GSTV: Explaining the West Side Story Production Sound Cart with Terence McCormack Maitland

 

Peter Schneider and Terence McCormack Maitland go in-depth on the cart specially constructed to meet the challenges of recording posed by Steven Spielberg's upcoming film of WEST SIDE STORY. The set-up integrates Shure Axient wireless with an Allen & Heath SQ-5 console mixer and records to two Sound Devices 970s.

Cart built by Tod Maitland, Terence McCormack Maitland, and Jerry Yuen

Selected equipment:

 

TALENT WIRELESS:

* AD4Q Four-Channel Digital Receivers: https://www.gothamsound.com/product/ad4q-four-channel-digital-receiver

* ADX1 Bodypack Transmitters: https://www.gothamsound.com/search?result=ADX1%20Bodypack%20Transmitter

* ADX1M Micro-Bodypack Transmittershttps://www.gothamsound.com/product/adx1m-micro-bodypack-transmitter

* Wisycom SPL2216 Wideband Active Antenna Combiner/Splitterhttps://www.gothamsound.com/product/spl2216-wideband-active-antenna-combinersplitter

* Wisycom LFA Active Wideband Antennahttps://www.gothamsound.com/product/lfa-active-wideband-antenna

 

WIRELESS MANAGEMENT

* AXT600 Axient Spectrum Manager: https://www.gothamsound.com/product/axt600-axient-spectrum-manager

* Diversity ShowLink Access Point: https://www.gothamsound.com/product/diversity-showlink-access-point

 

IFB WIRELESS:

* Shure P10T Wireless Transmitterhttps://www.gothamsound.com/product/p10t-wireless-transmitter

* Shure PA421B Antenna Combinerhttps://www.gothamsound.com/product/pa421b-4-channel-antenna-combiner

* Professional Wireless Domed Helical Antennahttps://www.gothamsound.com/product/domed-helical-antenna

 

MIXERS & RECORDERS:

* Allen & Heath SQ-5 Digital Mixing Consolehttps://www.gothamsound.com/product/sq-5-digital-mixing-console

* Sound Devices 970 Audio Recorder/Playerhttps://www.gothamsound.com/product/970-audio-recorderplayer

 

SOFTWARE:

* PIXNEThttps://www.sounddevices.com/pixnet-overview/

* Shure Wireless Workbench Softwarehttps://www.shure.com/en-US/products/software/wwb6

* ShurePlus Channels Apphttps://www.shure.com/en-US/products/software/shure_plus_channels

 

POWER:

* PowerStar LiFehttps://www.gothamsound.com/product/powerstar-life-power-distribution 

* PowerStar LiFe Zeus: https://www.gothamsound.com/product/powerstar-life-zeus

* Samlex Power 1000 Inverterhttps://www.samlexamerica.com/products/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=146

 

MISC:

* Blackmagic SmartView Duohttps://www.gothamsound.com/product/smartview-duo

* Nebtek carthttps://www.gothamsound.com/search/field_manufacturer/Nebtek-1824

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