Articles
The Indie Corner
Lately, I have had the good fortune to be a part of a few independent productions. They have mainly been student projects. Due to my impeccable good will for mankind…
Trew Audio Blog
News, reviews, and insights from the Trew Audio team.
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Reports from the Field
Appalachian Field Test
Shooting for the National Park Service in Appalachia I was recently the mixer on a film being made for the National Park Service on The Great Smokey Mountain National Park.…
Articles
The StellaDAT II 4-track Portable DAT Recorder
(Originally published in Audio Media Magazine USA) Two oxymorons: Jumbo Shrimp. Perfect DAT. Well, oxymorons or not, I love jumbo shrimp and the Stelladat II is the closest thing to…
Articles
Things You May Not Learn In Film School (but should)
Never run. In short, running on the set is poor professional form for a sound department. While the enthusiasm may be impressive to the unseasoned, running tells those with experience…
Sound Mixer Profiles
Regional Sound Mixer Profiles: Volume Two!
Alan Sawyer (Virginia) Phil Arnold (Tennessee) Greg Linton (Georgia) Kevin Van Bakel (Kentucky) Alan Sawyer Alan Sawyer has 22 years experience as a sound mixer, and works mostly in the…
Sound Mixer Profiles
Regional Sound Mixer Profiles: Volume One!
Peter Devlin (Florida) Mike Puckett (Mid-Atlantic) Jonathan Andrews (North Ohio) Gail Carroll-Coe (Michigan) Thomas Morrison (Tennessee) Jennifer Murphy (North Carolina) Mack Melson (Texas) Peter Devlin Based primarily in Florida, Peter…
Articles
A Brief History of Timecode (For synchronous sound recording)
In the beginning, for the timecode audio recordist anyway, there was the Nagra IV-S adapted for timecode. Eventually Nagra would have a timecode version of their own, affectionately (but unofficially)…
Accessories
The Sanken CSS-5 and the Rycote Four-Point Suspension
The Sanken CSS-5 Shotgun Stereo Mic can be successfully mounted in the new style Rycote "M-2" modular four point suspension as well as in the less recent non-modular Rycote four…
Articles
The New VDB Boom Poles
For years the Van den Bergh "VdB" boom poles (fish poles) had been far better than any others for most situations. It looked like boom pole technology had reached its…
In Memory
Mixer Profile: Vilmars Zile
by Glen Trew August 20, 2001 It was the summer of 1976 when I was sent by the TV station where I worked in the engineering department, to rent a…
Sound Mixer Profiles
Mixer Profile: Peter Devlin
From Belfast, Northern Ireland, Peter Devlin has climbed purposefully, methodically, and patiently, to earn his place among the most respected and sought after feature film production sound mixers in the…
Articles
The Lectrosonics UCR-200D
New Frequency Selectable Portable Wireless System Since 90% of the portable wireless mics in the US professional market are from Lectrosonics, wouldn't it be great if they built a frequency…