In Part 1 I walked about how to charge and gather 18650 Li-Ion Cells from cell phone USB batteries. In part 2 I will show you how to mod the very popular 12v Talentcell Lithium battery for use in your audio bag. Right now if you were to go to the Zoom F8+F4 group on Facebook you would be presented by hundreds of people asking … Continue reading Batteries: Part 2 – DIY Modding The Talentcell 12v Lithium Battery
This starts part 1 of a series we will be doing here on WavReport all about batteries. This past month I was on location mixing a feature film, I found myself using Lectrosonics UM400a, and one thing was becaming very apparent… we used a TON of akiline 9V batteries. It truly was sinful! It also didnt help that we had 7x Lectrosonics R1a on set. … Continue reading Batteries: Part 1 – Li-Ion 18650 Cells
In all of the upgrades to my wireless system in the past years, I have to say incorporating RF Antenna distribution with Sharkfin Antenna’s has been the most beneficial for me in improving wireless strength and range. RF Distribution with Sharkfin antenna’s gives you the opportunity to focus your wireless signal on a particular area, lowers the noisefloor, and reject interference from other directions. More … Continue reading Time for a wireless system upgrade? Affordable Antenna Distribution for Bag Mixers and my cheaper alternative: Lectro Six Pack
http://amzn.to/2zLCEsDThe other day I was going to All Electronics in Van Nuys California to buy two 2.5mm DC pigtails (I ended up buying a lot more and spending $30 on spare parts and random components for my parts drawers…. that happens a lot.) And I ran into my old production manager Ben Quiles from a show I traveled with 3yrs ago. He now is a … Continue reading Tutorial: XLR Z-Cable
Going back to some old school DIY. Here is how you can add some 5V USB ports to your BDS system in your audio bag or cart. Continue reading Tutorial: USB Power for Your Audiobag or Cart
So often in our Quick Tips series we talk about “how to solder.” So today we will talk about how not to solder… using Stock Image Fails! Continue reading QuickTips: Top 10 Soldering Fails
The lobbying group for 50 Ohm Coax has done a great job at destroying the reputation of 75 Ohm Coax. We all now think that if we plug 75 Ohm BNC between our audio carts and our Sharkfins that we might as while kiss all RF signal away. And manufactures know we now fear 75 Ohm so they double or triple the cost of 50 … Continue reading Tutorial: DIY Microphone Antenna Distro
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
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
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