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Hi All I was just wondering if each of you have any inspirational anecdote from your life to share that completely changed your outlook towards how you did Sound Mixing/Designing I am sure there would be many looking forward best regards Hari
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Scott, our 1st AD speaking: "The call time is still 7 am tomorrow but we won't be doing the next episode, instead we're going to be working on a WEBISODE. No need to worry since very few things we'll change --- we're still going to be shooting 8 or 9 pages, we have 2 company moves, and I think unfortunately it may turn out to be one of those really long days. There will be a few changes you should be aware of. I don't think we'll need the Utility Sound tech tomorrow, I think we can do it all with just our mixer and the boom operator, and we would really appreciate it if after Don wires up the actors on the Call Sheet he could help camera out with their stuff (you know tho…
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How do you cope with the pressure, the long days, the travel, the exhaustion, the headphones, the hearing fatigue, the harness, the diet, the grind.
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Happy 4th of July to all. This used to be my favorite holiday. Been trying to make it so again. The people of this land are what keep me positive. So many folks trying to make things better. Have a great 4th, and think about what it means to be an American. Roll Steve Millers 'Living in the USA'. Somebody give me a cheeseburger. CrewC
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Just finished watching (well listening mostly) a movie I mixed last year and can hear those wonderfully fought for production dialog tracks. It was a tough shoot, tons of steady cam and the old faithful Tram Tr50 carried the day on the lead actress when Mr Steadycam or multicam was in use.. A tip of the hat to my Boom Op Matty Boom Boom, it was his first show and about to start our 6th movie as a team next week..
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At InfoComm 2014, audio specialist Sennheiser [booth C10908] affirmed its support for the Dante™ multi-channel audio networking standard. “By joining this standard, we will be able to optimally cater to our customers in the broadcasting and live sound worlds,” explained Claus Menke, Head of Portfolio Management Pro for Sennheiser’s Professional Division. The first product to make use of the network technology will be the company’s Digital 9000 wireless microphone system. A Dante-enabled expansion card for the receiver will be launched in summer 2014. Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG signed the Dante License Agreement with Audinate Pty Ltd at the end of March, j…
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A producer I have worked with before wanted me to cut my rate to do some "Simple Sit down Interviews" and she also wanted to feed audio to 5D and not run double system. I told her no to both and this is the email I got today. Remind me to never again do an interview without you there. I just uploaded the footage from yesterday and it's totally unusable. God knows what the camera op did, he said he knew what he was doing, but the audio sounds like the people are 100 miles away and we're in a wind tunnel. It was this wealthy couple who totally rearranged they're schedule to do this for me. I'm mortified. Anyway - just want you to know I've always appreciated your …
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it´s a battle out there for sure: https://soundandpicture.com/2019/06/when-they-see-us-jan-mclaughlin/
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At the beginning of February, I went out to Marfa, TX with a two-piece band called The Wind and the Wave to record a series of acoustic videos to be released on their Youtube channel as they roll out the release of their new debut record on RCA Records. I recorded the song in the above video in a very small vintage trailer with only one mic: a CMIT-5u positioned on a fishpole holder above the band, slightly closer to the girl than the guy (picture provided). She was quieter than he, and his Fender resonator guitar was significantly louder than her Martin. With this positioning of the mic, I was able to bring the Martin out in front a bit more, highlighting its brightn…
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SAG voted in the new Theatrical contract today with 78% approval. Read more here:http://www.sag.org/tvtheatrical-negotiations Maybe we can all go back to work now... OH Wait .... The Economy is still in the Crapper. Oh.. Well... -----Courtney
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I was in negotiation for a reality show. It was following 8 women around las vegas. Production wanted only one boom direct cable to camera and no wireless because they did not want to spend the extra buck. I told them that it would be very difficult next to impossible and refused to do it. They hired somebody else. Today I get an email from production pretty much laughing and making fun of me, saying it is working just fine with one boom. Are these people serious?
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Just back from judging the largest ever group of applicants for ATAS's real, highly respected, paid internship program in SOUND, one of the 41 internships to be awarded for this summer. There were 1381 applications for the 41 internships. Overall applications were also up this year, and making the selections was made difficult by numerous candidates showing strong interest and qualifications for being involved with "movie-television sound" for their careers.. I was pleased to note 3 of our jwsoundgroup family provided letters of recommendation for SOUND applicants, and these were given particular weight by the 8 of us reviewing the application packages; at least tw…
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Working now on "Hitchcock, The Making of Psycho". Soon we have stage scenes with equipment and crew filming the psycho movie. Does anyone know what type of microphone would be of that vintage? Would they have used a fisher boom or a mole Richardson boom? Also, is there a male boom operator (only because in those times there were no females) out there that knows how to use this piece of equipment proficiently that is also a member of sag? Let me know...Thanks
Last reply by Marc Wielage, -
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All the news from IBC this year, here. Please post all the new equipment and news from IBC. I am hoping IPS this year to provide these beautiful videos as always. Audio Ltd Audio Ltd will launch the new 1010 digital range of wireless microphone systems. The new DX1010 digital true diversity receiver and 1010 digital pocket transmitter comprise the full digital system.The Audio1010 TxApp which is also being launched at IBC allows the transmitter to be turned on/off remotely as well as being able to control many other transmitter parameters.Audio will also showcase the small RF DA and matching portable rack mount plates for the 1010 digital. The RF DA has 200MHz bandwidth…
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Always been a big fan with the soundtrack and location sound work on this film. Jeff I wonder if you wouldn't mind sharing a few memories with this film? I don't mean to intrude and I hope this hasn't been discussed but I did use google to search for this. The vocal sound is very smooth, very consistent and I think this is rare in a lot of films in the last 10 years. I appreciated your youtube video suggesting the dangers in using close booming for tight shots and more distant booming for mediums. Better to keep a distance that can cut well in post. I wish there were more youtube videos like it, they are gold and no better to learn the psycology of so…
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Do you know how to read your meters? http://therecordingrevolution.com/2013/11/25/do-you-know-how-to-read-your-meters/ Recording Ambience In Surround http://randycoppinger.com/2013/10/22/recording-ambience-in-surround/ Why (almost) everything you thought you knew about bit depth is probably wrong http://www.sonicscoop.com/2013/08/29/why-almost-everything-you-thought-you-knew-about-bit-depth-is-probably-wrong/ If you can't hear it, it doesn't matter, right? Wrong http://productionadvice.co.uk/if-you-cant-hear-it-it-doesnt-matter/ A Lesson on Setting Levels http://www.homestudiocorner.com/a-lesson-on-setting-levels/ The rest articles: http://theproa…
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Well deserved.
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SARAMONIC SR-WM4C WIRELESS MICROPHONE REVIEW We received a wireless microphone from Saramonic. It’s the SR-WM4C. The wireless microphone costs $90, which is surprisingly cheap compared to my Senheizer G3 set of $630. So we took the Saramonic mic to the test and listed all the pro’s and cons in this video. Rest of review (if for some masochistic reason you care...I only made it through 30 seconds of the video above...but thought I'd share :-/) http://www.cinecom.net/reviews/saramonic-sr-wm4c-wireless-microphone-review/
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A Mystery Frequency Disrupted Car Fobs in an Ohio City, and Now Residents Know Why It sounded like something from an episode of “The X-Files”: Starting a few weeks ago, in a suburban neighborhood a few miles from a NASA research center in Ohio, garage door openers and car key fobs mysteriously stopped working. Garage door repair people, local ham radio enthusiasts and other volunteer investigators descended on the neighborhood with various meters. Everyone agreed that something powerful was interfering with the radio frequency that many fobs rely on, but no one could identify the source. Rest of the story, about a five-minute read: https:…
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Hey guys, any comments, thoughts, ideas, as to how the auction of the RF blks in question, will affect us in the very near future? one of my client/buddy sound mixers, has a venue rack (27/28) w.(6) 28's, and he is leaning towards doing the exchange deal for the vrt's $388 ea., for brand new units ,w/a 1 year warranty. and then get his Vrm, retuned (480.00?) to the 470-blk26 range. and of course his um400's re-tuned as well. probably divide the blocks in pairs, 4 in 2 blks per, or split evenly, at (3) per. Later,
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So a 256 GB SD card as a somewhat internal drive for your Sound Devices 664 and the CF card for back and fort offloading backup?
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I had a shoot at madame tussaud. They did not want to stop the AC while shooting 1 2
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I dont think they make the statues from Wax anymore but the the museum manager refused to shut the ac off. And It was the noisiest AC I have ever heard. The shoot was yesterday and today production is complaining about the AC. Whos fault is it?
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Happy New Year to all the great sound people who have contributed to this Discussion Group this year. Let's make 2007 even better. Remember, I started this Group but it is all of you that make it work so well... I am so pleased we have all found this to be a useful endeavor. Again in 2007, always feel free to make suggestions, observations and criticism (praise is nice too), for all of these things benefit the life of this Group. Best Regards to all,  Jeff Wexler
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A peaceful, non laborious and quiet (if you like quiet) day to all sound laborers everywhere. phil p
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