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One way I keep my hands and ears in sound mixing for film and video production is to fill in for Trew Audio customers who, for one reason or another, need someone to fill in for them. So, when Kevin Smith’s usual sound mixer, Atlanta-based Whit Norris, found himself booked [...]

Manfred N. Klemme, passed away on Friday, July 2, 2010 after a long battle with multiple Myeloma. He was born in Alberta, Canada on March 13, 1939, and moved to California in 1980. Klemme spent many years with Nagra Hollywood. While there, Manfred was at the center of many industry [...]

The classic blimp-shaped microphone windscreen: It’s the most iconic image of film and video sound. Even people who are not in the business relate to this because they see it everywhere; on television news, behind-the-scenes movie productions, and when passing by a film production. That familiar shape bobbing around high [...]

The human hand can be a reasonably good suspension device. In most film and video production situations hand-held mics are not effective, one arm is too short. We need to mount the mic on a rigid pole. The rigidity of the boom pole is where the problems begin. Boom poles transmit vibrations rather well, some better than others. Many clever people have spent decades trying to build a device, a shock mount, to put on the end of the boom that will do what our hands can do so easily. Read full entry »