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
Review: Aputure Deity Shotgun
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
Review: Audio Technica Unimount
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
Unboxing the Aputure Deity Shotgun Microphone
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
Review: Muga Dust Covers for Mixing Consoles
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
My Soldering Kit
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
Quick Tip: Unsoldering A Mistake
There are several methods of unsoldering something. The method I most perfer is solder wick. It takes more time then the suction method but its a lot easier to do on fine delicate electronics. So that’s the normal technique… That’s not the tip. The tip is how do you do it when you don’t have solder wick around. Simple. Take some left over shield cable … Continue reading Quick Tip: Unsoldering A Mistake
Tutorial: Rack Mount Your Audio Recorder
So with the advent of the Zoom FRC-8 I have become motivated to finally get around to finishing an audio cart. I decided I would build the whole concept into a single 8U SKB case. I have a lot of experience building out traditional roadcase servers for touring shows so I decided I would take that style of AV installs and use that on my … Continue reading Tutorial: Rack Mount Your Audio Recorder
Zoom F-Control Unboxing
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
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
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