So this past week my show had me fly out to Rochester Minnesota…. in the middle of a blizzard. But never the less I still found some time to review the new Aputure Deity microphone. Aputure Deity – http://amzn.to/2k705FH Overall the build quality is amazing. Its a tad bit heavier then a 416 which is odd for being nearly identical in size. It is made up of … Continue reading Review: Aputure Deity Shotgun
I have been seduced by the DPA 4098s for a while now. It has replaced the omnigoose as the perfect car rig microphone. I have been working on designing my own with some success. I built a goose neck microphone that is terminated to Sennheiser 3.5mm. The gooseneck arm is from a Newwer Skype mic and the head is from a in-car-mount microphone meant for … Continue reading Review: Audio Technica Unimount
Two weeks ago David Peterson of New Zealand (He is like a Barron or Knight down there in the land of New Zealand, I totally researched it too.) reached out to Aputure and recommended a few bloggers to review the Aputure Deity Shotgun microphone. And this past Monday DHL dropped off a box at my apartment so I felt that I should also do an unboxing video. … Continue reading Unboxing the Aputure Deity Shotgun Microphone
This past week sound mixer Fernando Muga of Muga Inc messaged me asking if I wanted to meet up and check out a new prototype cover for the FRC-8 mixing console. We met over coffee and discussed the details of what he had designed. He brought a few prototypes and ended up sending me home to play with a preproduction model of the final prototype. … Continue reading Review: Muga Dust Covers for Mixing Consoles
So in the past few months I have gotten a lot of request to help repair/build custom lavalier, microphones, and SMA Mod G3 form fellow sound mixers. A few months ago I wasn’t setup to do more than just a XLR cables. A shopping spree full of trial and error would follow in filling out what would become a very practical and efficient soldering kit. … Continue reading My Soldering Kit
Shot a short little video of unboxing the new Zoom FRC-8 F-Control. The F-Control is a $350 mixing interface for the Zoom F-series recorder. I’ll do another full length video review in a week. About the Author Andrew Jones is a location sound mixer based in Los Angeles. He started in the TV and Film industry in 2004. You can email him at Andrew@HoldForSound.com http://www.HoldForSound.com Continue reading Zoom F-Control Unboxing
UPDATE: More photos have been added at the end of the post. A few months ago Sound Mixer Superstar @ChrisPolczinski posted on Facebook about a new RF Scanner he was using. He had bought a USB TV Tuner meant for a Windows computer and was using it on his Android phone. Immediately everyone online fell into 2 categories; those eager to try it and those who … Continue reading Phone App Frequency Scanners: Putting the $10 USB TV Tuner RF Scanner to the Test
As a Zoom F8 user, I have been living off my iOS device for 2 years using F8 Control. And now a lot of Sound Devices users are finding more and more uses for Wingman in their workflow. But over this same time I’ve discovered quite a few other apps that are incredibly useful on set. Disclaimer: All links below are non-affialiate-links and I am receiving no … Continue reading Apps You Might Not Be Using In Your SoundBag, But Should
I started writing this post on my phone while on an airplane. (LAX to Pittsburgh) I also started to draw my charts while on that same shaky long flight. Lets just say these charts look like a 4th Grade Science Fair project but not the kid who wins, those charts always looked good. So in the spirit of the 4th Grade I will write this … Continue reading Sennheiser G3 SMA Mod: Range Testing
UPDATE Jan 2018: This post has been updated to reflect new equipment that has come out since it’s original publishing. The Zoom F8 has been called everything from the greatest gift to Indie sound mixers to the “DSLR shit of audio.” The latter comment was how the Zoom F8 seems to usher in a race to the bottom for sound recordist. But does it? … Continue reading The Zoom F8 Buyers Guide
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