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This is a tech question (I know it belongs in the equipment section), but the conversations are more lively over here. My experience is that most of the new Digital Video Monitors aren't properly terminated and wreck havoc when you hard line them to Video Assist. I've always used analog Marshall's with tuners for maximum flexibility. Anyhow, a Digital Marshall Monitor with a tuner isn't an option, so I wanted to ask... Would sending the signal through a balun (i.e. MuxLab 500012) rectify the termination issue. I've been chomping at the bit to get on board the Cat 5 bandwagon, and thought this might be a possible solution. I haven't really researched the transmis…
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Hey, Just curious if you guys know of any big movies (3 mil +) coming to shoot in DC anytime soon? Being an ENG guy I would love to come on set and hang out with the sound mixer one day, check out his cart, maybe learn a thing or two? NP
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg5Xzo-EfPo This should improve the sales of encrypted wireless systems. I can't exactly explain why, but I kind of respect Britney. I don't care for her singing style or life choices, but I can't help but quietly root for the girl. I feel kind of bad posting this. But I figured it would be of interest.
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Nikki Finke hits it out of the park, again. Read the comments, they tell the story... http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/so-why-is-most-of-hollywood-out-of-work/ RL
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Steven Seagal Lawman
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Ok. Who is the sound guy for this show because I want to hear some stories. I just watched 2 episodes and man, all I have to say is , "I want to see the unedited footage"! Oh yeah, the police in whatever part of louisiana this is filmed, are they the ones that helped loot during Katrina?
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Merry Christmas, Felice Navidad, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, Joyus Noel, etc, etc Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated r…
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Recently I had an email inquiring about my services. I've been slow.. so I decided to give this company one heck of a great deal! The following is my responce to their email below: ------------------------------- cut ------------------------------ G6Films Info wrote: > Richard, > We are currently in a pending status for the SAG Indie "Ultra low > budget" contract and are in need of crew assistance at little to no > expense. I know this sounds bad but, this is what we have for our first > San Diego production and are looking for people that want to be in it > for the benefits of our future productions. We have 5 other screenpla…
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Hey Everyone, I had a shoot a couple weeks ago for some cable promos. This production company usually asks for a transcription recording, but this time the specifically said they didn't need it. Fast forward to today when the producer calls me and says they do need a transcription to be made. I told them I could make the files for them if needed - just by playing back the takes from my 744t and recording timecode and audio to a separate recorder. (the transcription house they normally use requires timecode on channel 1, program audio on 2) Are there in fact transcription houses that can actually use a .wav file with the timecode embedded in the metadata? If so, a…
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Peak Oil = Bull#%*& ? 1 2 3
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A few links that state that not only is the theory of dino-oil wrong in its origin and finite supplies but that the earth is making more! Go internal combustion engine! Long live the V-8! http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59991 http://www.greatamericanjournal.com/archives/com/OilIsNOTAFossilFuel.htm http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47675 http://freeenergynews.com/Directory/Theory/SustainableOil/
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Great blog post about working for free and making money in the future:http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p.html
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For some years I have been archiving performances by singer songwriters here in Thunder Bay with the PDAudio system in 2496. I became aware of the limitations of the system and have 'upgraded' but I still want to capture 'live ambiance' and have a 'forgiving' system in live concert situations(mainly acoustic choral in churches). I now have the Soundfield SPS 200-sb computer controlled mics and the Sounddevices 788T-ssd (and am starting to record). But I do not have software for the Soundfield Surround software(I have been using Soundforge 10 for my stereo recordings). I have been able to listen both in the 788t and in Soundforge 10. But I want to do more. Any suggest…
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Hi everyone, i find myself with two similar jobs coming up that i would like some advice on. i recently did a show; it was a choir competition. There were three judges, a presenter and then different choirs came on and sang. The judges and the presenter were wired with lavs (two hard wired and two wireless) and i had two schoeps cmc mk41 in a stereo pair for the choirs. all channels came into my allen and heath desk and recorded onto a 788t. it was one of those days where everything sounded great. so we are moving onto the final of the show but there will be a difference this time. an audience. my concern now is that the audience will have to hear what the judges a…
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I was asked by a Director friend of mine to see if I could help some of his friends discover what is happening in their immediate neighborhood. In June this year, they started getting extremely low frequency sound getting into their wooden house. The effect is that they can't sleep at night as it is at its loudest then. When they put their heads down on the pillows there's a constant but with slight variations,very deep rumble that goes most of the night. They suspect that a battery recycling and disposal factory about half a mile away have installed some new equipment that is causing this. The factory has been there for years and has some bad environmental history. Als…
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Among my favorite things that happen around this time of year is... The movie screeners are starting to arrive! Bob
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Was it me or did that movie seem like some of the sync was a little off? Also there was some ADR that did not seem natural. I don't know if I was just listening to hard or what but a lot of that did not seem natural and there where parts that seemed off. It really bugged me while watching the movie. Also the camera guy was doing crazy stuff. What did you think of that? Nicole
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How do you generally charge your client? Right now I offer a Daily Rate with equipment included but started thinking about charging for my services and equipment. Just wanted some insight on what you guys thought. Let me know. Thanks Nicole p.s. A guy who is a DP on a project I worked on he charged the lady for his services and every piece of equipment he brought on set even the extension cords. I was like WOW...Its wow to me cause I"m so young and new to the industry but for others its probably normal.
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Does anyone have any experience hiding lavs on Grizzly looking, long haired, big bearded, duck call neckless, heavy jacket wearing, duck hunters? I am doing this show where booming is really not an option. I have had some success hiding lavs in brim of hats but sometimes theres still a ton of clothing noise when they rub the hat or want to take it off to scratch their hair. I am really looking for a way to hide a mic somewhere on the body and not get any clothing noise. Using B6. Unfortunately there is no button holes to stick the mike out of, all zippers. Also is there a way to maybe set the gain structure so that the mic becomes less sensitive to clothing noise? (That m…
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I'm just curious to hear other's ideas/stories on appropriate times to use, or past uses of, distortion or over-modulation on production tracks. I had a situation that came up today that got me thinking back to a past experience. Typically, I do sound utility, but today I was asked to break away to splinter-unit and use my boss's gear to "grab" a few takes of a news reporter doing a "breaking news" report on a beach. The reporter points to some bizzare meteors in the sky, and then the meteoric action gets too close for comfort. Everyone including the news crew drops what they are doing, and runs from the danger. It was shot from the POV of the news camera-man's P…
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Ok, been a long time resident of LA here, and I've always considered Vegas Nevada as our playground. I haven't been there in a few years, and I went last weekend, due to some 'out of state' guest staying at my house, and we thought it would be a good trip. Holly crap does Vegas suck now, or what! - Hotel wouldn't let us check in, claiming that hotel check-in was at 5pm. We made a stink about it, and they said we can get you in on another floor?? Ok.. I don't have a floor preference. - Couldn't find normal slot machines, and instead its been taken over my tons of other theme type games (mostly bad movie themes, like JAWS or ET). It takes 20 minutes to learn how t…
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I'm a little confused but just curious. What person/company would one use if they wanted to join the union as a boom op or sound utility person in the atlanta, ga area? Just want to learn as much as possible about it. I have been researching but everything is coming up with LA stuff. Help me please. Thanks Nicole
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Today I met with a producer about his upcoming project. We talked about many aspects of the gig, including the one INT driving car scene that has 2 lines by one character. He said I'd either be on the insert car or in the trunk. I assumed he was joking about the trunk, and I said I ain't riding in any car being driven by an actor. He got slightly fiery and mentioned that he had 30 years in the business, a fact I was to be continually reminded of thereafter. I didn't back down and was real nice about it but strove to make the point that in the past, I had successfully rigged several cars and left the deck on board, including a scene with two free driven cars with fi…
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Figured it's worth making this a different thread. I had Remote Audio (part of Trew Audio) build me a specialized cable to go from my Yamaha AES I/O to the Deva AES I/O. This fits securely and has not been any problem so far. The supplied interface cables from Zaxcom have cheap (China?) DB connectors and should have thumbscrews. On the Aviom patchbay, I have the version with a DB-25 connector on the backside and use a Zaolla DB-25 to XLR pig tails. http://www.zaolla.com/pdf/Zaolla_RetailCatalog_Oct08.pdf (Sorry got the pictures reversed) RL
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Yesterday there was a get together of over 30 women (not all women "over 30" by any means) working professionals in sound. I know a lot of these women but there are also many I do not know. The question has been asked before, I think originally by Crew, why we have so few women here? Pictured below (but possibly not in the right order): In this photo: Jessica Bender, Tula Snoeck, Lydia Hollyfield, Christina Huynh, Theresa Radka, Kim Petty, Elizabeth Alvarez, Tanya Peel (photos), Linda Murphy, Alexandra Gallo, Sara Glaser Evans (photos), Lisa Pinero, Lisa Pinero (photos), Patrushkha Mierzwa, Mary Jo Devenney, Shawn Holden (photos), Alenka Pavlin, Carrie Sheldon, Anna D…
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Hi all Yesterday on a job while mixing and booming with a MKH50 I suddenly started to pick up RF interference on my boom channel. At first I thought it may be the "camwave" video tx on the back of the camera but after turning that off and moving the boom around I narrowed the source down to being one of my Lectro UM400 Block 24 Tx's that I was using to link to the camera. As soon as I brought the mic, or boom or the coily boom cable within a foot or 2 of that particular Tx, I got a fizzing sound. I changed freq on that Tx and the problem then went away completely. Has anyone experienced this or can anyone offer an explanation? Thanks, Jon Chiles
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A friend of mine on Facebook just posted this link - it may have been around for a while but it's new to me so I thought I'd share... Have a great weekend!
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