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W hen it comes to making a visuals if the sound quality is superb – but not the other way round. It’s no surprise the number one complaint big streaming companies get about the quality of their programmes is poor sound. As most filmmakers don’t come from an audio background, it’s an essential skill to master the basics. But to go one better, or for more complex projects, it’s always best to go to an audio expert like Sam McLeod. He was the man called on to make sure all the sound was superb for a video of the Leisure DB Evolve 2024 event, which brings together the key players in the UK’s fitness and leisure industries at an annual conference in London. successful film, crystal-clear audio is crucial. Viewers will put up with less-than-ideal With handheld reporter mics, headsets, wireless kits and an in-house PA system added to the mix, McLeod’s job was to make sure everything worked well for the audience in the conference and also ensure
He uses a 48-channel digital mixing desk with 16 mic inputs, 12 analogue line outputs and direct recording to USB. “As a backup drive for memory cards, it worked perfectly and I could just drag the files into it. But to make it work with the mixing desk, I plugged it into my laptop and did a full format to make it compatible with the operating system. It worked right away.” That’s because Samsung engineers ensured the Samsung Portable SSD T9 is compatible with lots of popular products. It has been verified in 64 devices including PCs, mobile phones, TVs, games consoles and cameras, and had perfect results, largely since it’s developed as a dedicated PCB design rather than an M.2 SSD. The Samsung Portable SSD T9 comes with a USB-C connection with a choice of two cables, one to connect to a USB-C or Thunderbolt drive and a second for legacy USB-A devices. The connection is the USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 interface, which delivers up to 2000MB/s transfer speeds. A TurboWrite buffer size of up to 180GB ensures
the speeches were recorded to go with the video being shot of the event. With 32-bit float recorders capturing the sound, as well as 32-bit float backup recordings made to the internal memory in wireless transmitters, reams of important data had to be kept safe – with no second takes or room for error. Working alongside a filmmaking crew who exclusively use Samsung portable drives for on-site backups, McLeod put his trust in the fast and rugged Samsung Portable SSD T9. “The crew swears by this for its speed, huge 4TB capacity and solid build,” begins McLeod. “That is just what I need when recording audio.” Luckily, the flexibility of the Samsung portable drives was ideal for the different processes used by a sound recordist. “The camera crew just plugged the Samsung Portable SSD T9 into their laptops using the Thunderbolt cable – and it all worked perfectly. But it’s not quite that simple for my work,” he explains.
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