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Making a start in Production Sound

This post has been a long time coming. Over years I keep being asked “How do you get into this?” as it seems like almost everyone has a different route in, however I’m going to try and point some in the direction of some of the more established paths. From talking to a number of …
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March 18, 2023
Network Switches for location

You can’t have your cake and eat it Location requirements I’ve had a number of people ask me about network switches over the last week or so. More mixers seem to be looking at Dante on set in various configurations, however most of the switch manufacturers don’t exactly have us in mind when designing products, …
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January 30, 2022
Interior/exterior windshield solutions for short shotgun microphones

What’s the problem? I’ve been using Sennheiser 8060 microphones for a number of years. Initially they were a revelation; it was possible to fit a directional microphone into a small windshield (Rycote WS1 MZL), massively reducing the size and weight of an exterior setup. However they had a drawback: most of the microphone’s length is …
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February 20, 2021
‘Half rack’ compatible equipment

Standards Just to begin, I’m sure most people looking at this post will be familiar with the 19″ rack standard, it’s a very common way of mounting professional audio and computer equipment. ‘Half rack’ is effectively mounting equipment which is half the width of that (or is it?). Basically half rack isn’t a real standard, …
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April 28, 2020

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