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C A S Q U A R T E R L Y I S P R I N G 2 0 2 2 47 & RIGS Matthew Cameron CAS is a production sound mixer based in Vancouver, BC. His sizzle reel dove right into a tour of his incredibly well-thoughtout and clean sound carts. The main recording cart is based around a custom-made rack enclosure built by Dinosaur Cases. It's loaded up with several Dante-enabled pieces of hardware, including a Sound Devices Scorpio recorder with a CL-16 control surface paired with four Lectrosonics DSQD RF receivers that are utilizing a Lectrosonics UMC16B for antenna distribution. A Lectrosonics M2T is used for his private line feed for boom operators. His tour brought us to some peripherals that, once you see them, you almost can't imagine any kit being without them. There are several ways to accommodate unique playback needs, but Matthew's use of a Machine Plus, along with a dual-channel DCHR wireless link and a battery-powered Bose PA speaker with a subspeaker caught my eye as a very efficient way to achieve these needs in a single rig—even including tempo thump. I definitely got hung up with admiration as he continued his tour through his follow cart, which is based off an Inovativ Voyager 30 with a rack stack of lockable drawers. These drawers seemed to have an endless supply of mics, batteries, and IFB receivers. This portion of the kit also seems to have some indispensable peripherals, including a Dewalt Tough System case for bodypack transmitters, as well as a run bag with lav mics and accessories for their attachment. Matthew is very forward-thinking by keeping his kit modular and, for lack of a better term, "break-off-able." This becomes more apparent as we peek at his Zuca cart, which doubles as a recorder run bag, as well as the boom operator's exterior cart depending on the needs. When converted to a secondary recording cart, it's equipped with a Sonosax SX-LC8+ fader panel. The rig also serves his team with additional wireless receiver channels when needed. Truly an all-around intuitive and classy set of kit. Next, we moved onto Charlie Campagna, who is a renowned sound SFX recordist in Los Angeles. Of all the panelists described before the event, this was who I was most excited to see. Mainly because it's so far outside my "wheelhouse" (pun intended) as they are all-bag rigs built specifically for recording sound effects in post-production outside of the studio. This is an area that many production mixers dabble in but can rarely justify the extra expense beyond maybe one stereo rig. When we see these rigs, our imaginations and envious feelings are activated! Matthew Cameron CAS