[Pops]

Here'one for you peeps!

Geico commercial with announcer wearing headphones...looks like a
tube...possibly a AT4060???

Cyndi Lauper on today's (03/16/07) The View...looks like a ribbon...
possibly a Fat Head???

Your guesses___________?

Pops

[malachi]

Or phrased another way, "What kind of mic does Don LaFontaine use?"

Answer: "Any mic he wants!!!!!"


"Pops" wrote in message
link.net...
Here'one for you peeps!

Geico commercial with announcer wearing headphones...looks like a
tube...possibly a AT4060???

Cyndi Lauper on today's (03/16/07) The View...looks like a ribbon...
possibly a Fat Head???

Your guesses___________?

Pops

[Stu Bulman]

On Mar 16, 5:22 pm, "malachi"
wrote:
Or phrased another way, "What kind of mic does Don LaFontaine use?"

Answer: "Any mic he wants!!!!!"

"Pops" wrote in message

link.net...

Here'one for you peeps!

Geico commercial with announcer wearing headphones...looks like a
tube...possibly a AT4060???

Cyndi Lauper on today's (03/16/07) The View...looks like a ribbon...
possibly a Fat Head???

Your guesses___________?

Pops

I'm sure this has been posted before, but the classic spoof of movie
trailer voice overs can be seen and heard at

http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/comedian.html

In this case I think to VO talent is Hal Douglas.

[Richard Crowley]

"malachi" wrote ...
Or phrased another way, "What kind of mic does Don LaFontaine use?"

Answer: "Any mic he wants!!!!!"

Of course, in the commercial, we see the mic selected by the
art director. Likely a good chance that isn't the kind of mic he
uses for *real* VO recording sessions.

Moreover, it may not even be the mic we hear on the commercial.
It could be dubbed (ADR).

OTOH, the headphones look exactly like Sony MDR-7506
with black tape over the nameplate. I don't think I have ever
seen an intentional "product placement" inside a commercial
for something else. :-)

[Carey Carlan]

Pops wrote in news:YBDKh.13383$tD2.5069
@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:

Here'one for you peeps!

Geico commercial with announcer wearing headphones...looks like a
tube...possibly a AT4060???

Cyndi Lauper on today's (03/16/07) The View...looks like a ribbon...
possibly a Fat Head???

Your guesses___________?

I'm doing this from memory of the add, but my guess is one of the AKG
Perception series. ISTR the grill had a scooped edge on the bottom.

[Raw-Tracks]

Carey Carlan wrote:
I'm doing this from memory of the add, but my guess is one of the AKG
Perception series. ISTR the grill had a scooped edge on the bottom.

Yeah, that's my recollection as well. AKG Perception, not sure which
one. Don't really care to much about anything new AKG might have.

--
Eric

Practice Your Mixing Skills
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[DC]

Stu Bulman wrote:

I'm sure this has been posted before, but the classic spoof of movie
trailer voice overs can be seen and heard at

http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/comedian.html

In this case I think to VO talent is Hal Douglas.


Thank you!

I saw that on the Apple site when the trailer first came out. Then, when
I saw the Geico commercial, I thought of it, and have been meaning to
find it again.

[[email protected]]

You can't show trademarked nameson film, tv, etc



n Mar 16, 3:38 pm, "Richard Crowley" wrote:
"malachi" wrote ...

Or phrased another way, "What kind of mic does Don LaFontaine use?"

Answer: "Any mic he wants!!!!!"

Of course, in the commercial, we see the mic selected by the
art director. Likely a good chance that isn't the kind of mic he
uses for *real* VO recording sessions.

Moreover, it may not even be the mic we hear on the commercial.
It could be dubbed (ADR).

OTOH, the headphones look exactly like Sony MDR-7506
with black tape over the nameplate. I don't think I have ever
seen an intentional "product placement" inside a commercial
for something else. :-)

[Laurence Payne]

On 17 Mar 2007 01:32:11 -0700, wrote:

You can't show trademarked nameson film, tv, etc

Sure you can. Open your eyes :-)

[Richard Crowley]

wrote
You can't show trademarked nameson film, tv, etc

Of course you can. Or don't you watch TV or movies?
Frequently producers are actually PAID to show trademarked
names. Look up "product placement".

[Laurence Payne]

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:50:19 -0600, Romeo Rondeau
wrote:

Of course you can. Or don't you watch TV or movies?
Frequently producers are actually PAID to show trademarked
names. Look up "product placement".

It's common practice for bands to put a piece of electrical tape over a
logo on a piece of gear or instrument such as a guitar, and I've seen it
quite a few times on concert videos. My assumption is that since if
don't have an endorsement deal with the company, they don't want to
advertise for them (at least not for free.)... anyway, I was flipping
through the channels one day and saw this band playing... I don't
remember who they were, but instead of tape over the logo, the guitar
player had a little sign on his headstock that said "Your name here"...
I thought it was funny :-)

Possibly more that they DO have an endorsement deal with ANOTHER
company.

[Romeo Rondeau]

Richard Crowley wrote:
wrote
You can't show trademarked nameson film, tv, etc

Of course you can. Or don't you watch TV or movies?
Frequently producers are actually PAID to show trademarked
names. Look up "product placement".

It's common practice for bands to put a piece of electrical tape over a
logo on a piece of gear or instrument such as a guitar, and I've seen it
quite a few times on concert videos. My assumption is that since if
don't have an endorsement deal with the company, they don't want to
advertise for them (at least not for free.)... anyway, I was flipping
through the channels one day and saw this band playing... I don't
remember who they were, but instead of tape over the logo, the guitar
player had a little sign on his headstock that said "Your name here"...
I thought it was funny :-)

[John Smith[_2_]]

wrote:
You can't show trademarked nameson film, tv, etc


Can't? Hell, companies pay big bucks for the privilege. Mostly they
cover the logo because the company would not pay them to show it. Almost
no one knew what a Rolex was before the James Bond movies came out, that
is how much power that kind of advertising has.

[Fran Guidry]

On Mar 16, 2:02 pm, Pops wrote:
Here'one for you peeps!

Geico commercial with announcer wearing headphones...looks like a
tube...possibly a AT4060???

Cyndi Lauper on today's (03/16/07) The View...looks like a ribbon...
possibly a Fat Head???

Your guesses___________?

Pops

Man, this is sooooo embarrassing ... but I did catch the View while I
was channel flipping - I think Cindy's mic was a Gefell M900.
http://www.gefell-mics.com/grp_1_prod_1.htm

Fran

[Scott Dorsey]

Romeo Rondeau wrote:
It's common practice for bands to put a piece of electrical tape over a
logo on a piece of gear or instrument such as a guitar, and I've seen it
quite a few times on concert videos. My assumption is that since if
don't have an endorsement deal with the company, they don't want to
advertise for them (at least not for free.)... anyway, I was flipping
through the channels one day and saw this band playing... I don't
remember who they were, but instead of tape over the logo, the guitar
player had a little sign on his headstock that said "Your name here"...
I thought it was funny :-)

I've had Peavey stickers on my Neumann stage mikes for years, in an
attempt to prevent theft. It seems to have worked.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Raw-Tracks]

Fran Guidry wrote:
Man, this is sooooo embarrassing ... but I did catch the View while I
was channel flipping - I think Cindy's mic was a Gefell M900.
http://www.gefell-mics.com/grp_1_prod_1.htm

Thanks for sharing that with us. I know it was hard to talk about.


--
Eric

Practice Your Mixing Skills
Download Our Multi-Track Masters
www.Raw-Tracks.com
www.Mad-Host.com

[Romeo Rondeau]

Scott Dorsey wrote:
Romeo Rondeau wrote:
It's common practice for bands to put a piece of electrical tape over a
logo on a piece of gear or instrument such as a guitar, and I've seen it
quite a few times on concert videos. My assumption is that since if
don't have an endorsement deal with the company, they don't want to
advertise for them (at least not for free.)... anyway, I was flipping
through the channels one day and saw this band playing... I don't
remember who they were, but instead of tape over the logo, the guitar
player had a little sign on his headstock that said "Your name here"...
I thought it was funny :-)

I've had Peavey stickers on my Neumann stage mikes for years, in an
attempt to prevent theft. It seems to have worked.
--scott

I found that guys were more likely to steal the SM57's than the
Neumanns, I guess they figure that we won't notice them... Countryman
DI's seem to develop legs and walk out... We would always leave the
LDC's on big Atlas stands, that way we could see them plain as day when
the client was loading out.

[Pops]

Don't feel bad,in light of all the crap that's going on TV these days,
you could've done worse. Thanks for the input. How nice of you to stay
on topic... Here's another one...Johnny Carson's prop mic? Any ideas?

Pops

Fran Guidry wrote:
On Mar 16, 2:02 pm, Pops wrote:

Here'one for you peeps!

Geico commercial with announcer wearing headphones...looks like a
tube...possibly a AT4060???

Cyndi Lauper on today's (03/16/07) The View...looks like a ribbon...
possibly a Fat Head???

Your guesses___________?

Pops


Man, this is sooooo embarrassing ... but I did catch the View while I
was channel flipping - I think Cindy's mic was a Gefell M900.
http://www.gefell-mics.com/grp_1_prod_1.htm

Fran

[Richard Crowley]

"Pops" wrote ...
Don't feel bad,in light of all the crap that's going on TV these days,
you could've done worse. Thanks for the input. How nice of you to stay
on topic... Here's another one...Johnny Carson's prop mic? Any
ideas?

Johnny Carson Mic Sells for $50,787.50 (Feb, 2005)
http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/sc...ai=8433&si=123

But that appears to show a Shure 300 or 333
http://www.k-bay106.com/shure330.jpg
http://www.k-bay106.com/shure333.jpg

and I could have sworn I remember a Shure 300 or 315
http://www.k-bay106.com/shure300.jpg
http://www.k-bay106.com/shure315.jpg
on Carson's desk.

[Scott Dorsey]

Pops wrote:
Don't feel bad,in light of all the crap that's going on TV these days,
you could've done worse. Thanks for the input. How nice of you to stay
on topic... Here's another one...Johnny Carson's prop mic? Any ideas?

It used to be an SM-33. I am told he changed it to something else in the
last few years of the show.

When it was the SM-33, it was mixed with his lav and the boom, and it
did occasionally get use.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Pops]

I found this site for H-e-r-e's Johnny's....

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in690754.shtml

For all those also interested, check this out:

http://www.coutant.org/contents.html

Pops

Scott Dorsey wrote:
Pops wrote:

Don't feel bad,in light of all the crap that's going on TV these days,
you could've done worse. Thanks for the input. How nice of you to stay
on topic... Here's another one...Johnny Carson's prop mic? Any ideas?


It used to be an SM-33. I am told he changed it to something else in the
last few years of the show.

When it was the SM-33, it was mixed with his lav and the boom, and it
did occasionally get use.
--scott

[Paul Stamler]

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
...
Pops wrote:
Don't feel bad,in light of all the crap that's going on TV these days,
you could've done worse. Thanks for the input. How nice of you to stay
on topic... Here's another one...Johnny Carson's prop mic? Any ideas?

It used to be an SM-33. I am told he changed it to something else in the
last few years of the show.

AKG C414B.

Peace,
Paul