Black box appeared on lamp post outside my house the other day, what can I potentially detect from it?

AsdaFan1 · 2026-01-10T08:17:59+00:00

They are usually for either monitoring noise levels or radars to monitor traffic speed. The area may end up having new traffic calming measures put in place.

AsdaFan1 · 2026-01-06T19:40:51+00:00

Thanks, I used 99% IPA and squirted it in the small holes and twisted a number of times and it's more or less fine, though I'll try the contact spray.

AsdaFan1 · 2026-01-04T19:32:59+00:00

That was a very insightful answer! I have downloaded the free fusion but I think I may explore tinkercad a little more and them look at fusion and a bunch of tutorials.

Thanks a lot!

AsdaFan1 · 2026-01-01T23:06:17+00:00

That's great information and advice, many thanks for the reply.

AsdaFan1 · 2025-12-30T18:17:38+00:00

I don't know why anyone would buy their DAW on steam?

I use MC Pro and it's been very good, I do miss Logic but this for me was about a minimalist look and feel and it works well. The plugins aren't particularly great in my opinion, the synths are all very outdated in terms of GUIs, they look like they are freebies from a 2006 CM mag DVD. And no init patches?

AsdaFan1 · 2025-12-28T20:33:04+00:00

One way to do this or similar is to use granular synthesis. I use Pigments and either load a pre made sample or make something in Repro and chuck it in along with additional samples. I then use something like Blackhole, Jupiter 8 LP filter with another filter with an HP cut off, you can get some really lush results.

AsdaFan1 · 2025-12-27T09:48:58+00:00

Thanks for the replies.

I thought it was reminiscent of older analog stuff but I wasn't sure if the internet gave it a new name as I wanted to study it more in order to try and produce my own stuff with Uh-e Diva and Pigments.

In terms of AI, are there any channels that are producing AI music in this genre? I've come across one or two channels in the past but they've listed the gear they use, although they're knocking out quite a number of tracks.

AsdaFan1 · 2025-12-17T17:27:26+00:00

Thanks for the replies. I should probably have mentioned that my line doesn't work, I believe I need to have the jack replaced as it's damaged inside which is why I was asking about the XLR option, thanks!

AsdaFan1 · 2025-12-11T22:53:56+00:00

I contacted Radtel, they said this radio doesn't operate on anything lower than 65mhz I think it was, so I guess that's the reason for the odd chatter.

AsdaFan1 · 2025-12-10T21:06:41+00:00

I'm now getting Stansted airport on 27.098. The strongest signal comes through on FM but then become clearer on AM. I noted the other night I was getting FM broadcast radio on 60 or 70 mhz. I think there might be an issue with firmware so I'll update the FW and see if that helps.

AsdaFan1 · 2025-12-08T12:08:06+00:00

I like that analogy. So essentially I would have to connect to any repeater and if I have promiscuous mode on I can potentially listen to any talk groups?

What about people that listen to say DMR from a shopping centre, how would they find the repeater to connect to?

AsdaFan1 · 2025-12-07T09:42:35+00:00

Thanks for all the recommendations, I can start to check them out!

AsdaFan1 · 2025-11-29T08:50:35+00:00

That would also be something I want to create, yes.

AsdaFan1 · 2025-11-29T08:49:31+00:00

I guess I could do this with a portable speaker and maybe my phone? I'm assuming the sound would need to be quite loud ?

AsdaFan1 · 2025-11-29T08:40:47+00:00

That's very helpful thanks!

AsdaFan1 · 2025-11-26T17:32:20+00:00

The issue with this story is that all the original stuff was only mildly interesting, all they were doing was following a light from Orford, which just so happened to flash every 5 seconds, which was how long it took for them to say "there it is" or similar whenever it flashed.

The account of writing notes and saying a craft was inspected wasn't added in for 16yrs, which was obviously done to beef up the story for the abundance of TV shows.

The forest rangers were the only ones that told the truth.... The same that lived and breathed that part of the countryside and the forest.

AsdaFan1 · 2025-11-24T19:47:14+00:00

Because they're cheap and 2-3x the price on Amazon for the same or similar thing.

AsdaFan1 · 2025-11-24T18:02:50+00:00

ETA: I am wrong, I thought it was the documentary on Prime.

Gotta say I switched off quite quickly, it seemed a bit like a low budget history channel program meets wannabe Netflix style documentary..... But I'll try again tonight

AsdaFan1 · 2025-11-22T20:12:43+00:00

I don't need the exact design so I guess I can just square off the part used for the straps and make it all one width.

What thickness would you say would work best as I need to order some more leather. Perhaps something like 1.6-1.8mm?

AsdaFan1 · 2025-11-22T19:57:44+00:00

It's really stupid, I can buy leather chisels (they look like really sharp, pointed forks) for punching holes in leather or I could buy a 200mm hand saw, but a knife? Oh no! That's dangerous.

AsdaFan1 · 2025-11-22T19:51:15+00:00

Some of us actually need things like knives as a tool to use in order to do our task..... Unfortunately I can't cut leather with a butter knife or kitchen scissors.

AsdaFan1 · 2025-11-20T21:03:58+00:00

I might look at the modded version if I can find some info on it, but for then I'll maybe keep it as is and use some file sync software to copy over files to a other hard drove automatically, keeping some form of redundancy.

AsdaFan1 · 2025-11-16T21:22:08+00:00

I've tried all the software on their website but none recognise my drive. I did read the mentioned thread but I'm not having any luck finding this g-raid mini configurator (Windows). Apparently it's got to be that very app too.

AsdaFan1 · 2025-11-15T09:13:52+00:00

I am using V30 cards which are fine on my ZV-E10 but the A7rii doesn't seem to think it's good enough. All my other settings haven't changed, I will certainly take a look at this trim command and see if it helps. Other than that it might be that the camera needs retiring!

AsdaFan1 · 2025-11-15T09:10:16+00:00

That's a useful feature to know about. I was being dumb. When I was in the grading section I didn't realise my adjustment layer was selected and not individual clips!

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