NO MORE WIRES! My 100% Wireless Audio Kit for Video!

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the craziest, most compact setup I've ever seen!

Absolutely LOVE this set up!! Looking forward to using it myself one day 💯

Very well made video of a VERY NON- PROFESSIONAL sound person. My big dissagreements follow: ONE: The Deity Connect is quite long away from being a professional wireless kit as you say. It is definitely a big bottleneck of this setup, not the recorder, which is great. The 2.4Ghz system is never more reliable than even a cheapest UHF system. Go Deity Theos or Senn. G4 instead. TWO: I quite don´t understand why aren´t you using a wired boom setup instead. It is much more reliable and adds no additional weight to a boompole. Even the best wireless systems out there that cost 3500 US per channel are not the same quality as a cable boom connection. The best cable costs a fraction of this unprofessional DEITY CONNECT wireless stuff solution. While you (obviously) need your lavs to be wireless, you don´t need this with boom at all. Wired boom is often the only audio source that saves you when anything goes wrong in the air. THREE: The Same critics go to your praised wireless headphones setup ! Using this, you definitely hear something completely different than a real audio quality that´s being recorded ! IN other words, you are making yourself deff in order to safe one cable. The bluetooth connection compromises the quality of the sound A LOT. My little advice to all viewers: never use this setup if you want to be at least called a sound person. Yeah, this setup is wireless. That´s not to be contradicted . A few above descibed changes could make this a "so so audio solution", though.

Lots of good ideas!
I have a Mixpre 10 II and the great Orca bag but no wireless. Thanks

Cool! Thank you for the video! Now (4 years later) I wonder if there is another way (maybe easier) set-up? Are there already wireless mics that can be connected to a camera even? And I don't mean those lav mics. Would be great if could help me out with that.

what shothun mic other than deity is better?

Hi, in case need use a mic with require phantom power, how affect the configuration with deity system ? and what its a range of movement between bag and soundman ?

super wireless method 👍

Tried this and will not work unless the mic has a battery.. rode ntg4 will not work, has no battery power, ntg4+ will work as it has a battery..

Awesome setup!

Can you use 32 float with this setup?

Thank...God...u exist! Student luv from Full Sail University, Winter Park Orlando.

How do you feel about using the Rode wireless Go II set for wireless shotgun setup???

I saw wires.... this kit is 98% wireless.

Can you tell us IG yoj still use this setup in 2023?

this is INSANELY awesome!

revisiting this after 3 years. just wondering if you have updated your sound bag. :) perhaps can share your latest audio bag setup? :)

For people looking to build their audio kit, please please do not plug your headphones into a rode wireless. 1) You're going to look like an amateur on set and 2) you're adding more troubleshooting headache if you start to hear rf noise/interference (is it the notoriously bad Rode Go or is it the Deity?). Also, the boom mic is the wireless fail safe. You mentioned something about "now I don't even need the bag, I can just walk away with my wireless boom pole to monitor audio". The whole point of the bag is to allow you to be mobile. And if you have a bag that lets you be mobile, then you should be using an xlr cable with that boom mic as a wireless failsafe. Just seems like an easy way to post your affiliate link to a product even if it's such a bad idea to use that device in the way shown in this video.

Thanks for your review. You were already waking towards the future over three years ago. I like the spirit.
I have a few observations and hope they will be useful to some people and will begin paraphrasing the great Horace Greeley :“Go wireless, young man, and grow up with the industry”

I read many critics to your idea of going wireless. Many of them are dated just like your review is . I said you review is "dated" because I guess that today you would use the Deity HD-TX plug-on transmitter with on board recording in your boom mic set up. It would be much simpler than using the Connection transmitter and would add the option of a back up with the on board recording to card. But I think the HD TX wasn't available when you started your wireless project

I am sorry but I think the idea of wireless monitoring is not a good one at all, besides being rather complicated and breaking the “keep things in the family idea” by using Rode and Deity instead of Deity only .

On that, the Deity HD TX does have a headphone port for proper monitoring of the audio.

I am determined to stop using wired lavalieres as I am really tired of asking people “could you please pass the wire under your clothes”. Many people feel uncomfortable and the most important thing in an interview is that the interviewee feels comfortable. Besides, wireless lavs save time.

I’ve read many comments about the unreliability of wireless mics and how often the sound drops etc. I was a little surprised. I shot news using Sennheiser and Rode wireless mics for many years and never ever had a single drop in the sound.

And I think that working with AA or AAA batteries is rather primitive. I am completely in favour of built in batteries. Some wireless mics, such as Picogear, can last up to 20 hours if the transmitter is less than 5 m from the receiver and 10 hours if is more than 5 meters from the receiver.That is more than enough for most shootings . You can always charge built in batteries during breaks and there are always breaks. And you can mute the mic when not in use. You don't only mute the mic on the Picogear receiver. You also disconnect the radio link, what makes the mic consume almost no power.

And then there is the hassle of external batteries. I have to keep buying them, and every time I needed to change the batteries of the Rode plug-on transmitter, for example, I had to detach the mic from the Rode and then remove the holster, open the battery door, remove the batteries, put them somewhere in my backpack, put new batteries, put the holster again and then attach the mic again. Primitive way of working.

All I need to do to recharge the Deity HD TX plug-on transmitter is to plug it on the mains if I am at home or a power bank if I am out.

But there is more: I can’t just throw AA or AAA batteries in the bin at home. I have to take them to my local library where they have a recycling system for the disposal of batteries.

I have four wireless kits: Deity, Picogear, Godox and Rode. They serve different purposes.

I’ve retired the Rode because it uses batteries and because Deity’s kit is better. If my kits were powered by AA or AAA batteries then I would need to keep removing their batteries regularly to avoid leakages as I would not be using the three of them at the same time.

Wireless mics and built in batteries are the way to go.

This is awesome. Trying to some thing like this with Wireless Go II. Audio out appears to be Line level -- or for some other reason there no audio monitoring with a headphone jack. Was that a change or am I missing something?

It looks awesome but I am a little concerned with the reliability of such a setup. Based on my own experience, everytime I have rigged up a sophisticated combo of my own cooking so it is “just the way I want it”, it always work at first but then little inconveniences start adding and popping up. In the end, the reliability is simply not solid enough for serious use. But again that is just me. Nicely done.

Badass.

I'm sorry for the dislike for this one, Caleb. You made a lot of effort doing this video and I appreciate that, but you clearly don't understand a lot of the problems with this setup and i suggest next time you stick to camera's or maybe research harder:)
this setup is not a professional setup by any means. Maybe a prosumer who likes to play it risky. Also, the wireless go next to your head is not something i would recommend to people.

please dont place the transmitter for your headphones on your headphones next to your head.
My Boss got an tumor in his ear because of the radioation of his phone.
He lost his hearing on that side and also needed a really dangouros operation on his Brain to remove the tumor. So please replays the transmitter it will make you sick and you could lost your hearing!!!!!!

Supreme!

Awesome video Caleb

This is BOSS LEVEL!! love it!!

AMAZING!!!!! I need to know how you did the wireless headphones! I am currently using the sennheiser GH4 labs and a zoom h6n, having an audio bag and headphones would be so helpful!

Looks like the Deity Connect is no longer available. Anybody know if they make something similar or another similarly priced brand? Thnx

If you do wireless monitoring you will have mp3 quality sound on your headphones…

I rigged up a wireless system for a shoot this week. It was just an H1n velcro attached to the pole and wired directly into it. It worked well!

Wow... this is awesome!

You are a boss! Thanks!!!!

Love the set up. And great explanation of it 🙏🏽😍✌🏽 speechless with the wireless set up for the headset

Question: would it work to transmit from my Zoom F6 timecode output in a GO2 transmitter with 3.5mm cable to GO2 reciever as a input for BMPCC4K?

Caleb, your content is such a useful resource. Thank you for pouring your time and energy into these videos.

I would like to see if you have updated this setup also with the TMA-2 studio wireless+ just releasing it should take care of your rode mod

HELLO I BOUGHT A WIRELESS MIC SENNHEISER EW 112P G4 ,  I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SCI FI MOVIE FOR NETFLIX  ,   WHAT KIND OF BOOM MIC AND ADAPTOR DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR PROFESSIONAL SOUND ?

built-in batteries are not for true professionnal

you can also plug the rode on the camera! now you have sync audio too

Hi Caleb, i’m using the Dt3 and the deity connect but sometimes I have big problems with they disconnecting randomly, got in touch with deity and they replaced the transmitter… it got a little bit better but another thing is that when I comparared with the rode wireless go, and it sounded way better, like was happening to gerald undone, in my case the deity products sounded a little cheap, but i love the way they function! any tip in what to do to make them better? by the way, brilliant idea using the rode on the headphone!

This is seriously genius! This is a game changer for me right now!!!! Thank you!

Great set up. Thanks for sharing.

Is it possible to monitor a stereo signal over die Rode Wireless Go to the headphones?

One of the best videos i ever seen about audio ! thanks man

Excellent video. 🤘👍

These solution videos are pure GOLD ! Thank you 👍👍