Video Chat with Senator

Some of you know him, many of you know of him. Senator Mike Michaels is an institution in the production sound world. I’m fortunate enough to have known him personally for a while now and I had a chance to do a video chat with him, so I present it here to you now. It’s a long one, for sure. Senator is a great story teller … Continue reading Video Chat with Senator

A video chat with Jan McLaughlin

I’m starting a video chat series where I have conversations with audio professionals about their work, how they got started, and other things. It’s meant to be really casual and low key. My first one was with multi-Emmy award winner Jan McLaughlin. Jan is based in NYC and has worked on many high profile projects such as Nurse Jackie and The Sopranos. It is my … Continue reading A video chat with Jan McLaughlin

How to Approach Audio for a TV Commercial

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

T-Mobile, 600Mhz, and Wireless Microphones

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. 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. Remember … Continue reading T-Mobile, 600Mhz, and Wireless Microphones

Getting Connected with Contact Mics

I work on a dance competition show but the judges on our show will also take the stage and showcase their latest creations. One of our judges is the world’s fastest tap dancer, Anthony Morigerato. And when it comes to miking his performance there has been a number of methods used but none of them performed better then using a piezo transducer contact microphone mounted … Continue reading Getting Connected with Contact Mics

Retro Reviews: EV-643 Dynamic Unidirectional Microphone

Last week I tested the Deity short shotgun microphone from Aputure against the Sennheiser MKH 416. This week I found some cool YouTube videos that review the EV-643 Dynamic Shotgun microphone. This microphone was produced in the mid 60’s by Electro Voice and in the manual references a patent for some of the other dynamic unidirectional microphones Electro Voice produced at the time. electro-voice-643-users-manual-539054 Here is … Continue reading Retro Reviews: EV-643 Dynamic Unidirectional Microphone