December 2016

Under the Wire

12/30/2016

Put off your tax-deductible business expense purchases until the last minute? It's cool, we've been there. To help you get those purchases in under the 2016 wire, just put the words "RUN IT" in the comment field of your online order at gothamsound.com before 6pm EST on Saturday, 12/31. (Normally, we only process online payments during business hours and when we've confirmed that everything in your order is in stock.)

Holideals

12/20/2016

Need a gift idea for the sound person in your life this season*? We put together some suggestions and then discounted 'em where we can for good measure. Hurry, discounts only last through the end of 2016!

* It is perfectly reasonable if the sound person in your life is you.

Present Accounted For

12/20/2016

What better way to say you care to a very particular sort of loved one than a gift card for Gotham Sound, good for use at either of our locations in our sales, rentals, and/or service department?

By default, we'll mail a card to the address you provide; however, if you'd rather have it as an online coupon code, let us know in the comment field and we can accommodate that. Custom amounts are available on request.

Note: For cards shipping to New York, we have to charge tax, but the tax will be added to the total amount of the gift card.

Fast Adapters

12/14/2016

All sales from Wednesday, December 14th to Friday, December 17th, 2016 of DPA d:screet miniature mics, d:fine headset mics, or d:vote instrument mics wired for Microdot each come with a FREE Microdot adapter of your choice!

Any d:facto vocal mic comes with a wireless adapter of your choice!

For online orders, please specify the desired free adapter in the comment section. If you're looking for something we don't have online, email us at [email protected] and we'll take care of it.

Assuming Direct Entry

12/13/2016

Lectrosonics is introducing new firmware 4.0 for the IFBR1a Belt Pack Receiver that allows the receiver to be operated in two distinct user interface modes:

  • Scan Mode, which exhibits the original behavior of the IFBR1a receiver where users can locate and store up to five different IFB carrier frequencies by scanning for them
     
  • Direct Entry Mode, which takes away the scan capability and replaces it with the ability to program channels into the memories directly via the pushbutton and hex switches. In Direct Entry Mode, five additional channel memories are available, for a total of ten.

The new firmware also enhances the functionality of the IFB hardware and ease of setup for the user.

Users can identify the difference between a v4.0 IFBR1a in Scan Mode and a v2.4 IFBR1A by a burst of rapid LED blinks at power-on in the v4.0 version, to indicate that the unit has two modes available, and the first of those two modes is selected. Users with v4.0 firmware installed in their units can change modes with a simple, step-by-step procedure using the hex switches on the side of the receiver.

"The Lectrosonics IFB system has been a staple for broadcast and other applications for over two decades," states Karl Winkler, vice president of sales & service at Lectrosonics. "A number of our top users have suggested this feature and we're happy to add it via new firmware. This way, the functionality of the existing hardware is enhanced, especially for larger IFB systems with multiple frequencies. This should really speed up the setup time for users in those kinds of scenarios."

New IFBR1a receivers in the UHF blocks shipping from the factory already have this new firmware installed, but older units must be factory upgraded. If users with older units wish to have the new firmware installed , contact the Lectrosonics Parts & Repair department directly at [email protected] or 800-821-1121 or Gotham Sound at [email protected].

Zoom Control

12/08/2016

The Zoom FRC-8 F-Control is a mixing control surface that works intuitively with Zoom’s F8 and F4 multitrack field recorders. When paired with an F8 or F4 via USB, the F-Control creates a complete professional audio rig. It's priced at $349.99 and expected to be available January 2017.

F-Control makes recording and mixing easy with nine 60 mm faders (eight + Master) and hands-on input/output control for trim, pan, and track arming. Monitoring channel and output levels is simple with 12-segment LED meters, three user-programmable buttons, and a dedicated time code button.

More details are available here.