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Jeff Wexler

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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #35 on: November 17, 2009, 09:47:06 AM »

" SVEN is pretty difficult to understand. "
but perhaps you will get used to his voice...
Now, if you have a conversation with the MANUFACTURER of SVEN, really easy to understand.

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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #34 on: November 17, 2009, 09:33:43 AM »

" SVEN is pretty difficult to understand. "
but perhaps you will get used to his voice...
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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #33 on: November 17, 2009, 07:27:30 AM »

after about 45 minutes, i have to say that SVEN is pretty difficult to understand. I've had to play things back up to 4 times before I have understood them correctly. I can see this being slightly problematic in the field with a bunch of distractions going on
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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #32 on: November 16, 2009, 09:44:03 PM »

How does the 552 fit in the medium sized eargonizer bag(pegz-1 is one that i am thinking of) ?

In my current pegz-1 bag, the 442 is a little snug where the direct outs and the headphone connectors are.  On the 552 it looks like those connections have been moved further away from the front face of the mixer and better line up with the side entries of the eargonizer bag.  I could go to bigger bag but the next step up is too big for me at this time.

John,

The addition of the 5th fader caused everything on the top panel to move out to the edges a little more.  To accomodate all that hardware coming down from the top,  everything on the side panels had to shift down a little bit.  So, you are right, the HP outputs and the direct outs are not as close to the top edge as they were on the 442.

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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #31 on: November 16, 2009, 08:24:23 PM »

Everyonce in awhile, I read a post that says everything I'd like to say, but in a more eloquent way.
Thank you, Richard.
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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #30 on: November 16, 2009, 01:22:27 PM »

I've read with great interest all of the posts in regard to the "first days" with the 552, and I appreciate all of the comments, Thanks for posting your real world experiences.

I have to say that Scott Farr is the most sensitive person I've never met.  Since I've been posting here he has "disappeared" at least three times, only to "reappear" some time later after a healing period.  I'm always stunned that his anger is so strong as to delete every post on every topic that relates to his name, as if he was never here or never existed.

Given time, as history shows us, he will slowly return and post again with a new pseudonym and with each new posting he will encourage us to visit his own website and invest with him.  Again, though as history has shown us, he will be hurt by someone's comments and rather than post in support of himself he will retreat to the comfort of the internet and guest status.

Each time you've left Scott I miss your postings and your knowledge, each time you return you expect me to pick up our relationship from where you last dumped it.  I don't know if I can go on like this, it's just not healthy for me.

I'm sorry you're not strong enough to deal with the alledged criticism you find here, maybe the Senator can give you a little pep talk about tough love.  While you seem to have a lot to offer, your disappearance and the method of deleting yourself completely each time, tend to make me question your ability and expertise.

I hope when you return next it's with renewed strength and you can show an ability to stand up for your position/s on your postings.  Until then good luck to you, you were among friends here.

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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #29 on: November 16, 2009, 08:56:42 AM »

How does the 552 fit in the medium sized eargonizer bag(pegz-1 is one that i am thinking of) ?

In my current pegz-1 bag, the 442 is a little snug where the direct outs and the headphone connectors are.  On the 552 it looks like those connections have been moved further away from the front face of the mixer and better line up with the side entries of the eargonizer bag.  I could go to bigger bag but the next step up is too big for me at this time.

thanks,

john.







thanks,

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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #28 on: November 16, 2009, 07:55:17 AM »

Is it me or have Scott Farrs posts all vanished? I was intrigued to see how other people felt about some of the issues he was finding with the 552.
Oh well...
It's always hard to say with Scott, his posts come and go and on occasion the man himself falls off the radar and then reappears. This Group is setup as freely and democratically as I can manage so each member here has the right to edit their own posts at anytime, or remove them, or even remove themselves without warning. I also allow members to hide their online status (which I know many of you do and I have no problem with that) and by default personal information is not available to all unless you request it.

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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #27 on: November 16, 2009, 05:06:50 AM »

Is it me or have Scott Farrs posts all vanished? I was intrigued to see how other people felt about some of the issues he was finding with the 552.

Oh well...
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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #26 on: November 10, 2009, 09:30:06 AM »

Good to know we can "ignore" SVEN when we get used to the presets and do our thing straight through without having to wait for confirmation messages ...
As for the self destruct, well, I could suggest other brands that could have it but not SD please...  :OP
And concerning the voice, I'd probably go with Tom Araya for the weak batteries so I'm sure I won't miss the cue ...
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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #25 on: November 09, 2009, 01:16:45 PM »

SVEN likes working with people...
would you like to play a nice game of chess...???
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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #24 on: November 09, 2009, 11:50:14 AM »

I would suggest the voice of 'Mother' from the film Alien..."You have 4 minutes to reach minimum safe distance..."

and sing 'Daisy' when the batteries are almost gone........
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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #23 on: November 09, 2009, 11:00:16 AM »

what about a self destruct feature??
all really important equipment has one, and then SVEN could start announcing:" the mixer will self destruct in 5 minutes, the mixer will self destruct in 4 minutes 55 seconds, the mixer will self destruct in 4 minutes 50 seconds, ..."

I would suggest the voice of 'Mother' from the film Alien..."You have 4 minutes to reach minimum safe distance..."
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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #22 on: November 09, 2009, 10:08:33 AM »

what about a self destruct feature??
all really important equipment has one, and then SVEN could start announcing:" the mixer will self destruct in 5 minutes, the mixer will self destruct in 4 minutes 55 seconds, the mixer will self destruct in 4 minutes 50 seconds, ..."
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Re: First days with the Sound Devices 552 Mixer/Recorder
« Reply #21 on: November 09, 2009, 08:38:35 AM »

Valuable information in this thread. How about a bluetooth application so you could use a PDA / I-phone etc. to access setup menus like a Cantar if you don't like SVEN?
Chris Newton

I don't think there would be anyway to do something like that with the hardware as it is now.

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