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I'm finally dusting some old pieces of equipment that are no longer making me money. Each time I do this (every 3 or 4 years), I feel like everything in the seller's market has changed, and I'm sure others have experienced this too. I thought it might make a good thread to share experiences and views. I think this site is still the best venue to list items on as it's peer-to-peer, people have been vetted, and there aren't fees or management on top of the sale. In recent years, Facebook was a better venue because it has no fees and a much wider reach, although the vetting isn't really there. Now it seems they want 10% off every sale, and currentl…
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I am doing my 2nd gig for a local author I connected with via social media and mutual connections. I did a short story for him which included recording, mixing, and added foley/sound design. I charged $250 for all this due to it being my first audiobook project and wanted to set the relationship off simple. I gave the voice actor (friend, and recording vocalist I have a trusted relationship with) $50, while I pocketed the $200 because the Sound Design took much longer than expected. Anyways, I have just received another gig from him, this time with no sound design. Just record it, patch up any problems with the vocals (Soothe2 plugin is a lifesaver for this), …
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Apologies if this question doesn't belong on this site, Someone suggested I ask this question here rather than the Tapeheads forums. Has anyone here used the Sound Devices 722 as a music player? If so, how did it perform in that role? I was hoping to use the SD 722 like a cassette or MD recorder, like field recording, recording from the radio, and music playback. Not a professional use case, I know.
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My primary background in sound thus far is from being a studio recording engineer. I'm currently borrowing a friends Neve 1073 Preamp and am simply wondering if using this on a production set is practical? What about for Post? Feel like I could definitely run all dialogue thru this and yield a richer sound? Does anyone have experience or heard of anyone doing something like this?
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I just got my paycheck for a shoot I did two weeks back, but for first time for me, my kit rental got lumped together with my day rate. And the payroll company (CAPS, LLC Payroll service) taxed my kit rental in the process. Usually, when I work on a production that receives W-4s, my kit fee is paid nontaxed separately while my dayrate gets the usual taxes deducted. So is this incorrect, or is the payroll company allowed to do that?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/listen-to-the-soundscape.html Josh
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Hello everybody, the German association of Film Sound (bvft) is developing a workshop for production managers in Germany in order to achieve better working conditions for future projects. Our main focus is on the time we get paid to prepare for a project. We have therefore developed a survey to analyse the preparation times of sound mixers in other countries. Through this, we hope to be able to create a better basis for negotiation. We would be happy if you participate in the survey. It should take around 10 minutes to complete. We believe that the results may also be of interest to all those who take part, so you can leave your email at the end and we will send …
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Curious if anyone has suggestions for safe, compact and efficient storage of different size preamps and capsules? Something i can store inside a pelican with other bits, etc
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Any way to clear out the scene and track name list before a new show without having to fully reset the machine?
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I went to an audiologist for a hearing test and we started talking. He said the highest frequency that can come from a human vocal structure is 6.5k, which is a young female child hissing through their front teeth. I was stunned. What about all those other freqs?!!! Given this information, why would our lav mics ever want to go above 6.5k? Then I had a conversation with a pal who does lots of music recording. He said the kick drum always gets a 2k, 4k, and between 10k - 12k boosts. But the kick drum can't possibly be putting out 12k? He said when he boosts the 10k - 12k it opens up the drum. Could the same be said for dialog? And what exactly is being…
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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. …
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Dear Group! We developed a special sound restoration method, where we optically clean the frame by frame scanned picture of the optical sound track and later we read it out as digital sound and clean it with AI and traditional tools. I am curious to hear your feedback about it. Is it salable as a service? What should we improve? Thank you for your help! Daniel Bőhm https://cleanfilmsound.com/
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Hey everyone. I am wondering how far away from your lectro receivers should a T4 IFB Tx be so it does not reek havoc with them? Or is remoting the antenna from the T4 (short whip antenna with BNC connector popped right on the back of the T4 as of now) the best solution? Can an RF barrier be put inbetween if they have to live close to each other? Not sure what form that would take, but... Thanks in advance! CRAIG
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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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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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?)
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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."
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