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That is crazy but I have seen it often. I don't understand it either. Have you tried it with whips? Or maybe even just one whip on each? I chalked it up to internal component tolerance differentials, but that's a completely uneducated guess.

I'm not sure if you're aware of how much of a belligerent tone you keep having. It's not helping you. I don't think you're a mean or belligerent person, just seems you are taking idle comments personally and then attempting to respond in a neutral way. Philip was using a phrase, not projecting your personal reaction. Then he was using a real life example as evidence, which somehow you took personally. "Oh please" is condescending. You have entered a community of sound people. That means many of us know each other and our posts don't just disappear. Many discussions take place over the years with the same people. Please be aware of this and be nice.

That's a BADASS tone there, jeez! Hits my ears like a sonic tidal wave. Duane Eddy is brilliant! I recently read an interview with Poison Ivy of the Cramps and she said her two greatest influences were Dwayne Eddy and Link Ray. Dwayne Eddy loved the single notes and link loved the chords. Also Dick Dale admitted that he watched Dwayne Eddy as a kid and was super into him, the influence of which is obvious in DD's style. I am still working on my surf demos. I got the drums and bass done, but gosh darn it I am struggling to get my guitar chops good enough to record!

What temp? I bet I made the mistake of thinking one temp is the best for everything. I made up a bunch of XLRs and TRSs today and at 750 it was so slow! So I went back to 840 and it was much better. But that may be way too hot for those tiny TA5 cups and those hairs they call wires inside a COS?!

A video would be very helpful. Or if you could elaborate on the eraser part. I get using a razor instead of a stripper, I do that all the time. But getting those tiny hairs of copper separated from the tiny fibers so a solder connection is possible, I am lost. I've tried a lighter to burn off those fibers, but that didn't really work. How does an eraser get rid of those fibers?

You know, I like to use 840F so perhaps I just used too much heat! I too have decent soldering skills and this is the method I used. The solder stuck, but no sound came out so I gave up. Yes please post a video!

The hardware store has air conditioning filter material that works almost as well as real hog's hair, and with a few layers of that around the mic you'll stop hearing drips. I have also left mic in pouring rain in a zeppelin + windjammer and the mic and connector were dry as a bone. I guess Amazon has it also, about 1/10 the price of hog's hair. Aqua-Flo roll You'll only need a few feet. This is also useful for loud drops in puddles that become distracting. That's pretty cool - recording sounds for sleeping! I've often thought about a recording project that would be for changing your awake world - 16+ hour recordings from different interior environments that people live. For example, a Brooklyn apartment near the window, or an ocean house, or a house in the desert. If those existed I'd play them at home and see what it felt like. Dan Izen

Man I would love to see a well documented video of somebody wiring this crap. Those damn fibers and the fact that there are so few wires has made it utterly impossible for me to have any success. What is the purpose of those fibers anyway?

Welp, in my world that would lead to many broken lavs. Most people just don't understand how to be gentle. Just get a mixer who is trustworthy. This reminds of all those warning labels that didn't exist for decades and now are seen everywhere. Why? Because people have gotten a lot dumber.

All the places around me to stop taking batteries, so the only thing I can do is throw them in the trash. Kind of makes me sick. Two nine year old NPs just decided to completely die. Left on the chargers for hours and still zero lights. What a bummer.

Once you're done wearing the mask, you can harvest some wonderful twist ties! Dan Izen

FUCK THAT TOXIC SHIT. If customers can't contact a company directly, they are a bad company. Period.

Great article and amazing story about the cement mixer! Thanks for posting.

That reminds me of that hilarious job where I forgot a boom pole and had to boom with C stand arms. It was a big commercial in New York and I had to boom a dude singing around a fire and playing guitar. That thing was heavy! I was just starting out. When the crew looked at me sideways I simply told them that this was the executive model!

My best investments are the fancy boom mics, because I can use them for music! Dude, just coming here to ask shows your head is screwed on perfectly. Well done. I would add that working as a third, A3, A2 or whatever will be a great learning experience. You may have to go to Portland for that. Bend is a super cool town! I would love to move there.

Contact your local sound utilities and boom ops. Union folk wanting to step up. Those are the types who'll take everything. Some kids in film schools who really have the bug would also take the full package.

Thank you for taking the time to repost! Such a joy to read, like reading a real essay! Man this is a lot worse than I thought. I had assumed it was mumbling actors + over zealous sfx / ambience / music + ears that know the dialog, but all that compression and double mixing is horrifying. Where is the FCC?! I personally only use subtitles with foreign stuff (I hate dubbed anything), and for the occasional indecipherable phrase. Something else that may be a factor is that there is widespread hearing loss happening in the world. Loud machines and music are everywhere. Machines built with zero consideration for damaging sound levels abound, and it makes me so sad. Too much noise. A boom eight feet overhead?!!! It's almost inconceivable except I've seen it.

What value resistors? And how do you figure that out?!

Can't even read the article with all the ads popping up. Can someone post the text here?

Oh yes I will absolutely check it out, looks cool! Kinda like that show The Terror, which I found captivating.

That looks good! I think I'll check it out. I'm terrified of being stuck in the ocean. I don't understand the need to use 60s American songs. The show I'm on does it also (Winchesters). What happened to having a score? I don't mean a fake score but a real score by a real composer. Nowadays it's generic synth, I always picture some kid messing around on a Casio, or these classic vocal songs. My brain has trouble focusing on the image when there are vocals. The spaghetti western whistler is about the closest I can handle. It's so weird. Like the copyrights all expired or something. (I know that's not the case.)

What a story haha! Great lesson in there. I'm always very aware of who's on a lav on those shows, it's a dead giveaway.

A 1" diameter foam tube on a thigh rig?!!!!! That could easily be mistaken for... something else! I use PW helicals and hardly ever have problems, no amps. A conversation I had with Lectro Gordon years ago gave me two great tips: - Have the two receiving antennas on different planes; have one a foot or so higher than the other. - Use the hottest gain possible because stronger signals travel better. I had and have no reason to doubt these two tips, and I'll add yours to them! Except the foam tube thing, I just can't see that flying on any costume other than say a Friar's robe's backside. Thanks Glenn! Dan Izen

Mag mounts for all the tx + helicals mounted to the roof of your car = great range!

Here is the link to the podcast that I heard Brian House on. Awesome stuff!!! I mean it made me rethink a bunch of things I've taken for granted. The podcast is called Phantom Power, that was episode 3 or 4. The link I posted above is to Brian House's site. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/phantom-power/id1303643150?i=1000408519997 The subway went from completely quiet to super loud, but mostly it was quiet. We were way uptown, in the 180s or somewhere. There were hardly any people and it was late at night. I *LOVE* the sounds of subways, especially the loud shrieks and squeals. I find those sounds so narrative; I can easily visualize the straight wheels turning on a curved track. I picture some wheels being much louder than others, and then feeling superior because it made the loudest noise.