Sound for Video Session — DEITY boom pole & shock mount with Sound Speeds

In this week's session, we're joined by Sound Speeds’ Allen Williams — a professional boom operator based in the Atlanta area — to take a closer look at the new boom pole and shock mount from DEITY Microphones.

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.

Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- DEITY carbon fiber boom pole — B&H

- DEITY ASM1 shock mount — B&H

- DPA 4017b shotgun microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Mackie DLZ Creator — B&H, Amazon

- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Sound Devies 888 field recorder/mixer — Trew, B&H, Sweetwater

- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon

- Canon C200 Camera - B&H

- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon

- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon

- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H

- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

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Copyright 2023, Curtis Judd

Sound for Video Session — Boom Swinger & Q&A

In this week's session, we demonstrate a little tool that can make booming a mic for longer takes a good bit easier — Boom Swinger. Then we'll cover your sound for video questions

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.

Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- Boom Swinger — Gotham Sound

- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater

- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon

- Canon C200 Camera - B&H

- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon

- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon

- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H

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Copyright 2022, Curtis Judd

Sound for Video Session: Live Q&A

In this Sound for Video Session, we covered your questions about production and post production sound for film and video:

- wav vs BWF file formats?

- How do you store, clean, and maintain your microphones?

- What boom operating tools do you recommend to help with booming since I'm not super strong?

- How do I compare the noise performance of various USB Audio interfaces?

- Timecode battery for Sound Devices 888?

- DaVinci Resolve 16.2 Fairlight can now handle 32-float audio!

Please consider taking my courses on audio production and post production including in-depth options for the Sound Devices MixPre and Zoom F series recorders.

Gear discussed in this episode. Most of the links below are affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- Boom Hanger - Gotham Sound

- Boom pole holder for c-stands - B&H

- Apple box - B&H

- Shure SM-7B Microphone used to record this session - B&H

- Sound Devices MixPre II series recorder used as the preamp for this session - B&H

- Canon C200 camera used as the A-cam for this session - B&H

- Canon 24-105 f/4 IS II L lens used on the Canon C200 for this session - B&H

- Panasonic GH5 used as the B-cam for this session - B&H

- Olympus 45mm f/1.8 lens used on the GH5 for this session - B&H

- Sound Devices 888 Audio Recorder/Mixer - B&H

Copyright 2020, Curtis Judd

Sound for Video Session: Boom Op Talk with Allen Williams

In this episode, we have a discussion with Allen Williams, my friend and a pro boom operator working in the film and TV industry in Atlanta, Georgia. We cover how to prevent injury when operating boom mics, conditioning, on-set strategies for working with the crew, and much more!

Have a look at Allen's Sound Speeds YouTube channel.

Gear mentioned by Allen in this episode:

Mechanix Wear - Specialty 0.5mm High Dexterity Covert Tactical Gloves (Large, Black)

Covert Escape RG(TM) Flashlight/Tools/Camera/GPS/Cycling Chest Pack by Hazard 4(R)

Copyright 2019, Curtis Judd

Some of the links above are Allen's affiliate links to Amazon.com. If you purchase from these links, Allen is paid a commission.

Really Right Stuff Boom Poles Compared to K-Tek and RODE Boom Poles

In today’s episode, we look at microphone boom poles for production sound for film and video, specifically, two new boom poles from Really Right Stuff, two poles from K-tek, and a more budget oriented pole from RODE.

Really Right Stuff started as a company producing L-brackets and tripods for photography cameras. Their ethos is to provide very high quality products which have been thoughtfully designed with clever features which make the user’s craft more enjoyable. And now, they are producing products for cinema, including boom poles and cinema camera tripods and fluid heads.

Really Right Stuff loaned their poles to me for 4 weeks. I do not get to keep these poles. They have not paid me to produce this video and have not reviewed it prior to posting. All opinions shared here are my own.

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.

Gear used or mentioned in this episode:

Really Right Stuff VM-34 Long Boom Pole - Really Right Stuff

Really Right Stuff VM-35 Travel Boom Pole - Really Right Stuff

K-Tek Avalon KEG-150CCR Boom Pole - B&H

K-Tek Avalon KEG-100CC Boom Pole - B&H

RODE Boom Pole - B&H Amazon

Sound Devices 633 Mixer/Recorder - B&H

Sennheiser MKH 8050 Boom Microphone - B&H

Aputure C120T - B&H

Aputure C120DII - B&H Amazon

Panasonic GH5 m4/3 Camera - B&H Amazon

Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K - B&H

Sigma ART 24-70mm f/2.8 EF Mount Lens - B&H Amazon

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Copyright 2019 by Curtis Judd

Ethics statement: Some of the links above are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn a commission when you use these links.

RODE's New Audio Gear at IBC 2015

Of the new products RODE announced today at IBC, the two that are most intriguing to me are the i-XLR and RODELink News Shooter kit. I haven't seen prices on any of these yet.

The i-XLR looks like a pretty nice way to record with an XLR based microphone into an iPhone or iPad. Depending on how well its preamp and analogue to digital converter work, it may be a nice, low-cost choice for someone that is just getting started and don't have a big budget for an XLR based audio recorder. Not sure whether it can provide phantom power so that would limit it to dynamic and self-powered microphones but that's often what you're using when in a reporting situation. But it should work with something like the NTG4+ or NTG2.

The RODELink News Shooter looks even more interesting to me. The obvious use for this is on a reporter's handheld microphone. And that's great, but it can also be used on a Shotgun or boom microphone as well - it supplies 48v phantom power. That's an interesting scenario. It can also still be used with a lavalier microphone and...it can be powered by two AA or a Sony NP-F style battery! Nice work RODE! You guys are cranking out some interesting gear for the film and sound enthusiast crowd!

The carbon fiber Boom Pole Pro looks interesting as well. It is not internally cabled off the shelf but evidently you can remove the top cap and cable internally yourself. Though I'm not sure on two things: 1) if you put a straight cable inside the pole, you'll run in to potential noise when cuing the pole between actors as the cable slaps against the inside of the pole and 2) Not sure where the cable exits on the bottom of the pole. Do you just remove the bottom cap? In any case, will be interesting to see this up close.