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Here is the world’s first unboxing of a Sennheiser Ambeo microphone in it’s retail packaging. Continue reading Sennheiser Ambeo Unboxing Video
Here is a quick tutorial on how to beat wind noise when you need better audio on a DSLR. This is no substitute for an external on camera shotgun and defiantly no substitute for hiring a location sound mixer for your shoot. But if posts workflow is puraleyes this will help make the reference track more useful to your editor. Make sure your fabric is … Continue reading Tutorial: DIY Camera Muff
The Cinegear Expo is unlike NAB in that it is tailored toward G&E and Camera. But this year LA was blessed to have a few sound vendors come out and hang out on the Paramount New York back lot. So what did we learn from Cinegear? #1 Sennheiser Scans First thing new was finding out how the evolution wireless series kits determine what is a … Continue reading Cinegear Expo 2017 Wrap-up
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of soldering and the production company that contracts me from time to time to do it bought a new cable tester. PYLE is a trash audio company. Their knock SM58 cost $14 on Amazon and their SM57 style Mic is a mere $12. The only time I’ve ever seen a PYLE speaker used in the wild is when I’m … Continue reading Review: Pyle PCT60 Audio Cable Tester
UPDATE: This article has been updated to include a second test performed by Jason Porter on Sept 18th, 2017. The additional test has been added to the bottom of this post. A year ago IKEA came out with a new AA/AAA Rechargeable battery that was sporting some nice stats. A lot of people were skeptical at first but a few people gave them a try. … Continue reading Review: IKEA Rechargeable Batteries
The microphone market is becoming more and more flooded with KM84 clones. And most are identical! In fact I have been able to tract down the OEM manufacturer for the most popular of these clones. http://www.alctron-audio.com/English/contents/97/455.html Alctron makes most of the KM84 style clones on the market. In this case this article will speak to all the T01A / T02A rebrands. The T02A is the … Continue reading Tutorial: KM84 Clone Upgrade
Ribbon Microphones are very expensive but with a careful hand you can make one. Here is a video how the Royer Ribbon Microphone is made. Showing a clip from the TV show “How Stuff’s Made” isn’t exactly the quality tutorial we typically do at WavReport Tutorial. So we found some more videos and 3D printable parts so you can make your own. Here is a video … Continue reading Tutorial: Build a Ribbon Microphone
Most people don’t know this but I help with product development for a few manufactures. One of those was a company looking to explore the idea of making a budget friendly micro TC box that featured simple 1 button operations. We also talked about blink patterns for a single LED, USB rechargeable and featuring auto detect for FPS so that it just worked as simple … Continue reading Review: Ambient NANO Lockit
You don’t have 39 months like you originally thought. During NAB I came across a wireless intercom booth that was playing a T-Mobile youtube video. Here is that video. https://youtu.be/IfkA7Ct8s5Y T-Mobile will begin testing their 600mhz cell towers by the end of this year. They now have published their roll out plan for permantly turning on those towers. Below their rollout maps county by county. … Continue reading T-Mobile, 600Mhz, and Wireless Microphones
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