I just picked up one of these used retail is over $300.00 I got mine for $150.00. It seems like a decent quality boom op headphone amp it is a bit heavy and runs on two 9v but since I use rechargeable Ipower 9v I could care less about that. I am doing a short film next week and production insisted that I have waist mounted headphone amp for there boom person. I tried to explain to production that I can just sent him a headphone feed but this is what they want so I just do what I am told. Overall It looks like a decent design and should serve its purpose well. It can also be a single channel preamp but since it has no meters it is fairly useless for that purpose.
Ktek-79cc Review
Well I received my new boom pole today With the free shipping from BH its total cost was $209.00. When The UPS driver handed me the box surprised how small the pole really was. I opened it and was surprised how well built it was and it is small enough to fit inside my 1510 carry on Pelican case which made me very happy. it extend to almost 7 feet which I think should be enough for most of the ENG Run and Gun jobs I do . So if you need a small boompole than fits in any size case buy this one
My New Boompole
I have grown tired of carrying around a boom pole on reality tv and gun/run jobs that is always getting in the way especially since I really don’t use it all that much. I currently have a K-tek Stage pole that extends to 18 feet I rarely use this pole anymore except for when I do film work or on set tv work I love the pole but it is way to big to carry around. I have for the last three years been using a K-tek Avalon pole that extends to 9 feet it was under $200.00 and has been a great value for the price but it is still too big collasped at about 32in or so. I find it difficult to fit in my luggage and when trying to get into cars and go run/gun when I am not using it that much. So with more run/gun work coming up I decided to look into other option the most attract was the K-tek 56cc which is only 1ft 4in and extend to 4ft 11in but it was close to $500.00 and 4ft 11in is to short. So i decided on the KE 79cc which is 20in and extend to almost 7ft and for $209.00 shipped was a “Sound” invest alright bad joke…… I will get on WED and let everyone know what I think
Protools Mbox Mini
I strictly do Location Sound recording and mixing these days. When I went to college I did a decent amount of post production sound work and owned a Digi 002 and used it well in my little home studio. Well when I decided to start investing in Location Sound gear it was the first thing to go. Occasionally I missed having Protools at home because in my spare time I like to out and record nature sounds and occasionally will record some local music for fun. I decided I wanted to get a mbox or a small interface that would fit nicely into my laptop bag with my Macbook I settled on the new Mbox mini which has 2 inputs 1 XLR/1/4in and 1 just 1/4 which was fine with me as I will be always using a mixer with it. I got it last week installed it in 10 min and was able to load a old session up quickly. I also like the ability to on some of the lower budget feature I do to be able to import some field audio and be able to Eq it or edit it quickly if needed. I also plan on downloading the two channel version of boom recorder so that I could use the laptop to record on set if I needed to all in all I think it was a good investment for the price.
Lectrosonics Announces Camera Link
LECTROSONICS SLOT-MOUNT ENG RECEIVER: The SR 2-channel, slot-mount
Digital Hybrid Wireless diversity receiver offers two independent
channels and fits into the standard slots found on pro video cameras.
Graphic spectrum scanning provides easy location of clear operating
frequencies. The two receivers offer 256 frequencies and operate with
any of the Lectrosonics 400 Series transmitters without a compander in
the audio path and compatibility modes facilitate operation with
Lectrosonics 100/200 Series and IFB analog systems, along with analog
transmitters from two other manufacturers. MSRP is $3,300, with
deliveries in Dec, 2007. AES booth #642.”
This is exciting news for all of us who love lectrosonics products
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