Articles, General Techie Stuff, Recorders, Reviews
The Nagra VI, One Year Later
The Nagra VI, One Year Later… “Under-promise, over-deliver”. When this philosophy is behind a product, the customers who use it […]
General Techie Stuff
Articles, General Techie Stuff, Production Life, Recorders
An Evening with the Deva
One way I keep my hands and ears in sound mixing for film and video production is to fill in
Articles, General Techie Stuff, Mixers, Production Stuff
Communications options for the CL-9
Since the Sound Devices CL-9 hit the blogosphere, views and how-to’s have filled the web. Instead of rehashing what
General Techie Stuff, Production Life, Production Stuff
Windscreens and Mounts: The Basics
The human hand can be a reasonably good suspension device. In most film and video production situations hand-held mics are not effective, one arm is too short. We need to mount the mic on a rigid pole. The rigidity of the boom pole is where the problems begin. Boom poles transmit vibrations rather well, some better than others. Many clever people have spent decades trying to build a device, a shock mount, to put on the end of the boom that will do what our hands can do so easily. Read full entry »
Accessories, General Techie Stuff
Noise in the 788T headphone output when used for return monitoring, demystified.
There have be many reports, recently, of mysterious and unacceptably high noise levels when using the Sound Devices 788T headphone
Accessories, General Techie Stuff, Wireless
Lectro line level input cable recommendation
While wireless microphone transmitters are normally thought of as being used with microphones, we often use them for line-level signals, such as when tapping into mixing board feeds or when using them as wireless “camera hops” to a camcorder. It has been determined that the previously recommended line input cable sometimes forced the transmitter limiters to work too soon and more often than Trew Audio recommends
General Techie Stuff
Balancing Act
Circuit vocabulary is important in our industry, to say the least. I often use terms which I know are correct,
General Techie Stuff, Production Life, Production Stuff
The Four Horsemen of Troubleshooting
When the crew is looking at you, the only person who isn’t ready to roll, you may hope for the
General Techie Stuff
Secret Jargon
As I listen to our sales manager John instruct our newest Nashville salesperson, Stephen Reter (welcome Stephen), I am reminded
General Techie Stuff, Miscellaneous
Are you REDy?
Updated March 12, 2008 For almost three years the industry has been anticipating the RED ONE DIGITAL CINEMA CAMERA. As