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The StellaDAT II 4-track Portable DAT Recorder
(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 a perfect DAT recorder that we may ever see. The Stelladat II is the new evolution of the original Stelladat (now known as the Stelladat-I), […]
READ MOREThings You May Not Learn In Film School (but should)
[Editor’s note, Feb 2014: Written over 20 years ago now, many of the points below are obsolete, though fun to read. But some things never change] 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 […]
READ MOREA Brief History of Timecode (For synchronous sound recording)
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) called the Nagra IV-STC. But theirs was not the first. The first viable commercial entry into this field was made by Coherent. It consisted of […]
READ MOREThe Sanken CSS-5 and the Rycote Four-Point Suspension
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 point suspension. There are several keys to the proper setup of the suspension for this microphone. First, a 25mm clip should be used on the […]
READ MOREThe New VDB Boom Poles
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 pinnacle. OK, so they bent too much and sometimes broke when fully extended with a heavy mic fully rigged (like the 816), but that was […]
READ MOREThe Lectrosonics UCR-200D
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 agile system for us? GUESS WHAT — NOW THEY DO! Each UCR-200D diversity system has over 200 frequencies available. The receiver has an ingenious auto-tracking […]
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