Jim Feeley

Ya, it's a pretty cool doc... I chased down the producer a couple years ago and she was hoping to have the film more widely available for viewing... Doesn't look like the Vimeo posting is her doing. Oh well. Ten years ago, there was a great exhibit at the UC Berkeley library on the history of documentary film. In addition to the shoes from Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe, they had the/a (?) Auricon used in Primary on loan from Robert Drew, and iirc there was plenty of info about how they modified the camera, what a hassle it was, and why that camera was such a big deal. I'm not much for iconography, but seeing that camera was pretty damn cool. A bit more info about that exhibit. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/reellife/ Thanks Marc!

Long story, but I may need to rent one of these this week. Modest budget, would rather not have to ship up from LA. Any suggestions...including locally-sourcable alternatives that'd --maybe-- satisfy a C12-jonesing film producer? Thanks, Jim

I just read that article (I, like the rest of the world, am a bit behind in my New Yorker reading). Great, astonishing and frightening story (in a real-estate/first-world-problem way): http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/05/27/130527fa_fact_friend CROWDED HOUSE They thought that they’d found the perfect apartment. They weren’t alone. [you need to be a subscriber to read the article at the link above, but pirated copies are findable through google] Anna, glad everything worked out for you. Nashville is the favorite show of one of my daughters...

+1 Great rant.

I don't know for sure if this applies to the 744T, but I'd guess it mostly does: ==== http://www.sounddevices.com/notes/recorders/ssd-current-draw/ 788T and 788T-SSD Power Consumption Comparison There are many advantages to recording to solid-state hard drives (SSD), including improved mechanical robustness, faster transfer speeds, and silent operation. Additionally, the 788T-SSD has 96 GB of additional on-board of storage space versus the 788T. Regarding power consumption, the power consumption (and therefore run time) between the spinning hard drive in the hard drive-equipped 788T and the SSD in the 788T-SSD is nearly identical. ==== Click the link for details on the test results and some other useful info...

A reasonable point, and I remember that scene in Trimpin. So perhaps finding a non-salvagable piano would be a good move; busted soundboard or something.

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Also download and read the manuals for your Lectro receivers and transmitters. They have good clear info about setting levels in the transmitter, setting up the receiver, and such: http://www.lectrosonics.com/support/manuals-data-sheets/manuals Keep your levels strong but conservative. With luck, you can end up with something useable.

OREGON MAN UNDER ARREST FOR TAKING TYPOS RATHER TOO SERIOUSLY, ALSO TERRORISM [Leonard Burdek] walked into his local Teacher Standards and Practices Commission office with what he claimed was a homemade pressure cooker bomb saying he had planned to blow up their sign because the “d” was missing from the word “and” in the Commission’s name, but the darn bomb didn’t work! And, insult to injury, nor was Burdek too pleased with the misspellings in the bomb-building instructions he downloaded from the internet! Rest of the story: http://wonkette.com/518235/oregon-man-under-arrest-for-taking-typos-rather-too-seriously-also-terrorism#Qyb5IYSpURWVc9ju.99

Well for unlicensed radio pirates, there are a couple of steps before equipment is seized. And several of our trusted audio dealers have wireless systems in 700MHz that they say are only for export sale. I think the 700 MHz restriction is along the lines of "not allowed to operate." I'll check my notes around here somewhere. So could be the people who reportedly had equipment seized got a notice of violation, ignored it, and kept on using the equipment. I'll drop a line to Howard and the FCC. Would still love to hear from others here. Because I'm just damned interested in this (no stories cooking on the topic right now).

Cute video. Note that the strings snapped after 10 minutes, and he says the smoke almost did him in...

In another thread, Jay posted: Interesting. Anyone know anything more about these enforcement issues or heard of any specific seizure examples? Would the actions be listed in the FCC's Enforcement Bureau actions here? I don't see anything here, but I haven't read every entry and may be missing something: http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/rfo/ActAct.html If anyone from the FCC reads this, feel free to chime in. :-)

Laurence, Bill, Jay, and 695.... Thanks a bunch! Great service to the broader community.

There's a $3-4 Lectro part: Battery cover for NP1 style battery on VRFIELD. http://www.lectrosonics.com/422-P1215/View-details.html But I haven't used it... I use rubber bands or gaffers tape (doubled over so no sticky-to-terminal contact)

Fantastic Simon! Between you and Pascal (and perhaps others), Canada is really leading the way in bag configuration. Thanks a bunch to you, Pascal (and everyone) for sharing your bags.

Sure, that's what Zax said in the quote above. But the Nomad manual points out differences between Nomad Lite and other Nomads; I'll guess Maxx is more like Nomad Lite. And I'll guess the the lack of ZaxNet will presumably change menu hierarchies, if not key menus. So I'm looking forward to replacing my guesses with information, and I'm more interested the differences than the similarities. Not that I'm stressed out about all this, and I know first-hand how much work it takes to create a good manual.

I gotta say, the developments from several companies in zepps/blimps and mounts are pretty cool to see.

Huh. That Rode blimp mount looks OK...wasn't around when I tried a Rode blimp...good for them to evolve their product.

This, and other forums, are textual versions of water coolers and bars. So grammar and spelling here doesn't matter a whole lot to me. I'd rather read accurate spelling and good grammar. But clarity, insight, attitude and other stuff matters more. I write this as someone who spent many years editing magazines and books...and who still makes a significant percentage of GPP from writing. If you want writerly craft from me, then pay my rate. It's cool if others feel differently.

Last week I asked Zax when we'd see a MAXX manual. They replied: "The manual should be available when Maxx ships – which should be in the next few weeks. Maxx’s operations is very similar to that of Nomad. So if you want to take a look at Nomads manual you will get a very good idea about Maxx." Good, but I'm also interested in the specific differences, both in terms of features and operation, between Nomad and Maxx. http://www.zaxcom.com/instruction-manuals

I'm with you on "enticement." Comes off like a bait-and-switch tactic or something. And if we substitute "expertise" for "specialization" then I can be with you on most of the rest. We can't develop expertise in every area (I am SO not an art director). However, we can in a couple closely-related areas. But I repeat myself. This ended up being a good thread. A bit of crankiness in Act 2, but that's OK. Consensus is overrated. And we came to a resolution. :-)

You know, I poked through Cory's website and he looks to be younger than a lot of you/us in this discussion. So it's good that he's doing different things. Maybe he'll end up with a very narrow specialty; maybe he'll focus on a few different areas. But are any of us doing exactly what we were doing when we were his age? I partly am, but there were quite a few detours between then and now. And those detours have been valuable....and during those detours I delivered way beyond what my clients and employers expected. Tearing into anyone for what they're choosing to do or not do --and guessing at their motivations and desires-- doesn't seem especially helpful. jim ps- cory, I hope you don't take offense at what I wrote here. none intended.

Maybe a Portabrace Audio Slinger? I know some camera people who use the camera slinger and like it, esp when running around. I don't have an audio slinger, but it's interesting... More info: http://www.portabrace.com/products/audio/recorders/548-audio-side-slinger

Agreed. But note that with Sound Remover, you only need to identify a couple instances of the offending sound and Audition finds (with decent accuracy, ime) other instances of the sound. So depending on how much Adobe can refine/expand the modeling/learning features, maybe the selection->separation phase won't be too burdensome. Or maybe Sony/Sonic, iZotope, or someone else will get it just right (and for me "right" means "easy AND useful").

Lots of cool spectral editing, etc papers in AES pubs. My experiences with Audition Sound Remover have been mixed, and fall along Marc's comments; for yucks I tried to remove some saxophone from a track...no great success (though there could be some driver error). But in addition to having items having specific items further apart in the spectrum display, it helps if items are tightly defined in the display...like that cell phone beep in the window at top.