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

Booming in the Backwoods of Tenessee

This week a new media reality show premiered that I had the pleasure of working on this past Fall. The episode that premiered was shot in the backwoods, ranchs, and rivers of Tennessee. Here is a preview of the first episode. A link to the full epsisode will be at the bottom of this page. The show travels the country and finds unique people who live on … Continue reading Booming in the Backwoods of Tenessee

24-Bit 48Khz Gaming with Lectrosonic: An Interview with Karl Winkler

1) When you came up with the idea for the Lectrosonic UCR portable video game “Single Player Pong” what inspired you to add a 470-700mhz RF radio receiver? A real first for portable video game consoles.   Well, while developing video games is extremely challenging, both technically and emotionally, we knew that adding a cutting-edge receiver would be quick and easy. The utility of this choice has … Continue reading 24-Bit 48Khz Gaming with Lectrosonic: An Interview with Karl Winkler

Mixing It Up On a Musical: The Sound of La La Land

I saw a post on Facebook from my friend Steve Morrow was celebrating the release of his movie. At first I didn’t think much of it. But then I realized it wasn’t just a Hallmark Christmas Movie (which are AWESOME to watch, huge guilty pleasure I must admit)  it was the blockbuster LA LA Land starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone! Well having never directly spoken to … Continue reading Mixing It Up On a Musical: The Sound of La La Land

Q&A with Henry Cohen, RF Coordinator to the Presidential Debates

This past Monday the first Presidential Debate was held. Every member of the press going into this debate was already calling it boring; And when the press gets bored at mega events they often look around and start to complain about their working conditions. (see Sochi 2014, Brazil 2016, the DNC/RNC 2016 Conventions) This past Monday that was not the case. Tuesday morning I opened … Continue reading Q&A with Henry Cohen, RF Coordinator to the Presidential Debates