Sound & Picture - Issue 3, 2017

I ma g es co u r te sy of St y l usM C, A24 , U n i ve rsa l P ic t u res

Little (Alex R. Hibbert) and Kevin (Jaden Piner) in 'Moonlight'

ing his techniques, those of the big boys, so to speak, of major motion picture sound. I was meeting strings of top-tier mixers around that time and I make the decision that it was time that I make the plunge and order an X3. There’s a whole Cantar methodology that I appreciate and I’m intrigued with. I nervously put down my hard-earned money on a pre-order.

Make or Break

You come to these risky points in your career where you can make it or break it, and I was at a ‘make it’ space, because now I’m stepping up another level very rapidly, and if there’s any hesitation or any failure, that;could;be;—;if;nothing;else,;it could set me back years.

I received the unit and, while I;was;not;the;most;proficient;X1;or X2 user, maybe having some prior knowledge made it easier for me to understand the X3. I took to it immediately. I don’t know if everybody does it, but I immediately read the manual. You have to do a lot of your own homework with anything like this.

I started using it for real just two;weeks;after;I;received;it…;and remember,;this;was;early;firmware, and in my experience, with other manufacturers, that can be a death sentence.