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Celac

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  1. You mIght look at https://lesspain.software/kyno/ It is much more than logging software (and not free like Wave Agent) but it will export excel reports along with a long list of other features. I think that it is a very useful tool.
  2. Perhaps. You'll notice I didn't mention Dugan It would be ideal for the application that I have in mind however.
  3. Is there a mix assist function on the mix pre 6?
  4. Hey, That's a great story, as much for the cultural change it illustrates as for the punch line. There was indeed a day when camera stores had ashtrays on the counter as there was one when salesmen walked around with cups of coffee. (unfortunately I'm old enough myself for the latter) I have had the (dis)pleasure of having to clean the residue of cigarette smoke off both optics and lab equipment. It is not only yucky but takes quite a bit of work and I imagine it would be equally troublesome on mic diaphragms etc.. Celac
  5. This is true of the supply side as well as the demand. As much as the cost of film influences the decision to use it, the falling demand has endangered the viability of manufacturing it. I've been through a coater and the volume of product that comes shooting out the business end requires a robust demand to swallow it up. These plants are scaled for a market that no longer exists. Unless someone finds both the capital and the energy to retool them so that they are economically viable producing for niche markets the manufacturers will turn out the lights long before the demand reaches zero. Labs too... sigh. Celac
  6. Dan Dugan has SD recorders for rent. http://www.dandugan.com/rental_equipment.html
  7. http://www.weiss.ch/afi1/afi1.htm TC electronic had a box (discontinued + cheaper) that did the same sort of format translation. The 788 would serve as the preamps and converters and the data would simply transit through the box. It is cost prohibitive though. You could buy two Travelers and a pair of AES / Spdif impedance matching transformers and get the same AES input count + field operation at significant savings.
  8. Maybe these: http://www.jlmaudio.com/shop/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=117 Regurgitator... hah! Lots of neat stuff there. Celac
  9. That direct out board looks great, I bet you could sell kits and / or finished boards of those.
  10. Sorry, I was unclear there. I meant, "what are you powering the mixer from"? I think though, after reading the LiFe thread that I know the answer. I really like this project. I have one of these units and modding it for direct outs seems like a really valuable upgrade. I wonder if my soldering dexterity is high enough to do surgery on PCBs? Anyway, given that you are unlikely to use either of the sends for effects (and keeping in mind the initial value of the unit) would it be possible to simply repurpose one? ...e.g., rather than sending the "FX" to its output take the output of that pot and (maybe using a Dsub on the back) use that as a direct out? You would lose one send but it seems like the benefits would outweigh the loss. I assume the the send must have some kind of amp since it outputs (at least consumer) line level and is pre-fade. I hope the tramp steamer eventually brings your Studer eventually floats over. Celac
  11. How are you powering it there, are you running off the internals? Celac
  12. I think you might want to look at Ableton which which is a software tool used by performers / composers to do that. Akai makes controllers, as does Novation, Korg, Livid and others. Cool tools to build out / customize your rig are made by Cycling74 and plogue. There are some very cool videos on the cycling74 website showing how Max / Ableton can be used to not only trigger playback in real time but control myriad things. I think though the Senator has a point though, there are forums focused on these tools and their use. Celac
  13. That I have actually had happen. I have a lot of stuff on CDR's which, if I was drawing comics, would clearly emit a ticking noise. The Senator is fine by me. His answer, implying but not stating "both", was clear enough. Celac
  14. Thanks for the reply. I suppose it is one of the curious ironies of the current march of progress that the tools are still available to transcribe ancient (and in my case, commercially valueless) media but not so for comparatively recent formats. I imagine that the kernel of a business might lie therein given the value of these properties. If nothing else it is clearly incumbent on modern archivists to vigilantly manage the migration of digital assets to currently viable formats. Plus... I got an enigmatic one-worder from the Senator. Celac
  15. Hi, Just curious but, is this due to not converting formats in a timely manner or is the data corrupt? Celac
  16. Hey, The day job can kill you. Today I dealt with a fellow who wanted to purchase accessories for a piece of used equipment that he bought elsewhere. His primary condition was that they be cheap and not only inexpensive relative to their market value. He had never actually never used this piece of equipment, but he had bought it cheap (told us so). Our discussion made clear that he was, in general, unfamiliar with the use of the general class of items to which this equipment belonged. My assertion that the quality of ancillary equipment could affect the use experience fell on resistant ears. I showed him a few items, both ones that met his price criteria and better ones as well. He decided to purchase something but expressed his favorable impression a the more expensive one and, after a minute, whipped out his iPhone and asked if he could take a picture of it, "Sure," I told him (knowing what was coming). "Thanks," he said, "I really like X, maybe I can find it cheaper, maybe on ebay or something." "Well ok, good luck with that." But in all probability, he probably has a completely different take on that interaction. I do admire your even tempered response. Celac
  17. I will have to bring Robert's claw hammer to the meeting?
  18. Hi, How many channels do you need? A DR680 has enough channels to capture the iso outs of a 442 and still use an audio track for TC and the $/channel is attractive OTOH...maybe not exactly what you are looking for but what about the zfr100? A pair would do the same job, give a real TC implementation, tiny size, and two units means redundancy.
  19. ...perhaps http://www.mercenary.com/funklogic.html Ha, you beat me.
  20. ...nothing like a wander through home depot, 5/16's seems the best fit. I bet with your gigs you do a lot oddball patching. Celac
  21. Hi, In addition to quarter track as Bob illustrated there were "reversing" 1/4" mono recorders. We had several of these when I was a child and used them to send "audio letters" to overseas relatives. They were not in the Nagra / Stellavox league (probably not even the Uher league) and I only recall using smaller spools. There is one sitting in my father's library. I will have a look at it the next time I go and see if it would accommodate a 7.5" reel. I imagine this is the sort of thing you can buy for pennies on evilbay. Celac
  22. Hi Peter, In reading the links you posted, I think you are right, make up the cables as directed and accomplish the same thing. (a normally wired TRS would also kill the channel) The TS cable works fine too, you just have to use them properly. The channels are not interrupted if you only engage the first contact (send) on the mixer's TRS. As the author notes: The next option using a regular TS to TS cable is to only plug the cable in to the "first click" of the Insert Jack. This will tap the signal and send it straight out to the recorder, while still allowing it to pass on through to the mixer's main outputs. The only drawback to this is that if you don't get the cable plugged in just right (to only the first click), you may end up with either no signal to your recorder or no signal to the main outputs (or both). His wiring accomplishes the same thing, (no mute) except that it taps the signal and then loops it back at the insert point. Just hitting the first click gets you the signal without having to loop it back and leaves you out of the signal path of the mixer. If my cable fails I lose signal, if that cable fails the input mutes. The nylon nut allows you to simply insert the TS and hit the "first click" without fail. However, a more direct answer to your question, "why didn't you use TRS," is that I knew how to do it with the TS (having used this feature of insert before) and simply made a cable that I already knew would work. The TRS wired as noted might be more user friendly though as you could simply give it someone and tell them, "patch this into the insert point of the mixer." I will have to think about that (it is a simple matter to rebuild the cable). The "crew" in this theater is not only volunteer, they are all youth and simplicity has benefits. Celac
  23. Hi All, Attached are a few pictures showing a cable I bashed up, it was mostly "GID" (get it done) and a bit of DIY. I needed to record 5 channels of house wireless (dialog + solo singer) and the musical cue. My initial recce found the house mixer to be a Mackie configured for live sound (e.g., onboard effects, no direct outs) and the aux's were inaccessible due to routing issues. The ideal thing would, I suppose, have been a split before the board but this posed two problems: I didn't have 6 channels of split (relatively easy to solve) and, explaining why / obtaining permission to re-patch the mic inputs (much more difficult). Although the board lacked direct outs, like many of its ilk, it had TRS inserts on the mono channels. The inserts were unused. Hmm... as long as they weren't riding the trim I would be ok (ok, as long as they weren't riding the trim and it was not set way too hot... ahem). I have snakes, all I needed was a supply of TS - XLR male to jumper the send side of the insert to the snake and I was in business. This is where the DIY comes in. There are apparently very few applications for such a cable and hence little market demand to support a ready supply of 3'ers. No matter, in the end the parts were less than the short Hosa TRS snakes that I looked at (and no Belden / Neutrik in those assys) and I knew it worked because I made (and tested) it myself. Color coded too, just like the big boys. The little nylon 5/16 nut prevents the jack from being accidentally driven home in the insert and muting the channel. Somewhere I have seen a commercial solution to the same problem but none of the local vendors had... never mind, a little imperfecation will do. Hmm, that was a bit long but I wanted to say thank you to all the folks here who's help I have been silently soaking up. Celac
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