Recent content by Harburt

that second link you posted didn;t work Bob, was wondering if you oculd oduble check and repost it cheers tom

Hey I am a soundy and I get timecoding for audio and I understand why it is valuable, but I don't get how film and video get time coded? I was on a shoot last weekend and the sound guy used a digital clapper to send the time code being generated to his laptop where he was encoding it into the...

I understand why polar pattern is important, but surely sensitivity must play some role - you wouldn't use an SM58 to pick up somone on the other side of a room, and you wouldn't use a 416 for a concert. Those are extreme examples, but there are more realistic situations where I am certain that...

There seems to be a lot of mixed opinions on which mics are best for interior shoots - I noticed that in several of his posts uncle bob seems to be explictly against the use of 416's for interiors, however many people I have worked with disagree, saying that with the right placement the 416 is...

Hey I was wondering if there is a sound 'bible' - in the same way most people consider the American Cinematographer Manual to be the bible for camera men and DP's - is there a sound equivalent? Or even if there's not one single bible like book, is there a few highly rated books that give in...

While this note is a bit old now, I just wanted to agree, and also share my thanks I've been into sound for years but only been doing location sound for about half a year - some of your points for set work are invaluable and its exactly the small things you wouldn't think to notice - I love the...

Hey This is a question for anyone out there who has had a bit more experience with SQN mixers than I have, or anyone who could at least point me in the right direction to get more info. Basically I'm looking at buying a second hand SQN 4S series III, but I know its quite old and I'm not sur...