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Mid Side monitoring on PCM-D50
Hi,
I've been recording M/S since a year or two and am very happy with my setup so far.
My MKH's feed into a SQN4iia and i record on my PCM-D50. Unfortunately, the D50 doesn't hav …
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DIY Zeppelin/Blimp
Hi
I have designed a low cost blimp (not yet constructed one) and it uses PVC pipes and a mesh...but i need some info. regarding the extendable pole...a friend suggested an outdoo …
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DIY - Countryman B3 wired for Senn g2…how to mod to xlr?
Im trying to make the things I have work for a new purpose. I want to try and take my 2 Countryman B3's which are already wired to work with Sennheiser G2 units and make an adapte …
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DIY sound booth…is it worth it?
Hello all,
so my room is terrible for sound, and i am thinking about building a sound booth something similar to this http://youtu.be/6UzkFmfTzhk .
Basically i need a sound booth …
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299 views
Making my own furry windscreen
So I've seen things about making your windscreens and such. Usually they pertain to constructing a zeppelin or something. I have a shotgun mic with a foam windscreen on it, but it …
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DIY Studio Furniture Computer Iso box
By the end of the summer, I should be moving most of my "studio" out of my house and into a place not in my house that I can actually call a studio. Yay! progress. I plan on maki …
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378 views
Can you use an MBOX or other Audio Interface without a computer? Also, make your own portable recorder or mixer or both?
Can you use audio interfaces as mixers if you connect them to a USB portable power device? And say recording into a portable recorder ie. zoom H4n?
Has anyone had any success wit …
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Really weird DIY shotgun mic (old, yes, but I just found it again…)
Anyone ever seen one of these or played with one before? Its been floating around for quite some time now. I found it a few years ago and just stumbled upon it a few days ago. I …
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A Patchbay for Anyone Who Is Broke.
I picked this idea up from some blog or another.
Go to your work and nab a few of those cantilevered paperclips (the ones that really, really hurt when you stick your finger in an …
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Binaural Dummy Head [DIY]
I want to build myself a dummy head. I found a tutorial: http://digdagga.com/dummy/ using these silicone ears: http://www.binauralears.com/.
Has anyone tried it? Or has other easi …
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2answers
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Guitar pickups as a “microphone”
I've been thinking about this a lot, since I saw this video link text in fact. As far as I can tell, there's nothing going on with the strings -- he's muting them with his left ha …
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So I dropped my recorder in a wheelbarrow full of water…
(I should get a gold medal just for the title alone!)
So anyway, I'm out recording the deluge of rain we're getting in Los Angeles last night and I tripped over something and half …
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How do you make fairly portable Foley surfaces?
I want to start practicing foley walking, since it's been a while since i did it....
(And being able to do it for short projects wouldn't hurt either)
I was thinking of using suit …
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An idea to make Sound Design more well known and learn about people’s reactions…
Circulate a survey of different sounds and ask people to bounce their reactions onto the paper!
Does anybody want to collaborate on this? Send it to some publication or does anyb …
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DIY contact microphone
Hi!
Using a contact microphone for field recordings seems to be popular and there's loads of tutorials for building one on the web.
I bought the parts and am thinking of the adap …