the DJI is nicer. The battery thing is just something I’ve seen a lot of people complain about however personally I don’t see the problem. Throwing away AA batteries all the time from old G3 lavs was much worse.
As a pro system design on mission critical setups, 2.4GHz is a non starter. Working in any larger city would provide too many obstacles for interference free communication where the predominance of wireless networks are everywhere. It is already difficult enough to find clear channels in the AW+ bandwidth.
Personally never had a problem with interference with these in any location. The original wireless gos did break signal very easily. My usage has always been interview set ups so the distances are never far although in plenty of London corporate offices which you’d imagine have a lot of 2.4GHz signals.
Hi, thanks for the video. Please could you explain something a bit more, I didn't quite follow. Around 1.55 you say you use them more as a backup rather than relying on the 32bit audio, i don't quite understand this workflow sorry, please could you explain a bit more? Does this mean the receiver is recording its own audio? i get that it avoids syncing because its burning in the audio track along with the video, but how is this 'avoiding' the 32bit float? is it not receiving the 32bit float tracks from the lavs? cheers
Hi no problem. What I meant by that is generally I just use the audio that’s recorded in the camera as it’s already synced and sounds great. That signal is just recorded in the compression the camera uses so not 32 bit. Normally absolutely fine if you get your levels right however it would peak if it got too loud. Only the transmitters record 32 bit float, so if you need to recover a clipped audio track you’d need to use the file from the transmitter. I really hope the next generation of cameras come with 32 bit float recording, it really should be a standard thing now. I’m surprised it’s not something Blackmagic has done.
@@JonathanPalfrey thanks for that. "The audio that's recorded on the camera" is this from the inbuilt mic inside the camera body itself, or do you use an extra microphone?
I got mine as soon as it became available in EU, and I love them to bits. I have a lot of audio equipment, but this set is the one I use most. So versatile...
These mics are ace, I have used these on alot of shoots.
Although had a few issues on certain jobs so now using these deity Theo’s but these are always in my bag!
Nice video 🎉
Oh I’d love to try those deity ones
@ yeah I’m gonna do a little video review test on them soon as honestly super good value and performance especially if you have the TC1 timecode modules so you can tie everything together nicely.
I have used these a couple of times and I agree, they are pretty good. I love that you have two transmitters right out of the box and the 32 bit is there if you need it. One function that did prove a drag is the timecode syncing. It seems you need a laptop on hand and is a faff to set up. So not a function I'll use again if I can help it.
Yeah the time code isn’t amazingly implemented. I’m sure they could have come up with a better way to sync them.
I guess it’s useful if the transmitter goes far out of range but otherwise most would be better off just having the audio go to one of the cameras then time code between the cameras instead.
I do most if not all my TH-cam recording apart from a bit of GoPro stuff on my iPhone.
I needed better audio than I currently had but didn’t quite have the budget yet for the pro,so I got the new rode wireless micro & am very impressed
That’s great to hear they are good. To be honest the micros are probably a better pairing with the iPhone than the pros.
Nice one, Palfers. We have a couple of sets of these, and love them too. Always prefer the sound of a boom mic, but for back-up audio, or quickly grabbing some audio with minimal fuss, you can't beat them. Paired with our Sanken Cos 11D they sound amazing. Very happy with our sets.
Ah interesting about the Sanken lavs. Might have to get some of those
I own this system and love it!! Excellent sound quality and ease of use. As for harping on the size, I don’t get that. I ALWAYS use the lavs which have better quality and look more professional on your guests instead of a clunky box attached to the chest area. No brainer right? Your critique of not having a replaceable battery is a non-starter as well. Being able to split the tracks from 2 mics going into the camera to help in editing is also great! Nice review so thank you !!!!
I agree I personally much prefer to use them with lavs however for content creators it does seem they just like the speed and convenience of using the built in mics. For them I think the smaller size of the DJI is nicer.
The battery thing is just something I’ve seen a lot of people complain about however personally I don’t see the problem. Throwing away AA batteries all the time from old G3 lavs was much worse.
As a pro system design on mission critical setups, 2.4GHz is a non starter. Working in any larger city would provide too many obstacles for interference free communication where the predominance of wireless networks are everywhere. It is already difficult enough to find clear channels in the AW+ bandwidth.
Personally never had a problem with interference with these in any location.
The original wireless gos did break signal very easily.
My usage has always been interview set ups so the distances are never far although in plenty of London corporate offices which you’d imagine have a lot of 2.4GHz signals.
Hi, thanks for the video. Please could you explain something a bit more, I didn't quite follow. Around 1.55 you say you use them more as a backup rather than relying on the 32bit audio, i don't quite understand this workflow sorry, please could you explain a bit more? Does this mean the receiver is recording its own audio? i get that it avoids syncing because its burning in the audio track along with the video, but how is this 'avoiding' the 32bit float? is it not receiving the 32bit float tracks from the lavs? cheers
Hi no problem.
What I meant by that is generally I just use the audio that’s recorded in the camera as it’s already synced and sounds great. That signal is just recorded in the compression the camera uses so not 32 bit. Normally absolutely fine if you get your levels right however it would peak if it got too loud.
Only the transmitters record 32 bit float, so if you need to recover a clipped audio track you’d need to use the file from the transmitter.
I really hope the next generation of cameras come with 32 bit float recording, it really should be a standard thing now. I’m surprised it’s not something Blackmagic has done.
@@JonathanPalfrey thanks for that. "The audio that's recorded on the camera" is this from the inbuilt mic inside the camera body itself, or do you use an extra microphone?
@ no all the audio is from the rodes.