Accessories, Articles, Miscellaneous
Sound Devices MP-1 Portable Mic Preamp
(Originally published in Audio Media Magazine USA& UK) Since the quest for tools that improve the quality of our work […]
Articles, Production Life
The Indie Corner
Lately, I have had the good fortune to be a part of a few independent productions. They have mainly been
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
Articles, Recorders
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
Articles, Production Life, Production Stuff
Things You May Not Learn In Film School (but should)
[Editor’s note, Feb 2014: Written over 20 years ago now, many of the points below are obsolete, though fun to
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
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)
Articles, History of Sound Recording, Production Stuff
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
Accessories, Articles, Microphones
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
Articles, Boom Poles, Reviews
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