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Summer 2023 – LOCAL695.COM 21 Cinema Devices is designed for everyone with safety and versatility in mind to assist on a modern production. Cinema Devices has had a wide variety of camera rigs to help with handheld stabilization and many Steadicam operators have used their products on set for years. Now the company has brought the Sound Department a safety rig of our own. At its core, the XO-Boom works as a "steadiboom," with the padded vest distributing the weight evenly on your body. The height adjustable mast at the center of this design does the heavy lifting of holding the fishpole in the air, leaving the operator to focus on the task of getting the sound without worrying your arms will start shaking during a long take. The tensioned quick-release clam shell can accommodate the diameter of the standard fishpoles on the market with soft sound deadening foam on the inside of the shell. For counter force, there is a rubber foam inset hook connected to a latex elastomer tubing that secures to the vest and gives your pole balance when using the longer extensions. A pair of custom- designed Squid clamps made by Cinema Devices keeps that hook from sliding up and down the pole. Since we are always on the move and even though you may prefer to boom right or left hand dominant, that isn't always a luxury of the spaces we find ourselves shooting in. So, the XO-Boom is just as versatile. The mast and over-the-shoulder padded strap can be moved from one side to the other as fits your needs. If it stopped there, that would be enough but Adam Teichman, the designer of the vest, took it a step further and thought of the ENG bag mixers out in the field, too. There are a pair of