Brett Ainslie
Bag Antennas: Betso Bowties vs SNA600
The Betso Bowties and the Lectrosonics SNA600a Dipole antennas have been popular choices for a little extra range out of the bag.
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Brett Ainslie
- Apr 28
- 2 min
How to Mic Puppets: Elmo
The forehead placement catches a more natural high end and no plosives or beard scratching issues.
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Brett Ainslie
- Nov 2, 2022
- 1 min
Camera Audio & Timecode Input Database
Camera Audio & Timecode Input Database
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Brett Ainslie
- May 27, 2022
- 1 min
Sound Cart Showcase
An overview of how and why I built a sound cart for location sound mixing and recording for film & TV.
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Brett Ainslie
- Apr 18, 2019
- 8 min
Sound Devices Scorpio Preview
A first hand look from NAB 2019 of the new Sound Devices Scorpio DAW. An in-depth review of its capabilities and possibilities.
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Brett Ainslie
- Aug 22, 2018
- 5 min
Sound Guys in Cars Getting Sound
Lately, I've been doing a lot of car rig shoots: car commercials, films and travel shows that take place primarily inside of vehicles....
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Brett Ainslie
- Jan 24, 2018
- 3 min
Boots and Cats: An Alternative Approach to Beat Box Miking
If there's one thing I've learned in my years working in production sound it's always leave an extra boot for your cat. Despite, possibly...
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Brett Ainslie
- Jul 27, 2017
- 5 min
Live Sound: Now We're Mixing!
The differences between working in live sound engineering for events and location sound mixing for film and TV
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Brett Ainslie
- Nov 14, 2016
- 3 min
Can You Hear Me Now? Headphone Isolation Battle
Give Verizon money. The end. Actually, as sound professionals, we often put so much care and attention into best miking techniques,...
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Brett Ainslie
- Oct 31, 2016
- 2 min
Lectrosonics SRb vs SRc vs UCR411a Battle Royale
Lectrosonics has a wide range of state of the art wireless units (pun intended) and I figured I'd A/B/C compare two of their most popular...
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Brett Ainslie
- Feb 26, 2016
- 5 min
IFBs: Is it Finally Broadcasting?
If you're renting generic IFBs, you're probably doing your Director, Script Supervisor and client a disservice especially in the RF busy...
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Brett Ainslie
- Aug 4, 2015
- 5 min
MKH 50 or MK41? Beef or Chicken?
If you're trying to decide beef or chicken for your wedding, sorry, this is not the place, I have no insight for you. I lied! I lied!!!!...
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Brett Ainslie
- Jul 10, 2015
- 3 min
Lectrosonics and Sennheiser G3 Sitting in a Tree (Wireless Compatibility)
Some people don't think Sennheiser and Lectrosonics units can play with each other but that is false. I was recently on a shoot where I...
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Brett Ainslie
- Apr 21, 2015
- 2 min
Wireless Transmitter Power Table
There are plenty of other specs to compare when it comes to wireless transmitters but one of the most significant is looking at the...
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Brett Ainslie
- Feb 3, 2015
- 3 min
Playback and the Angry Inch: Sound for Musicals
You don't want to know how long it took me to think of that title, I'm not a pro-titlemaker. If you can think of something better,...
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Brett Ainslie
- Jan 20, 2015
- 4 min
Lectrosonics SRb vs UCR411a SxS test HrGA Bagalllo...3.1
Many Sound Mixers use Lectrosonics wireless systems in their audio bags on location. Many are currently using the single channel UCR411a...
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Brett Ainslie
- Nov 4, 2014
- 3 min
DPA 4061 v. DPA 4071 Lav Mic Battle Royale
A side by side comparison battle royale of the two popular lavaliere microphones made by DPA, the DPA 4061 and DPA 4071 lav mics
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