The Immoral Mr Teas

You could probably still work elsewhere with Freedman too (post brexit we can't work anywhere any longer ...)

Success stories in industry perhaps. But let's not forget we are generally a nation who prefers to invent and build something perfect then give it to our nearest enemy as a diplomatic gift. Or ally as part of a trade deal. Many of England's greatest contraptions were born in the Shed. (A little further from the house and therefore less of a danger when things go wrong).

No actual idea, Paul, but speculating it might be a noise reduction unit (possibly custom made, possibly Nagra, possibly another company very small run) like a couple Dolby A boards ... the reason I thought of it was that it's a IV-S with the 7inch top ... so maybe a music recording setup? Let's hope someone knows better. Jez

I'll look forward to listening to this, thanks Jason. (And good links and advice...) I don't know what is meant by 'og blimp' but perhaps others do and I'm just old fashioned ... You don't mention parabolic reflectors (or mic systems) in your post but it's there in the title - so - I'll agree with Jason with different mics for different purposes. So what you will be doing 'every single day' ought to have the best measurement / capture device or devices for the task. That said, I have a parabola and two excellent repurposed bags to carry it .. but I would never call that gear's footprint minimal in any way. I've never taken it anywhere remotely remote. What I might consider as an addition/alternative to the CMIT would be an omni - or perhaps two, for stereo (and for the pleasure of others listening to the recordings of what you're hearing in the field). Rest of your life? PNW is Pacific Northwest (at first I read it as Papua New Guinea...)? Must be an enticing place. Jez

I'm pleased I hung on to a few years of Audio Media which are now in storage and have some interesting articles, interviews and product articles - and it's a pity I didn't download all the pdf issues as back up when they were available and free to do so. Since then the magazine changed publishers a couple of times, became much smaller though still useful especially on a product front, but all the previous publisher's copies became unavailable online. I still (until recently at least) got sent physical copies then the physical copies turned into just online - despite half a dozen requests to continue getting the real thing. The online copies were quickly browsed but barely read - only if something really caught my attention. Products and adverts suffered most from this - advertisers take note. When I take a tea break or finish for the day I have little intention of opening another program to read and scroll through tiny writing whilst trying to refer to the polar pattern diagram on the next virtual page. Just isn't worth it. I know kids don't mind, but kids don't tend to spend 2k on their mic cabinet... A bit of a contradictory rant there, so I'll continue the contradiction by asking if anyone knows of an archive source for the earlier generation (say 15 to 20 years ago) of Audio Media, a good bunch of which, if not all, were made available as pdfs not requiring annoying page-turning / indexing type reading software. Jez

+1, a great set of experience led recording technique notes Jez

Nope, he said this one right - he can afford the 2017, not the 4017.

真好看 ！ Normally I'd think twice about a redesign for a Nagra, but if I had a V I'd definitely be looking to do just this to it. Very nice work indeed. I'll look forward to the write up. Jez

Not me either, but considerably less than the 744 which I might have got if I thought I could afford it (as an editor). 'Functions for size' I'd vote (only) for the 744 out of the family but I agree with Jon that 'functions overall' the 788 wins hands down, especially when I could strap three of them together and generally not worry that something wouldn't work. The 702T was never a contender for me and I'm not certain I'd have any use for one now if someone gave me one free. What all the 7 series offered however, as well as a decent preamp sound, was a 'toolbox' ability to connect and sync to just about anything else about (at the time), whether cameras on a film set or broadcast or music studio equipment and I miss that level of versatility in much of what's available or made today - especially the MixPre recorders and their competition. Jez

Not MKH 30/50 series, but 8030/8050 etc ... You may want to take a peek at Roland's link in the 'Radius Windshields - mini alto' posted here on Equipment today. Perhaps not the greatest amount of dead air wind protection for the job but he does what we all want to try and crams a DMS rig inside a mini blimp (and of more actual interest perhaps for the mount suspension clip solution therein). Jez

Thanks for this (once again!) Roland Jez

Posted today after 11.47am ... " And assuming you’re not doing anything illegal, why would “they” care about you specifically among five billion other cell phone users…? " " Plus, as soon as the 4th amendment doesn't matter to an individual because, hey, I'm not doing anything illegal, that is when tyranny gets a foothold. " ... And what about when one starts doing something illegal, ... like having a sex change?

+1 Good work DPA Jez

I'm sure it's just a trick of the light (or my screen?) but that looks like a two-wheeled cart with drawers about one inch deep Mattias ! Jez

It may interest you to know that Jim Tanenbaum wrote an instruction manual for the Stelladat, "Using A Stelladat in the Unreel World" covering everything up to software v5.00 and timecode v 2.44 in its 175+ pages, a companion volume to his "Using Timecode in the Reel World", back in the 1990s. I have the latter, not this volume (I haven't a Stelladat...) Heaven know where you might find a copy these days though! Jez