The Immoral Mr Teas

A spot of mild genius from the model builders here I think. The second picture isn't framed as well but show the mic clearly to be a DIN plug. So he's talking into the wrong end COMPLETELY ?!! Come on then Rado, tell me when it's perfectly legitimate to address the cable end ... Jez

I used to drive past a house near my old school with a mannequin's leg in the window. Reckon that's all that's needed here for a really good display, Man Ray style. A leg and a hand.

Thanks Philip and Rick for getting me to have another look at AA Translator (Rick's post above for link). I was aware of it a long while ago but had slipped my mind in a time when my workflow didn't need such tools. These days (and for the past few years in retrospect) it looks indispensable. Jez

I was going to say 'Lightwave' too, based on the grid. I've kept a couple of (later) slip-on front ends pretty much for sticking over camera mics on rare occasions. I was never a fan but looking at that 1980s handle set-up I can see why they had their supporters - it might be nicely adapted as a parabola mount.

Thanks, I'll enjoy that J

... And if it's good enough for a recorder it's good enough for a human voice

Ha, thanks Vincent - well that's more than I got the first time! Pity perhaps I didn't get the full new version for the $29 in the end but since I hadn't had a chance to try it ... presumably the new 'Clear' has a trial period and I can eventually try that and decide if it's worth $100 to me (note: presumably only to myself - I haven't checked) Thanks again Vincent Jez

2 weeks later ... Did the beta installer still work today? Did the program? I'm just wondering because I got an email saying it was 'timed out' perhaps yesterday (at least my $29 coupon for 'Clear' timed out) and I never got it (the beta) to work on the older platform I was using at the time I downloaded it (I was thinking to try it out later on something else). cheers

just completing your sentence, Vasi : or in the future (slavery). J

re Michael Lewis book above, it is this week's BBC Radio 4 book of the week, so you can listen to an abridgement of it every morning or night starting today, or find it on their BBC Sounds thing. Jez

Well I cheated somewhat, submitting 'Daisy (Bell) - Bicycle Built for Two' as programmed/performed by the IBM 704 ... and it struggled both with the audio split and with the timing. But since so much pop has so much synthesis built in I'm wondering how much this approach would affect your programming to recognise, time and split anyway? Should I try Cher 'Believe' (a bit of verse, a bit of chorus) next? Thanks for posting! Jez IBM 703-Daisy Bell-Karaoke.mp4

Negligible 'wow' Joseph !! (and why does nobody ever talk about the "flutter factor"?) J

I always knew (heard) the 'origin story' as Mit Out Sound ('with' out sound), being from a German on a (UK? ... possibly US ...) film set. Curious how our German friends here heard of its origin ... Regardless - there's surely only one MEANING to the assignation - a scene shot mute without sound - "Camera?" "Speed" "Sound?" "Sound?" "Sound!" " ... ugh, I'm sorry. This really doesn't happen often in our department ... "

I'd never thought nor heard of this (and brings my previously 'off-topic' post back on topic, so thank you)! But would it actually be mockery or just working examples of said pidgin? They are just straight word for word translations of simple Chinese phrases into English without the grammar (word order) changed. Back on-topic, I guess the young directors and DoPs of today are just much spunkier than our lot were! J

I had a Chinese teacher for night classes at one point who was an electrician by profession. We revised the colours in his order, not the usual rainbow. J

Well you could always call out that 'Sound didn't orgasm' then reset whilst the rest of the crew has a well earned cigarette break J

Well at least you're fairly nearby in Switzerland, Chris! Thanks for reporting that info - it's interesting to know. I'm also quite surprised that your 'new' 8040 has a serial number approximately 300 million lower than mine bought shortly after they were introduced around fifteen years ago ... ? Good luck, and please let us know how it is when it comes back. Jez

Thanks Olle, I'm going to give it a try. Jez

Surely those clever folks in production have worked out by now that animals sound far more natural from the boom? Who still uses lavs these days?? My favourite reply!

If you passed up the chance to get a nicely working III I reckon you would kick yourself for the rest of your life. i would love an E, and would use it more than my others possibly, the size being another aspect as well as relative newness and quality but I’m happy to have picked up a III which ‘plays’ ... one in great condition is these days a find. Take it first! Jez

My 4060s have serial numbers printed on (I believe) a white tag, my 4061s on (i believe) a red tag. No colour coding on any of my DPA adapters. i mostly go to xlr but don’t put my mics in any kind of roughness as lav mics generally may be. Most of mine are microdot, and I use the MD extension cables as well as adapters. I would probably invest in the tightening tool if I were using these as a PSM but me too, I like microdots (so long as I don’t have to solder one). Philip? Jez

Ha, that’s not cardioid Mungo, that’s just Lenny’s special heart shaped omni setting! Jez

Hey I could be wrong so PLEASE double check- I’m not a daily user like most here. And my mics are many miles away but I own 4060s and 4061s and I believe the white cable tag is for the hi-sensitive 4060 and the red for the 61. actual coloured adaptors is new to me - all mine are gunmetal, but if you’re talking about tags it could simply be that you were incorrectly sold 6061s instead of 6060s? best luck, Jez

Just got latest update email from Canford in UK and they mentioned they’ve done (or soon to arrive) some rather nice looking XLR3 F and M connectors. Around 26mm I recall for the F and 21mm for the M, and not expensive (especially for us in UK). Not sure they’re available yet but if anyone was thinking of making up some Lo-prof cables in near future I’d give them a look. www.canford.co.uk Jez

As easy as making a vintage wine! J