Nick Teti- COLORADO PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION LOCATION SOUND SERVICES - Equipment Summary

Here's a list or location production sound mixing/recording equipment
I own below:

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Mixers & Recorders

Wireless / Lavalieres

Shotgun Microphone

Additional Microphones

Cables & Connectors

Other Gear

Time Code Sync

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Mixers & Recorders

• Sound Devices 552 ENG/EFP audio mixer & recorder with 2 channel recording.
• Sound Devices 664 Mixer Recorder with 6 dedicated solo XLR inputs, with other inputs as well. This can record up to 16 tracks, but 6 are assigned XLR dedicated the other connections are non XLR connections.
• Tascam HS-P82 Mixer Recorder - Having 8 dedicated split inputs, this is a very high end digital audio recorder / mixer for ENG, EFP, film or video production. This mixer recorder has 8 inputs, 2 outputs and digital audio recording, filtering and mixing up to 10 tracks along with time code embedded from a device or to slave several devices like several different cameras or other I/O recorders. Read more below about this mixer / recorder. This mixer has advantages of the Sound Devices 552 and 664 mixer/recorders and is comparable in features with a Zaxcomm Diva 8 or a Sound Devices 788T mixer/recorder. For any audio mixing and recording requiring more than 2 tracks or with time code, this is the machine I use to fulfill the responsibilities or more demanding location sound. It also has adjustable low cut roll off, phase assignments, sample rates to 196k, among other useful features.
• Marantz 660 - a digital flash recorder - records to PCM or MP3 formats. This can also be used to recorded time code format MP3 files or WAV format.
• Tascam DR100 Mark II - A very versatile portable & capable mixer for 2-4 track recording. I can record wav or MP3 format files with higher sampling rates, as well WAV, including with time code.
• PSC AlphaMix - a 4 channel ENG/EFP audio mixer.
• Mackie 1404 & 1202 VLZ sound mixer with 8 inputs, EQ among other features.

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Wireless Microphones

Lectrosonics lavalieres

• LMA/UCR 100 (2 pairs)
• UCR 211 (2 pairs)
• UCR 411a (2 pairs)
• UCR 411 MM series (2 pairs)
• Lectrosonics SMa (2)

Wireless mic heads include

• 4 Countryman B6,
• 4 Countryman B3,
• 4 Sony ECM 77,
• 2 Tram TR 50,
• Lectrosonics M150 & 152 heads

Sennheiser Wireless

• Sennheiser SKP 500 lavalieres (4 pairs)
• Sennheiser SK 2000 lavalieres (2 pairs) (100 MW power)
• Sennheiser EW G3 lavalieres (4 pairs)
• Sennheiser AVX100 (2)

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Shotgun Microphones

Sennheiser Shotgun microphones

• MKH 60,
• MKH 416,
• MKH 816,
• ME 66,
• ME 80,
• ME62

Other Shotgun Microphones

• Neumann KMR81IMT long shotgun
• Schoeps CMC6U/MK41 combination

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Additional Microphones

• Tram hard wire microphones (2)
• Countryman B6 hard wire microphones (2), great for stationary interviews and hiding when in RF heavy areas
• Electro Voice RE50B stick microphones (2)

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Accessories & Extra Support Gear

- Comtek / AKA Comtek or Comtech - If you're worried about clean audio, don't fear. After a while of listening, the Com system will be set aside

Other necessities

• K-Tek boom poles
• XLR cables, barrels, ground lifters & adapters
• Wind Screens for every shotgun mic, lavaliere, tram & stick mic
• Fostex DAT recorder
• 2 Tentacle Lock It Box (time code sync)
• RF Explorer Scanner & software
• Laptop (Mac or PC)
• Card Readers
• Elvid Slate
• Other gear

Cables & Connectors

RED, Arri, and a few other cameras have proprietary connectors and not standard BNC for time code in some models. I have these connectors to ensure sync with time code. With so many proprietary camera cables you're covered with my inventory from:

1. RED Audio cables, RED ONE, RED EPIC
2. Alexa Input cable,
3. XLR,
4. 1/4, mini
5. BNC Cables,
6. Lemo Connectors,
7. + Others to connect to any type of camera or digital recorder including for sync time code.

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GET A GRIP: Other video, film & television production gear

Aside from ample sound recording/mixing equipment I also have other camera support equipment to assist you. I can also provide grip equipment packages into my production van including:

• MSE grip,
• HMI lighting,
• Kino Flo,
• LED Lighting
• flags,
• Arri Tungsten,
• Chimeras,
• AC,
• Dimmers, gels. color correction
• Other resources taking the hassle out of your Colorado video, film or television production.

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Time Code Sync Options

I have several resources to sync time code to a camera, from a camera, to mixer recorders, analogue recordings like cassette, Mp3, Broadcast Wav, among other means. Regardless if it is a film, video or television production; my company Mister Photon Media has the gear and the know-how. Here is a summary of gear and resources I can use to sync for your production.

• BNC cables to a mixer/recorder, or a camera or analogue device,
• 2 Tentacle Loc kIt / Loc kit boxes,
• Dumb Slate,
• Access to Smart Slates,
• XLR to BNC adapters,
• RED sync / LEMO cables,
• Android Time Code Slate App & Tablet,
• BNC Cables,
• Mixer Recorders with In/Out Sync capabilities,
• Mixer / Recorders from Sound Devices & Tascam with
  TC in & OUT
• A good old fashioned hand clap, among other tricks.
• Prior and current experience as a video editor.

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Using the Gear

For audio tech/location sound I bring Lectrosonics & Sennheiser lavalieres for talent or can use TRAM or other hard wired B6 microphones for some stationary interview applications or the various wireless lavalieres. For MOS, or specific video, film television or corporate location sound I use lavalieres& boom combinations or stick microphones when appropriate. Call on me from minimal location sound packages proficiency, all the way up to a multiple members, larger sound crews for 35mm, RED or other high end camera productions. As a solo audio engineer I can handle multiple production tasks or direct assistants or combine the expertise of several roles/responsibilities on your productions.

Gear for the typical 2 person crew and EFP or ENG or other specific crew sound support? No problem, that + all other types of production expertise from the corporate video to the television spot - I can scale the right gear to the crews/production's needs. Mixing live to tuck, to camera, to digital recorder or other specific production is no pressure and the levels are always in the green.

Large Scale feature or television production? Yes I can bring more sophisticated packages such as multiple track digital recorders, lavalieres, shotguns, mixers with graphic equalizers + other tools in the arsenal. I can also bring additional boom operators, utilities, refer other crew members and arrange additional camera equipment too for you.

Stand ups by television hosts, reporters or others can be a combination of stick/handheld microphones, booms, lavalieres and I have done several of these for live shots or SNG news or news reports/packages as well.

Other Gear - Aside from the 'usual production gear' for corporate video, television advertising/programming, news & features; I use other sound equipment for Foley, phone interviews, radio news stories/journalism or advertising. I also use production sound recording/mixing equipment for narration or ADR for 35mm film or HD feature production as well. Use the links to the left for specific listings to the left.

Transcripts - I can provide cassette tape transcriptions, DAT recordings with time code, digital audio files (including BWAV or MP3) with time code in several combinations.

Other sound equipment. If you're flying into Colorado and don't want the extra airlines fees by extra camera equipment, I have camera support equipment, lighting, tripods, monitors, AC, & grip equipment to take the weight off your production budget. Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Aurora, The Rockies or where you need good clean sound in CO - I have it local for you. I can also refer you to rental houses here as well for specific camera equipment, grip, lighting etc as well.

I bring the microphones from boom, stick mics, lavalieres, trams & hard wire mics, boom poles, zeppelins and other specific audio equipment to mix & record the best sound for television, corporate, web new media, digital audio file, ENG or EFP video production or film production on every.

I have about many pieces of standard sound equipment for location audio. And for any type of production you can think of. Gear for any place, any shoot, program, or afterthought - Mister Photon // is my company / Just call me Nick, the sound man with the gear. If you need to grab hidden audio, sound for feature film or HD video production, ENG, sound for specific television program, for live shots or in the studio, get audio from the phone, for location or phone interviews, for foley, live mixing for uplink, for a specific camera interface or other specific need? I have the equipment below to do so, working effectively any kind of production. Back to top of page