053 Jim Keaney - Production Sound Mixer and Boom Op based out of Boston, Massachusetts

053 Jim Keaney - Production Sound Mixer and Boom Op based out of Boston, Massachusetts

Author: Michael The Sound Guy September 2, 2019 Duration: 49:08

Jim Keaney is a Production Sound Mixer and Boom Op who has worked on commercials, documentaries, narratives and reality TV and is based out of Boston, Massachusetts. Jim uses Sound Devices 633 & 688 mixer/recorders with an SL-6 accessory, and CL-6 mixing board, Lectrosonics SRc wireless receivers, Lectrosonics SMDWB and SMWB wireless transmitters as well as SRb's and SMQVs, Audio Root for power distribution, Betso TCX-2 timecode boxes, Sennheiser 416 shotgun mics as well as a Schoeps CMIT 5u and Sanken CS3e shotgun mics. Schoeps 641's and Sennheiser MKH-50 mics. Jim uses COS-11d lav mics and Countryman B6's. He also likes the Sony MDR-7506 headphones and the Remote Audio HN-7506 headphones.


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