Deity SPD-1 Smart Battery Distribution for Location Sound Disclosure: This product was sent to me for free by Deity in order to get a review of their product. The SPD-1 is Deity’s battery distribution unit for smart batteries intended for location sound bags or...
Review of Debris Sound Effects Pack The Debris Sound Effects Pack from Boom Library is an incredible collection of pure destruction sounds! With more than 2100+ unique impact, crunching, crushing, smashing, tearing, crumbling, & explosion sounds, as well as...
Audio Timecode Workflow Audio Timecode Workflow for DSLRs and Cameras without Timecode More often DSLRs such as the Canon 5D, Panasonic GH5, & Sony A7S are making their way into professional video productions as well as entry level professional video...
Recording Aaron Lewis (of Staind) Performing Live At The Bluestone Back in July 2017 I was hired to record an acoustic set of Aaron Lewis (of Staind) at The Bluestone concert venue in Columbus Ohio. Knowing it'd be viewed by tons of people (Millions of views on Aaron...
Timecode vs. Genlock: Why timecode may not be enough to keep your set in sync The common assumption is that by feeding timecode to camera you will keep camera and sound in sync. Unfortunately this is not so, Timecode and Sync are not the same thing. Timecode is...
Cleveland Commercial Recording for Kids Foot Locker & Joe Schiavoni for Governor Last month was one of my busiest months of the year for Production Sound Mixing. Two of the commercials I worked on recording all the sound on location this November were just...
DIY Build for Hirose Power Distribution for Location Recording For someone who has done a fair amount of electronics over the years (especially at Bad Racket Studios) it seemed silly to spend $200 minimum on a commercially available battery distribution box...
Recording Studio Quality Voice Overs on Location A guide to recording voiceover on location with examples from Nike - Come Out of Nowhere with Lebron James Sometimes for productions whether timeline/talent availability, etc, it is necessary to record...
Recently I created a set of free kick drum samples for Bad Racket for Slate Trigger (TCI Format) and in WAV format. Including separate samples of kick in, kick out, sub kick, and stereo room mics makes them very versatile in number of different uses. Feel free to...
Location Recordist for Olympic Channel's Gold Medal Entourage In mid spring of 2016 I worked a television shoot for the Olympic Channel doing post 2016 olympic athlete coverage called 'Gold Medal Entourage' I worked 3 days with them doing location sound in...