Off Mic with Dennis Maitland

Off Mic with Chris Newman

With three Academy Award wins and a filmography extending back to Medium Cool, Chris Newman is one of the most venerable sound mixers working today. Gotham intern Macy Jones sat down with him on the set of his current project, Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.

Get the Lead Out!

Peter Schneider discusses how the European Union's new RoHS Legislation will be affecting the sound recording industry.

A Prairie Home Companion

Nick Huston reports from the set of Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion on creating a smooth workflow incorporating the Gotham-built MetaCorder/Cantar rig into this aurally complicated feature film.

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Gallery's MetaCorder and Lectrosonics' Venue Wireless perfect for Reality TV Production

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Build your own FireWire interface!

Nick Huston shows you how to send up to 18 tracks of audio directly into a computer using a custom-built FireWire interface.

The Best Field Gear at AES

Gotham's own Peter Schneider talked with Studio Monthly about some of his favorite new products from the 119th AES Convention. What were they? You'll simply have to check out The Best Field Gear at AES to find out!

Taking Altman's Sound Challenge

Film & Video Magazine's piece on the Cantar/Metacorder rig Gotham helped design for sound mixer Drew Kunin to use on Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion.

The Producers Pushes Location Sound's Envelope

Film & Video Magazine's stirring tale of the Metacorder rig Gotham Sound custom-built for sound recordist Tod Maitland on The Producers

For Surfers, a Roving Hot Spot That Shares
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Peter Schneider of Gotham Sound provides expert commentary for this New York Times piece on the Junxion Box.

Meet the RED Camera Video

Watch Mark Pederson from Off-Hollywood Digital as he goes through the Red Camera step-by-step, answering every sound related question we've had but were afraid to ask.

Meet Metric Halo Audio

Hear B. J. Buchalter and Allen Rowand of Metric Halo talk about their MIO 2882 and ULN-2 or sound mixer Graham Gardener talk about his experiences using it in the field.

Zaxcom Videos

Glenn Sanders, President of Zaxcom gives Gotham an in-depth look at Zaxcom product line for 2007.

• Introduction
• IFB, Time Code, & Remote Controls
• Wireless Transmitters - TRX900 & TRX900AA
• Wireless Receivers - RX4900 & RX900
• Stereo Wireless - STA100
• Transcription - ZTF Format
• Wireless Recorders - ZFR100 & ZFR800
• Mix-12 & Deva - Mix-12, Deva IV, & Deva V

Download the accompanying powerpoint presentation as a .pdf here.

Edirol R-4 Pro Video

Tom Stephenson, director of Technology at Edirol/Roland, visited Gotham Sound and Communications to answer questions and put the new Edirol R-4 Pro through its paces.

Watch a streaming video of his presentation or a demo of the R-4 Pro's features.

2006 Post Seminar

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2004 Non-Linear Seminar

This seminar is available in both streaming video and downloadable formats, including MP3 files of the event.
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Deva V Video

Glenn Sanders, President of Zaxcom gives Gotham an exclusive, in-depth first look at the Deva V.
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Sound Devices 744T Video

Jon Tatooles, Managing Director of Sound Devices, visited Gotham Sound, and gave us a tour of the 744T hard disk recorder.
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Right click here to download the video in DIVX format
Click here for hi-res pictures of the Sound Devices 744T recorder

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