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Friday, March 15, 2013
Walkie Softie
The standard surveillance headsets and remote microphone that come from the rental houses leave a lot to be desired in their performance. I've always hated how someone will talk over the walkie in a 20mph wind like they're in a vacuum. You can never hear yourself, so it's easy to not know that you sound like garbage. I took the liberty of dressing up my personal walkie mic with an extra fuzzy overcover stuck on with Top Stick to prevent those nasty Texas winds. After a few compare and contrast blow tests, other people on set have noticed a difference. So now they can all hear me fine, but if we can just get those producers to follow suit...