Part of collection of amateur sound synchronising equipment: Craven Electronics Velvone 3-way audio mixer with instruction leaflets, 1975-1980.
The aim of most serious amateur film-makers was to make films that looked and sounded ‘professional’ in their production values. Amateurs were generally limited by the range of affordable equipment available – it was a relatively small market compared with the home movie mass market – and this was especially so when it came to making sound films. To cater for this market, a number of small specialist firms grew up. Prominent amongst those was Craven Instruments, formed by the electronic engineer Harry Garlick.
This simple sound mixer was produced by Craven for amateur film-makers, allowing them to record and balance three monophonic sound sources at the time of filming, or, more usually, at the later stage of editing when the final sound track was recorded.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 2004-5047/1
- type:
- audio mixer
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford