John Moore

Okay- Moose Drool has my vote for one of the best-named beers (next to Raging Bitch)... It's not my favorite, since I prefer hoppier beers.

Smuttynose Brewery gets my vote for best name in a month o' sundays! (Yeah, I know it's an island... so?)

Just moved to the Baltimore area & found Flying Dog Brewery's beers... My current fav is "Raging Bitch" Belgian -Style IPA. Have to say that originally any of the American-made Belgian-style beers that I tried were either too floral or disagreed with me (I must be allergic to the yeast in those cheap-ass coors/bluemoon beers- made me gag). Plus- I love the Ralph Steadman graphics on their lables!

Would this work for you? Delvcam UTT-1 Universal Tripod Tray 16.75 x 16.75 at Markertek.com

It has a 1/4-20 threaded mount, but you could use an adapter on the c-stand.

I saw this on e(vil)Bay & thought it must be too good to be true: Audio Developments AD145 - $249.

Anyone in Sandy Eggo & can check with the seller?

John

Thanks! I'll take a look at their site...

John

Who is the manufacturer of the bar stock your using?

John

Today is the 50th anniversary of Newton Minow's "Vast Wasteland" speech:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/newtonminow.htm

He has more to say here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/us/08cncwarren.html

Oh, yeah... Supposedly, the SS Minnow (from Gilligan's Island) was named after Minow.

Was this in Provo, Utah? I did one like this last year... never work in Utah again!

(Thankfully- I'm moving to Maryland at the end of the month & will have completely new location problems).

John

what was supposed to be a simple 4 hour shoot turned into an all day event...

location was the worst any sound guy could ask for. every single neighbors yard got mowed that day, neighbors had barking dogs, airplanes flying over head and it was also garbage day...

I have a Sony PBR-400 dish (dish only, no mic) which I could let go for $120 + shipping... The only problem is that I won't be back home until tomorrow night, but I could rush ship it out on Thursday morning.

If you're looking to rent one- you can try here: http://www.rentcom.com/catalog/Special_Microphones.html

John

I'll sign on for that... but I'll have to wait until I get resettled in Maryland!

Sounds like we need to organize a whisky tasting night!

Try something different: Auchentoshan, Knockando, Highland Park, or my favorite: Usquaebach in the ceramic flagon (around $100).

John

I agree... I have a sign on my cart: this is not a drink tray!

That tea makes me nervous!

Good stuff Marco... It's going to be a Blues night on my turntable!

Sneakymarco: I only have one thing to say: "Ya, sure- ya betcha!"

I'm using a Wendt X3, taking the signal into a Fostex FR-2.

I'm thinking of building a stereo to mono summing box so that I can send a mono signal and was wondering if anyone has done this... any suggestions/refinements? I'm probably going to make it along the lines of this one from the Rane Note "Why Not Wye":

I'd be using it to sum the 2-channel output of my mixer, since I want to keep both channels separate to the recorder for ISO's. It doesn't necessarily have to be a balanced signal since it's just the scratch track. What do you think?

John

FYI: Mike Van Tine is now with Gotham Sound in NYC, so you might want to contact him for Fostex help... He's helped me out tremendously with my FR-2 power supply replacment & TimeCode upgrade!

Gotham Sound

330 West 38th Street

Ground Floor #105

New York, NY 10018

Toll Free: 866 GOTHAM-8 (866 468-4268)

Local: 212 629-9430

After-Hours: (917) 267-2375

Fax: 212 629-9436

John

Jim - Thanks for that reminder... I saw that before & am interested!

Tim - I've researched all of the iphone/ipad/ipodtouch ideas... While the ipad & the touch can be used with MagicSlate to read time code I think the displays are pretty small, as well as a bit fragile. I'm thinking a real slate is the ticket.

I'll just have to beg the boss ;p or sell my backup FR-2 to help offset the TS-3.

I've done my research & it appears the most affordable solution to display time code from my FR-2 would be the Denecke TS-C... I would be using it with cameras like the Red, HDSLR, Sony EX1/3, etc. Sorry to sound like a cheapskate, I'm not expecting a $300 solution, I'm just wondering if anyone else uses something that might be under $1200?

TIA John

Thanks soundbeing... I think that might be the affordable & small solution.

John

Thanks for the info- I hadn't even considered the crosstalk problem!

Pluraleyes is sounding like the affordable solution for post. I'm still hoping to use the newly-installed time code from my FR-2 to simplify aligning tracks. It looks like I should just go back to using 2 receivers for separate tracks... I was hoping to come up with something affordable & small for these systems.

John

I'm looking for an affordable solution to sending a scratch track & audio time code via wireless. I'm considering using the Sennheiser IEM (In Ear Monitor) system to send a stereo signal... anyone done this, or have feedback regarding another system? I'm working on a upcoming project with the Canon 5D, and regularly work with projects using the Red, EX1/EX3 & HVX/HMC cameras, so the need is for something that will work with those systems.

I've looked Audio-Technica's 1800 & Sony's UWP dual systems, but the Sennheiser EW 300 IEM system is $300-400 less & used systems can be found for between $450-600. I know that there are more high-end systems from Zaxcom & Lectrosonics, but they're out of my budget at present.

TIA John

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John

Yikes: $2995.99!!!