Sound Devices News from NAB ’26: Astral Mini Plus, Astral PowerStation Cell, and Viviana Cloud for 8-Series
Sound Devices had a busy NAB this year. The Astral Mini Plus, Astral PowerStation Cell, and Viviana Cloud 2 integration […]
Sound Devices had a busy NAB this year. The Astral Mini Plus, Astral PowerStation Cell, and Viviana Cloud 2 integration […]
Let’s be honest. While we all love the technological wizardry of Zaxcom devices, they sometimes make it easy to get
Lectrosonics microphones? Yes, Lectrosonics microphones. The mad geniuses at Lectrosonics have spent more than fifty years making premier wireless systems.
DPA Microphones has at long last entered the digital wireless arena, with their N-Series Wireless ecosystem, and the timing couldn’t
Exciting news: Trew Audio welcomes Location Sound Corp to the family! For decades, both Trew Audio and Location Sound Corp
Our insurance clients often ask: “Why do you itemize my equipment at Trew Shield? Isn’t blanket coverage faster and more
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 plenty of street-cred, and from my listening evaluation and field test, I believe this German-made mic delivers on the brand’s legacy, particularly for the intended professional market often referred to as “ENG” (Electronic News Gathering) or “Journalism”. While the MKE-600 is priced for the growing market of small hand-held video production, the audio performance of this electret condenser far exceeds what the low price suggests, and will likely find a place in the mic kits of many accomplished sound mixers.
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 our Los Angeles store hoping we could figure out why his recordings had a serious noise issues. He also brought in the two Canon 5D Mark II cameras he was using with the DR-60D.
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 of rest (called “hiatus,” in the industry, usually a couple of months) that comes between the wrap of the prior season and the beginning of the next. The 16-hour days, week after week, take their toll on us, but it is also brutal on our equipment. In addition, trends change, equipment advances, and we should always be refining the way we work. But whether you work on television series, feature films, reality TV, commercials, news, or whatever, my advice is the same: after some much needed rest, when cabin fever sets in, remember that continued success depends on being prepared. Here are some ideas to help you get ready for the next run.
Punk’d, U.S.-based MTV’s hidden camera show, prides itself on leaving viewers hungry for more pranks when they surprise the