Sometimes it’s hard in our day and age to find new ways to innovate with location sound gear. “Reinventing the wheel” or “game changer” are phrases which get used far too often in my opinion. Much of time time, a lot of the advances that we actually see are “quality of life” changes which make our day to day work easier. There’s absolutely nothing wrong … Continue reading REVIEW: Coga Sound BPS System
Often overlooked but an essential component for powering your devices, the cables and connectors. In part 3 of this guide I go over the options and requirements. This is part three of a series of articles, split up as follows: Batteries: A Battery is a battery, is a battery Battery distribution system (BDS) and mounts Cabling and connectors Charging and various accessories Cables whether you … Continue reading ‘Ultimate’ How to power a field recorder guide – part 3: Cables and Connectors
In part 1 I explained some technical background on batteries and powering, as well as providing some suggestions for batteries. In this part we dive into the world of battery distribution systems and mounts. This is part two of a series of articles, split up as follows: Batteries: A Battery is a battery, is a battery Battery distribution system (BDS) and mounts Cabling and connectors … Continue reading ‘Ultimate’ How to power a field recorder guide – part 2: BDS and mounts
It’s a question popping up about every week on the various groups and forums online: ‘How do I power my field recorder?’ or, ‘What are the best 12v+ batteries out there?’. Followed by loads of reactions, based on personal preferences, what the person is used to, or what the ‘hot new kid on the block’ is at the moment. But what is often neglected is … Continue reading ‘Ultimate’ How to power a field recorder guide – part 1: Batteries
In Part 1 I walked about how to charge and gather 18650 Li-Ion Cells from cell phone USB batteries. In part 2 I will show you how to mod the very popular 12v Talentcell Lithium battery for use in your audio bag. Right now if you were to go to the Zoom F8+F4 group on Facebook you would be presented by hundreds of people asking … Continue reading Batteries: Part 2 – DIY Modding The Talentcell 12v Lithium Battery
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
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
Going back to some old school DIY. Here is how you can add some 5V USB ports to your BDS system in your audio bag or cart. Continue reading Tutorial: USB Power for Your Audiobag or Cart
UPDATE: This article has been updated to include a second test performed by Jason Porter on Sept 18th, 2017. The additional test has been added to the bottom of this post. A year ago IKEA came out with a new AA/AAA Rechargeable battery that was sporting some nice stats. A lot of people were skeptical at first but a few people gave them a try. … Continue reading Review: IKEA Rechargeable Batteries
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