Jim Feeley

Arsen, what's up? You've asked the EXACT same questions five times here on JWS: http://jwsoundgroup.net/index.php?/user/3968-arsen-hakobyan/ I suggest you just post once, read the answers in a single thread, use the search function of this forum to read what people have written here previously, and do some experimenting. Then perhaps come back with specific questions about specific fabrics and dress designs... Best-- Jim

I'll get a web-based RSVP form up in a day or two. That's proved handy in the past years we've used it. I'm traveling today, so if the connection airport has wifi, I may be able to get that up and published today. Jim

Dang. The "freeze & drill" idea is clever...

I remember seeing their mixers at NAB several (or maybe 10?) years ago. Looked cool but crowded to me. Ah, here's a little info: http://www.kamesan.info/ And at some point Tascam distributed the mixers in the US. So maybe you can find a little more info from the above site or from Tascam. But I'd guess their RX and TX were never sold in the US... Probably decided going through FCC approval and pushing against established players wasn't worth it. Interesting RX, though...

Richard has a nice website: http://good4sound.com/ Let this be a lesson to him... :-)

Unless you need something right now, and renting is out of the question, why not wait? While there's often a long wait between NAB debut and shipping, there isn't always. For example, the announce-ship gap for the MixPre-D wasn't all that long, iirc. And after NAB you can always buy what you need from currently-available stocks. I say this as a guy who today bought another wireless set (thanks Michael). The main reason I can think to wait is for some possible clarity on TVBD stuff.

Rycote makes a Lyre especially for use with Softies: http://www.rycote.com/products/softie_kit/softie_lyre_mount/

"Show My White Space" is made (or at least distributed by) Spectrum Bridge. Ha. They also have a simple web-based lookup page. Links to their finding white space stuff: http://whitespaces.spectrumbridge.com/Overview/Home.aspx Wouldn't that be great?

I'm not in a position to answer with any authority (though I have some half-baked thoughts). But when do you need to buy? I'm hoping to see some new products with features and technology that answer some of my workflow and spectrum concerns. Can you wait until after the NAB show in April?

Thanks a bunch Alan and Zack. Anyone else want to chime in?

What do you pay? Thanks, Jim

Here's a long thread from a couple months ago about MovieSlate. I recall the conversation being fairly interesting. And I think the developer chimed in:

I'm a block 22 and block 26 kinda guy (and formerly block 29). But I'm looking for another block that will work well in the San Francisco area. Block 21 is for sure out. But if you have personal experience in the core San Francisco counties with block 24, can you let me know how that worked for you? If not block 24, what blocks have recently worked for you? Thanks! Jim "in a bag, short hops" Feeley

Eric, that's a key question that is cleverly answered in Galaxy Quest, a wonderful and fun film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177789/

Thanks Senator.

The Zacuto guy is writing to people who decided to be indie filmmakers rather than start a garage band. Some people will follow his advice and get results they find acceptable just like some guys (and it's almost always guys) will be happy with their expensive guitar, cheap PortaStudio, and crappy chops. No worries. A few of these people will go on to make amazing stuff. Most will produce dreck. Filmmaking is the new rock & roll. Ya it's disheartening and even infuriating to see that post on Zacuto's website. But what can you do (other than post comments as Marc, Glenn, and others did)? Even though it doesn't really fit, I'm reminded of the slogan used by OSC, the ex-Digi guys who created Deck, an early software-only DAW: "Tools - Talent = Zero." Like a kidney stone, this too shall pass.

Speaking of B&H, a friend sent me a link to this video of the B&H conveyor system. Kinda cool, but kinda longer than it needs to be. Something that the location audio dealers I know don't offer...

"Beards & Hats" is a nickname stemming from the number of Hasidic people working there. I don't know if B&H considers the nickname funny or insulting. I think the name comes from the founder's and his wife's first names (or perhaps from the first names of two founders). Ah: Wikipedia says: Herman Schreiber and his wife, Blimie.

For lots of items, I find the price difference between B&H and our usual suspects (Gotham, Trew/Coffey, LSC, etc) to be rather small or nonexistent. Nothing against B&H (and other good box stores such as Adorama, Sweetwater), I buy stuff from them and have found them to be busy and particular business people, but honest. However I do like buying from audio shops, and I do find advantages from doing so. For example, I need to order up some expendables and small items and need them next week. B&H doesn't stock all the items. Sure they'll drop ship anything. But with a quick phone call, Trew confirmed they had everything in stock and could get it out today. Great; one less thing to stress about. Gotta place my order, Jim PS- Ya, I wish we had a good and broad local shop here in the San Francisco area. But that's OK...

Hey Damien, How did the RAAM gig go? What did you do? Did you have fun?

David, I'd love to hear how this works out. Is it a dialnorm/LM100 kind of thing or something else? Jim ps- I emailed a couple friends who deliver to NatGeo fairly regularly.

> Bill Ruck THIRD time this week his name has come up. A couple days ago in conversation with another JWS denizen, and then yesterday when talking to a producer about a story... I've only met the guy a couple times, but even based on that experience, I think Andy's recommendation makes sense. A CV for Bill: http://eibass.org/index.php/bio/51-william-f-ruck

Good point André. I think the most important info is a phone number and an email address. I can think of several times an old client or someone whom I want to be a client found my contact info (which hasn't changed is 10+ years) through my small site. They changed jobs or otherwise lost the contact info... no worries. Sure, I get a few stray calls and emails from people, but not as many as generated by various forum and email posts and such. My reputation, for good and ill, is what generates the calls and jobs. But ya, some window dressing can't hurt. Just don't spend too much time or money on that. If you're looking for a simple but kinda cool template to use as a starting point, I think this is kinda cool: http://www.mojo-them...ordpress-theme/ Jim "ya, I'll be updating my site soon" Feeley

Great Mackie-Alesis Art story John. And I'll say I'm not surprised (and probably at one time was told) that Jay's wonderful writing adorned Mackie's manuals.

Thanks JT. Anyone here tried anything else...or bumped into RF issues... in St. Louis?