[Tech1] Television OBs Sound Supervisors

[Nick Ware]

The fact that the MKH416 is still in production should tell you all you need to know. In a typical over-shoulder two shot, you can use the off axis effect to produce a realistic perspective. That, or an MKH8060 are my current favourites for ‘overhead’ interview purposes, etc., depending on how live the room is.
And yes, they do keep working even with rainwater literally running out of the end!
Cheers,
N.

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On 11 Jun 2018, at 20:40, Tony Crake via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk<mailto:tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk>> wrote:

The Big Thing about the 416/816  type  of microphones was THEY KEPT WORKING !   Clad in the thin  windsock with a huge woolly Rycote special over the top.... kept  going all the

time at St Andrews in the worst the North Sea could throw at it !!!!


On 11 June 2018 at 20:28, patrickheigham <patheigham at amps.net<mailto:patheigham at amps.net>> wrote:
As I knew Graham Haines from TVC, before he went to OB's,
I was impressed with a Trooping of the Colour some years ago.
I wanted to know how he dealt with the band turning around,
marching the other way.So I phoned him.
He was good to reply to me, think it was a mirror image of
816's and a quick reaction on the faders!

Chris Holcombe was a lovely guy - worked with him at TVC
before he went to OB's.

By the way, a gun mike works with phase interference/
cancellation caused by different times that the signal
arrives at the diaphragm.

I never liked the 416, as it affected the frequency response
as the source came off axis.
I much preferred the MKH60 which maintained the overall
response and could be utilised to balance two unequal
artistes vocal delivery, by dexterous favouring.
Best
Pat





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From: Tony Crake via Tech1<mailto:tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk>
To: John Cox<mailto:johnhcox at gmail.com>
Cc: Tech Ops Forum<mailto:tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2018 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Tech1] Television OBs Sound Supervisors

You missed Barrie off your grand list John !

On 10 June 2018 at 18:08, John Cox via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk<mailto:tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk>> wrote:
Thank You  David and Roger for responding to my article on Trooping The Colour. At BBC Tel OBs  the Beeb had the best Sound Operators anywhere. They were all clever in their own field of work, but some were good at musical balances be it Jazz, Songs Of Praise, Big Bands, or The Proms. Namely Paul Cunliffe, Tim Davies, Graham Haines, Chris Holcombe, Vic Godrich (who won a Bafta Award for “Bolshoi In The Park”) and John Livingston, Their sound balances were always a pleasure to hear. If BBC Tel OBs was still in existence today I’m sure my erstwhile assistant’s name Andy Payne would join them. I have admired Andy’s work for a long time. When Andy was preparing for a Sound Supervisor’s selection Board a long time ago I asked him “how does a gun mic work (R F biasing) ? He just smiled and didn’t answer. He obviously didn’t need to know. The Board saw in him extra qualities which made him a brilliant  Sound Mixer.


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