Thomas Gulyás is among the most sought-after documentary sound mixers in Denmark and neighboring Scandinavian countries. Attending concerts as a child, he was often more curious about the front-of-house mixing console than the musicians onstage. Just out of his teens, he landed his first professional job as an audio engineer with Nordisk Film TV, whose founding in 1906 makes it one of the oldest production houses in the world. Since 2008, he has operated as TG MediaSound, and since Rycote last spoke to him, he has added HC-15 shotgun and SC-08 small-diaphragm condenser microphones to his toolkit, which has long included Nano Shield and Windjammer windscreens.
“I started using Rycote mics because I had a very good first experience with them,” he recalls. “I was working on a reality program about flea markets, where teams of two people purchase old items, restore them, and then try to sell them at a profit. The principal talent had lavalier mics on, but I had to boom-mic all the people in their booths selling stuff. This was the first time I used the HC-15 shotgun mic.”
Thomas was impressed by the HC-15’s maiden voyage. “It was remarkably good, he says. “I sent an audio hop to the videographer, and he commented on how well he could hear dialogue from the sellers in the stalls. Tonally, the HC-15 was also a great match for the Sanken COS-11D, which are an industry standard go-to for lavaliers.”
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