Back to on topic now, and I appreciate no public replies. (At least not on this site.)
 
Bouke

Does anyone have knowledge of payment through Automated Clearing House (ACH)?

I did four days (including travel) for a new client.  I submitted an invoice saying “terms are net 30 days.”  The client then wanted me to sign up for ACH, which would pay me more quickly.
 

I asked my banker about ACH.  She counseled against it, saying it allows both deposits and withdrawals from my account (without my consent).
 

I declined ACH, and my client became angry, saying it would take 90 days to send a check.  So, I’m waiting for the check. 

• Record video from up to 8 Blackmagick devices (A cheap BM Mini Recorder is good enough for rock 'n roll.)
• Take sound from another device and marry it to the video on the fly. (So no need for SDI audio embedders.)
• Take LTC from another device or UDP for accurate TC.
• Apply some effects (currently flip / rotate as I work for MoCap, but I could add LUT's or alike.)
• Record in 'any' codec (It's FFmpeg based), including HEVC. H264 / ProRes / HEVC have build in presets, but you can make your own easilly.
• Display incoming video not only local, but on any computer on the network (Over UDP, sorta kinda NDI style)
• Easy custom or auto set file names
• Instant playback of recorded clips

It's Mac only at the moment.

A simple half decent Mac Mini or Macbook Pro can do two HD streams without an issue.

(Probably more, but how to connect more than two BM devices? They don't have a daisy chain option...)

For logging by scriptboys / girls, have a look at my LiveLog app.

Link to LiveLog

If needed, I'll integrate it. (Giving you XMP / ALE / Database metadata.)

If you are interested, tell me what you want and I'll try to implement it if it's not already there.
If you want to toy with it, let me know.


 

We had magazines, Recording Engineer/Producer, Mix,  and  Studio Sound. 

I was rooting around and found this Studio Sound article about LSI Recording in Nashville, the studio I spent years and a marriage working in.

I've been trying to post it here but my files were too large.  I mentioned this on Jan's Sounderday this morning and John B. found the issue online.  

A time capsule of sound recording 1984 with my 15 seconds of fame starting on p 38.

https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Studio-Sound/80s/Studio-Sound-1984-09.pdf

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Join us at the OM Cinema at NFTS Beaconsfield on Sunday 7 June 2026.

Details at the Eventbrite link.
Additional presentation by Chris Howland CAS
Huge thanks to K-Tek, Ursa and Radius for their support.

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John in Oklahoma

He passed away yesterday, as his daughter has posted on Facebook and shared by Patrushkha

Rest in Peace old friend - you are now together....

I have been honored to have known you.

Alan Immerman

so I did a little looking and found this 

I loved Tom Lehrer! My mother bought the first record, I played it over and over again, I think I learned all the words at age 5 or 6! The only one I had trouble with was The Elements  --  I could never really get all the way through that one. Many, many years later in High School I tried to sing the Elements but in the proper order of the Periodic Table of Elements  --- could not do it because of course Tom sang them in his own order for the song. Still love it to this day (as I love Gilbert and Sullivan music also).

 

I had not been in contact with Don for years, very sad to hear of his passing. On Facebook, of course, again continuing my love-hate with Facebook. Don was very much in the Hal Ashby group, I did a number of movies with him besides the Hal Ashby movies, he was a pleasure to work with, so mutually supportive and a real team player.  When he asked me if I would do the sequel to Saturday Night Fever I of course said yes, I would love work with him again. He said the Director was Sly Stone ("Saturday Night Fever II - Everyday People" ?). It wasn't until my first pre-production meeting that I realized it was Sly STALLONE, not Sly Stone! I did the movie and it was a kind  of a wild ride, Stallone never seemed comfortable directing. He was very competitive regarding another movie being made at the same time but he was very sure he had a winner with his movie, He called the other movie "Flushdance".

Here is a part of an interview by Mel Lambert with Mike published several years ago.

Michael Kohut, during his more than 30+ years with the various entities that now comprise the Sony Pictures Studios' post-production complex in Culver City, CA, has done just about everything involved with sound for the movies. Starting in 1965 as a production-sound cable man with MGM, Kohut has worked consistently within the facility, remaining through its various transfers in ownership. During three decades he advanced to lead re-recording mixer, with over 50 credits, including "Basic Instinct," "The Prince of Tides," "War Of The Roses," "Dead Poets Society," "Rocky IV," "The Presidio," "Throw Mama From The Train," "The Sicilian," "Year Of The Dragon," "Old Gringo," "Crimes Of The Heart," "Annie," and "The Good-bye Girl."

He is a seven-time Academy Award nominee for Best Achievement in Sound with such films as "Total Recall," "Robocop," "2010," "Meteor," "War Games," "Fame" and "Pennies From Heaven," and an Emmy nominee for Best Sound for "Roe versus Wade." He also holds two British Academy Awards for his work on "War Games" and "Fame."

Currently Executive VP of Post Production Facilities at Sony Pictures Entertainment, Kohut is responsible for a number of departments, including electronic digital sound prelay, digital picture editorial, and motion-picture sound editorial departments. In addition to these responsibilities, Kohut is also the inventor of the eight-channel SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound) playback format. He is also Managing Director and a member of the board of directors for Sony Cinema Products Corporation, and is the newly named president of Sony Pictures Advanced Digital Systems, an R&D group that will be developing new technologies for the motion picture and exhibition industries, including a new design of hard-disk recorder/player.

Early 1996 saw the unveiling of what many consider to be the jewel in Kohut's crown: a new post-production area. Stage Three and Stage Five, which features a Sitcom Re-recording Room, an ADR Suite, a Foley Suite, plus two, state-of-the-art Re-recording Theaters equipped with 244-input/72-buss GLW-Harrison MPC-1 digitally-controlled analog consoles. And in March, this busy executive will receive the much coveted Cinema Audio Society's Career Achievement Award, at its 32nd Annual Awards Banquet. CAS Awards recognize outstanding achievement in sound mixing in films and television.

http://www.mediaandm...Mike_Kohut.html

Among other things, Paul was the ringside lead A2 for HBO Boxing for over 30 years. He never had anything but a kind word or some helpful advice for anybody who was wise enough to listen. His devotion to his work and his friends was legendary and he will be sorely missed by all who knew him.