Posted on November 7, 2008 by Gary Beebe, BSW Special Projects Engineer
A while ago, I talked about the benefits of using a shotgun mic for voice-over duties. Click here to read that posting.
Most shotguns don’t like to be worked as close as VO requires, but there are a few notable exceptions.
A favorite shotgun mic among the “movie trailer” guys is the Sennheiser MKH416. Terrific mic. The [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2008 by Gary Beebe, BSW Special Projects Engineer
There is an alternative to the 309A shock mount that ElectroVoice offers for the RE20 mic. Why would anyone want an alternative?
Many stations now have live webcams in the studio, and the 309A is kinda large. Also, the E-V suspension cords have a habit of breaking more frequently than I think they should.
The HEIL-SM2 shock [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2008 by Steve Kawasaki, BSW VP Marketing
With an estimated 105,000 registrants, NAB 2008 had a somewhat lightly attended feel this year. That said, most manufacturers commented that, while traffic on the show floor was down, the people that did attend were there to do business. And business we did – lots of it
But what would NAB be without a party with [...]
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