Overview - Nick - I'm a native of Denver Colorado and I have helped many people with location sound throughout the city and the state. Denver is Colorado's capital city and largest population equaling Colorado Springs. The Denver metro area comprises Aurora, Lakewood, Thornton, Northglenn, Littleton, Englewood, Lone Tree, Westminster, Federal Heights, Arvada, Broomfield, Wheat Ridge, Parker, Commerce City, Centennial, Lone Tree, Highlands Ranch, Ken Caryl, Green Mountain, Parker and Golden - I know these cities well too.

What are the tasks of a production sound person AKA a sound recordist?

The sound mixer / recordist (will be referred to as a sound person below) is responsible for mixing audio from lavaliers, stick microphones, shotgun microphones, lavaliers typically into a ENG or EFP mixer (sometimes a mixer/recorder combination) then passing the audio to a camera or external recorder. The ENG or EFP mixer is a portable mixer with 2 channels or more.

Why Hire a Sound Person / Expert instead of 'do it yourself?'

With cameras minus good audio recording ability, such as most DSLR or 35mm film cameras the sound person is the needed person to capture problem free, clean sound that is the half the picture in lingo terms. Large film productions in particular or many productions don't have the time / logistics needed to repeat all the resources, especially for feature film production; you can't just bring the entire cast & crew back + arrange all the elements. In the past and present ADR is a technique to clean up audio on location with problems, basically re-recording dialogue from actors - however - as your sound person, I'll be sure this does not happen when I'm on your set. There are other limitations of a smaller crew or single camera person - such as time needed to move from scene to scene, setup to setup, place to place or how many subjects are on camera at a time. A good sound person is the way to go to speed your production along on location, and a good sound person is expert at remote audio, just what you need as a camera person to ease up your time and concentrate on your shooting - a sound decision. Any multiple subject production requires a sound man where multiple dialogues occur or other common challenges to a pair of lavaliers. Having a sound person mix lavaliers and work a boom also increases your production value and often is the only way to take suitable footage after the shoot.

The synonyms in Denver and abroad are a audio tech or audio technician most frequently or the production or location sound mixer or recordist, but these are terms below as well used across the planet for crews, networks and producers using audio personnel -

- Sound Man, Sound Guy, Sound Person, Sound Woman, The 'production sound mixer' is also commonly a North American/Canadian term

* The sound man, sound guy or woman is an American common term or interchange the audio prefix

* A sound recordist is a common European term.

* Spanish - A sonida grabbar or sonida recordista or Recordar El Sonido is a Spanish term for the location sound person. Other Spanish terms include: técnico de sonido, sonida grabbar, sonida recordista, Recordar El Sonido, grabador de sonido, mezclador de sonido, mezclador persona de sonido, ubicación de técnico de sonido, ubicación grabador de sonido, persona de audio, sonido persona, operador de micrófono or la pluma del operador

(( Yo hablo Espanol, mas o' menos ))

(Anyone else wishing to contribute to the terminology by country, please call of email and I'll add your term or lingo below ((contact@misterphoton.com))

- Sometimes a sound person - AKA sound mixer or recordist is referred to
as a Boom Operator - however a boom operator in larger film production typically exclusively operated a boom AKA shotgun mic, while the sound mixer or recordist monitors the boom and often lavaliers in tandem for the sound recording

- Sometimes a Sound Tech or Sound Technician or Audio or Sound Engineer are all used in tandem, but the most common term now is production or location sound mixer / recordist.

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