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My name is Kyle Evans and I am a freelance sound recordist, boom swinger and sound editor based in Melbourne, Australia. My work encompasses film & TV production, live events, theatre, escape rooms, podcasts and radiojournalism. My favourite sound in the world is that of a medium-sized dog racing across muddy grass after heavy rain.

Location Sound Kit:

  • Audio Recorder & Mixer (Sound Devices 788T + CL8)
  • Shotgun microphone (Sennheiser MKH-60)
  • Super-cardioid microphone (Sennheiser MKH-50)
  • Long shotgun microphone (Sennheiser MKH-816)
  • Blimps, wind jammers & boom pole
  • Timecode box (Ambient Nano Lockit)
  • Timecode cables for jamming (Lemo 5pin, Lemo 4pin + BNC)
  • Breakaway snake (Dual XLR with headphone return)
  • Lav microphones x 3 (Sanken COS-11D x2, Countryman B6)
  • Lectrosonics wireless transmitters x 3 (Lectrosonics LT 614-691 MHz, Lectrosonics SMV 640-665 MHz, Lectrosonics SMQV 665-691MHz)
  • Lectrosonics wireless receivers x 3 (Lectrosonics LR 614-691 MHz x 2, Lectrosonics 411a 665-691MHz)
    *Standard kit includes two wireless lav kits. Additional wireless at extra charge.

Additional Gear:

  • Timecode generator (Ambient Nano Lockit)
  • Stereo microphone (Rode NT4)
  • Boundary Microphone (Sanken CUB-01)
  • Reporter style discreet in-ears (Audio Implements in-ears)
  • Handheld wired condenser microphone (AKG C5)
  • Wireless transmitters x 2 & receivers x 2 (Sennhesier EW100 G3 626-668 MHz)
  • Lav microphones x 2 (Que Audio DA04 x 2)
  • Additional audio recorders x2 (Sound Devices MixPre3 & Zoom H4n)

Studio Gear:

  • Reference monitors x 2 (Mackie MR5 MK2)
  • Macbook Pro with Solid State Drive + 6GB RAM (for running QLab)

Sound Library:

  • Massive custom sound library (Over 30,000 files: 30% original recordings, 70% independent libraries)

Software:

  • iZotope RX7 (Audio cleanup/restoration)
  • Pro Tools 12 (Audio editing/mixing)
  • Reaper 5 (Audio editing/mixing)
  • QLab 4 (Theatre sound effect cuing)
  • Ableton Live 9 Intro (Sound design)
  • Unreal Engine 4 (Video game engine)

Licenses

  • High risk work
  • White card/construction induction
  • Drivers’ license

Member of the Australian Screen Sound Guild.
Double vaccinated with Pfizer.

 

 

Past Clients Include: