In Memory of Cinematographer Haskell Wexler
Our condolences to my friend and fellow Sound Mixer, Jeff Wexler and family, and, indeed, the entire film industry, with the passing of his father, Haskell Wexler, Sunday, December 27th.…
Glen Trew
Gear Fear #1: Wireless dropouts and backup recorders
by Glen Trew Since it’s almost Halloween, here's a scary thought for film/video sound professionals: On a 200-person film or video crew, only three may be in the sound department.…
Recorders
Cantar X3 Overview – A Journey to the Industry’s New Flagship
A couple of weeks ago I took a trip to Europe, and while there visited Aaton’s headquarters in beautiful Grenoble, France to better get to know the company that makes…
Articles
Review: The Sennheiser MKE-600 Short Shotgun Microphone
New microphones for film and video production come around as slowly as wrap on an 12-page day, but just last year it happened again. The Sennheiser name gives the MKE-600…
Recorders
Tascam DR-60D: Problem Solved
As mentioned a couple of months ago in an August 21 article posted in Trew Audio Flow ( see the article here ), we discovered a problem having to do…
Articles
TASCAM DR-60D Mixer/Recorder Problems
TASCAM DR-60D may eventually turn out to be a good product for double system DLSR production, but there are some concerns. A Trew Audio customer brought his Tascam DR-60D to…
Articles
Are You Ready to Go Back to Work?
Summertime, and the living is easy… but as always, that’s about to change. For many in the world of Television production sound, late spring/early summer is a much needed time…
Boom Poles
Zaxcom 742 Plug-On Transmitter
As purists often do, we who have stubbornly insisted on a hardwired boom must finally admit defeat: What started as a novel party trick called “Wireless Boom” is now the…
Reviews
Dipole vs Sharkfin vs Polarized Diversity (Diversity Fin)
A new antenna called the “ Diversity Fin ” (polarization diversity), made by the company RF Venue, has been getting enough attention to warrant a comparison with two other popular…
Recorders
Zaxcom’s Nomad – The next step in field recording..?
RE-PRINTED WITH PERMISSION from Sound & Picture. Manufacturers await my reviews of their products with a bit of anxiety because they know I’m going to filter out the sales talk…
Recorders
Zaxcom NOMAD Presentation with Glenn Sanders (Dec. 2011)
Glenn Sanders visited Trew Audio’s Nashville store in December to go through every detail of Zaxcom’s NOMAD compact mixer/recorder. It’s here, it’s ready, it’s being used in production. Video 1…
Production Stuff
The SPEAKEASY R-1 in the real world (the “R” is for rack)
There are several good reasons to have a powered speaker system on a production sound cart. For me the most compelling reason is to reduce hearing fatigue caused by continuous…