While attending the R.A.M.P.S./JWSOUND party at NAB this year, I found myself holding the winning raffle ticket for this beautiful Cinela Shockmount for a Sennheiser MKH-50 microphone. Now full disclosure, I did have two raffle tickets. Gerry Formicola from the amazing Second City Sound in Chicago gave me his (thanks Gerry!), but that one didn’t have the winning number on it. Scout’s honor. I want … Continue reading REVIEW: Cinela OSIX MKH-50 Shock Mount
One of my most trusty companions on any job for the past several years has been my K-Tek KA113CCR Articulated Boom Pole. This specific model of K-Tek boom pole seems to have lived in relative obscurity since its initial release for reasons beyond my comprehension. Most people whom I have spoken to didn’t even know that it existed. This is a tool that no sound … Continue reading REVIEW: K-Tek Articulated Boom Pole KA113CCR
There has been a lot of confusion surrounding the K-Tek Stingray harness. And what’s more is that a lot of people don’t even realize that they’re confused about it. All around the internet, at NAB, and though discussions with colleagues, I’ve seen just how polarizing some of the opinions about this harness can be. I’m willing to bet that most, if not all, of those … Continue reading Setting Up Your K-Tek Stingray Harness!
I have been meaning for a little while now to do a write-up of my experiences while working in the extreme cold up in northern Quebec. Recently I was hired on a documentary that would be shooting roughly 9 hours north of Montreal. I knew that it would be cold, but rarely is one prepared to work in -40F, so I did my best to … Continue reading Testing Gear in the Super Cold
So, I was asked by Andrew Jones to do a writeup of my experiences modding (and trying to mod) my Sennheiser G2 and G3 body packs, as well as my experiences testing the difference between a set with only a modded receiver, and a set with both the transmitter and the receiver modded. Hopefully this can address some common pitfalls in trying to do the … Continue reading Troubleshooting a Sennheiser G3 or G2 mod: With Comparisons Between a Set Having Only the RX Modded, and a Set Having Both the TX & RX Modded.
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