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jitter

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  1. Another theatre trick: use a ultrasonic jewelry cleaner to clean sweat and make up from the microphone caps.
  2. For me this is mixing, I was taught that way. More or less fader movement, the basis is there. Sudden and rapid movements like those are often utilized when an actor drops the end of the words/sentences, or to help the intelligibility of consonants. The same technique is used in a live theatre situation, you'll see the mixer working the faders really fast while maintaining an healthy dynamic range.
  3. Excellent idea! Sometimes it's all about diffusion.
  4. VanDamme, Belden and Gotham are excellent choices. Pick the one that fits your needs/budget.
  5. Mussel farm in Sesimbra - Portugal, an amazing place!
  6. James Lock, one of Decca records engineers (one of the first to make stereo recordings in Decca) used the word "one" to check all of his orchestra microphones. Simple and effective I must say.
  7. That's what I've thought. Funky and simple design.
  8. I've found this cart during a documentary shoot in Setúbal - Portugal. The fisherman use them to transport their boat motors and fishing gear to their storage/workshop. Dropped my bag and boom just for the picture.
  9. If you want reliability, solder you own connectors. If you want to take advantage of the microdot connection adapters, you have to tighten and protect the connection between the mic plug and adapter. Use the tightening tool, loop the cable at the plug end, use the plastic net that comes with the adapters and shrink wrap(best) or tape everything together. I use this technique for years and Its been rock solid.Don't leave the connection between mic and adapter unprotected, this will increase the risk of failure.
  10. In this situation if you clean the skin with some make up removal liquid or medical alcohol and place a piece of your preferred tape, and then place the mic rig on top of that tape it will last longer. Also helps if you turn the mic upside down and create some sweat barriers with a thin fabric elastic band(the same used in theatre head mount rigs), applying knots of that along the mic cable prevents sweat coming straight to the capsule. PS: once in a live theatre show, an actor was really heavy on cocaine and he sweated a lot, our skin colored sennheiser MKE's turned green after 6 weeks!
  11. For those with problems with the sennheiser hd 25 II connectors, try a little bit of solder on the metal pins so the pins fit more tightly at the transducer connection.
  12. Have you tried the Rode ws8 windscreen?
  13. Sometimes in a musical theatre show a reversed polarity lav can solve some momentary problems when you are designing a show and your scene is so crowded and you don't have enough fingers to mix. But use this technique very carefully, it can do more worse than better. Head to head situations, choose one mic and mix to taste.
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