Category: Accessories

Zaxcom TRX-992Caution: Cutting edge ahead.

  Regardless of your preferences: analog vs. digital, touch screen vs. buttons, DVD vs. Flashcard, or simply, loyalty to one brand over another, everyone must agree that during the last 10 years Zaxcom has blazed the trail for new sound technologies in film and video production with a very influential sword. Zaxcom was the first […]

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JK welcomes the BluePack

JK Audio, makers of professional grade and industry standard telephone audio interfaces, recently released a line of Bluetooth enabled audio products. For our industry, the BluePack Wireless Interview Tool seems to fit well. The BluePack is about the same size as a production intercom style belt pack. The bottom panel has a XLR mic input […]

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Bullets of info

I’ve had numerous Audioflow topics running through my head, but none were extensive enough for an entire blog. So let me shoot through some bullet points. The strike has come to an end, and we’re all glad to hear it. I’m not going to discuss the politics of the situation, just that a resolution is […]

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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 several years our business has been dominated by new gear. Let’s face it, post houses are finally coming about and non-linear is here for the […]

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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 decade. The batteries have changed, the gear has changed, the chargers have improved, but the basic idea is the same; get rid of these dumpster […]

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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 a passive mic input for the boom microphone, an active mic pre input for the boom ops headset, and a headphone output. In the past […]

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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 various rumors of function and has settled in on a wonderfully helpful and working system. Depending on your purchase date (anytime after November 06′) the […]

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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 generalized statement about a product to which everyone seems to adhere. Just last week we heard a nasty rumor that Maxell would soon discontinue their […]

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Remote Audio CAT-5 Video Assist Kit

For the sound cart, a typical video assist setup often requires four channels: two video and two audio. Two video lines are so that the sound mixer can see two cameras, one audio line is to send a mix to the video assist operator, and the second audio line for playback from video assist. Until […]

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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 often leave us bleeding on the cutting edge, it’s nice to occasionally find a new one that’s actually a better choice. Such is the case with the MP-1 portable microphone preamp by Sound Devices. In […]

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