guitaristic
prophet of Dave
I would totally saturate this thread with my knowledge, but alas, my name isn't moresound! 
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chrisghost
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I would totally saturate this thread with my knowledge, but alas, my name isn't moresound!
Oh dear, someone feels past over...
I looked into changing the title, to patch up your ragged self esteem. It was not possible.
But indulge us, Guitaristic, in the vast brilliance of your boundless knowledge.
You were asking for it
guitaristic
prophet of Dave
Oh dear, someone feels past over...
I looked into changing the title, to patch up your ragged self esteem. It was not possible.
But indulge us, Guitaristic, in the vast brilliance of your boundless knowledge.
You were asking for it
Sorry, I've decided to begin charging consultant fees for my info!
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chrisghost
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Sorry, I've decided to begin charging consultant fees for my info!
Was it something I said
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moresound
Loud Sun Studios
Sorry, I've decided to begin charging consultant fees for my info!
OK $75. an hour an not a penny less!
Speaking of consulting I was just approached this week by a festival to consult and recruit a full days entertainment lineup so off the top of my head (to feel out the waters) I quoted them a $750. retainer fee, down payment with $1000. due the day of the festival for me to be on site. for a total of $1750.
They said yes! ~ right off the bat, no haggling. Wish they were all this easy.
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chrisghost
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chrisghost
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I put a little work into this mic yesterday and was a little surprised about the apparent difficulty of fixing this Baby Rattle Syndrome. So much so, that I even doubt if we're talking about the same thing. 
The trouble with mine was that all the foam was "gone". The unit inside, with the capsule and the rest attached, was rolling around in the housing...
This can be easily helped by taking off the top (tricky screw I grant you, but not that bad) and wedging a new strip of foam between the capsule and the housing.
When I have some more time I'll see if can get any further in, to clean out all the foam bits, but if that proves tricky I'll stick with plan A, and it should be fine.
The trouble with mine was that all the foam was "gone". The unit inside, with the capsule and the rest attached, was rolling around in the housing...
This can be easily helped by taking off the top (tricky screw I grant you, but not that bad) and wedging a new strip of foam between the capsule and the housing.
When I have some more time I'll see if can get any further in, to clean out all the foam bits, but if that proves tricky I'll stick with plan A, and it should be fine.
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moresound
Loud Sun Studios
Plan A ?
arcadeko
Illuminatius Overlordious
Nice! Think of how many mics you can buy from that money? How many RE20's is that?
4.5?
Man I have mic envy.
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moresound
Loud Sun Studios
Steenamaroo
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yeh, there's two kinds of rattle sydrome.
Henry's where something is loose inside the capsule sealed assembly, which means new capsule,
and the kind where the foam is gone and the whole capsule rattles around inside the body;
In the later, just jam a bit of foam in there to stop it moving Sounds like you're one of the lucky ones.
Henry's where something is loose inside the capsule sealed assembly, which means new capsule,
and the kind where the foam is gone and the whole capsule rattles around inside the body;
In the later, just jam a bit of foam in there to stop it moving
Sounds like you're one of the lucky ones.
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moresound
Loud Sun Studios
I put a little work into this mic yesterday and was a little surprised about the apparent difficulty of fixing this Baby Rattle Syndrome. So much so, that I even doubt if we're talking about the same thing.
The trouble with mine was that all the foam was "gone". The unit inside, with the capsule and the rest attached, was rolling around in the housing...
This can be easily helped by taking off the top (tricky screw I grant you, but not that bad) and wedging a new strip of foam between the capsule and the housing.
When I have some more time I'll see if can get any further in, to clean out all the foam bits, but if that proves tricky I'll stick with plan A, and it should be fine.
yeh, there's two kinds of rattle sydrome.
Henry's where something is loose inside the capsule sealed assembly, which means new capsule,
and the kind where the foam is gone and the whole capsule rattles around inside the body;
In the later, just jam a bit of foam in there to stop it moving
Yupo and that puts me in the not so lucky boat ..... Dang it!
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chrisghost
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Plan A: stuffing a foam trim between the inner unit and the (side of the) housing, to keep the inner unit in place.
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moresound
Loud Sun Studios
Oh! yeah missed that. Is there a certain amouut and placement for that foam and is it a certain kind of foam??
Supercreep
Lizard People
I sent off my RE-20 to EV for repair and they reconditioned the mic, replaced the foam and capsule, and charged me like $50.
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moresound
Loud Sun Studios
How long ago was that Super?
And do you have the contact info or procedure that you followed?
Supercreep
Lizard People
It was about three or four years back, now.
I just googled EV and called. A guy answered and told me where to send the mic. Apparently they only have one guy who repairs the mics, and the problems I described to him are typical.
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moresound
Loud Sun Studios
Thanks Super I'll give it a try. Someone had told me that the repair can cost upwards of $200. - $300. so I never called.
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chrisghost
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Nice one!
A bit weird though isn't it? The only mic prone to baby rattle can have two different kinds of it.
Imagine you have both.
Damn!
Supercreep
Lizard People
$300 is close to a new RE20.