Pack your (audio) bags

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ggrantly

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Feeling the need to be more audio organized, I bought a small Petrol Eargonizer Bag. I am not a pro-sound guy, but I am embracing more complicated and formal audio situations in my video work.

Now a question for all you pro audio guys:

Starting with your mixer and bag, how do you organize your bag for a field shoot? What do you carry in the bag, while in use? I would appreciate info about how you work on set.

Best Regards,
Grant
 
This is my Kata DC-445 camera bag for all my audio equipment:

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From left to right I have a 6m XLR cable (in the far left side pocket), next is a 10m XLR cable, top center is a charger for 1.5V and 9V batteries and on top a pair of Sony headphones.
Bottom center I have an Audio Technica AT-8415 and a hot shoe mount also from Audio Technica, a small Gorilla pod and above the bottom compartments is an Audio Technica AT-897 shot gun mic.

Top right is an Audio Technica PRO-70 lavalier with power module, a Sony PCM-D50. Bottom right is a Sennheiser EW112-G2 wireless lavalier set. (You can see the antennas).
In the right side pocket I have a couple of cables and windscreens for the different mics. The lid has pockets for batteries and some adapter cables.

I don't use this bag when I record but to carry and store all my audio gear.
 
Thanks Editman,

That is a nice tidy kit.

Do you run a mixer bag? That is what I am really interested in.

Grant
 
Not sure exactly what you're looking for, but here are a few pics of different rigs
I have.
Other than the actual "gear" I pretty much only carry the small mic cases you
can see inside the bag.
In those cases I have all kinds of mounting items.
Mole Skin, toupee tape, microcats, etc.

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If you want more details just ask.
 
Rippie, Thanks for the photo.

Nice looking setup, and exactly the type of info I wanted. Seeing the power distribution box on the right, I take it you have one battery to power everything? What is the plug to the left of the Lecto reciever?

Grant
 
ggrantly said:
Rippie, Thanks for the photo.

Nice looking setup, and exactly the type of info I wanted. Seeing the power distribution box on the right, I take it you have one battery to power everything? What is the plug to the left of the Lecto reciever?

Grant
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Thats the SRa5p receiver.
Basicly has a 5pin output (2x outputs, shared ground) up there as well
as the bottom, so if its mounted in a camera slot you can access the outputs.

I havent used it, nor do I see myself using it but for like $100 bux or so more
figured it was worth having just in case.


In that small rig, I power everything off of 1 lithium NP1 battery.
Homemade distribution. (never again would I buy the over priced BDS system)

In that particular large setup I would power the lectro's off of 1 NP1
but I have 6 large capacity Sony batteries that I power the 788T with directly.
 
Thanks again Rippie,

How do you keep your cables organized? Do you hang them on carbiners or something similar?

Grant
 
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