- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. Windscreens for lavaliers
- (Tips & Tricks)
- Most official windscreens for lavaliers are pricey. Having spent most of my professional life in the business of using, losing, or multilating the little buggers... I have found some inexpensive solutions. For ...
- Created on September 06, 2011
- 6. 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
- 7. 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
- 8. 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
- 9. 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
- 10. 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
- 11. 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
- 12. 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
- 13. Dumb Idea of the Week
- (Fred's Blog )
- The idea behind the Lav Bullet is not new. Attach a weight to the end of a lavalier connecting cord and drop it down behind wardrobe. We've been doing that for years, only that we olde tymers just used ...
- Created on August 27, 2015
- 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. 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
- 16. OMF Considerations
- (Post Production)
- ... reveal that the boom track and the lav track swap from take to take. My job is to find "the best" sound and make that sound better. If the boom sounds best then that means I have to audition and sort ...
- Created on August 28, 2011
- 17. Priorities of Recording
- (Sound Design)
- ... cleaner dialogue and less background. Move the mic further away, and more background sound joins the dialogue. However, if the actors are wearing lavaliers, all of the close-ups and wider angles will ...
- Created on August 27, 2011
- 18. Set Design for Dialogue Recording
- (Production Planning)
- ... do have to perform close to a wall, then the sound dept has to be careful not to reveal the boom shadow (or to use alternative miking such as lavaliers or planted mics). This is where it is valuable to ...
- Created on August 26, 2011
- 19. Using a Microphone Boompole
- (Boompoles)
- ... that may be in play on the set. If the boom mic picks up audio that is simultaneously being heard on the same track by a planted microphone or lavalier, there may be an immediate increase of echo and hollowness ...
- Created on August 25, 2011
- 20. Beginners Guide to the ENG 44 Portable Mixer
- (Mix Panels)
- ... two people. Person 1 and Person 2 are both on lavaliers, and you mix them so that both voices appear on both camera tracks. If one person fiddles with their mic while the other person is speaking, you ...
- Created on August 23, 2011
- 21. Two-Track Mixing for Location Dialogue
- (Sound Design)
- ... group and what elements should be kept separate? If you are mixing most of the scene with a boom mic, and also have a plant mic or lavalier working -- then it might make sense to separate the mics that ...
- Created on August 23, 2011
- 22. Class Projects
- (CTVA 358)
- ... 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
- 23. 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
- 24. 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
- 25. Chapter 4: Personnel of a Professional Sound Crew
- (Series - Preparing for Your Shoot)
- ... ad-libs, sound effects, and actors missing their marks. Boom Operators may also need to skilled on the operation of the Fisher Microphone Boom. They also need to know how to rig lavaliers and radio mics. ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 26. Rigging Wireless Microphones
- (Wireless)
- ... lavaliers plugged into them certainly do! Rig your lavaliers the same as you would if they were hardwired. For the benefit of readers who missed the article on lavalier mics, here are a few pointers: ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 27. 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
- 28. [REVIEW] Audio Technica BP896
- (Lavalier)
- ... Countryman B6 lavalier, which is also one-tenth of one inch around. The BP896 is an omnidirectional, electret condenser lavalier. It is available in black or beige. Omnidirectional, of course, means ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 29. Hierarchy of Microphone Techniques
- (Audio Techniques)
- ... plant mics. Lavalier mics as plant mics. Lavalier mics as body mics. Lavalier mics, as wireless or radio mics. Now, let's examine these options in detail. 1) Overhead miking from a fishpole ...
- Created on August 17, 2011
- 30. Chapter 7: Defining Equipment Packages
- (Series - Preparing for Your Shoot)
- ... documentary production, the sound mixer might want to add a couple of lavaliers, or radio mics, for interviews. Daily rental is maybe $75 to $100 per day, excluding radio mics (around $50 each). ENG ...
- Created on August 16, 2011