Nick Ray Harris

Did you ask Sound Devices?

Glad to help, just keep tabs on the money you're saving the company when pay raise time comes around.

Awesome! I can say that in nearly every show I work on the PSC mount still is king for interior mic mounts.

I can actually speak from experience in this matter. I started my career as a post sound editor and production sound mixer. I worked for a post-sound company as a freelance sound editor and because I had learned production audio in school, I was willing to take on small shoots that came along from the editorial companies who were starting to shoot their own sit down interviews and one talent green screen type spots, the idea for them was to stop hiring camera men for jobs that were extremely simple. The post-sound company had already owned a small 2 channel package at the time, (702t, 302, 416 shotgun, and a couple Sennheiser wireless). For about three years I put together a production division from that and we actively sought out production work, often doing the production sound on jobs we would do the post on as well, sometimes packaging it together as a discount to the client. The equipment grew slightly, but never bigger than the jobs we were getting consistently, If a larger job came in, I would do the work but would rent any additional gear. The problem came from the larger jobs, where my labor rate could only go up so much, but I had to manage an exponentially larger amount of equipment and problems, with the rental money going to the company that owned the gear. The benefit to most production mixers is that the more gear, the more money in your pocket, which makes the hassle worth it. Those jobs also tended to go into 12 to 14 hour days, which stings even more if you're salary. I don't know your professional relationship with your company, but you may want to make the point to your employers about what you are willing to do and not do, as this is more work for the same pay. And with that gear sitting and not making money on jobs that they need to hire a full time mixer, they may want to put you in a position that you are not qualified or just not wanting to be in. I've worked with tons of all-in-one-house type companies that spent a mint on a package that just sits, because every time they do a shoot in house, they hire a mixer and he refuses to use their gear. Not just because of the money, because it introduces lots of problems on set. Every time I've agreed to use a different package than my own that was put together by anyone other than a sound mixer, I've been burned. They just never think of the small things, like restocking the batteries for the wireless, or having the right wind protection, or large enough media for this type of shoot. Etc... So keep the jobs small if you want to do it in house, don't make more work for yourself that you won't see a return on. Also, keep the gear package appropriate for the jobs, you can always rent if you need something else, The list you have sounds like a great start, but do not buy the gear expecting another mixer to use it for jobs you don't want to do. If you're not doing the work, that gear sits and makes no money. End of essay. P.S. Regarding the list of gear: 633 records to 2 different media so it is its own backup and a rock solid reliable machine. If you're doing these types of simple jobs, a plain ol' breakaway to camera is fine as an additional backup, also sounds the best. If you shoot multiple cameras and aren't using a wireless just use that as a hop. Everything else is perfectly fine for what you're doing. Crucial stuff missing would be the little stuff: wiring supplies, like overcovers, top stick, moleskine, transpore tape, gaff tape, paper tape, RM-11 mounts, tie clips. A pelican to put all this in, adapters, timecode cables.

At that price could it be a Comtek alternative?

Wish I was in your hood!

Where can you get these Stanley drawers in the US? They only seem to be available in Europe.

Saw this today on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=lp_10343462011_gbsl_tit_l-1_7582_ca97dcc5?rh=i%3Aelectronics%2Cn%3A10343462011&ie=UTF8&node=10343462011&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

These guys do a ton of podcasting, did he say if this was their actual space or strictly a set for the show?

I didn't even know this was a feature. Just turned it on and it working for me. Thanks. Update: it only seems to work in the full site via browser, not the mobile or tapatalk.

I use a small PSC mount for a schoeps, which is similar in size and it works great. Also cheaper than most options out there.

This is great, I just about finished a similar cart. Didn't go with the folding because the regular Magliner can fit in my vehicle and I wanted the extra shelf space.

No love for Chicago?

It has replaced my lav rod, easier to store, easier to use and navigate along seams of tight wardrobe. I wire 6 - 8 talent per scene on the show I'm on now and all the women have pants that are practically painted on.

Cosmos had a great episode on why climate change happens and how it has affected us. It's the reason we walk upright for example.

CrewC, Give us a review, I'd like to hear if this book is valuable even to veterans.

I've thrown a softie on when a vent was blowing that I couldn't shut off.

http://gizmodo.com/363154/audiophile-deathmatch-monster-cables-vs-a-coat-hanger

Why does anyone here read craigslist?

The mic was made recently, sn #3000-something, and it was indoors the whole time.

All the interviews took place in the same room in the United Center in Chicago, so lots of things going on in the air, though I've been there before on game days when there's way more activity and never had this. The frustrating thing is I haven't been able to duplicate the problem, it came, it went, and hasn't happened again. Just curious if it sounds familiar to anyone's ears.

Hey guys, Was on a shoot the other day and during an interview had what I could only describe has a repeating hissy pop that came up on the mic. It definitely wasn't anything in the room. It was only on my boom channel: Sanken CS3e cabled to a 633 on channel 1. On battery power. The sound did not occur on my lav tracks, only boom and mix. It only occurred in a few instances during this interview, not before in the day and not in interviews afterwards. Here it is: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4959721/Weird%20Noise.wav Let me know if this sounds familiar to anyone, just wanted to track down the source to start troubleshooting. Thanks. Weird Noise.wav

Hmm, a bunch of people fed up with terrible working conditions getting together to make it better? Where have I heard this before...

Looks great, I'd buy it if it was Android. Very useful for utilities on larger productions who handle time cards for the whole department.

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