And the Emmy Goes To !!!

Wow, much to my surprise, sports beat out music mixing for the Michigan Area NATAS Emmy for Excellence in Audio Mixing.

I submitted a Detroit Pistons broadcast which included some serious mixing of nat sound microphones including a very cool back and forth conversation between Jim O'Brien (Indianapolis Pacers head coach) and the lead referee. The announcers played along nicely and let the conversation play out on the air and much to my surprise there were no expletives requiring FCC intervention.

My competition was a Symphony Orchestra / Holiday concert TV broadcast.

This now leads my resume "qualifications" section to say the least.

Various news stories covering the Emmy
Lapeer County Press
Pistons.com

Equipment used for the Emmy.

Lyon Mobile Unit 6
Calrec Alpha mixing console (utilizing 132 inputs)

Announcer Microphones
3 HMD-25 Sennheiser headset announce microphones.
5 Sennheiser MD42 handheld microphones
2 Sony Wireless Handheld mics

Nat Sound / FX mics
5 Sony ECM-77 Lavs ( 2 for swish / net sound, 3 along press row to bring the sound of coaches / refs)
5 MKH 416 short shotguns on cameras and basketball hoop stancions
2 MKH 816 Long shotguns on scoreboard for crowd
2 contact mics on glass backboards

8 VTR / EVS playback decks each with 4 audio channels (stereo program / stereo FX mix)
2 DigiCart music playback Hard Disk players ( bumper / highlight music )
Various SFX players for font / scoreboard sound effects.

KC