Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:03 am
have tried the BMD coms...well whats in the studio converter/camera converters/2me swx anyway. where do I start?
first off, the design seems to be dir+cams...period. anything else requires a LOT more work. interfacing them to an average PL system is a PITA. AES to Analog 4W to 2W with power for belt packs is the path, complex and pricey. once you get there they leave a LOT to be desired IMO. the headphone outs are pretty wimpy (would never be loud enough for outdoor sport or a indoor concert). aircraft h/s plugs and iPod connectors are....NOT what my headsets have...putting these connectors on real headsets would be a custom job, I'm not aware of an off the shelf offering. the typical aircraft h/s and iPod earbuds don't cut it for me.
they used to gate the director mic on the studio converter, think they fixed that because it would cut him off unless he spoke VERY loudly. overall sound quality is pretty poor, lots of amp hiss. there's no provision to add more techs, like grfx or stg mgr or vt operators into the loop...and there's only one channel so there is that...
all in all, after playing with it I din't think it would work out and would require a lot of support from me for average techs to keep it tuned and working. so we use a real com system (RTS Zeus and/or RTS party line). much happier now.
I will say what's built into the new fiber cam back/ccu stuff looks VERY promising, and would interface nicely with what we use now. I don't see me getting any to play with for some time-smpte fiber is expensive and not something I need in my workflow. when they make the ethernet pass thru work....well maybe.
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