tomholman

Hello Team, As a new old guy, I am not as knowledgeable about ramps & other sites, however; I think this is one great forum. Keep up the good work all. Best, Tom

I've been using a single Shure donut with my 41's and old 441's (non-colette) for over 20 years, never had a problem. I always use 80 Hz roll off on a moving pole. Tom

Mick, Well said, same thing happen to me on a spot here in NY last week. After 35 + years I was thinking, am I getting too mellow? Na, they will do 25 more takes & I keep good notes. Thanks. Best, Tom

Hi gang, Just looked at some pix. here again. Everyone seems to have great set ups. The EFP bag systems are amazing. Warren, the bare cart is very light; about 37 lbs. wheels & all. The problem is all the stuff (no follow cart, cables, etc. in bottom drawer), funny story. I knew the cart was heavy but had no problem bouncing it around. After about a year I really wanted to know the exact weight. One day we were shooting in a hospital, went in the service entrance, looked up & there was my weight on a digital read out. Scale in floor, next the cart.. Wow... 198 lbs! From that day on, it's been very heavy to me. Cole & Simon, right: 8 - 20 lb. "Barry" aircraft shock mounts. Phil & Phil, Thanks for the note. Now that I know its 200, I can't just toss it in the truck (like I used to). Check out the car pix. The red lines are a 6 to 1 block & tackle. 30 lb. pull, bing (I'm addicted to sailing). In the garage I have an electric winch in the ceiling. Since I started pre radio mic, I don't like to use a lot of them. I have had great luck with my Audio ltd.'s and stay with individual antenna's. It has been my experience that splitters, beams (shark fins) & cables do more harm than good unless really done well. Best to all. Tom

PS. Thanks Doug. Will say Hi to Nick Hammond. He's still one of the best! Tom

Gee, this is fun. Thanks for the observations and kind words! Jeff; while designing the cart I wanted to keep it as narrow & light as possible. I built the hole cart full scale in wood first (even the Cooper 208 in 1/8" plywood). The half" by one" alum. tubing (1/8" wall) is very strong & lite. The boys in the shop pointed out that it would be easier to machine the top section sides out of a solid plate of 3/8" Alum. (rather than weld a lot of small pieces - which warp). The machined groves are to reduce weight, make the plate function more like an "I beam", recess fasteners so they are flush & look cool! BTW the Cooper is so stoutly built it actually serves as part of the structure. The entire top section slides out like your mixer but everything moves with it. Actually the entire top section can slide off (for air shipment, etc.) but I built the "Road Tray" instead & never do take it off. I also learned that the bent plexi top is so strong it does not need an additional metal frame. Jason, Thanks for that good advise, I've been getting a little too nutty over the non-lin options! John, One speaker at me (over recorder), the back one is for (light) playback toward Director/Script & sometimes for me to say "speed" via the slate mic. Very small, they are Motorola from an old cellphone car kit, sound great & pretty loud. Don't use them that much but they do come in handy. Best, Tom

Opps, Dup. pix. above. Here's the right one. OK, No more pix, I promise. I will have some more questions though. BTW How's that weather look for December in New York! Tom

The cart was designed around the new Cooper. After six years, it’s held up well as you can see. Works great for me. I am now planning a move to non-linear to keep up with you young guys. Don’t want to take a hacksaw to it, so planning the modifications carefully. Thanks so much for your help on this nice forum, and again I wish you all the best. Sincerely, Tom

Base footprint 18” x 18”, overall 21” x 21”. We get a lot of very tight locations in NYC. I do carry a complete back up system, my “Road Tray” HHB recorder, Cooper, boom com, 2 audio limited ltd’s, Comtec and vid. monitor. About the size of a shoe box . Great for car shots. fits in a small case which lives in the van with spares, extra booms, cables, etc.

Clear plexi top w/ Audio ltds, spkr. & Comtex xmitter. Tilt down shelf for video monitor and recorder w/ LED lighting, power & playback switching. Cooper 208 mixer. Script & notes drawer. BU recorder, CD & mini disc, etc. in drawer. Radio drawer. Main case drawer. Tilt out slate box, fold up side shelves. All active equipment drawers have cable bridges. Cables and larger stuff in bottom “junk drawer”. No other cases. Well 1 – a new client Comtec receiver case w/ legs

HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEAR ALL Everyone seems to love cart pictures. I know I do. Here’s mine: I built it in 2000, six months start to finish. My friends let me move into their machine shop for two months during the actor’s strike. It’s all aluminum, mostly ½” x 1” tubing, V cut, welded and ground, machine parts and powder coated. It’s on aircraft suspension.

Hello Jeff, I think you can see that I am enjoying the site. Hope I am not using up too much memory on the server with my long winded posts. Just received my copy of "who Needs Sleep" this week. I took it to the job mid week and displayed it on the cart for passers-by. Loaned it to the script person (aka girl) overnight. I Watched it last night. It is wonderful! A super job by all. Haskell is great! Extreamly powerful. I saw you and many friends. I did fall apart at the end when I saw Mike Stone's wife (and baby). I am going to bring the DVD on every job (buy a few more copies too). If we all keep a copy with a self addressed bubble wrap envelope (like the one it comes in), it's a great way to get it around! Don't tell Tom Short my Idea, but please tell Haskell. BTW: Was that a Schoeps or a CS1 you put on his dv cam w/ the right angle xlr? Keep up the good work. Sincerely, Tom Holman

Thanks again Take. BTW, The playback from sound log via the Motu outs works well. The new tread in Current News (welcoming Marc) is very informative. It would be great to develop some form of basic time line (with running time code) in playback within the recorder program shell, but I'm sure that is not an easy thing to do. My friend JB ran some lengthy tests last night & had no problems: Real time DVD-RAM, G4, 6 tracks of 48K / 24B, 40 min takes, stop & start at end, no stop issues. Maybe I just did something wrong. He was running an earlier version of BR than my V7.19. Best, TomÂ

Great Thread. Thanks Marc. Best, Tom

Hi Take, I don't want to alarm you over this stop issue. My friend who is using the same set up thinks my problem may be not enouph ram in the G4. I only have 512MB. He is using 1.25GB in his laptop. Will order more ram, do some more tests & let you know. Best. Tom