Accessories
The impossible dreams.
This isn’t going to be a tech savvy post, but I thought it would be nice to discuss my (and hopefully your) dreams for the next year. For the last…
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Power Depletion in T minus…
Revised February 1, 2008 Battery distribution for an ENG bag or cart is not a new idea. Many of you have been doing it for the better part of a…
General Techie Stuff
For a written transcript…
For years news and documentary producers have required a mono recording with timecode to send back to transcription houses. I've never been to a transcription house, but I picture a…
General Techie Stuff
Let me level with you.
What is the difference in line level, mic level, tape level, consumer level, +4, and -10? Some are the same, some are louder. Clear it up for you? I didn't…
Wireless
Pass interference, on the broadcast. 15-yard dropout penalty. Automatic reshoot.
Dropouts, hash, fade, intermodulation, spectrum reduction, et al, are daily struggles to the wireless microphone user. Frequency coordination is exponentially more important today than even last year. We talk to…
General Techie Stuff
Lav-a-liers…Mount up.
Hopefully my title has caused a chuckle for some of you. A call back to 1994 Hip Hop may date me, or you for that matter. I use this as…
Accessories
Talk it out.
The Remote Audio Boom cable system allows two way communications between the mixer and the boom op. The simple push-to-talk box rests on the boom operators hip. The box accommodates…
Accessories
TRiX of the trade…
Zaxcom has manufactured wireless microphone systems for nearly half a decade now. The latest system is an entire revamp of the product line. The TRX wireless system has lumbered through…
General Techie Stuff
Tonaderspeisung Baby!
Condenser microphone powering is a daily issue dealt with by mixers across the globe. For many of you it is a forgotten detail. You have a Sound Devices mixer and…
Accessories
Misinformation?
Misinformation is continually prevalent in our industry. The staff at Trew Audio has bit on it just as easily as you, our customers. One person’s experience can quickly become a…
Reports from the Field
Everybody Hollerin’ Goat
In the summer of 1998, I received a phone call from Dolly Carlisle, a documentary Producer/Director that I had worked with many times before. She was producing a documentary in…