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New Smaller Chinhda Cart

The new smaller Chinhda cart is finally available. It's Small enough to fit in an ordinary car but able to be configured to handle complex assignments. Click here or on the picture to learn more.

Journey's Beginning and Shelterfish

Please take a minute and visit www.shelterfish.com. Our good friends James Eric and Josh Bower have produced "Journey's Beginning", a story about Jeni Busta, who at 25, is one of the oldest survivors of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndome. Today, two out of every 10,000 children are born with HLHS. One of the first efforts of Shelterfish Productions, "Journey's Beginning" is a remarkable documentary and worth your time.

NEW SMALLER ANTENNA BOOM

Chinhda is now making a smaller antenna boom. It folds two ways for ease in transit from one location to another and has flexible mounts that accommodate many different antenna rigs. Click HERE or on the picture to learn more.

Production Recording now on Vimeo
http://www.vimeo.com/prodrec/videos

~ Recording and content production, FinalCut Studio editorial and finish ~
~ Mastering and Transfers: video and audio format conversion, vinyl and analog recordings to digital media ~
~ Photography: Fine quality scans, transparencies, negatives, orphan 4X6's, and polaroids to digital files ~
Click HERE for a complete menu of services

Beautiful Boy Debuts at 2010 Toronto Film Festival

The film Beautiful Boy, starring Michael Sheen and Maria Bello, attracted much attention when it was shown at the festival. The acting was widely praised and even the sound drew positive comment for its contribution. Click HERE for more.

Rack Lamps

We now have LED Rack-Mount lights available. Four of them are seen in the light-sculpture at left but we normally sell them one at a time. No need to have a blank spot on your rack; they can be fastened atop a piece of rack gear. Click HERE or on the picture for more information.

Antenna Booms & Masts

Chinhda has directed his skills to taming the clutter of antennas needed in today's production environment. Click HERE or on the picture to learn more.

A double arm version of the antenna boom is now available for use with the larger helical antennas.

Sound Devices 788 bracket now available

Brackets to mount the Sound Devices 788 recorder to a shelf on your cart are now available. The can secure the recorder either on top of a shelf or underslung and two brackets can be joined for double recorder mounts. Locking the recorder into the frame requires only sliding a spring-loaded retainer in place. For more information, click on the picture.

Neumann mikes for sale

Tom is making matched sets of Neumann microphones available for sale. He has a set of 140 series cardioid mikes, a set 150 series hypercardioids, and specialized accessories including an AK-20 figure 8 capsule, SK-AG swivel adapter, SMK gooseneck, active cable, hangers, mounts, etc. Suitable for boompole use or as stereo pairs. Click here for details.

Nagra VI
First Look

We were given an advance look at the new Nagra just prior to its formal introduction here in Los Angeles. Click on the picture for our impressions.

I recently had the opportunity to become acquainted with the new Nagra VI prior to its wide release. There is much to like in this new recorder but no machine is equally well suited to all applications. I’ll examine the relative strengths of the Nagra and try to evaluate how it fits into the mix of available digital recorders. (more)

Nagra VI, VI Months later

Software updates and DVD burning enhance the usefulness and capabilities of the recorder.

Six months after demonstating the new recorder for the Los Angeles film community, the company has announced updated operating software.(more)

RF "Spray"
From the Nagra VI

A reader asked about RF "spray" from the Nagra and we ran some tests to investigate. Click on the picture to see the results.

Since radio mikes are a standard component on most film and television projects, any recorder must be compatible with radio receivers. This is especially important for a recorder that may be used in a shoulder bag and operate in close proximity to the receivers (more)

The Sound Cart Project

Chinhda has updated and refined the design of his sound cart. With the design locked down, carts are again available for sale. Click on the picture, at left, to see the latest version.

While there have been no progress reports for more than a year, Chinhda has not been idle. He took some time off from deadlines and client requests to refine the original design to make it stronger, more rigid and responsive to the challenges users faced in the field.(more)


	Accessories A La Carte Many of the cart accessories - things like recorder and mixer tie-down brackets - are now available separately. Click HERE to check out the offerings or use the "jump" menu

	Accessories: Monitor Frames Clients have been requesting the monitor frames as an accessory item.Chinhda also offers custom milling to fit the frames to your monitors. Click HERE or use the "jump" menu to go to "Ala Carte"

	Ordering Information We now find ourselves sending out carts and accessories all over the world. With the growth of business, we thought it useful to post information about ordering and shipping. Click HERE to access that information.