Some Practical Accessories for Motion Picture Recording

The addition of practical operational accessories lo standard recording channels as purchased expedites operation and saves time. At the Eastern Service Studios a number of such accessories have been designed and are described briefly. It is the purpose of this paper to show what has been done at one studio in the hope that it may be of some interest and help to others who are engaged in recording work. — Included in the equipment are the following items: A small collapsible, portable microphone boom for location work; a special microphone suspension to prevent mechanical noises from getting into the recording system; a small mixer console for stage work, to permit the miner man to operate close to the scene of action; an accurate illumination meter, using a microammeter, for setting and checking the recording machine exposure; a compact re-recording mixer console equipped with equalizers, effect filters, amplifiers, and attenuators; a projected volume indicator and footage counter for use in re-recording rooms; a film playback adapter for use on a Western Electric film machine for location use; playback horns for stage and location use; and an air-brush adaptation for blooping re-recording tracks.

Print ISSN

0097-5834

Published

1939-02

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/J14642