Aputure Deity Mic Review
Aputure sent me this microphone package to review so let’s do that. I’ll compare it to a couple of other beginner to prosumer microphones, the NTG2 and NTG3 from Rode. The first thing to notice about the microphone itself is the shape. It is almost Identical to NTG3 in length and diameter and I’m told its a carbon copy of the popular Sennheiser MKH 416. … Continue reading Aputure Deity Mic Review
How Do You Lav An Actor?
How do you lav an actor? Professionally! No, that is it. It’s that simple. This article isn’t about how to HIDE a lavalier, its about the process we go about to do it. Surrounding the recent Weinstein scandal it was also announced that the co-creater of Broad City has fired a couple of men on the show because of sexual harassment. One of the men … Continue reading How Do You Lav An Actor?
Batteries: Part 2 – Storage
Buying 20+ IKEA LADDA AA batteries is easy. Figuring out how to keep up with which ones are charged and which ones are dead is the hard part. Storacell fixes that! Continue reading Batteries: Part 2 – Storage
The LA Sound Swapmeet!
I was asked to help promote this amazing meet up. If you are in the Southern California area or even Las Vegas you should drive over to Wilcox Sound and enjoy this wonderful flea market. In the past I have attended several of the parties hosted the legendary Facebook group LA Sound Mixers and they always exceed expectations. LASM Is a wonderful group of IA695, … Continue reading The LA Sound Swapmeet!
Press Release: New Lectro Transmitters First Look
Dave gives us a brief overview of the new Lectrosonics SMWB and SMDWB wide band digital hybrid transmitters. Continue reading Press Release: New Lectro Transmitters First Look
Batteries: Part 1 – Li-Ion 18650 Cells
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
Audio Equipment Budgeting
When it comes to purchasing audio equipment, there are a lot of things to consider. Sometimes it isn’t just a matter of buying on a recorder or only a wireless system. There are other products involved. Sometimes what you may be looking to purchase might not be the right choice for what you are trying to achieve. In this video, Dave talks about what is … Continue reading Audio Equipment Budgeting
Zoom F8: Gain Staging and Getting the Most Out of the Digital Limiters
So the other day I posted a pic of the kit setup I was using on a 16 day feature film. A lot of people wanted to know how I was running my boom. So here is a step by step video from the Mic used, to the preamp settings, to the F8 overall settings, to the digital limiter settings that are used on ever … Continue reading Zoom F8: Gain Staging and Getting the Most Out of the Digital Limiters
This week in Firmware: Sound Devices MixPre6 & Zoom F8
This week two of the most affordable Ambisonic recorders got updates to make them more practical for VR. ZOOM F8: The ZOOM F8 dropped Firmware 4.0 and the unit received a full Ambisonic B-Format upgrade. Here is a photo Zoom sent to me this past week to tease the release to some of us bloggers. As you can see the new update linked the channels … Continue reading This week in Firmware: Sound Devices MixPre6 & Zoom F8
5 little things every sound mixer needs in their kit:
There are lots of pieces of equipment that sound mixers use on a daily basis. We are all familiar with the big stuff, like mixers, recorders, microphones, wireless systems, and boom poles, but there are little things that often get over looked and not thought about until they are needed on set, and it can be an issue if you don’t have them. In this … Continue reading 5 little things every sound mixer needs in their kit:
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