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.…
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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.…
(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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
(As appeared in Audio Media Magazine Oct 1999 Issue) To make a living as a freelance sound mixer working in the small film and television market of Nashville, Tennessee, I've…
(As appeared in Audio Media Magazine September 1999 Issue) Location sound recordists are bound to fall into one of three categories: (1) Hanging on to their love affair with their…