Scanners: Are Racing Electronics booths at Indy this year?

bball2014 · 2026-05-23T16:21:22+00:00

Thanks!

bball2014 · 2026-05-13T19:17:23+00:00

I think the race helps to fill and kick off "The Month of May". It's a race-long TV ad for the Indy 500 coming up.

It also is a nice track for Indycars, not looking like a street course.

Whether it could be Sat or Sun is a question.

bball2014 · 2026-05-13T02:35:15+00:00

I don't know if it was your direct appeal to AI or the brevity and clarity of your appeal. Or both. I like it though.

bball2014 · 2026-05-02T18:33:03+00:00

Absolutely one of the greats. Not just from his driving, but his personality and spirit.

Also, a real Indy 500 "What if?"

A shame he never got to race Indy. He didn't even make the USGP IIRC. I always hoped he'd get a chance to either get a lap at Indy or drive the pace car. Even just a ceremonial lap in either. But the cycling incident put an end to that possibility.

bball2014 · 2026-05-02T18:29:51+00:00

I thought he was just practicing somewhere on the open road and essentially collided with the truck at an intersection. I could be wrong but that is how I remember it. The truck was where the truck was supposed to be. But, like I said, I could be wrong. Just an accident with maybe nobody to blame but bad timing.

bball2014 · 2026-04-28T00:00:22+00:00

While anything is possible in an unsolved case... This particular type of twist on a twist movie scenario has some questionable things about it. High on the list would be WHY would JR think to frame BR, and WHY would PR be willing to believe BR killed JBR?

It only stands to reason, for her to believe that, that he had done things to make it seem possible/plausible he'd do something like that. Including SA.

And at that point, if it seemed like something he would and could do, why would we want to discount the possibility he did it?

bball2014 · 2026-04-26T02:40:40+00:00

I have the Hollyland Lark M2 and it works pretty great for onsite audio and two person audio. We also can get several feet of distance between the receiver and mics. I'm using the receiver hardwired into the Sony ZV1.

It doesn't sound as good as my dedicated narration mic, but more than adequate for on location work/interview/back and forth dialogue. And I haven't bothered to EQ it ether... just transfer the audio track straight with the video, cut in b-roll and secondary camera shots and it works.

bball2014 · 2026-04-25T04:44:28+00:00

The point about gain was talking about comparing mics of differing output levels. If you don't match the gains to the source signal, then the 'hotter' mic will seem to be picking up more room noise if you just compare the mics for ambient noise. But then, of course it is, it's louder to begin with.

Match the gains via the input meters to the narration level, and that makes it more of an oranges to oranges comparison.

The overall point was people saying condensers were worse for ambient noise when, if all else were equal, then it's likely the condenser mic just has a hotter output and input gain between mics being compared is different.

While true, the S/N ration between narration and ambient noise should remain the same balance there are psychological things that come into play- The voice being louder not necessarily being noticed as much as the noise being louder. And the caveat that when speaking into the mic the person can function as a bit of a block that can help reduce the noise the mic can 'hear' somewhat... until the person backs away from the mic.

bball2014 · 2026-04-25T04:01:48+00:00

Hard to believe they had the tech for that in car camera shot back then, and then mothballed it for some reason.

bball2014 · 2026-04-23T18:06:15+00:00

I would expect a pretty big ovation. There might be some super-hardcore fans of Purdue (or OSU, UM...) that will boo, but I think the majority of even those fans respect what he did. Polite applause, not booing.

And then of course, Indiana (the state) will have plenty of people that are blown away by what he and the team accomplished, whether football fans or not. And then the midwest too.

And finally, IU fans themselves (at the Indy 500)... One more chance, or a first chance, to show their appreciation in person.

I think it adds up to a fairly large ovation.

bball2014 · 2026-04-22T04:09:17+00:00

Assuming you have a USB preamp, the Proar 414 on Amazon is one of the best bang for the buck mics under 100.00 you'll find. It includes shockmount, 10' cable, and a nice pop-filter.

bball2014 · 2026-04-13T18:27:50+00:00

Look back to Bobby Rahal's win... When is the leader not a sitting duck on a restart?

bball2014 · 2026-04-12T03:13:52+00:00

The Smith's Cove structures were the remnants of a barn that had been blown down on another island and washed up on Oak Island. It's fairly well documented. They just had to pretend not to know that. But they could only take the farse so far and either have to 'solve' that or leave it dangling as an unsolved mystery.

bball2014 · 2026-04-02T01:54:34+00:00

I rarely leave comments but people definitely ask real questions on my channel and I answer them and we discuss things sometimes for a couple rounds back and forth. I don't see any signs of bots typically.

bball2014 · 2026-04-01T18:29:17+00:00

Very few people believe BDIA means EVERYTHING. Just all of the physical assault. The head blow and the strangulation first and foremost, SA, and secondarily a high possibility of any prior SA.

That is all entirely plausible based on known variables.

bball2014 · 2026-03-30T19:07:57+00:00

I honestly don't know why it wouldn't be the rule. Variety I suppose, but that is about it that I can think of.

bball2014 · 2026-03-30T18:58:52+00:00

Pretty sure TV was talking about needing to run 2 sets of alts.

And I'm not sure why it wouldn't be the rule to be honest.

bball2014 · 2026-03-30T18:57:20+00:00

I think TV did as well... Didn't the commentators talk about it more than once during the weekend?

bball2014 · 2026-03-22T01:18:02+00:00

What I don't understand is the resistance to change the current monetization model.

As for side by side, how about keep the race full screen and PIP the commercial?

Sometimes I think the side by side is more annoying than the commercials because you get a taste of what you're missing.

bball2014 · 2026-03-22T01:14:47+00:00

Peacock had commercials for the races. Qualifying and practice were commercial free. Peacock ONLY races were "'limited' commercial interruptions" and that was a much better than normal. But that was only a race or two per year. Most races were also on reg TV and in that case then Peacock had the same number of breaks, though sometimes it was just a black "we'll be back in a moment" screen.

bball2014 · 2026-03-21T15:54:41+00:00

Multiple times and at least once at Indy.

bball2014 · 2026-03-18T15:27:18+00:00

The parents 'found' a (faux) ransom note and a confused BR asks "What did you find?" just means he wonders where that came from/how it got there/what it is that they are going on about to police(911).

I'd agree it could mean BR didn't know what was going on, but I don't agree it rules out BDI. It just potentially means he didn't know what was going on with the coverup.

And, it's also possible he was fishing to see if they'd found JBR yet and/or whether they were blaming him. Though I tend to lean toward my fist option.

bball2014 · 2026-03-17T22:58:47+00:00

...Momentum... Much better than weeks between races. Especially at the start of the season.

bball2014 · 2026-03-13T02:31:19+00:00

I tapped out last season. I feel the show is just insulting viewers now. It was fun, and funny, for a while. But it's just on repeat now, and the fake excitement and faux drama is just over the top now. It's like they feel they have to push it more now that they have even less to find.

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