by Chris Durfy | Nov 15, 2013 | Audio Equipment, Audio Tips & Tricks
On my last show, I was having some problems with body mics and scratchy police officer wardrobe. After trying different ways to mic up the cast with hidden techniques that were not 100%, I though I’d venture into the realm of the pen mic. Now, I’m not the...
by Chris Durfy | Jul 1, 2013 | Audio Equipment, Review
A couple of weeks ago, I upgraded my trusty lightweight MuxLab Balun System to a new beefier version, the 50052-Pro-BNC. What is a Balun and what is it used for? Balun is short for” BALanced to UNbalanced”. What is does is passively take...
by Chris Durfy | Jun 11, 2013 | Audio Equipment, Review
I recently got a Schoeps CMR. It is a single cable solution for connecting a bodypack to a Schoeps MK series capsule. [singlepic id=43 w=320 h=240 float=] I’d like to start off by saying that if you love the sound of the Schoeps Modular MK series capsules as...
by Chris Durfy | Jun 7, 2013 | Audio Equipment, Review
Dave Fisk from K-Tek sent me the brand new KTA2 (Sidemount Transmitter Adapter) to replace my old CCR on my 16′ foot K-Tek Classic. Rather than having the Plug-on transmitter poking out to the side, the sidemount comes out and up to put the transmitter parallel...
by Chris Durfy | May 16, 2013 | Audio Tips & Tricks
I’m currently experimenting with hooking up a Sound Devices Pix260 and a Yamaha 01V96i and couldn’t find any information online on how to set up user groups with mute groups for slate and talkback buttons on the mixer. Michael Paul of LCS had helped out...