I’m a freelance sound recordist with my own kit

On the market since 1994 – based in Rome and London – happy to work everywhere

In 25 years I had the opportunity to experience a wide range of different audio scenarios
from observational documentary to reality style, dramas and feature film, corporate, news and commercial, studio and theatre
I use only top of the line equipment, a “must” to provide high quality intelligible and accurate sound for worldwide broadcast media
Mix and multitrack recording, multicamera shoot setup, 2ch wireless link to cameras, Timecode, top notch microphones stereo and mono
I speak italian, english, french and a little bit of german
get in touch giacomoverrando@gmail.com
Panel 1

Equipment

  • AATON CANTAR 16CH MIXER / RECORDER –
  • ZAXCOM NOMAD 10CH MIXER / RECORDER –
  • WISYCOM MCR54 / MTP61 RADIOMICS – 4 UNITS –
  • WISYCOM MCR42S / MTP40S RADIOMICS – 4 UNITS –
  • ZAXCOM 2CH WIRELESS LINK FOR 2 CAMERAS –
  • DPA 6060 – SANKEN COS11 – COUNTRYMAN B6 LAVALIERS –
  • LARGE SETUP OF TOOLS AND TRICKS FOR HYDING LAVS –
  • SCHOEPS MINI CMIT SHOTGUN MICROPHONE
  • SENNHEISER MKH 8060 SHOTGUN MICROPHONE –
  • SCHOEPS CMC6 MK41 SUPERCARDIOID MICROPHONE –
  • SENNHEISER MKH 416 SHOTGUN MICROPHONE (2x) –
  • STEREO SETUP PROVIDED BY SCHOEPS MK5 + MK8 MICS –
  • SURROUND SETUP PROVIDED BY DOUBLE MID/SIDE SCHOEPS MK5/MK8/MK41
  • SCHOEPS MK5 CARDIOID AND OMNI MICROPHONE –
  • SENNHEISER MKH 406 CARDIOID MICROPHONE –
  • CINELA AND RYCOTE SUSPENSIONS AND WINDJAMMERS –
  • NEUMANN U87A LARGE DIAGRAM MICROPHONE –
  • AKG 414 XLII LARGE DIAGRAM MICROPHONE –
  • VDB BOOMPOLES (3 UNITS) –
  • TENTACLE SYNC TIMECODE SYSTEM (5 UNITS) –
  • SENNHEISER G3 FOR REFERENCE SOUND ON CAMERA –
  • SENNHEISER G3 WIRELESS MONITORING FOR DIRECTOR/PRODUCERS (6 UNITS) –
  • Accessories, adapters, windscreens, cables and so on
Panel 4

Bio

I started working with sound in the 1995 in a recording studio in Rome as an assistant recording engineer, a studio where many italian music talents were making their recordings and live setups.
From 1997 started to work with theater companies around Italy as live sound engineer as well as sound recordist in music clubs recording live shows
The first television experience came in 1999 with the Canale 5 saturday prime time show “W l’Italia” as live sound engineer, then for 3 seasons at the daily TMC live show “Tappeto volante”
From 2000 started to collaborate with “EtaBeta”, a service broadcasting company based in Rome working as sound engineer in several projects like drama, feature film, live studio programs, sport events, reality in studio and on location.
From 2003 until now is working as a freelance sound recordist with his own equipment for BBC, Netflix, Amazon,  Nat Geo, Discovery, Ard, Zdf, History channel, Artè tv, Travel channel and many other production companies around the world
Speaks Italian, english and french
For a detailed CV please click here:
https://www.thetalentmanager.co.uk/talent/38010/giacomo-verrando