RODE NTG5 Audio Samples & AndyCine Monitor Mount Mini Review
In today’s episode, we give you some audio samples from the new RODE NTG5 shotgun microphone. And while we do that, we also do a mini review of a sturdy little friction shoe monitor mount from AndyCine.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode:
RODE NTG5 Shotgun Microphone - B&H
AndyCine Friction Shoe Monitor Mount - Amazon
Aputure Light Dome II Soft Box - B&H
Aputure C120T key light- B&H
Aputure C120DII for slash of light on the back wall- B&H Amazon
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K - B&H
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K - B&H
Tilta Half Cage for BMPCC 4K/6K - B&H
Sigma ART 24-70mm f/2.8 EF Mount Lens - B&H Amazon
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Copyright 2019 by Curtis Judd
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Sound for Video Session: Cleaning Audio Cables and Q&A
In this week's live Sound for Video Session, we'll cover cleaning your microphone cables - for both lavaliers and XLR cables - and take a shot at answering your sound for video questions. You can submit them live, or for future sessions, just sign up for free over at the Learn Light and Sound School and I'll email you when its time to submit.
The Army Nurse - Indiegogo fundraising page
Uni-Solve Wipes - I use these to clean adhesive and dirt off of cables without drying them out: Amazon
Shure Twinplex TL-48 Lavalier Microphone - used this on Private Bradley character - B&H
Shure Twinplex TL-47 Lavalier Microphone - used this on Nurse Jane character - B&H
Audio Limited A10 Wireless System - B&H
Sound Devices 633 Recorder/Mixer - B&H
Deity S-Mic 2 Shotgun Microphone. One of my favorite budget shotgun mics - B&H Amazon
Sennheiser MKH-416 Shotgun Microphone. One of the most popular shotgun microphones of all time and still very popular amongst voice-over artists and Live Streaming channels - B&H
Copyright 2019 by Curtis Judd
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Really Right Stuff Boom Poles Compared to K-Tek and RODE Boom Poles
In today’s episode, we look at microphone boom poles for production sound for film and video, specifically, two new boom poles from Really Right Stuff, two poles from K-tek, and a more budget oriented pole from RODE.
Really Right Stuff started as a company producing L-brackets and tripods for photography cameras. Their ethos is to provide very high quality products which have been thoughtfully designed with clever features which make the user’s craft more enjoyable. And now, they are producing products for cinema, including boom poles and cinema camera tripods and fluid heads.
Really Right Stuff loaned their poles to me for 4 weeks. I do not get to keep these poles. They have not paid me to produce this video and have not reviewed it prior to posting. All opinions shared here are my own.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode:
Really Right Stuff VM-34 Long Boom Pole - Really Right Stuff
Really Right Stuff VM-35 Travel Boom Pole - Really Right Stuff
K-Tek Avalon KEG-150CCR Boom Pole - B&H
K-Tek Avalon KEG-100CC Boom Pole - B&H
Sound Devices 633 Mixer/Recorder - B&H
Sennheiser MKH 8050 Boom Microphone - B&H
Aputure C120T - B&H
Panasonic GH5 m4/3 Camera - B&H Amazon
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K - B&H
Sigma ART 24-70mm f/2.8 EF Mount Lens - B&H Amazon
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Copyright 2019 by Curtis Judd
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Sound Devices 833: Why do Pros Use Gear Like This?
Sound Devices has a strong history of providing high end audio field recorders for film and TV production., having won several prestigious technical awards. Five years ago, Sound Devices announced their 633 professional recorder/mixer with three mic/line inputs and three line inputs. Today, the 633 is a very popular recorder amongst professional production sound mixers. Many who work smaller productions use it as their primary recorder. Others use it as a secondary recorder in a bag when they’re not mixing from a sound cart on a larger format mixer.
And now, Sound Devices has released the 833 - their next generation, pro level, compact mixer/recorder. In this episode we cover two main questions:
- When is an 833 a better fit for the job versus a Sound Devices MixPre II?
- What’s new in the 833 versus the 633?
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode:
Sound Devices 833 Mixer/Recorder - B&H
Sound Devices 633 Mixer/Recorder - B&H
Sound Devices MixPre II Series recorders - B&H
Zoom F6 Audio Field Recorder - B&H Amazon
Sennheiser MKH 8050 Boom Microphone - B&H
Aputure C120T - B&H
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K - B&H
Sigma ART 24-70mm f/2.8 EF Mount Lens - B&H Amazon
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Copyright 2019 by Curtis Judd
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Sound Devices MixPre II Series Audio Recorders Review
Index:
00:11 Summary
01:03 How does it sound compared to Zoom F6?
01:58 Wide Dynamic Range 32-bit Float Recording
09:53 Other new features
11:55 What if you’re sending audio from your recorder to your camera?
13:09 MixPre II vs Zoom F6 - Advantages of each
23:25 Should I buy a Zoom F6 or MixPre II?
Sound Devices has a strong history of providing high end audio field recorders for film and TV production., having won several prestigious technical awards. In 2017, Sound Devices first made their high quality audio recorders available to a larger pro-sumer audience with the introduction of the MixPre-3, 6, and 10T recorders. And now, in 2019, they have updated the MixPre line with their new II Series of recorders - The MixPre-3 II, MixPre-6 II, and MixPre-10 II. In this episode, we cover the new features on the II series of recorders, including the wide dynamic range and 32-bit float recording features and compare it to a similar recorder, the Zoom F6.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode:
Sound Devices MixPre II Series recorders - B&H
Zoom F6 Audio Field Recorder - B&H Amazon
DPA 4017b Shotgun Microphone - B&H
Aputure C120T - B&H
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K - B&H
Sigma ART 24-70mm f/2.8 EF Mount Lens - B&H Amazon
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Copyright 2019 by Curtis Judd
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Location Sound Podcast with Michael Helms
It was my pleasure to be a guest on the Location Sound Podcast with my new friend Michael Helms, also known as Michael the Sound Guy. We cover a lot of production sound for video topics including recording gear, reviews, learning, and the joys of working location sound! If you haven’t heard the Location Sound Podcast before, I highly recommend you have a listen - a gold mine of information for people working in sound or people with aspirations to work in location sound. Check it out over at Apple Podcasts.
MixPre II New Features Sound for Video Session
In this week’s Sound for Video Session, we show how to configure the new features on the Sound Devices MixPre II series of recorders. This includes the wide dynamic range (32 bit float recording), timecode, 192kHz sample rate, adjustable limiters, auto-copy to USB Drive, and pre-roll.
Audio DAW and video editing app 32 bit compatibility list at Sound Devices’ website.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre I & II series of recorders.
Gear discussed and used to record this episode:
Sound Devices MixPre II Series recorders - B&H
Sound Devices 833 Mixer/Recorder - used to record my dialogue for this session - B&H
RODE Reporter Microphone - B&H
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K - B&H
Sigma ART 24-70 f/2.8 EF Mount Lens - B&H Amazon
Copyright 2019 by Curtis Judd
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Deity S-Mic 2S Short Shotgun Microphone
In October 2019, DEITY Microphones will begin shipping a short shotgun microphone they call the S-Mic 2S. While this sounds similar to the original DEITY S-Mic 2, this microphone is much smaller and lighter. It doesn’t reject ambient sound quite as well as the original S-Mic 2 but it also doesn’t run as high a risk of phase and comb-filtering issues when recording indoors in reverberant rooms. Let’s take a closer look and a listen!
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre II series of recorders.
Gear used or mentioned in this episode:
DEITY S-Mic 2S Short Shotgun Microphone - B&H Amazon
DEITY S-Mic 2 Medium Shotgun Microphone - B&H Amazon
Sennheiser MKH 416 Medium Shotgun Microphone - B&H
Azden SGM 3500 Short Shotgun Microphone - B&H
Aputure C120T - B&H
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K - B&H
Sigma ART 24-70 f/2.8 EF Mount Lens - B&H Amazon
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Copyright 2019 by Curtis Judd
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Saramonic Blink 500 B2: 2 Wireless Microphones, One Receiver
Saramonic just released a new consumer grade wireless microphone system with some really interesting features. The new Blink 500 system comes in several different kits for different situations. The B2 kit, for example, comes with a dual channel receiver, two transmitters with integrated microphones, and two lavalier microphones. There are other kits with a single transmitter as well as special receivers for iPhone, iPad, and even a receiver with USB-C output for Android phones and tablets. Let’s take a closer look and listen to the Blink 500!
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including how to process dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.
Gear used and mentioned in this episode:
Saramonic Blink 500 Wireless Microphone kits - B&H
Aputure C120T - B&H
Panasonic GH5 - Amazon
Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 OIS Lens - Amazon
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Copyright 2019 by Curtis Judd
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Sound Devices MixPre II Series with Paul Isaacs
Sound Devices recently announced an update to their MixPre series of recorders. The update brings some impressive new features including wide dynamic range recording (up to 142dB), 32-bit float recording, backup to USB Drive, longer pre-roll times, increased output levels on the MixPre 10 balanced outputs, and more. In this episode, we talk with Paul about the new features and where they'll be most useful.
Multistage analog-to-digital conversion patent
Sample 32 bit float files from MixPre II series
Comparison Chart of MixPre II Series models
MixPre II 32-bit Float Files Explained
Gear discussed and used in this episode:
Sound Devices MixPre Series II recorders - B&H
(I used the MixPre-10T first generation to record this session)
Hawk-woods Battery Adapters for MixPre-3 and 6 - B&H
Shure SM-7B - My favorite broadcast dynamic microphone. And no, with the MixPre, you do NOT need a cloud lifter or Fethead - B&H
Panasonic GH5S - my streaming camera - B&H
Panasonic 28-35mm f/2.8 OIS lens - super versatile zoom for the Panasonic GH cameras - B&H
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Copyright 2019 by Curtis Judd
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