- 1. For week ending April 2, 2021
- (CSUN - CTVA 358)
- ... freq equalizer controls for the boom mic? a) as needed, to enhance the quality of the dialogue b) rarely or never c) when needed to match the boom mic to the plant mics & lavs d) to remove excess noises ...
- Created on March 29, 2021
- 2. For week ending Dec 11, 2020
- (CSUN - CTVA 358)
- ... the overhead boom? Explain WHY? a) use an ECM-77, MKE-2, or AT899 lavalier, not too high up on the chest b) use a Sony ECM-44, high on the lapel favoring the side towards which the actor will talk c) ...
- Created on December 04, 2020
- 3. For week ending May 14, 2021
- (CSUN - CTVA 358)
- ... and does not get up. How should you mic the third actor, so that his sound matches acceptably with that coming from the overhead boom? Explain WHY? a) use an ECM-77, MKE-2, or AT899 lavalier, not too ...
- Created on May 10, 2021
- 4. For week ending Oct 30, 2020
- (CSUN - CTVA 358)
- ... the quality of the dialogue b) rarely or never c) when needed to match the boom mic to the plant mics & lavs d) to remove excess noises from the sound track, such as camera noise, lighting humm, and similar ...
- Created on October 26, 2020
- 5. Gotta laugh at this request (it is for r
- (Looking For Crew)
- Sound mixer WITH GEAR for $50 per day? Maybe they left off a zero.... or are they just crazy! To: Equipment Emporium Inc Fred Ginsburg We have a new request for your company. Hello,
- Created on October 28, 2013
- 6. Lavalier rods & sticks
- (Tips & Tricks)
- Very often it is necessary to run a lavalier cable down the front of a shirt, blouse, or dress. Or, perhaps, down the trousers leg of tight fitting slacks. You could do it by inserting your hands up or ...
- Created on March 12, 2015
- 7. Sound Mixer needed Sept 19-21, Death Val
- (Looking For Crew)
- ... we are doing reshoots for the feature film, COYOTE REQUIEM - 3 days (19-21st of Sept, next week) - shooting in Death Valley - strongly pref candidates who have equipment (2 lavs and a boom, mixer, recorder ...
- Created on September 14, 2011
- 8. Utility Sound Tech workshop Sept 30
- (Upcoming Events)
- ... the topics to be covered… Lavs Lav hiding techniques The bedside manner during the lav process. Dealing with Wardrobe and the glam squad. Booming How to perform last minute 2nd Boom duties on multicam ...
- Created on September 13, 2018
- 9. Working in the rain?
- (General Questions)
- ... a short boom mic? Do you recommend lavs for rain? Rain/moisture is always a problem. A few things that can be done: Saturate your furry covers with water repellant such as you might use on camping gear, ...
- Created on November 05, 2018
- 10. Lav Rods & Sticks
- (Fred's Blog )
- Very often it is necessary to run a lavalier cable down the front of a shirt, blouse, or dress. Or, perhaps, down the trousers leg of tight fitting slacks. You could do it by inserting your hands ...
- Created on March 12, 2015
- 11. Lav Rods & Sticks (old school style)
- (Lavalier)
- Very often it is necessary to run a lavalier cable down the front of a shirt, blouse, or dress. Or, perhaps, down the trousers leg of tight fitting slacks. You could do it by inserting your hands ...
- Created on March 12, 2015
- 12. Basic sound package for student productions
- (Production Planning)
- ... Bring some hardwired lavaliers for use either as bodyworn mics or planted mics. I like the Audio Technica AT899 and MT830R, or the Senn MKE-2. The Countryman B3 is nice if you want to isolate an actor ...
- Created on March 22, 2019
- 13. Using your production recording tracks strategically
- (Recorders)
- ... sync recorder. On a Hollywood set, all of our microphones (booms, planted mics, lavs, and wireless mics) were routed through a mixing panel and then mixed live to the single soundtrack. For these live ...
- Created on March 18, 2018
- 14. Introduction to Production Sound
- (Production Planning)
- ... and controlling the gain of maybe one or two lavs or radio mics with another hand… Don't know about you, but my count came up short in the niumber of hands needed versus hands available. If we remove ...
- Created on August 29, 2011
- 15. Introduction to Equalization
- (Post Production)
- ... radios or home receivers. There can also be additional controls such as a "presence" switch or a "bass boost" switch. There are as many flavors in these controls as there are audio manufacturers but ...
- Created on August 29, 2011
- 16. [PDF] Guide to the Nagra 4.2 and Production Sound Recording - 2nd Edition
- (Textbooks)
- ... professional approach to sound recording; hierarchy of microphone techniques; shotgun mics; booming; windscreens & shockmounts; mic powering; lavaliers; wireless; mixing panels; consistency; audio for ...
- Created on August 28, 2011
- 17. Introduction to Shockmounts
- (Windscreens & Shockmounts)
- ... K-MT is less expensive, but not as heavy duty, as the higher end K-GPS (seen right). Shockmounting a miniature microphone such as a lavalier is easier than one might imagine. It is very common to mount ...
- Created on August 25, 2011
- 18. ENG Mixing Panels for Production Sound
- (Mix Panels)
- ... (line or mic level) to the correct input setting of the transmitter (line or mic level). Most wireless transmitters come set to microphone input level, by default, since they are usually used with lavalier ...
- Created on August 23, 2011
- 19. Production Sound Class Projects
- (Sample Projects)
- ... cable will plug in to recorder/mixer. 25 ft and 50 ft XLR cables. Short 2 ft or 5 ft XLR cables. XLR cables & adapters or wireless system to feed audio to camera Hardwired lavaliers. Transparent/Proximity. ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 20. Production Sound Reading List
- (College Classes)
- ... & Shotgun Mics Introduction to Shockmounts Introduction to Windscreens Lavalier Mic Selection and Use Introduction to Wireless Mics Rigging Wireless Mics Rigging Lavs & Wireless Presentation ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 21. Introduction to Wireless Microphones
- (Wireless)
- ... think that I am indulging in a silly game of semantics, but this is an important concept to understand. The lavalier mic is not the wireless part of the system; the XLR mic cable is what the transmitter/receiver ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 22. Selection and Use of Lavalier Microphones
- (Lavalier)
- Originally, the term "lavalier" referred only to the "neck-worn" or "body-worn" class of small microphones. These days, the working definition of lavalier has been extended to include virtually any miniature ...
- Created on August 18, 2011
- 23. Videos about Sound Recording
- (General)
- ... lavaliers, handhelds. wireless, rigging talent, selecting mics, making windscreens, plant mics, and reflected lavs. Lots of useful tips! If the link does not work, just Google YouTube Audio Technica. ...
- Created on August 19, 2020
- 24. Room Tone vs Background tracks
- (Sound Design)
- ... take. The room tone should be recorded with the same dominant microphone (usually the boom, but sometimes the key talent’s lavalier), at the same pickup angle, same height, and roughly the same location ...
- Created on May 27, 2020
- 25. No Excuses for the Low Budget Filmmaker
- (For Students)
- ... mix as well as individual ISO tracks (raw unmixed feeds from each mic). You will need at least a couple of good lavaliers. They do not have to be wireless. Lavs can be deployed on the set as PLANTED ...
- Created on February 10, 2020
- 26. Do you really need a mixing panel?
- (Mix Panels)
- ... other out – what we call phasing interference. You would hear it in the headphones as echo & hollowness. So if you have mics working in close proximity to each other, such as a boom and a lav on the same ...
- Created on June 25, 2019
- 27. From our FilmTVsound pitmasters
- (Sound Q BBQ)
- ... terms of culinary technique, and flavor profiles to develop (we prefer coming up with our own sauces & rubs rather than just buying them off the shelf) -- but this game is expensive. It takes a ton of ...
- Created on September 30, 2018
- 28. Choosing a good film school
- (Networking)
- ... ethical fish history, polar ice cap diversity, or the comparison of early Russian cinematic tripods versus volcanic lava flows. Concentrate instead, as much as possible, on: story-telling, pre-production, ...
- Created on July 03, 2018
- 29. Calling for the roll aka “Turn ‘Em Over” (text)
- (Audio Techniques)
- ... mic, such as the boom or the actor’s lav, is ready to record the clack of the sticks closing. ASST DIRECTOR: to sound mixer “Roll Sound!” Sound Mixer switches the recorder from STANDBY/PAUSE into ...
- Created on March 18, 2018
- 30. Syllabus
- (CTVA 358)
- ... terminology, and procedures and use them in the assigned video projects. Including (but not limited to) proper rigging of lavalier mics, proper "over/under" coiling of audio cables, proper use of mixing ...
- Created on August 22, 2017
- 31. Syllabus
- (Sample Syllabus)
- ... terminology, and procedures and use them in the assigned video projects. Including (but not limited to) proper rigging of lavalier mics, proper "over/under" coiling of audio cables, proper use of mixing ...
- Created on August 22, 2017
- 32. Fred Ginsburg back from NAB 2015
- (Workshops)
- ... about shotguns, lavs, System 10 wireless, and production sound in general. They loved that my soundcart was fully functional and that they could play with the booms, or see how we do attenuated dual mono ...
- Created on April 19, 2015
- 33. Use all your tracks!
- (Recorders)
- ... your best "live mix" of booms, planted mics, and lavs. It will also be the audio sent direct to video as a scratch track for playing back takes on the set. Your production mix will be used during picture ...
- Created on April 09, 2015
- 34. Fred Ginsburg at NAB 2015
- (Workshops)
- ... on the soundcart, realistically rigged and fully functional, will be Fred's favorite picks of Audio Technica shotguns, lavs, radios, dynamics, and stereo mics. Included will be the 4071-L long shotgun, ...
- Created on April 01, 2015
- 35. Basic Equipment Package
- (Production Planning)
- ... or clean voice-over. In terms of lavs and wireless, you should have at least two wireless rigs. Actors often wander outside the reach of your boom mic. Or, you may want to record ISO’s of your main characters. ...
- Created on February 02, 2015
- 36. System 10 Wireless: First Look
- (News)
- ... lavalier and body-pack configurations, each System 10 Camera-Mount wireless system includes a camera shoe mount in addition to the receiver and transmitter. Digital 24-bit/48 kHz wireless operation ...
- Created on November 23, 2014
- 37. Class Schedule
- (CTVA 358)
- ... powering) 03/13 QUIZ #2 (Mixers) Mics continued. Shotguns. Record scenes using various mics. 03/20 Spring Break 03/27 Lavaliers & Radio Mics. Rig talent and shoot ...
- Created on January 14, 2014
- 38. Trick or Treat
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... dropping off some simple munchies (unless you have just come back from working on a blockbuster budget production -- then you could be lavish!). Some day in the near future, you may need these people ...
- Created on October 07, 2013
- 39. Workshops: UFVA
- (Workshops)
- ... I also touched on the hierarchy of mic techniques (boom, plant, lavalier, wireless) and explained the selection & use of shotgun mics. Later during the conference, I was on Joel Krantz's workshops dealing ...
- Created on August 13, 2013
- 40. Syllabus
- (CTVA 230)
- ... limited to) proper rigging of lavalier mics, proper "over/under" coiling of audio cables, proper use of mixing panels, and proper use and identification of microphones. understand the basic oral and written ...
- Created on January 16, 2013
- 41. Audio Technica press release about Fred Ginsburg
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... the recordist to cover from 2 feet to 6 feet overhead for wider interior situations, as well as to serve as a secondary microphone to the long shotgun outdoors, or the 4051 indoors. Lavalier microphones ...
- Created on December 09, 2012
- 42. Advice for First Feature Indie
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... of this message is to ask if you personally recommend investing in lav mics in addition to a quality shotgun mic. Also, is there any sound equipment out there that you know of that could eliminate the ...
- Created on November 14, 2012
- 43. Updates for the Tascam HS-P82
- (Recorders)
- ... Another new feature is the ability to slave your RECORD/STOP to the incoming timecode. What that means is that if the camera is operating in a RECORD RUN mode, where the timecode generator starts and ...
- Created on October 21, 2012
- 44. Duplex Boom Cables
- (Cables & Connections)
- ... microphones in the live mix, such as a second boom mic, plant mics, or lavaliers -- the boom operator needs to be aware of which mics are being played at the time. Note that if you are only using lavaliers ...
- Created on April 06, 2012
- 45. Preparing for NAB 2012
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... will be covering are: the multi-track workflow for features & episodic TV; and selection & rigging of lavaliers. In addition to my presentations, there will also be a presentation by Steve Savanyu about ...
- Created on April 06, 2012
- 46. Soundcarts
- (Other Accessories)
- ... panel or remote fader controller for said recorder. Laptop computer for transferring your audio files. Radio mics. Clipboard and log sheet (or smart tablet). Lavalier rigging kit. Extra shotgun mics, plant ...
- Created on March 01, 2012
- 47. Booming in the Rain
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... in a town about a hour away. They do have some dialogue, although it's mostly an action scene. The weather prediction is now 70% rain. Their question was, other than attaching wireless lavs under clothing, ...
- Created on March 01, 2012
- 48. Student Projects
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... no concern for creativity nor production quality. One group of students rigged a lavalier so as to demonstrate everything that could be done wrong in rigging! What happened to all of our work in class ...
- Created on December 15, 2011
- 49. User Guide to the Tascam HS-P82 for Film/Video Applications
- (Recorders)
- ... to access some areas in the set, the task relies upon fixed or planted mics to cover those difficult spots. In addition, some actors may wear hardwired or wireless lavaliers. In a live mix, all of these ...
- Created on November 29, 2011
- 50. Regarding Senior Thesis Films
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... where will you connect it to the board? Boom mic selection. What specific microphones will you be using, and why? Do you have the required shockmounts, windscreens, zeppelins? Radio mics and lavaliers. ...
- Created on November 12, 2011
- 51. CSUN Films FBI psa'
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... final framing, we were thinking about hiding a lavalier on the chair/desk to accentuate the typing sounds. A good mic for this would have been the Audio Technica MT830 or the AT899; or the Sennheiser MKE-2 ...
- Created on November 01, 2011
- 52. Review of LAPPG one-day workshop on sound
- (Industry Happenings)
- ... the difference between room tone versus background ambiance sound effects. The art of rigging lavaliers outside of clothing, as well as hidden under wardrobe, was then demonstrated in detail. Woody' ...
- Created on October 17, 2011
- 53. LAPPG One-Day Workshop on Sound
- (Workshops)
- ... With ample time for Q& A planned throughout the seminar, the day will be will be split into four sections including: Session#1 **Production Gear (getting a hands on look at mics booms, lavs, preamps ...
- Created on October 11, 2011
- 54. Filmming in a Park
- (Production Advice)
- ... quality, proximity type lavalier such as the Countryman B3, that will hold back as much of the background as possible. Remember, when you rent wireless microphones, you have to pay attention to the make ...
- Created on September 20, 2011
- 55. Filmming in a Park
- (For Students)
- ... quality, proximity type lavalier such as the Countryman B3, that will hold back as much of the background as possible. Remember, when you rent wireless microphones, you have to pay attention to the make ...
- Created on September 20, 2011
- 56. Sound for Surfing
- (Production Advice)
- ... and water splashes directly onto the lavalier), not to mention the overwhelming roar of the background. For the quieter scenes, such as paddling out, or calmly adrift in the ocean -- there are two approaches. ...
- Created on September 10, 2011
- 57. The Brown Interview
- (Sample Exercises)
- This exercise is an interior scene involving boom, wireless lav, and at least one plant mic. Students get to practice their best Hollywood techniques. At the start of this scene, two students enter ...
- Created on August 29, 2011
- 58. Foley on a Shoestring Budget
- (Post Production)
- ... real life, unsheathing is silent.) A gun being cocked sounds like a ratchet wrench clicking. A metal dog leash rattles just like chainmail. Boiling oatmeal sounds like bubbling volcanic lava. Electric ...
- Created on August 29, 2011
- 59. The Talkshow
- (Sample Exercises)
- In this exercise, students will simulate a live televsion talk show. The object is to learn how to mix at least three lavaliers, without excessive echo caused by keeping all the mics completely open at ...
- Created on August 28, 2011