I'm afraid someone in whose email address book I appear, has been infected with one of the computer viruses doing the rounds across the world and I have been...
johntaylorsound@...
Aug 22, 2003 8:27 pm
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this is a hoax john ... From: johntaylorsound@... To: Johntaylorsound@... Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 8:27 AM Subject: [amps-talk] Urgent I'm...
Hi John This is a very old HOAX Virus scare!! jdbgmgr.exe is a legitemate Windows program that deals with Java Script and should NOT be erased! Look at...
Hi John This is a very old HOAX Virus scare!! jdbgmgr.exe is a legitemate Windows program that deals with Java Script and should NOT be erased! Look at...
This is not a virus, I have had this before, this is a important system file without which your computer will not function, if you erase this file the computer...
I've been had, along with the person who sent it to me. Take no action. If you have removed jdbgmgr.exe it is a javascript debugger a Windows standard and...
johntaylorsound@...
Aug 23, 2003 1:17 pm
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I've been had, along with the person who sent it to me. Take no action. If you have removed jdbgmgr.exe it is a javascript debugger a Windows standard and...
johntaylorsound@...
Aug 23, 2003 1:17 pm
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Hey guys, I am writing my final degree thesis about the comparison of an analogue and digital Nagra as well as a DAP-1 for SFX location recording. As part of...
Would a comparison of analog acquired dialogue vs digitally acquired dialogue be of more help to us? For a lot of films SFX come from a CD, on location...
Ray Collins
rcol@...
Aug 27, 2003 3:44 pm
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Dear Phil, I am a location mixer living in Italy and I hope that my personal experience may be of any help to you. At the very start of my career (1990) I was...
Marco Fiumara
marcofiumara@...
Aug 28, 2003 1:29 pm
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Hello guys, first of all thanks a lot for your replies. I think you guys are a great help and I will surely keep all your tips and tricks in mind. On Thursday...
Just a sweet little story. I'm working as a sound editor in one of the leading sound post houses in Sweden. The last ten years I been struggling with all sorts...
Lars Lundberg
lars@...
Sep 2, 2003 2:00 pm
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Hi Phil Since Nagras are now 'redundant equipment, they can be acquired quite cheaply on the second-hand market. A Nagra 4.2 (Mono) goes for about 400 GBP and...
Even HHB TC DAT's are "falling" and maybe "redundant" one sold on E-bay this weekend for $1275 U.S. I recently resurrected a dead one for less than $1,250...
Ray Collins
rcol@...
Sep 2, 2003 3:58 pm
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Phil, You might like to employ a trick that I've used on Army ranges, and also on 007 "Spy Who Loved Me" Place a dynamic (moving coil) mic near the source of...
pat.heigham
pat.heigham@...
Sep 2, 2003 9:58 pm
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You also might try a velocity mic, (ribbon mic) I have a RCA 77 DX you could try but I'm on the other side of the planet. A ribbon mic acts on the velocity...
Ray Collins
rcol@...
Sep 2, 2003 11:02 pm
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I too will always have a Nagra at my disposal for the obvious analog advantages. I am also anxious to try 24 bit Hard disk recording at increased sample rates...
HI FOLKS I'm tuning in a little late to this topic but it's definitely one to have fun with. I have had very interesting results recording gunfire, explosions...
Hi to all, Just a quick note to ask if you can all please check your computers for viruses, and also that you are protected and up to date etc... For about two...
hey guys, great replies and a lot of helpful tips and tricks. I am now at the stage, where I am setting up a kit, which will enable me to record some decent...
Hello Pat, thanks a lot for your good advice. I will do all of the recordings in mono and I will try the trick you mentioned with a dynamic mic close up and a...
Best story I have heard about a Nagra. A mixer has a Nagra 4.2 around his neck on a hill, he's working alone, booming as well. For some reason the...
Ray Collins
rcol@...
Sep 8, 2003 3:05 pm
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Hi Phil, Having read the reply from Ray Collins, I should point out that I was suggesting the use of a large diaphragm mic, and cited the 414 as having the...
pat.heigham
pat.heigham@...
Sep 8, 2003 7:17 pm
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Hi Phil, My most successful gunshot recordings have been as follows:- Old STC Ball and Biscuit Mic at about 6-8 feet from the gun, mixed to (say) channel 1. ...
Hi all, I would thouroughly agree with Simon's recommendation. (As I recall the old 'ball & biscuit' or 'apple & biscuit' was the STC 4021?) Which number was...
pat.heigham
pat.heigham@...
Sep 9, 2003 1:06 pm
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Hi guys, thanks again for all the good mic tips & tricks. Richmond Film services has got most of the mentioned microphones available for hire, so I might go...
I have no way of proving this, but one "legend" I heard was a recordist had a job at a high tech university such as MIT. The scientists were blown away by the...
Ray Collins
rcol@...
Sep 10, 2003 2:40 pm
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Hi Ray Yes, this is true - main case was milled out of a solid block of aluminium! It was this sort of build quality that made Nagra the only machine to rely...
Thanks for confirming it Sandy. IN the old days we could keep gear going by changing the electronics. i.e.: in North America Tube Ampex 350 electronics were...
Ray Collins
rcol@...
Sep 10, 2003 7:12 pm
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... You have essentially described the process by which the Nagra V non-linear recorder came about --- the effort to preserve what was wonderful about the ...
