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got together with our transpo team and the grips, and they helped me rig my sound cart in the back of our video village Sprinter van with the antennas on top of the roof. We were able to drive the van far enough in front of the action to keep the van's engine out of our mics. We got everything that was needed for the scene to work and I was really happy with the outcome. There are also those moments when going mobile is the only way to go. We had a subway scene with Kevin (Justin Hartley) and So- phie (Alexandra Breckenridge) that had them going on and off a subway car. Production closed down the track around Wilshire and Western. We had to squeeze into the back of the subway car. I used my upright Magliner with two shelves, putting my recorder on top and wire- less mics below. It made moving in and out of the subway car much easier. My sound package isn't out of the norm, except for one piece of equipment that I added last year to my sound cart: the Aaton Cantar X3 with the Cantarem II. Having this brought me a level of security and allows me to not worry about track count since the X3 can record up to twenty- four tracks. On average, we will have between two to six actors wired. There are times when we will have eight to twelve actors wired as well as music playback. Our Thanks- giving episode had twelve ac- tors wired, three booms and mu- sic playback for a total of eighteen tracks, the most I have had to re- cord that season. It was nice to be able to accom- modate the scene without having to piecemeal the wireless mics or rent more gear. This Is Us is a fast-paced show shooting seven-day to eight-day epi- sodes with reasonable hours. There are no late calls with maybe two to three split days all season, which for me is gold. I like to see my family at night and some- times, I even make it home for dinner. This Is Us is a fun and enjoyable show and I'm hoping it has a long run. I can't wait to see what season two brings. The crew in Jack and Rebecca's master bathroom INTERNAL BACKUP RECORDING capture quality back-up audio in the most hostile RF environment ZHD MODULATION a 50 KHz wide signal spaced as close as 100 KHz apart with outstanding transmission distance 100 MHZ WIDE-BAND DIGITAL RECORDING WIRELESS TRANSMITTER TRXLA3 QRX200 200 MHZ WIDE-BAND RECEIVER WITH ENHANCED RANGE AND AUTOMATIC TRACKING FRONT END FILTER DIGITAL MODULATION 100% digital modulation for superior quality ENCRYPTED AUDIO keeps transmitted audio private zaxcom.com | 973-835-5000 THE STANDARD IN SOUND, EVOLVED THE ULTIMATE IN RECEIVER FLEXIBILITY C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Zaxcom_TRX-QRX_HR.pdf 1 5/9/16 11:17 AM