Why Sound Mixers Should Slate & Boom Ops Have Internal Compressors: Sound Speeds Podcast 35 @SoundSpeeds
Why Sound Mixers Should Slate & Boom Ops Have Internal Compressors: Sound Speeds Podcast 35  @SoundSpeeds
Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Episode 35... For the first topic I'm addressing something written in a comment recently - why sound mixers should audibly slate takes instead of 2nd ACs. For the second topic I'm going to cover something production sound pros should know... that boom ops have internal compressors. Enjoy.

00:00 Intro
00:08 Why Sound Mixers Should Audibly Slate Takes
10:46 Boom Operators Have Internal Compressors
16:51 Outro

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