It's great stuff! Just remember to twist off anything stuck to it and then pull the Joe's inline with the surface it's stuck to and it'll come off easily.
Right Mike, Allen is a pretty cool and helpful guy! Kinda like some other audio guy we know hmmm 🤔 who could that be?... Oh that's right it's that Booth Junkie guy!!! Haha love your content as well brother!
Honestly, the things in this video go way beyond the sound department. With the small, led lights we have now, I can use a ton of what I learned in this video planting lights where I didn't even think would be possible before. That tape demonstration with the 5 lb was inspired. This was 30 minutes of pure gold.
Funny. Whenever I hear “plant” microphones I think of an actual plant. And hey! LOVE the new haircut. Looks great. Never took the screen cover off. Done that soooo many times. 😂
My first cell phone (old Nokia with an orange) had a screen cover on it too. I didn't know for about 8 months and it had gotten so cloudy I couldn't even see the screen. I was annoyed but then I asked my girlfriend if she knew how to clean it. She looked at it, gave it a weird look then picked back and peeled off the screen cover. I had a brand freggin' new screen! I had no idea and back in those days we never touched our screens because everything was button driven. Crazy.
Joe's sticky stuff has been in my kit for like a year and I usually use it for wiring suits and ties. Other than that I didn't use it for much else. The transmitter stuck to the foot foam for car mounting is a great tip! Going to use my sticky stuff more liberally now. Also, the plexiglass(??) strip glued to the transmitter as a glass car mount is next level, good thinking!
Thanks. It was time for my spring fleecing. If you look back at my channel, I chop off my hair short and it gets longer and longer until it's out if control then I chop it again. :-)
Doing playback I always have a bit of that ‘shelf liner’ as you call it to sit Rx’s on when using a sub for a thumper. Also that horrible paper tape I always use as a median so I can adhesive weird stuff. It takes most adhesives really well. As always brilliant advice.
@@SoundSpeeds my kingdom for a small 10-12" sub which is battery powered and not terrible. The Carvin 610B is pretty much the only option I've found not to suck terribly.
Very informational! Do you do your own post audio correction? Would love a lav mic post production tutorial. My rode go wireless always sounds so "boxy or muddy." I hope I could pull a little more out in post vs. purchase a higher end lav. But i guess that may be the old tale " you get what you pay for." Or is it? Thanks in advance! Love the content. -Will
You can correct a little for certain environmental effects. Many people tweak lavs to sound fuller. Alex Knickerbocker has some great post tutorials for this sort of thing. His expertise.
Great and informative video. It would have been very helpful to see some more practical scenarios, and less about Joe's Sticky Stuff, but I feel I've learned a lot!
Great video ! I may have missed it but I don't understand why you have two thicknesses of lexan. The thicker one seems better sice it's more rigid... right ?
Ya as well as the NTG1 and the tascam 200sg. Fairly affordable and decently compact 🎙️ while still having pretty solid sound, you don't have to compromise as much I feel with those mics vs a Lav.
Shurtape is a brand I recommend for 2" black paper tape but there's many other kinds of tape they make too. There are other brands of 2" black paper tape I like too but I prefer the Shurtape most.
@@SoundSpeeds I know nothing about your line of work that I didn’t learn here ... I’m curious about the paper tape vs gaffers tape ... is it just cheaper and used when gaffers tape would be overkill?
Gaffers tape is stronger and shouldn't be used on most surfaces we put mics on. Paper tape is thinner and holds just fine for our needs without meaningless destruction to the surface
Boom operator places microphones to be used to capture dialogue and sounds on set. Sometimes we hard line mics, sometimes we use them wireless. Depends on the mic and situation. As long as I chose the right mic for the sound or voice, and run that by the mixer before doing so, there will be no issue.
Do you think blue painter’s tape would be strong enough for the wall plant with Joe’s Sticky, as a time saver not having to prepare the tape to be less sticky?
Depends on the painter's tape. Some are very strong and will pull older/matte paint off the wall. It's worth trying though but keep in mind... it's not black.
Semi related - I'm about ready to throw my HD-TX and DUO-RX in the garbage due to frequent dropouts. How are you getting reliable operation out of these units?
This video is specifically on plant mics. How often do professional boom operators have to do plant mics, and how often is it the resposibility of the sound utility?
Depends and it depends. Some sound mixers want plants out all the time and others only want them if we don't think we'll ever get a speaker on a boom and everywhere in between. Experienced boom ops usually handle all plants unless the boom op is busy and delegates it.
So the implication is that boom operators’ area of expertise is particularly in mic placement and mitigating confounding factors related to mic placement?
Loved the tech videos btw where you discuss your gear setup and layout, they are both helpful and insightful appreciate all the effort put into your content!
That was super interesting! I learned a ton. I'd never heard of Joe's Sticky stuff. Gotta get some!
It's great stuff! Just remember to twist off anything stuck to it and then pull the Joe's inline with the surface it's stuck to and it'll come off easily.
Right Mike, Allen is a pretty cool and helpful guy! Kinda like some other audio guy we know hmmm 🤔 who could that be?... Oh that's right it's that Booth Junkie guy!!! Haha love your content as well brother!
Honestly, the things in this video go way beyond the sound department. With the small, led lights we have now, I can use a ton of what I learned in this video planting lights where I didn't even think would be possible before. That tape demonstration with the 5 lb was inspired. This was 30 minutes of pure gold.
Thank you. :-) Thank you for watching too.
Funny. Whenever I hear “plant” microphones I think of an actual plant. And hey! LOVE the new haircut. Looks great. Never took the screen cover off. Done that soooo many times. 😂
My first cell phone (old Nokia with an orange) had a screen cover on it too. I didn't know for about 8 months and it had gotten so cloudy I couldn't even see the screen. I was annoyed but then I asked my girlfriend if she knew how to clean it. She looked at it, gave it a weird look then picked back and peeled off the screen cover. I had a brand freggin' new screen! I had no idea and back in those days we never touched our screens because everything was button driven. Crazy.
Right me too like ok it's a microphone that looks like a plant lol, no matter how much I am focused and Intune it still runs through my mind 😆
I can see why.
Great tips Allen ! Love the "ooohh" at 20:57 lol
That was my 5 year old. She watches the red light for me and makes sure the camera doesn't suddenly stop recording (which it randomly does).
@@SoundSpeeds Nice
She sees a lot if cool micing techniques
Joe's sticky stuff has been in my kit for like a year and I usually use it for wiring suits and ties. Other than that I didn't use it for much else. The transmitter stuck to the foot foam for car mounting is a great tip! Going to use my sticky stuff more liberally now. Also, the plexiglass(??) strip glued to the transmitter as a glass car mount is next level, good thinking!
Thank you and thank you for watching.
Just layed my mucky mitts on some Joes Sticky Stuff in the UK...and that ain’t easy. I’m looking forward to trying it out 👍
Joe's is great. I use it a lot. Let me know about your experience with it.
Very interesting info. And great haircut, Allen.
I'd never really thought about plant mics. 👍
Thanks. It was time for my spring fleecing. If you look back at my channel, I chop off my hair short and it gets longer and longer until it's out if control then I chop it again. :-)
@@SoundSpeeds Very efficient way to deal with haircuts. 👍
I'm all about efficiency
and I watch the whole video and learn something every time!
Thanks for watching! Makes it worth producing these videos. :-)
Thank you Allen👍👍👍
Sure thing. Thanks for watching.
Doing playback I always have a bit of that ‘shelf liner’ as you call it to sit Rx’s on when using a sub for a thumper. Also that horrible paper tape I always use as a median so I can adhesive weird stuff. It takes most adhesives really well. As always brilliant advice.
Thank you Ed. I'll be doing a video on thumpers in the next few months. Awesome when done right.
@@SoundSpeeds my kingdom for a small 10-12" sub which is battery powered and not terrible. The Carvin 610B is pretty much the only option I've found not to suck terribly.
It's crazy that there are so many battery powered speakers but almost no battery powered subs.
Excellent!
Thank you. :-) Thank you for watching
Very informational! Do you do your own post audio correction? Would love a lav mic post production tutorial. My rode go wireless always sounds so "boxy or muddy." I hope I could pull a little more out in post vs. purchase a higher end lav. But i guess that may be the old tale " you get what you pay for." Or is it?
Thanks in advance! Love the content.
-Will
You can correct a little for certain environmental effects. Many people tweak lavs to sound fuller. Alex Knickerbocker has some great post tutorials for this sort of thing. His expertise.
Great and informative video. It would have been very helpful to see some more practical scenarios, and less about Joe's Sticky Stuff, but I feel I've learned a lot!
I'll likely do more about plants in the future. Gotta start somewhere. Thanks for watching.
Cool Vid, Wallpaper? The paper tape is essentially black masking tape? Joe's Sticky stuff isn't over here in any quantity, is it like Butyl?
Yep. That's basically it, butyl.
Great video ! I may have missed it but I don't understand why you have two thicknesses of lexan. The thicker one seems better sice it's more rigid... right ?
Correct but sometimes you need to bend up the edge to go over something and that's when you'd use it.
I do love a good plant.
Yessir
I learned something today 👌
Awesome! That's why we share what we share. :-)
Great stuff...thanks 👍
Absolutely. Thanks for watching.
Interesting ... Thanks!
Sure thing. Thanks for watching.
The little Rode GOs are great when you need to race a plant in.
I imagine the small size helps a lot.
Ya as well as the NTG1 and the tascam 200sg. Fairly affordable and decently compact 🎙️ while still having pretty solid sound, you don't have to compromise as much I feel with those mics vs a Lav.
Great info ... how does shurtape compare to gaffers tape? Different purposes?
Ok, I looked it up ... Shurtape is a brand of tape, and one of their product lines is gaffers tape.
Shurtape is a brand I recommend for 2" black paper tape but there's many other kinds of tape they make too. There are other brands of 2" black paper tape I like too but I prefer the Shurtape most.
@@SoundSpeeds I know nothing about your line of work that I didn’t learn here ... I’m curious about the paper tape vs gaffers tape ... is it just cheaper and used when gaffers tape would be overkill?
Gaffers tape is stronger and shouldn't be used on most surfaces we put mics on. Paper tape is thinner and holds just fine for our needs without meaningless destruction to the surface
On a film set, do you recommend the audio sources to record natively or to transmit to a mixer?
Boom operator places microphones to be used to capture dialogue and sounds on set. Sometimes we hard line mics, sometimes we use them wireless. Depends on the mic and situation. As long as I chose the right mic for the sound or voice, and run that by the mixer before doing so, there will be no issue.
Do you think blue painter’s tape would be strong enough for the wall plant with Joe’s Sticky, as a time saver not having to prepare the tape to be less sticky?
Depends on the painter's tape. Some are very strong and will pull older/matte paint off the wall. It's worth trying though but keep in mind... it's not black.
@@SoundSpeeds Right! The DP would love to point out the slight blue reflection, courtesy of the sound department.
Yep.
Semi related - I'm about ready to throw my HD-TX and DUO-RX in the garbage due to frequent dropouts. How are you getting reliable operation out of these units?
First of all... I use them primarily as recorders and when I transmit, I keep the BP-RX and Duo-RX close.
Also, great great content here, I could have used some of this last weekend on set and will for sure be putting it to work in the future.
There's always next time.
I get the most satisfaction from a good plant setup. I recently got the Ken Strain arm and oh my the possibilities are nearly limitless!
I love the Ultra light plant arm. The pictures I could show...
I was looking for mics planted in cars 😥 good info though
I have a video on the end screen with tricks for car plants.
This video is specifically on plant mics. How often do professional boom operators have to do plant mics, and how often is it the resposibility of the sound utility?
Depends and it depends. Some sound mixers want plants out all the time and others only want them if we don't think we'll ever get a speaker on a boom and everywhere in between. Experienced boom ops usually handle all plants unless the boom op is busy and delegates it.
So the implication is that boom operators’ area of expertise is particularly in mic placement and mitigating confounding factors related to mic placement?
Part of it be are Microphone Placement Technicians.
Gaf tape is what it's called
Gaff tape is different
@@SoundSpeeds Oh, well it's still really good it doesn't leave residue and stuff and removes pretty easily but sticks good at the same time
Agreed
Loved the tech videos btw where you discuss your gear setup and layout, they are both helpful and insightful appreciate all the effort put into your content!
Thank you. :-) Thanks for watching.