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27 Dec

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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07 Dec

For a written transcript…

For years news and documentary producers have required a mono recording with timecode to send back to transcription houses. I’ve never been to a transcription house, but I picture a bank of desks filled with circa 1950 female secretaries or court reporters typing feverishly with headphones on. The reason my view is so antiquated, is […]

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21 Nov

Let me level with you.

What is the difference in line level, mic level, tape level, consumer level, +4, and -10? Some are the same, some are louder. Clear it up for you? I didn’t think so. Audio levels are measured in decibels. Tons of logarithmic math can explain this, and many others have explained the topic extremely well. Google […]

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08 Nov

Pass interference, on the broadcast. 15-yard dropout penalty. Automatic reshoot.

Dropouts, hash, fade, intermodulation, spectrum reduction, et al, are daily struggles to the wireless microphone user. Frequency coordination is exponentially more important today than even last year. We talk to customers daily who would benefit from a basic wireless technology primer, so here it goes. The first thing you must know is the majority of […]

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04 Nov

The Sennheiser MKH8000 Series

For years now, the Sennheiser MKH40, MKH50, and MKH60 microphones have been workhorses of the film industry for overhead dialog recording. The MKH series has been hailed for their low noise, high output level, high fidelity, and lack of susceptibility to humidity and RF. Now, the brand new MKH8000 series appears to continue this legacy […]

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31 Oct

Lav-a-liers…Mount up.

Hopefully my title has caused a chuckle for some of you. A call back to 1994 Hip Hop may date me, or you for that matter. I use this as a bit of a segue into the world of mounting, hiding, and protecting lavalier microphones. This was an overwhelming request in my suggest a topic […]

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17 Oct

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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02 Oct

Mixer Profile: Scherer on Sound

SEATED IN HIS CHAIR at Booth Avenue Studios, Toronto, hovering over his cart, sound mixer Robert Scherer depresses the intercom button on his console, linking him directly to his first and second booms, ‘Gordon, Dorian, they need a microphone in the car.’ It’s the final day of on set shooting for Robin Williams in Barry […]

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28 Sep

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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28 Sep

Tonaderspeisung Baby!

Condenser microphone powering is a daily issue dealt with by mixers across the globe. For many of you it is a forgotten detail. You have a Sound Devices mixer and a brand new Schoeps CMIT5U. You leave your channel one phantom on almost continually because that’s your boom mic input. On the other end of […]

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