RECORDER AND MIXER

Aaton Cantar X2 multitrack (8 track) hard drive recorder with (120 & 80GB HDD in removable caddy,  

backup on internal DVD-RAM/-R/+R/CD-R OR SDHC/CF Card and external backup on firewire hard drive / SDHC/CF card)

Cantarem 8 fader mixer 

O2 XDA Exec PDA for Bluetooth control of Cantar and metadata entry using Arcan software 

Sandisk Extreme CF card reader with 16 GB SDHC cards for immediate data mirroring and intermediary backup

GTech 1 TB firewire hard drive (for backups)

 

WIRELESS SYSTEMS [6 systems]

AUDIO LTD RMS 2040 wireless systems x 6
AUDIO LTD Mini Transmitters x 2
 AUDIO LTD RK6 rack 
VDB Bullet cables x 2 (for wireless booms)
AUDIO LTD dipole Antennas & remote whip antennas with magnetic base, Lectrosonics SNA dipole antennas, PSC shark fin antennas 

 

 

MICROPHONES [2 shotguns, 2 compact mics, 1 stereo mic, 1 stereo rig kit & 12 lavalier mics]

Shotguns - Schoeps CMIT x 1, Sanken CS3e and Sennheiser MKH50 microphones (x 2)

Sennheiser MKH418S (MS stereo)

Lavaliers - DPA 4063 (6), TRAM (2), Sanken COS-11 (2), Countryman EMW (1), B3 (1) 

DPA miniature stereo microphone kit
Aquarian H2a Hydrophone (for underwater recordings)

 

MICROPHONE SUPPORT AND ACCESSORIES [two long booms, one medium length and one short boom pole, windshields for all microphones]

Boom Poles - 21ft Ktek (3), VDB XL (2), 14 ft Loon audio (internally cabled with XLR for Tx), 8 ft Ktek

Windshields - Cinela PIANO, Cinela ALBERT x 2, OSIX 3 suspension x 2, Rycote ball windshields x 2 (for MKH50), Rycote System 4 x 2 for Sanken CS3e, OSIX suspension for MKH50, Invision 7, 10 & 10HG suspensions for MKH50 and CS3e

Windtech foams for MKH418S and CS3e

KTek boom holder (for mounting on C stand)

Ktek Woods Quick Release systems x 2 

 

 

IFB (FOLDBACK) [wireless headphone feeds for dir/script supervisor/producer/video assist - total 5 (expandable)]

Sennheiser G2 IEM system from providing wireless in-ear audio feeds to 4 persons, video assist (1) with 3 Transmitters (two for cart and one for bag)

Remote Dipole Antenna rig

 

 

POWER [completely DC rig - no AC required on location]

PSC CARTPOWER 12V DC distribution system (1 in 8 out with AC in option)

BATTERIES: SLA 25Ah battery (overall standby DC power x 2), Aaton Li-Ions x 2 (providing 16 hours contiuous supply for Cantar),

2 x 8Ah compact Li-Ion packs, iPower Li-Ion 9V rechargeables x 40, PSC PowerStar Mini DC distribution system

CHARGERS: SLA, NiMH, Li-Po, Li-Ion chargers x 2 UNITS of each  

 

 

TIME CODE SLATE

Ambient ACD-301RF Master slate with wireless Time Code feed
Denecke GR-2 Master TC generator

 

 

CART, CASES, BAGS [Total weight of gear for transport ~ 150 kg]

Sound cart - self-designed and built aluminium and teak wood sound cart, dimensions 18x16x40" weight 25 kg (with wheels), can be completely dismantled to fit into case

Waterproof cases

Portabrace (HPRC) 2800 case 32x23x19" (for sound cart, SLA battery & cables) - weight 13.5 kg

Storm 2975 case 31x20x15.5" with padded dividers (microphones, wireless systems et al) - weight 10 kg

Pelican 1600 case 24x19x9" (windshields x 3) - weight 6.4 kg

Portabrace (HPRC) 2400 case 16x12x6" (for battery chargers, wall warts et al) - weight 1.5 kg

Storm 2400 case 16x13x7" (Cantar + batts) - weight 2.5 kg

Pelican 1400 case 12x9x5" (TC Slate, etc) - weight 2 kg

(All cases with cubed foam inserts and/or padded dividers)

Plano Tube case (for boom poles) 6x60" - weight 2 kg

KT Systems bag for Cantar and 4 x wireless Rx plus DC powering, IFB Tx et al

Versaflex Body Harness 

 

 

ACCESSORIES

Sony MDR 7506, Sennheiser HD25 SP II, Ultrasone 750 Pro & 650 Pro headphones, Shure SE535 Professional in-ear monitors

Datavideo 7" LCD monitor mounted on magic arm 

TRANSVIDEO TITAN wireless video transmission system for receiving picture from video village

RX Eplorer wireless monitoring system
Sony PCM-D50 solid state handheld stereo recorder with windjammer

Olympus LS100 solid state handheld stereo recorder with XLR inputs

Zoom H1 pocket stereo recorder
Yamaha Pocket recorder

Denecke Phantom power supplies (mono and stereo)

Array of cables with extra rolls of cable and whole range of connectors 

Extensive electronics / electrical and basic mechanical toolkits

Apple Macbook Pro 15" with Pro Tools 9.x LE/HD