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I don't claim to be an expert on production sound but I have been doing it for several years now.
It sounds like you will have time to learn. Preparation is the key. Knowing your equipment is also key. I strongly recommend that you learn your equipment by experience before day one of the shoot. Which it sounds like you are after reading your post again.
I believe Trew Audio has "Mixer Packages" available.
Call and talk to one of the guys there and explain the scope of what you need to do. They can set you up and they have experience to get you started with the right equipment pkg. I would become familiar with the equipment long before day one of the shoot.
On location you will need to know that what you are hearing is what is going onto tape. (confidence monitoring) Another thing is set ups and changes happen quickly so you need to know how to trouble shoot on the spot and quickly. You will also need to become familiar with levels and matching levels, the path of the signal and where problems can occur and be corrected. Where distortion is originating from. i.e. LAVs: The mic? The placement of the mic? The Transmitter? The Receiver? The preamp? EQ setting? The out level? The camera input level? The input gain setting? You may need to know sync issues too. Where will the dailies go after the audio leaves your hands. But once you get into a rhythm with a crew it can become easy and fun.
As I have posted before, there are some good books to help. Feel free to keep asking questions. That's how we all learn. This is one of the best sites on the net for good resource.
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