by Chris Durfy | Nov 15, 2013 | Audio Equipment, Audio Tips & Tricks
On my last show, I was having some problems with body mics and scratchy police officer wardrobe. After trying different ways to mic up the cast with hidden techniques that were not 100%, I though I’d venture into the realm of the pen mic. Now, I’m not the...
by Chris Durfy | Jul 1, 2013 | Audio Equipment, Review
A couple of weeks ago, I upgraded my trusty lightweight MuxLab Balun System to a new beefier version, the 50052-Pro-BNC. What is a Balun and what is it used for? Balun is short for” BALanced to UNbalanced”. What is does is passively take...
by Chris Durfy | Jun 11, 2013 | Audio Equipment, Review
I recently got a Schoeps CMR. It is a single cable solution for connecting a bodypack to a Schoeps MK series capsule. [singlepic id=43 w=320 h=240 float=] I’d like to start off by saying that if you love the sound of the Schoeps Modular MK series capsules as...
by Chris Durfy | Jun 7, 2013 | Audio Equipment, Review
Dave Fisk from K-Tek sent me the brand new KTA2 (Sidemount Transmitter Adapter) to replace my old CCR on my 16′ foot K-Tek Classic. Rather than having the Plug-on transmitter poking out to the side, the sidemount comes out and up to put the transmitter parallel...
by Chris Durfy | May 16, 2013 | Audio Tips & Tricks
I’m currently experimenting with hooking up a Sound Devices Pix260 and a Yamaha 01V96i and couldn’t find any information online on how to set up user groups with mute groups for slate and talkback buttons on the mixer. Michael Paul of LCS had helped out...
by Chris Durfy | Feb 10, 2013 | Audio Equipment, Review
Hi all, Last Saturday morning a bunch of local Atlanta mixers, boom-ops & utilities met over breakfast at Whit’s house to field test the Super CMIT. We had all heard how successful the Super CMIT had been used by Simon Hayes on “LesMisérables” in studio...
by Chris Durfy | Mar 7, 2012 | Audio Thoughts
Hey sound friends, My goodness… it’s been ten months since my last blog entry. I have been blessed in that time with non-stop bookings and have fully transitioned from reality shows to feature and scripted work. I’m going to try and take the time to...
by Chris Durfy | May 2, 2011 | Audio Equipment, Review
Last week, I added a second wired boom w/ talk back to my cart kit. I chose Remote Audio’s new Boom Box V2 to complement my “old style” Boom Box. I purchased a new Boom Box, Adapter Cable (to convert old cables to new style), Mixer Fanout and a...
by Chris Durfy | Apr 20, 2011 | Audio Equipment, Review
I just got the ETS Instasnake PA202 system. It passes four XLR inputs up to 1900′ via a single Ethernet (RJ45) cable. With a shielded cable, it even passes phantom power! I have been using if for Process Car Work and other long runs. So far, it has worked like a...
by Chris Durfy | Jan 25, 2011 | Audio Equipment, Review
Every once in a while a very innovative product comes along… in this case, the Lav-Bullet. It’s a simple idea that is extremely useful, especially if you need to run a mic wire down through the pants to an ankle strap… but is also very useful to get...
