GSTV: How to Cover the Action Wirelessly from Quite a Long Way Away with Cujo Cooley

Peter Schneider is joined by sound mixer Aaron "Cujo" Cooley and Karl Winkler from Lectrosonics to talk about how Cujo used Lectrosonics as part of his Tower of Power sound cart and Millenium Falcon remote RF box for wide-area wireless coverage during a massive live car stunt introducing the Kia K5.

Here's the basic equipment list:

"Tower of Power" Sound Cart

• Sound Devices 970
• Sound Devices Pix 260i    
• Midas M32R Mixing Desk 
• Behringer X-32 Dante Card 
• Denecke TS-C Slates 
• Timecode Systems UltraSync One
• Ferrofish A32-Dante AD/A converter
• PSC PowerStar LiFe

Wireless System

• Lectrosonics M2T
• Lectrosonics M2R
• Lectrosonics Venue receiver rack
• Lectrosonics IFBT4 IFB transmitter
• Lectrosonics IFBR1a IFB receivers
• Plus a collection of Lectrosonics SM, SMv, SMWB, LT, HMa, DBu, DPR, and UM400a transmitters
• Lectrosonics Wireless Designer 

"Millenium Falcon" RF Remote Box/RF Over Fiber

• AC Infinity Cloudplate T1 cooling fan
• Nu USB Server to convert USB to TC/IP
• Single mode Fiber to TC/IP converter  
• Single mode, 4ch tactical fiber reel
• PSC Cart Power II for power
• WA5VJB 400-1000 MHz PCB-LP antenna (2) for receive and also (1) for M2T transmit antennas
• RF Venue CP Beam Helical Antenna for IFB TX
• Professional Wireless Systems in-line bandpass filter on all RX antennas
• Netgear GS108 data switch in main cart and Remote Box for data transfer
• Netgear AC1000 WiFi router for wireless command and control of Wireless Designer, PixNet, NuUSB, Midas
• Various bits and bobs to facilitate racking, cableage, etc.

Microphones

• DPA 4098 Plant Mics
• DPA 4017b and 4018c Shotgun Mics
• DPA 4060 Lav Mics
• Electro-Voice RE-50 Handheld Mics