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Hello colleagues, I’m a production sound mixer and senior boom operator with over two decades of experience in location sound. As my gear setup continues to evolve, I’m currently evaluating the Easyrig Boom Rig as a potential addition to my toolkit. I’m particularly interested in its performance during interior shoots, where boom control and operator fatigue can be critical factors. For those who’ve used it in the field: How does the rig handle in tight or acoustically sensitive environments? Does it offer sufficient isolation from handling noise? How does it affect boom mobility and mic placement precision? …
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"Researchers have discovered that playing a sound commonly known as white noise can shorten fermentation—arguably the most important step in brewing beer—by 21 to 31 hours, without markedly changing the flavor. This could help breweries increase beer production without diminishing quality." And I thought white noise was invened just to annoy the heck out of event staff as we eq the ballroom. https://gizmodo.com/white-noise-makes-beer-brew-faster-scientists-claim-2000645382
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Please please please! Refuse to sign box rental agreements for your sound package. It's not a box or kit, it's a package. It's not a drill, tape measure, laptop, or cell phone. I put $1800 worth of wireless gear on talent, and they walk away from me for 6 hours or more. I hand out $300 comteks to people in video village, and do not have them in my possession for 12 hours. Read the box rental form carefully. When you sign the box rental agreement, there's a clause that states that production is not liable for damage to your gear. On a show a long time ago, I submitted an l & d form for a lost comtek, and the studio attached my signed box rental agreem…
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Hi all, I’m planning another early morning birdsong recording session – this time near the Kabli Bird Station in Häädemeeste, Kabli. It’s a beautiful spot right by the coast, known for its bird migration studies. I'll be bringing my trusty Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder, and fingers crossed the birds will be active and cooperative! The plan is to record from around 3:00 AM to 5:00 AM, just before sunrise. We'll see how it goes! The session is scheduled for the first weekend of May (night of May 3rd into the early hours of May 4th). Here’s a bit more about the location: https://visitestonia.com/en/kabli-bird-centre-1
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I hope to be in the PNW capturing birds and biotones for the rest of my life, and I already have a Schoeps CMIT 5U and the respective rycote blimp/deadcat. I'm a student ecologist and want to document organic sound and then use them for advancing research. I currently have a 744t, though it would be nice to have something smaller (can't afford a mixpre 3 atm). What are your thoughts on a rycote cyclone vs og blimp? I will be using my mic every single day for a study, so, I'm trying to streamline an efficient workflow and maintain a minimal footprint for when I'm in the field. I have a 10L Arc'teryx messenger bag that is waterproof that I'll store my recorder. Any thoughts…
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In general, are all sitcom style shoots, done using a Fisher Boom(s)? I've got a possible sitcom style shoot, and I wondering if I should be looking into a Fisher or cover with wireless and booms? Thanks -Richard
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Like a state-level CALM act, I guess. From CalMatters, a good nonprofit and nonpartisan news org in California. So written for a general audience, but with links to the bill, stuff about MPA's response, etc. ===== Sick of loud ads on Netflix? A proposed California law would turn down the volume BY RYAN SABALOW JULY 11, 2025 IN SUMMARY After his staffer’s baby was woken up by a loud ad on a streaming service, a California senator took action to force streamers to turn down the volume on commercials. The entertainment industry is fighting it. --- Ever been streaming a show or a movie and been jolted out of y…
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Be careful out there, seems people are preying extra hard to try to get desperate people in on job scams. I received this one today. Funny enough, a very famous Belgian actor seems to moonlight as a recruiter at a Belgian Freight company while using an email address that was created less than a month ago... Hello there, Challenge Group Airlines is hiring a Remote Sound Mixer/Sound Editor to work on aviation-related audio content, including in-flight entertainment, safety videos, and promotional materials. The role involves mixing, editing, and enhancing audio while collaborating with aviation and media teams. Key Details: Remote work (full-time a…
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I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but I keep having trouble loading VideoMantis. I get a timeout error. Is anyone else running into the same issue?
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Hi, I self-record classical chamber music videos with 2 cameras with time-of-day timecode, RME gear (prob switching to Sonosax/Merging) feeding into Reaper. My post workflow takes me forever and makes me hate my life. Can anyone help me improve? What I do is: 1. In Reaper, divide audio into takes, renaming clips T1, T2, .... Mix, including very detailed fader automation. 2. In Resolve, make a long timeline with all video takes. Sync each audio take with video using timecode + waveform sync. 3. In Resolve, divide that long timeline into single-take multicam sequences (set in/out points, create compound clip, convert to multicam sequence). …
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I have a project coming up where we will be shooting a really long dialogue sequence inside a cottage during night time. Unfortunately it has an old style rusty tin roof. In terms of dealing with this and potentially problems it will cause, my thought is: - Use WD40 on as many areas of the roof as possible. - Line the exterior of the roof with high density foam and ontop of that moving blankets (to absorb wind and minor rain or droplets). Is there anything else to help treat it, that I'm not thinking of?
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I saw a picture some time ago of some BBC radio engineers in the 1950’s; they were all wearing a kind of grey (or, of course, grey in the B&W image) lab coat suit with ties. Does anyone know if this type of suit had a particular name? It’s what you see any sort of technicians/engineering shop workers of the era wearing when one was expected to wear a suit and tie but one needed to be able to operate a lathe or safely get into a crawl space to replace a bunch of burnt out vacuum tubes.
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Just curious how you guys are dealing with the crazy reflections coming off a led wall. Is it just handled in post?
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A nice story: ‘Birds Are My Eyesight’ For some blind birders, avian soundscapes are a way to map the world around them. Increasing noise pollution is imperiling that navigation. ----- On an average morning, Susan Glass can sit on the patio at her condominium complex in Saratoga, Calif., and identify as many as 15 different bird species by ear: a steller’s jay, an acorn woodpecker, an oak titmouse. For her, birding is more than a hobby. “Birds are my eyesight,” said Ms. Glass, a poet and a professor of English at West Valley Community College who has been blind since birth. “When I check into a hotel in Pittsburgh, I might reme…
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Any good tips on mic'ing a haircut shot? Have done one before and the cover made the lav almost useless
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Hi, I'm trying to contact the Trew Audio store in LA, but I can't get through email or the form on their website. I don't know if anyone has a working email address or WhatsApp to share, since I'm in Argentina. Thanks!
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Does anyone know what happened to Sound & Picture Magazine? Did they stop publishing? I haven’t seen a new one in a long time and I can’t even find link to old ones which had some fantastic interviews and articles. It would be a real shame if they weren’t archived somewhere.
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Hi everyone! I'm about to work in Chile and want to know if there are any restrictions on UHF Someone from Chile or experienced? Any advice is welcome. using block 23 from Zaxcom ZMT4.5 and 4.6 on QRX 200 Thanks!!!!!
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I was considering using some sort of magnet type attachment to quickly place/remove a COS-11 on the talent's shirt. Without going into the details as to why this placement method works for what I'm doing I'd like to know if the magnet will ruin the mic or sound in any way. Anyone know? Thanks, Mike
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I was cleaning out my basement and found a stash of unused Quantegy 480 tapes, both 5" and 7" reels in original boxes and wrappers. Does anyone have any use for them? I'm located in Brooklyn. Available for free and for pick-up.
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AI might do a lot of magical things but I really don’t like when our inner creativity is challenged or replaced. Me and my Hasselblad, my microphones and mixpre or my Sony F5 and optics helps me capture a thought or visualise an idea or notion. Having something doing this for me reduce my process and what make me feel good, having achieved something from my inner thoughts. “Converting anything into audio opens new possibilities for the entertainment industry and creative professions” they say. I guess a lot of true work be very sparse in 10 years. it just make me sad. https://zeyuet.github.io/AudioX/ …
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Any ideas on helping this novice identify noise on my recent used taudio? I'm trying to diagnose a hum/buzz on both channels on a nagra t audio tape player. The transport is working fine and audio output is strong on both channels but there is a faint mosquito pitched buzz that increases in loudness as volume dial increases. Present on both headphone and via external outputs to audio system. Have had a suggestion that i may need to look at the power supply filter capacitors. One other thing if you know this machine, is that the buzz stops after a few minutes when the unit has not been touched and switches itself into standby. Would this indicate a specific area of t…
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Hi, I am not sure if has been posted - discussed here, about WMAS (ie. Wireless Multichannel Audio Systems). I have read recently the article from IATSE 695 Production Sound & Video Magazine and found it interesting to share with the community here. Link: https://www.local695.com/magazine/wmas-next-generation-wireless/
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Hello all, I hope this message finds everyone well. There is a possibility that I may be moving to the Bay Area. I’m taking this time to connect with people, and hopefully you can f mi introduce me to producers and discuss any projects in the foreseeable future. I’m also specifically looking to connect with Sound Mixer in the Local area. Thanks for reading and I look forward to hearing back from any of you.
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I’m an experienced dialogue editor, hoping to solve a mystery with the help of you location mixers and boom swingers. I recently cut the dialogue for a TV series in which many of the slates sounded like the boom was pointed at the actors’ feet rather than their mouths. This was especially true on exterior slates. Every step and shuffle was crystal clear and all dialogue was off. I have been asked to give recommendations for the next season, so I would love to know what might have caused this. I don’t have much location recording experience, but here are a couple theories I have considered. 1) the boom op was miking from below rather than above (but even if thi…
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