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SAL is fine, Doug. :-D Yep, we blanketed the floor and that helped quite a bit. The CMIT5 worked pretty well, but I'd bet my 416 would have worked, perhaps even a bit better, though the the time for trial and error quickly ran out for that. One bizarre thing that happened - I had to do an ADR here in the studio and I used the exact same mics - CMIT and the Tram and the exact same recorder and yet the stuff recorded on the greenscreen was very, very silibant. Odd no filters had changed (slight roll-off on my SD 744 still set the same way) and none of the filters on the CMIT were engaged at either session. Interesting what a room will do.

Be nice if the Auralex folks would make it a bit more like what I did to address the issue we're talking about. I mean, I'm ready to glue more of the reamaining little wedges around it too. I shouldn't have to be glueing it. So, anybody who has a moment or two, send them an email, bug 'em to make something similar to mine with even more baffles and in chroma green. You can send 'em my picture. Of course I'm going to do this too. Sometimes all it takes is a few emails or so to make things happen. Oh, and it should be able to be broken down for easier transport too. Right now I have have to move mine as it is and hope nothing tears it. Their email is appsupport@auralex.com

Ah, the DIRECTOR does not get cans.

Thumbs up.

Huh? Your boom ops have to pay the director for headphones?

Re - Auralex, yep got one and modified it, see enclosed. Glued the two wedges on the top and bottom. The way it comes is you have to use either the one big wedge (the one shaped like the bowtie) or the other two smaller wedges, so I rigged it as shown. Works great! The tip about the zeppelin with the nose off is a fantastic one, don't know why I didn't think of that one myslef. I'm off right now to Musson (film studio supplies) to get some more chroma green and maybe a layer of vinyl to shield around the sides and back. Thanks for that.

Thanks guys for all the info. Really. We gotta start harrassing these trade show banner folks into making a chroma key green clothy material. That, simply, has to be cheaper than making the printed banners w/ crap logos and such. These things are light (I have one) and usually come with a carry bag. Be great if I had, like, four or five in chroma green.

Yep, I know, that's why I bought the blue and green berry, and I told them but they didn't care.

Yep, I'm heading towards ADR'ing the talent. As for the VFX - fffft it's hopeless. For example, he refused to take time-code, and now doesn't remember me insisting, so today I'm re-printing my receipt tags to include "time-code offered - time-code accepted - time-code refused". <sigh> The audio is not so bad at all actually (but when it's not absolutely perfect I must make it work, so it'll prolly be looped/adr'd). I sneakally attached an MP3. Just download it and change the "T25 Tram D2.doc" extension at the end of the file name, to: "T25 Tram D2.mp3". It's only like 148K so the admins, hopefully, won't get mad. : ) T25_Tram_D2.doc

Have to try my B6. I have the Blueberry and Greeny and used the green one. Tricky thing explaining to the DP that YES he CAN block the mic out. Great info guys.

Thanks for the input guys. I appreciate it. I did try my MK41 and it picked up about the same amount of reverb. Interesting but the Tram was the better take of the four tried (416, CMIT, MK41). Kinda has me puzzled as it's a little out of convention, but hey, sound is it's own animal and so whatever works. Anyone know if there are roll up screens (like used in front of a film projector) that contain a cloth green screen colored material? Of the last 15 shoots I've been on, 11 have been green screen and I intend on tackling this beast. One tip that I'm looking into - you know those companies that sell those quick fold up and down trade show banners/stands? That seems to be the best way to go. They're light, portable, quick to set up, but are tricky to find the most convenient size and set-up.

100% Correct.

Yeah yeah I know, here we go again... I bring curtains but the DP's don't want them in the way of the action. I use lavs and a Schoeps CMIT5 simultaneously, which is about the best shotgun to suck out the room, yet still the verb is there. It's workable (I'll take it down with some downward expansion), but again still not quite "dry". <sigh> Anybody have any other ideas on how to tame the green tub?

I like the thinking, takev. I'll look into it too. Might work. Meantime check this out: http://www.zzounds.com/item--YAMSUBKICK

I used my bl 29's in the heat of the jungle (downtown L.A. Hollywood specifically) all this past week and didn't have a hint of a problem. I mean, I didn't even have to re-scan at all, but I always prepare to just in case. The issue here is future attainment, for other uses, of that block, correct?

http://www.trammicrophones.com/sales/detail.asp?partno=TR-MC2 Works well for me.

Heheh. Exactly as I pictured ya, my friend! For that shoot on the ladder, I recommend this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=010&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=200099049422&rd=1&rd=1 Just used mine on a shoot, in LA on Monday, and it worked great! 121" high and 118" long if need be.

Nice! ; ) All these nice carts are making me want to redo my PSC cart.