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This website is intended as an educational resource for those interested in
audio for film, video, and TV, and includes a library of useful info on
Production Sound Mixing, location sound recording, and other audio services -- compiled by
the top authorities in our industry. Equipment Emporium are also suppliers of professional
audio equipment including: microphones; wireless; Fostex &
Marantz digital recorders; Edirol; Nagra; mixing panels; boompoles; soundcarts;
Denecke timecode products; Libec tripods; and all variety of audio and video accessories.
We are also dealers for a new line of "bulletproof" PC-based Avid
Media Composer &
Avid Liquid (Pinnacle) video editing solutions (desktop, laptop, hardware,
software, support & training); as well as the ever popular Macro System Casablanca non-linear video editing systems. Enjoy. Visit our editing site at
www.VideoEditSystems.com
Production Sound Mixing is the complex craft of recording live
dialogue and sound effects on the set during principal production of a motion picture or
video.
So important to the quality of the finished show, yet sound is so often taken for
granted. Remember, they call them "talking pictures"!
Equipment Emporium Inc.
We are the leading supplier of production sound recording equipment
and seminars/training to the Hollywood industry.
Our list of over twelve thousand current clients include major studios, broadcasters,
universities, law enforcement agencies, government and
corporate video departments,
independent professionals, event &
wedding videographers, and students.
We are members of: the University Film & Video Association; Law Enforcement and
Emergency Services Video Association; BKSTS Moving Image Society; National Association of Forensic Video; Cinema Audio Society; WEVA; and AES.
Equipment Emporium Inc. is an independent corporation
CEO'd by Fred Ginsburg. Tom Hamilton is our National Sales Manager. In this
depersonalized age of website shopping and mega sized box houses -- we pride
ourselves on being a flourishing small business, operated by only a few people,
who still take the time and effort to get to know our clients and take care of
their needs.
Our website is full of information, pricing, and articles. We prefer to do business the old fashioned way, speaking directly with
our clients. Professional audio and video production involves too many variables
when it comes to makes, models, adapters, accessories, intended applications,
budget, etc.
But if you have done your research, know exactly what you need, and are ready
to purchase on-line -- then visit the discount
GENERAL STORE operated by the National Association of Forensic Video (www.natasfv.org).
They are a professional Membership organization that we do a lot of work for
(administrative and teaching), and they are a really nice bunch of folks.
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"Pioneers in Audio for Video"
The Equipment Emporium posse... (left to right) Vince, Phil, Gaye, Tom, Fred,
and good ole Sage.
Attention telemarketers: since you always phone us and ask... "Sage is the
person in our office responsible for ordering our computer & printer supplies."
 Fred Ginsburg
C.A.S. Ph.D. MBKS is the president and CEO of Equipment Emporium Inc. His background as
a professional mixer includes over 15 years of work in features, episodic TV series,
national TV commercials, corporate, and government. He is a member of the Cinema Audio
Society, Univ Film & Video Assoc, WEVA, Law Enforcement Video Assoc.,
BKSTS, and serves as co-Executive Director of the National Association of Forensic
Video.
Fred holds doctorate, graduate, and undergraduate degrees in filmmaking; has published
more than 90 articles; and wrote the "Guide to the Nagra 4.2 and Production
Sound Recording" which is used as a text by many universities. He currently
instructs at
California State University Northridge (CSUN); and has conducted seminars/workshops for over 80
organizations worldwide.
 Tom Hamilton
is the National Sales Manager of Equipment Emporium. His background includes professional
work as a boom operator on independent features.
Contact Information
You can easily reach Fred or Tom by phone, FAX, and e-mail. We enjoy hearing from you,
and are always eager to answer your questions on Production Sound techniques or
technology, or to provide sales assistance.
Our regular business hours are 9:30am to 5:30pm Monday thru Friday. (If we
wanted to give up evenings and weekends, we would've stayed in Production!)
Every now and then we have to close the shop at odd hours because of seminars
or tradeshows that we're involved in, so it is always a good idea to phone ahead
before just dropping by.
- Telephone
- 818-838-4457 or
800-473-4554
- FAX
- 818-838-1667
- Street address
- 15235 Brand Blvd, Ste A-110 Mission Hills CA 91345
- Electronic mail
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eqe@earthlink.net or
eqe@equipmentemporium.com
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Finding your way around this site...
News & Stuff This section consists of general
announcements & tidbits related to the industry.
Product Announcements relates to new products,
accessories, and applications.
Sales is our catalog of audio & video products
available for sale. Many of our products are also available for on-line purchase
in the
General Store of the National Association of Forensic Video (a membership
organization that we do a lot of work for).
You can also visit our on-line eBay store, the
Equipment Emporium Outlet where you will find an assortment of "cash &
carry" specials, including surplus inventory, factory close-outs, B-stock, used
items, consumer electronics, and even Medieval/Pirate Garb & Weapons!
Forensic Audio deals with an
explanation of the services that we offer in Forensic Audio Noise Reduction and
Speech Enhancement.
Browse through our library of original
articles on Production Sound
Recording. If you want to learn about Audio, then this is the place to start.
Many of these articles have been published in trade magazines and textbooks.
Links to Mfr lists some valuable links to
manufacturers, including Operating Manuals for Marantz and Fostex recorders.
If you are interested in Forensic Video, please visit the site of the
National Association of Forensic
Video at www.natasfv.org The
Association is for videographers involved in videotaping legal
depositions, courtroom recording & presentations, crime scene and incident
documentation, private investigation, surveillance, insurance investigation, law
enforcement & government, and even Visual Anthropology (hey, they use video the
same way, just for different purposes).
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