old school Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Spell check only checks the spelling, not the meaning of the word. I slaughter words when I write. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Rose Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 I just say "wired" or "boomed" so that I don't have to deal with any dubious conjugations of "mic" or "lav", which is similarly tricky. Does "wired" mean wearing a wireless lav? Then how do you describe an actor wearing a lav, but with a hardwire running down their pants or out their jacket and plugged into the mixer? And while we're at it, does anybody rig a "lav" as an actual lavaliere? Dangling from a necklace? (And then, why do we call "speed"? The disk has been spinning at 7200 RPM ever since we turned on the recorder...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Does "wired" mean wearing a wireless lav? Yes, I was just mulling over that the other day. The director asks, "so has everybody been wired up?" Yes, they all have wireless mikes on. My old pal E. Brad Meyer of the Boston Audio Society was particularly incensed about the use of the word "micing," because he thought it looked like crap. I got into his way of thinking, and generally use "miking" or "miked." Speed is just a nice historical tradition. I'd hate to see that go, even come the day when we're all recording sound and picture on SSD drives that don't spin at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Speed is just a nice historical tradition. I'd hate to see that go, even come the day when we're all recording sound and picture on SSD drives that don't spin at all! No spinning on our set, unless you count the drives the Alexa cards are transferred to before they're sent to post, along with my CF cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Ragon Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 First gig I ever did.. look down, and see the recorder actually get up to speed.. Wow. -Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrengun Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Does "wired" mean wearing a wireless lav? Counterintuitive, I know, but I mean the mic and cable not the transmitter. Then how do you describe an actor wearing a lav, but with a hardwire running down their pants or out their jacket and plugged into the mixer? I describe this as an emergency! I only do this in interview setups with hostile RF environments. I think "wire" is still appropriate. And while we're at it, does anybody rig a "lav" as an actual lavaliere? Dangling from a necklace? Just once. (And then, why do we call "speed"? The disk has been spinning at 7200 RPM ever since we turned on the recorder...) Posterity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundperson Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 The confusion is brought about by the way NAGRA spelled its Mic input as "MIKE 1&2" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylormadeaudio Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 mic'ing ...exactly what I was thinking... for about a nanosecond, mind you. ; ) ~tt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 I just worked with an old-school DP on a project where he'd say, "turning!" I think that goes back to the silent era, but I doubt that few on the set other than the two of us knew that. And I occasionally work with a director who still says, "roll film!" when he wants to start. And we've only shot to cards on those projects. And... I think people still say "check the gate" on a lot of sets. No doubt this confuses many college students and neophytes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylormadeaudio Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 "Why do they keep saying 'check the gate'?... Are there that many unauthorized people trying to get on set?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Now days it's "Check the Chip".... At least where I work it is. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylormadeaudio Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 we had a "roll-out" a couple days ago -- on a Red Epic... it garnished a few laughs. Ahh, the good ol' days... ~tt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Nault Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 I use mics and mic people up everyday. Mike is a guy I went to high school with. The other day someone asked me if I was going to 'mic someone or boom them?' Now THAT bugged me. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 It all seems pretty simple to me. The object in question is a miCrophone not a mikErophone. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 In Greek language called "Μικρόφωνο". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Rose Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 In Soviet Russia, mic mounts you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Trew Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 I think Webster has it dead wrong this time. Remember that dictionaries are a trailing indicator aid, and not an indicator of present use. Every word in the dictionary is a made-up word with somewhat arbitrary spelling, in use long before being listed in the dictionary. Mic is an abbreviation of microphone, therefore it is naturally spelled m-i-c. Yes, it is pronounced with a long "i', but that's because not only is the "e" silent, it's also invisible. Any time a piece of audio equipment has "mike" as a label, it is probably from a country where English is not the first language, or from a distant part of last century, or owned by a guy named Michael, who, to be consistent, may want to change the spelling of his abbreviation. It's time for a revolution, literally. gt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 No amount of tech talk on this forum has ever fogged me out as the last 41 replies. Not even Nomad strings! Mouse milk!!!? .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sounddguy Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Speed is just a nice historical tradition. I'd hate to see that go, And it's so much faster and smoother than "disturbing electrons." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_tatooles Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 We use "mic" for the noun form abbreviation of microphone. That is also how we label our panels. Fortunately, our support literature rarely uses the verb form so we don't really go there. We would say something about microphone placement or mic placement. Language becomes a standard because people collectively use it, and rules get broken all the time. The short form of bicycle is "bike", and a short form for motorcycle is..."bike" though that differs by region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 and a short form for motorcycle is..."bike" though that differs by region. I would hate it when people called my motorcycle a bike. It has a big motor in it goes real fast. It's a motorcycle. That's just me, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Heck, the short form of Michael is Mike. In linguistic tectonics this phenomena is known as consonantal drift. OK, it's not. But that would be a cool term. Back to work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylormadeaudio Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Heck, the short form of Michael is Mike. In linguistic tectonics this phenomena is known as consonantal drift. OK, it's not. But that would be a cool term. Back to work... priceless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaAudio Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 I would hate it when people called my motorcycle a bike. It has a big motor in it goes real fast. It's a motorcycle. That's just me, though. Why are BMW cars called Bimmers and BMW motorcycles called Beemers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaAudio Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 ...that's because not only is the "e" silent, it's also invisible. Exactly! Just like the "t" in canoe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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