Field Audio Kits for Docs, Indies and Feature Films

Filed-based Recorders Allow Flexibility For All

With the introduction of file-based recorders and the coming of age of wireless microphones, productions demand more and more tracks to be able to manipulate audio after the fact. These portable packages were put together with this in mind.

Audio Kit 1: Documentary Package ($425/day)

• Sound Devices 744T (4 track hard drive/Compact Flash recorder
• 4 Channel mixer with direct outs on each channel (Sound Devices 442 or PSC Alpha Mix)
• Sennheiser MKH 416/60 Microphone w/Rycote Softie Windscreen and pistol grip mount
• K-Tek 102CC 9-inch Internal Coiled Carbon Fiber Boompole w/coiled cable XLR
• 3 Lectrosonics UCR411A/UM400 digital hybrid wireless systems
• 3 Voice Technology 506 or 500 high-durability lavalier microphones
• Denecke TSC Slate for film or Denecke tri-level sync box for video
• HawksWoods NP1 cup/power distribution
• 3 IDX NPL7S lithium batteries w/ charger
• Versaflex/Portabrace harness

Add-on for wireless to camera:

• 2 Lectrosonics UCR411A/UM400 w/Mic-level input cables

Audio Kit 2: Independent Film Package ($560/day)

• Fostex PD-6 (6-track hard drive/DVD-RAM recorder)
• Denecke TS-C Slate for film and/or Denecke SBT for video
• Sennheiser MKH50
• Sennheiser MKH60
• Sennheiser MKH70 w/Zeppelin
• 15-inch boompole
• PSC Fleximount
• 2 PSC Universal shockmounts
• Shure FP22 (for boom op headphone monitoring)
• 50-inch PSC duplex cable
• 3 Lectrosonics UCR411A/UM400 digital hybrid wireless systems
• 3 Tram TR-50 or Sanken COS-11 Lavalier Microphones
• Comtek M216 Transmitter
• 3 Comtek PR216 receivers
• 5 Lithium NP1 batteries w/charger
• Hawks Woods power Distribution
• PSC breakaway cable (for video only)

Upgrades:

• PSC or Magliner sound cart and DAT backup

Audio Kit 3: Feature Film Package ($1,300/day)

• Aaton Cantar or Deva 5 Hard Drive / DVD-RAM recorder.
• PSC or Magliner Sound Cart
• 8 Channel Cooper or Audio Developments mixer with direct outputs on each channel.
• 2 Denecke TS-C Slate for film and / or Denecke SBT for video (depending on number of cameras)
• 2 Sennheiser MKH50
• 2 Sennheiser MKH60
• Sennheiser MKH70 w/ Zeppelin
• 15’ Boompole
• 20’ Boompole
• 2 PSC Fleximount
• 3 PSC Universal Shockmounts
• Shure FP22 (for boom op headphone monitoring)
• 2 50’ PSC Duplex Cable
• Lectrosonics Venue Master Module with 6 VRS Modules, 6 UM400s, and 2 Shark Fin Antennas
• 6 Tram TR-50, Sanken COS-11, or Countryman Lavalier Microphones
• Lectrosonics IFB T1
• 2 Lectrosonics IFB R1A (Wireless Boom Op Monitoring / Communication)
• Comtek BST-216 Transmitter
• 8 Comtek PR216 Receivers
• PSC Power Station

Upgrades:

• Lectrosonics SM Transmitter (Super Micro)
• PSC Power Max with Pelican Batteries
• Phase Right Antenna for Comtek BST-216
• MetaCorder or Fostex DV824 backup recorder
• Junxion Box – Cellular Internet Connection / WiFi Hub – gives a value added bonus for production staff.

YOUR GUIDE

Nick Huston
General Manager
Gotham Sound
nickh@gothamsound.com

Gotham Sound and Communications, Inc. rents and sells professional audio equipment to the film and television, broadcast, corporate audio-visual, electronic news gathering and electronic field production industries.

Nick Says Keep In Mind...

Audio Kit 1

This package is designed to be ultra portable with maximum flexibility. The Sound Devices 744T was chosen for its small size, 40 GB unpartitioned hard drive, and high durability. These let you record 1–4 tracks of 48k 24-bit for more than 14 hours straight. The 744T can also simultaneously record to a Compact Flash card, giving you an incredibly robust solid state media for intensive run and gun shooting or those bumpy roads in cars. When the hard drive fills up, simply send your audio information to a hard drive or DVD via the FireWire on your laptop. This is generally done at the end of each day.

Audio Kit 2

This package is designed to be relatively compact for one-man banding as well as a stationary setup for a two-person sound crew. The Fostex PD-6 recorder has a built in 6-channel mixer and a camera breakaway connector for up to six microphones to be recorded on separate tracks while sending a mix out to a video camera and/or a back- up recorder. The PD-6 records to DVD-RAM and hard drive simultaneously, which lets you keep a backup while sending the DVD-RAM to post production at the end of the day.

Audio Kit 3

Designed for cart based production, this package allows you to record a maximum number of tracks to two recorders, while keeping the cart as compact as possible. Both the Aaton Cantar and the Zaxcom Deva V record directly to an 80GB internal hard drive and copy to a full size DVD-RAM while idle, allowing you to have more tracks and longer record times on a disc while having the internal hard drive as a backup. As an upgrade for true redundancy we provide either a Fostex DV824 or MetaCorder system. The Fostex DV824 is similar to the PD-6 in that it records to both DVD and hard drive simultaneously. While the MetaCorder is a Macintosh laptop based software recording system giving you maximum flexibility to record to any medium that a computer can.

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