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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.
Brett Ainslie
Jul 23, 20233 min read
How to Mic Puppets: Elmo
The forehead placement catches a more natural high end and no plosives or beard scratching issues.
Brett Ainslie
Apr 28, 20232 min read
Camera Audio & Timecode Input Database
Camera Audio & Timecode Input Database. What is the timecode input and audio input of each camera?
Brett Ainslie
Nov 2, 20221 min read
Sound Cart Showcase
An overview of how and why I built a sound cart for location sound mixing and recording for film & TV.
Brett Ainslie
May 26, 20221 min read
The Reality of Lav Mic Placement
There's a time and place for lavaliere mics but there's reasons why lav mics don't sound as good as a properly placed boom mic.
Brett Ainslie
May 5, 20215 min read
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.
Brett Ainslie
Apr 18, 20198 min read
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....
Brett Ainslie
Aug 22, 20185 min read
Boots and Cats: An Alternative Approach to Beat Box Miking
An alternative approach to beat box miking
Brett Ainslie
Jan 23, 20183 min read
Live Sound: Now We're Mixing!
The differences between working in live sound engineering for events and location sound mixing for film and TV
Brett Ainslie
Jul 27, 20175 min read
Sony MDR 7506 v. Audio Technica M70x Headphone Isolation Battle
A side by side comparison between the Sony MDR 7506 and the Audio Technica M70x headphones, exclusively comparing the difference isolation.
Brett Ainslie
Nov 14, 20163 min read
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...
Brett Ainslie
Oct 31, 20162 min read
IFBs: Is it Finally Broadcasting?
If you're renting generic IFBs, you're probably doing your Director, Script Supervisor and client a disservice.
Brett Ainslie
Feb 26, 20165 min read
MKH50 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!!!!...
Brett Ainslie
Aug 4, 20155 min read
Lectrosonics and Sennheiser Sitting in a Tree (Wireless Compatibility)
In order for the UCR411a to receive the signal from the Sennheiser unit, I changed the compatibility mode on the UCR411a from "400" to "M3".
Brett Ainslie
Jul 10, 20154 min read
Wireless Transmitter Power Table
Comparison of a few tiers of transmitter power in "mW" of common wireless units used in the sound industry. Updated Jan, 2024
Brett Ainslie
Apr 21, 20153 min read
Playback and the Angry Inch: Sound for Musicals
Basic tips for how sound for musicals in film and TV, audio playback specifically, is done.
Brett Ainslie
Feb 3, 20154 min read
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...
Brett Ainslie
Jan 20, 20154 min read
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
Brett Ainslie
Nov 4, 20143 min read
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