dominiquegreffard Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 My little retractable tc cable made from loon boom cable. Always plugged in my nomad. Always ready to jam slate and camera. Never dangling down outside of the bag. Love the thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSound Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 I wanted to add a few extra USB outlets to my sound cart to charge phones and power a USB lamp I bought. I found this little gem on Amazon. It has 2 outlets and a 5V regulator in it. I just added a 4 pin XLR plug and it works. I have been testing it for 2 days on a DC power supply and seems to be good to go $14.99 on Amazon : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NEUDEFG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Ragon Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Whitney, The guys that make that unit are called Instapark. They also make some other great things.. like solar panels.. In which I just bought! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006ZRYU9O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I just picked up this little item.. mini fold-out Solar panels with that same inverter. Charges two phones at the same time, while outside in the sun light, no power needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McL Posted November 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Me and the team ride the background like cowboys. Seriously. But we have a core crew that really gets it and are very good walking and using props quietly. The non-union background change out every "day" so they have to be trained. The karma bank portrait taken by our crew still pro David Russell in exchange for a pint of home-canned raspberry preserves. Ultimately had to get production involved to make it happen, but happen it did. I successfully bribe them with M&M's. Brendan doesn't like to have his picture taken. So his presence (in his words) was a kind of expensive gift for him to offer. He's magnificent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Wonderful photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Mounting solution for wireless boom. More information ask A4AUDIO Here the video: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152709547068570&set=vb.204545523569&type=2&theater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent R. Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 A small box I found at a local fishermen supplies shop. Lids on both sides. Perfect for up to 4 lavs, antennas, clips, sd cards etc. Cost me 1.5 lira (about 0.75 dollars) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldmixer Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 I'd buy that for a dollar anyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patoggt Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 This post made my day! Awsome, wish there would be more pages of this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominiquegreffard Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Fishermen supply stores are the best for these little things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Robot Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Shrink wrapping the cotter pins on a Rock N' Roller R-12 to safety them. The little things indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 "Concealer" for Sanken COS-11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Not much different than an RM-11 and some topstick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McL Posted December 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Don't think I'd ever put a mic right where the working part of the zipper is likely to flop around, but glad there's another COS-11 mount option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Woodcock Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 I love using a tiny spot of joes sticky stuff on zips :-) Shuts them suckers right up. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkautzsch Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Don't think I'd ever put a mic right where the working part of the zipper is likely to flop around, but glad there's another COS-11 mount option. I love using a tiny spot of joes sticky stuff on zips :-) Yep, sticky stuff is the way to go. Sometimes takes a little convincing a wardrobe girl ("no, nobody will notice that the zipper doesn't flop - look at my zipper here, it locks in place even without sticky stuff"). With some kinds of jacket, this is the only place that doesn't rustle, and is quick to mount too. I can often have the Sanken's head peek out just a little over the zipper for best sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berniebeaudry Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 I love using a tiny spot of joes sticky stuff on zips :-) Shuts them suckers right up. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Yup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel McIntosh Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 "Concealer" for Sanken COS-11 It is an interesting shape. I hope it's a similar material to the hush lav, which has virtually no self noise. Rockin' sound track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomboom Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 ...now, post #149 PLUS post #146&148 should give something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent R. Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 I love wandering in dollar shops to see if something can be useful for our business. Today I found these pads, used for keys, phones, gps devices etc, to fix it on your dashboard. It's a sticky plastic flap, without any glue or something. The stuff is sticky from itself and the manufacturer claims it will stay always sticky. The iPhone I stuck on it, I had a hard time to get it off, needed both hands and some force. Surface doesn't need to be flat or shiny, it works on everything. I don't know if I would trust a rx on a camera with it, but I am gonna test it out in my bag to "glue receivers to the body of the mixer, instead of the Velcro I use now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McL Posted December 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 I love wandering in dollar shops to see if something can be useful for our business. Today I found these pads, used for keys, phones, gps devices etc, to fix it on your dashboard. It's a sticky plastic flap, without any glue or something. The stuff is sticky from itself and the manufacturer claims it will stay always sticky. The iPhone I stuck on it, I had a hard time to get it off, needed both hands and some force. Surface doesn't need to be flat or shiny, it works on everything. I don't know if I would trust a rx on a camera with it, but I am gonna test it out in my bag to "glue receivers to the body of the mixer, instead of the Velcro I use now. Oooo. Cool. Do let us know... HIJACK ALERT: A little thing occurred to me while working with a new boom operator: I wasn't getting useful air from him when I needed it to do my thing. How to communicate what I have so naturally with Brendan O'Brien. This: Surfing. We ride an acoustic wave, B and me. Through acoustic environments. Together: one wav from two compatible streams of zero's and one's. A mathematical balance on a dance continuum. After I uttered the above, the lad asked me what I wanted, replied I'd just told him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McL Posted December 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 If indeed poetry may serve one in this industry...it's a little thing the capacity to be brief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantin Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 I love wandering in dollar shops to see if something can be useful for our business. Today I found these pads, used for keys, phones, gps devices etc, to fix it on your dashboard. It's a sticky plastic flap, without any glue or something. The stuff is sticky from itself and the manufacturer claims it will stay always sticky. The iPhone I stuck on it, I had a hard time to get it off, needed both hands and some force. Surface doesn't need to be flat or shiny, it works on everything. I don't know if I would trust a rx on a camera with it, but I am gonna test it out in my bag to "glue receivers to the body of the mixer, instead of the Velcro I use now. I have recently stuck one of those things on my cart to hold my phone. Sticks well at first, but then the phone fell off during a take. Luckily, just after "cut" was uttered. Oddly, the pad still has a pretty good grip on the phone. Caution advised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Sjostrom Posted December 26, 2014 Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 Oooo. Cool. Do let us know... HIJACK ALERT: A little thing occurred to me while working with a new boom operator: I wasn't getting useful air from him when I needed it to do my thing. How to communicate what I have so naturally with Brendan O'Brien. This: Surfing. We ride an acoustic wave, B and me. Through acoustic environments. Together: one wav from two compatible streams of zero's and one's. A mathematical balance on a dance continuum. After I uttered the above, the lad asked me what I wanted, replied I'd just told him. Sorry for continuing this derailing... The words we say and don't have to say on set. A very important little thing. In the ENG world that is what's more important than anything else. Some DPs you have to really talk to directly and have them explain their way of work. Others are just like we've always known each other. Weird. When I started out, I was angry sometimes with the fact that mixers had their boom ops set and always worked with them. Now with experience I know why. That hidden communication is so delicate and rare. On air: One scene I boomed were all close ups in a really early morning scene exterior. Real quiet. Using a cmit, I could get very close and I did. I thought it was cool that I could get such clean audio in an exterior scene. In the mixing stage I cursed myself for not having more air as the scene sounded like ADR. The scene was all about like friendship and the future, hopes and dreams. Would've sounded more right with just some more air. Lesson learned. The little things... Like an inch of air... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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