Outside of the Sennheiser G2/3 series most filmmakers have never worked with any of Sennheiser’s other wireless systems. That is why when a Sennheiser SK2000 fell into my lap I thought to myself… take it apart, snap photos, run a work bench test on the unit! The Sennheiser SK2000 has an odd place in the Sennheiser catalog. If you are a filmmaker Sennheiser tells you to … Continue reading Review: Sennheiser SK2000 Transmitter
The MixPre3/6 are shipping now and immediately people are testing them against their other pieces of gear. The most obvious piece of gear a lot of people want to see it compared to is the Zoom F-series. And while it is an unfair fight when comparing features given that the Zoom F4/F8 offer more for the money we can atleast see how do they sound … Continue reading Battle: MixPre Kashmir PreAmps Vs Zoom F-series PreAmps
So often we think about how we prep for a shoot. Today I want to talk about de-prepping after a shoot. This step is just as important and sets you up for success in upcoming shoots. My show recently wrapped production on principle production at the end of May and we took 2 weeks to de-prep all the gear. That is an extreme amount of … Continue reading De-Prepping After A Shoot
While at NAB 2017 I was lucky enough to attend one of the Lectrosonics Reality TV seminars. Lectrosonics has now posted those seminars on their YouTube channel. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/jPWsImAbqLU If you look closely in the video above you can see me too! https://youtu.be/8Y7AwArI3rQ About the Author Andrew Jones is a location sound mixer based in Los Angeles. He started in the TV and Film industry … Continue reading NAB: Lectrosonics Seminar
While in Las Vegas I had the pleasure of bouncing over to Stickman Sound and chatting about how to approach the sound needs of a ad agency TV commercial. PS. It was like 104°F in Vegas, turning off the AC was not an option 😉 we’ll fix it in post. About the Author Andrew Jones is a location sound mixer based in Los Angeles. He … Continue reading How to Approach Audio for a TV Commercial
UPDATE: 11/27/2017 This article has been updated to reflect the addition of AMBEO mode in the Zoom F8 and Channel Linking in the Sound Devices MixPre6/10. It’s been about three weeks since I first got my Sennhieser Ambeo and I feel first impressions have worn off and I now have my head wrapped around what the Ambeo/F8 combo really is all about. First the Zoom … Continue reading Review: Sennheiser Ambeo + Zoom F8
I was on a shoot this last week playing around with my new um200c and I wanted to track the battery life it was getting. Normally you could look in the manual to see the battery life chart but battery size has come along way since the um200c came out. That’s when I came across this awesome App called Watson! It lets you run multiple … Continue reading Review: Battery Tracking App
About a year Emmanuel Ombilod, a sound mixer in Singapore, posted a video and a few photos of a “homemade” RF Amp he was plugging a G2 TX into…. and getting 1600ft range for car to car monitoring. The whole sound mixer world went crazy! But within a month the world stopped caring about his invention… I didn’t. I bugged the snot out of him … Continue reading Tutorial: DIY RF Amplifier
The Sony 7506 is a legend in our industry. Considered by some as the best pair of headphones you can buy for on set audio they are not without their faults. So let’s mod them! Continue reading Tutorial: Sony 7506 Mod/Upgrade
This might be the most exciting thing to happen to elastic bands since underwear. On its face the Walkie Caddie is 2 bands of elastic that have been seen together to make loops… But it’s so much more then that. Continue reading Review: Walkie Caddie
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