Great News Everyone! I finally finished my soundcart !
let me tell about it! As a base for my cart i have Used #zukacart and a LOT of Stuff from AliExpress to make everything Work.

My recording system is #zaxcom nova 2 with 2 Receivers MrX-414 ( 8 channels ) with Mixer Aria-8 installed In #filmdevices middle Frame with rolling shelf and chinese tablet for Nova Touch

8 Transmitters ZMT 4.5 with #Dpa 6060 lav mics And #Sennheiser Mke 2 gold

Time code: 2 #Tentacle box IFB: 6 wireless headphones Wireless receiver for Boomman 2 receiver for Cameras

Shotguns microphones : Schoeps cmit 5U, as a main Microphone Sennheiser Mkh 50, for recording Close-ups & detals Sennheiser Mkh 60, for working with crowds, docu, etc Sennheiser Mkh 416 ( Classic ) for extreme exterior

Booms: 1 Vdb short boom pole 2,5 meters 2 Ambient boompole 4,3 meters and 5,8 meters 2 Rycote Zeppelins 1 Radius microphone holder

For antennas i used 2 Bluefin-2 Zaxcom passive antennas, 1 antenna stand 3 meters height with connectors to fix it to cart (AliExpress) 3 Rails for Antenna for monitor cage ( also AliExpress ) 2 Cables Sma-Bnc 50om 3 meters
3 quick relise and of course the Cupholder )

The tings that i have ordered From Ali Express

1. Additional surface for table ( used a motorbike baggage )

2. Foldable handlebar ( for scooter )

3. Boom holders ( 2 fishing rode holders and 2 Rubber shovel holders )

4. talkback Microphone

5. flashlight

6. Rails for monitors

7. China quick realises

8. 2 monitors feelworld and a Lot of Cables, Grip stuff, Pasion, engineering, and thinking

The setup Is Light, Mobile, Sturdy, and Comfortable Tested in various extreme conditions (desert, mountain, forest)

What do you think?

Zoom H4n + Rode NTG-2. I got it all for around $120.

I guess we all have to start somewhere!

The last photo of me on a shoot after the morning production meeting saying no more photos of sound doing stuff.

Howdy! So after a few more features and lots of tinkering, here's what I'm not finally comfortably calling the "Mixer" cart version of my packout cart setup, posting here for inspiration and suggestions!

The main issue I had with the Packout setup, having now used it as a one-man-band and as a dedicated mixing cart with a boom-op, was rigging antennas and boom poles in a way that were both easy to take apart when I don't need them, but solid enough to withstand being dragged around on set.

Mafer clamps and super clamps took too long to attach and always wound up shaking loose throughout the day OR marring the handles. The clamps being attached to the sliding handle also made it very clunky to move.

Fellow Redditor u/StandardIssueMFG made these brilliant T-Slot rail adapters, so now you can attach any T-profile accessory (of which there are A LOT), which also means any attachments made specifically for Sound Carts.

This allowed me to get the current setup, which in just wheeling around has proved very, very hand:

1. Top 3 Drawer Unit Contains my mics, built out in shockmounts, All lav transmitters and a selection of belts, IFBS, all batteries and TC boxes, antennas, RF scanner setup, and associated accessories.

2. Bottom Drawer is Extra XLR cables, TC slate, IFB Headphones, Bag harness, Rain cover, Boom holder, wireless monitor gear, keyboard and fader storage

3. The flip out table is from Dirt Church Industries and the faders and keyboard velcro to the carpet I glued on. It's solid enough to all stay attached while flipped down.

4. The iPad and monitor are the only things super clamped on, as they're light enough they don't really move and I don't always need them rigged up

5. The T-Slot rails have a single Boom holder, which is a Harbor Freight Vehicle clamp, drilled out with a 1/4" bit to take a M6 screw and a generic cup from Amazon

6. The Antenna mast is two of the same clamps with the center mast from a cheap impact light stand, the antenna bar is a kludge of a bunch of random pieces I have lying around.

7. Second boom holder are two Mini-Quick fists, which hold a second boom, which I'm currently using as a second mast.

8. The Rail hooks are from Etsy

9. Air tires are from Amazon, they're kind chintzy but they're much better than the actual tires

The top thin organizer is all my adapters, tools, etc., and then my charger box, and Lav mounting box. These get detached and live as boxes off to the side

I have another base and drawer setup, but this now has everything I need to run a gig in one package, and I have the other cart (pictured with the old setup) for larger jobs.

Only things I'm currently looking to add is a dedicated battery, but that's not a priority as of right now. and smart wheels for the bottom box

Let me know what you guys think and if you have any questions!

Stuff:

Packout T-slot Rail:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4408744026/rail-kit-for-milwaukee-packout?ref=user_profile

Packout Table:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1588897118/milwaukee-packout-quick-detachingfolding?ref=yr_purchases

Packout Rail Cap:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1459749996/rail-caps-for-milwaukee-2-3-4-drawer?ref=yr_purchases

Packout anchor Points:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1503179946/packout-rail-adapter-anchor-point?ref=yr_purchases

Harbor Freight Clamp:

https://www.harborfreight.com/vehicle-mount-rubber-tool-clamp-70648.html

A producer friend of mine, for whom I have worked on many projects, is shooting a project in Arizona. When I asked him about whether he needed a Sound Mixer he said, “Nah, we found a local.”

The show has begun bringing in crew and EVERY post from this producer is, “Look who we got from Atlanta to work on our show! They’re the best! Had to go all the way across the country to get people! Lookit, here’s my Atlanta makeup crew! And here’s my Atlanta Special Effects crew! And here’s my Atlanta Hair team!

It just proves nobody gives a damn about Sound unless there’s a serious problem. If you’re good (and I am good) it still won’t get you hired as fast as being cheap and convenient.

Got called to do corporate interviews today. I brought my DPAs: 4017 and a couple of lavs. Agency/producer were very happy.

UberMother of all clients came in last and demanded the thing to be shot with "those tiny furry mics, we always use those". Somehow, a local video editor had 2 DJIs in the pocket, once MotherClient saw them they went "yeah those, those are good, we won't have problems with background noise" . Agency/producer was very kind to step in and say "this guy is a professional with a 2000 buck microphone and you want to shoot with a toy for youtubers?". Yes they said. I said don't worry I can record both, no problem. I never used a DJI before, but let's face it, it's a plastic toy.

Pro times are rough.

Only upside is that even in this forgotten part of the audio world, corporate pays pretty good. I'm off to 3 more days of this craziness.

I'm now seriously thinking if I should by myself a dji thing for cases like this. Or that pico gear set, looks interesting. Anybody ever tried it?

I was doing some window shopping for mics and I read the description of the Rode NTG5 shotgun microphone, saying it was a shotgun microphone WITH a supercardioid polar-pattern. When I read that I thought surely the website made an error. But low and behold, on the Rode website it reads:

"Highly directional supercardioid polar pattern"

I was always told that a shotgun microphone is called so because of its shotgun shapped polar pattern (or sometimes, Lobar polar-pattern, as I've heard it called sometimes), which has a VERY narrow directional allowance of sound. As apposed to supercardioid, which has a more open allowance of sound.

There are many diagrams online about polar patters that clearly label supercardioid and shotgun/lobar as 2 very different patterns. Yet there are also many websites that mention shotgun microphones being supercardioid.

Can anyone help me clarify this?