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by Jeff Wexler- 3 followers
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RF Info and the FCC Licensing Project Mission Statement In order to ensure that the concerns, needs and issues of the thousands of professional sound recordists in the United States who use the UHF spectrum on a daily basis, can be heard by the FCC, it is imperative that as many users as possible obtain a license from the FCC. The basic goals of this project are: To educate Production Sound individuals who use radio equipment in the lawful use of these devices, and to understand the privileges and responsibilities of licensed operation. To remove the liability of unlicensed operation of wireless transmitters. The FCC can levy fines of up to $11,000, per trans…
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My first experience with social media with production sound was this forum right here on JWSOUNDGROUP. It was and still is filled with professionals that give helpful advice and I genuinely enjoy being here!. I recently purchased a Scorpio and decided to ask a question on a Facebook sound group on which bag do you prefer? The first two replies were snarky so I deleted the post and removed myself from the group. I've got zero tolerance for toxicity these days and this is not my first time having a negative experience on a Facebook sound group. So lesson learned, I'm going to repost it here where I can share and receive helpful info from folks who are real professiona…
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Fifty years ago today.
Last reply by mono, -
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During my recording session in Matsalu, I managed to conduct an interesting experiment. I placed two stereo microphones facing each other and performed a spatial recording with these two stereo microphones. I will soon share some exciting results from this experiment in this thread, but for now, I am adding a photo. The stand was on a bridge over the river, where a car came to fetch water. The sound of the pump was captured with two different stereo microphones. https://on.soundcloud.com/Bjs4hr7vDYyWtoG58
Last reply by inspire, -
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Currently in RF rebuild mode on the cart and have installed a BSRF AS-84 antenna distro which has the option to have 2 antenna diversity pairs. I understand the multi zone set up scenario but keen on some user feedback re single zone multi antenna set up. Consistent coverage is getting harder given sets have much more rf as well as the general increase in environmental rf. I Also run digital (zax) wireless which suffers a little more from line of sight issues so interested in options of getting antenna coverage from more than one direction of a set. I understand cable loss, gain matching, the use of combiners / splitters and when / where to use or not use active gain. …
Last reply by cjh, -
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Mr Beast is shooting a reality show in Toronto with 1000 contestants. Apparently they are all wired. So It would be interesting If any one working on the show sound could give us some insight how they managed this .
Last reply by Michael Render, -
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Hello, how are you, dear colleagues? I have a couple of questions, maybe you can help me. I need to know which are the most recommendable and profitable sites to sell audio clips (ambiences and sound effects). I also want to tell you that I am at your service to make specific recordings that you need, I am in South America, Uruguay. Greetings and thank you very much, Fernando Serkhochian
Last reply by inspire, -
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I have some white 6060s that unfortunately touched non-color fast black foamy in a few spots. Wondering if there are any tricks to get them back to white without damage? I have a feeling i am stuck
Last reply by osa, -
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A decade or more ago, a friend of mine had used an audio company to do some custom work and I logged it away with a thought in mind. I've come to this forum because I've finally thought about taking action on my thought, 10-15 years later, but when I looked up the company, Valk Audio, I saw that the person ( or one of of the people?) behind it had died in 2021. I'm wondering if anyone on here has a recommendation for who I could work with locally (in Maryland, very near Cabin John) or elsewhere, to add new speakers and wiring to 1950's-era outdoor theatre speakers.
Last reply by The Documentary Sound Guy, -
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Anyone out there know anything about the Aaton closing? As a Cantar owner curious what these means for those of us invested in the product. I remember when Transvideo bought them in 2013 and thought things were going well. Then again it is such a niche market. Thoughts appreciated. David
Last reply by Patrick Tresch, -
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Last September I was hired by a LA company; Beverly Boy Productions to work on an Industrial film for Roku. Roku had rented out an entire high end resort in Santa Fe NM where I live. Beverly Boy hired the crew and made the deals via their producer. Since I didn’t work much last year I was glad to have the job. I should have been more careful when the producer said if it was OK that Beverly Boy paid in 30 days. They didn’t pay. I did not have or did I ask for a deal memo. Beverly Boy has a good rep and has done many productions. I did have emails, text messages and a call sheet with my name on it and the producers contact numbers. I waited for a month after the 30 days t…
Last reply by djgarrettebs, -
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I am here to write a full throated endorsement of suspenders for use during bag work. With the advent of waist belts for sound bags, wearing a belt (for your pants) and also a waist belt (for your bag) is far too much for anyone’s waist. Suspenders not only hold up your pants with superior ergonomics, they take off the added pressure of a pants belt to secure your pants. Keeping up your pants while wearing a sound bag is a big problem at least for me. My pants tend to ride down during work which hinders flexibility and motion. Trying to hike up your pants with a sound bag on is cumbersome and ineffective. Suspenders solve this problem by not letting y…
Last reply by Wandering Ear, -
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Read any good books lately? I've had one or two good reads in 2011... Don't have time to read much, but it surely is a perfect pastime. Most recent was a Haruki Murakami book called Norwegian Wood. He's insanely popular in Sweden. I guess mostly because he writes a lot of graphic sex scenes. Didn't like the book. I don't like sex scenes at all. Another pretty good read was a Paul Auster novel called Invisible. And of course I've read a lot of interesting stuff here Cheerio! (iPhone wanted to correct cheerio with Cheerios. Cereal sponsoring in autocorrect? Hmmm...)
Last reply by mono, -
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I went to watch a drag race for cars and motorcycles, and here are some examples: https://youtu.be/C-ZEK9VcmXc?si=oCkZvgpBTOnILo6w https://youtu.be/cJu01ousADA?si=fxrZcn8De7UzyvEX https://youtu.be/Pbm3cpi35pE?si=fZss5liySkDzy3kh The sound there is very loud, and I wondered how to properly record such an event. The SPL is around 98 dBA or maybe even higher. So, my question is, what kind of microphone would you recommend for recording such an event? I was thinking that perhaps a bass drum microphone would be suitable for this purpose? Here are some examples Microphones for Bass Drum: Shure Beta 52A Sennheiser E 602 II AKG D 112 MKII Audix D6 …
Last reply by inspire, -
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Hi, I am new to the site and the craft. I wanted to know if anyone here uses a bike as a method of transportation. I am not sure if it applies to mixers considering they have a cart, but i could be wrong. I figured boom operators and or sound utility men might have the ability.
Last reply by mono, -
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As I was very dissatisfied with QMediaPlayer (lack of build in codecs, other issues) I've asked an old friend to port some old DirectShow / AVfoundation stuff to Python. That took him a whopping day, he improved it, and he added Linux support as well. (He's a very experienced coder and nice guy.) Mac supports the 'Pro' codecs / formats like MXF, not yet toyed with the other platforms. https://github.com/59de44955ebd/MediaPlayer If you want to contact the developer, PM me. (I'm not sure if he wants his name / mail adress public.)
Last reply by Bouke, -
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What does it mean? It's in Ixml (No clue what the 'i' means, intelligent it is not...) Low is the start, Hi 'could' be the duration of the file, but that would be redundant as the Wave format already describes that, besides, I've NEVER seen a file that has another entry than zero.
Last reply by Bouke, -
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Yo y'all, not posted in ages, anyway... My wife and I were watching 1923 and looked up the prequel 1883. Is it just me or is the vocal audio a POS for the most part, & I guess I'd better toss in an early humble appology to anyone here involved. Im just listening to it on my lcd tv and really dont have trouble understanding othre programs but you do wish for subtitles a lot of the time. It sounds kinda super compressed and so in your face with no depth or range I dont get it, is it the moustaches? Im guessing all the best gear and good ppl were used, maybe it got butchered in post or as I said at the start, maybe its just me? Any opinions (or has this been done?)
Last reply by TommygunZA, -
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The only company called Kantana is in Thailand. The phone area code is Nevada. First time any new client has texted me about a shoot. From the text message chain: "Hi goodmorning? I believe this is Bob King, do you still A1 or boom operate on production sets? We're currently in need of the position for a series of Ad-shoot for Nestle Plc. Available?" "Yes, location sound mixer, $950/10, available." "I'm Jordan Webley from Kantana films. Payrate is $750/10hrs." "How many days? What camera?" "It would be great if you send me references/work information to (a gmail address) so I can forward you shoot details."
Last reply by The Documentary Sound Guy, -
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Last reply by mono, -
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Hi, here is the interview of Cyril Holtz, one of our most talented re-recording mixer in France, who has worked for more than 2 years as sound supervisor on the film "Emilia Perez" a musical drama by Jacques Audiard that just received awards in Cannes 2024 for best actresses and Jury price. He speaks notably on the development and use of a "voice cloning" tool (of course powered by AI) for one of the actress Karla Sofía GASCÓN, as the music written for her part to sing was out of her voice range. He explains that they had a company develop this tool for 2 years prior shooting (as the songs are filmed in playback mode). The work was a very collaborative work in…
Last reply by Fred Salles, -
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Are there companies we like for providing equipment that is lost or stolen in Africa? Anyone with some do's and don'ts? Traveling from the US
Last reply by The Documentary Sound Guy, -
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I want a set. I don't care about the quality of sound, I only care about the level of reducing ambient, especially in the higher frequencies. Anyone has some tips on what to buy / avoid? (There are a gazillion of choices nowadays.) Thx, Bouke
Last reply by grawk, -
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I wrote an article with some (hopefully) helpful tipps and tricks https://schoeps.de/en/knowledge/knowledge-base/recording-techniques/miking-a-car
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