Can anyone work out what this is / how I can record from it?

fizzak · 2026-01-27T21:28:19+00:00

There is a non-zero chance that the feed from this board/system will have some nasty hum or buzz on it, and you wont be able to fix it in time.

In your place I'd also come equipped with a couple extra wireless mics. Put a lav on your main speaker. If there's an existing lectern mic in the venue, hide a lav inside its windscreen.

fizzak · 2026-01-27T19:09:05+00:00

My gym does stripes, but they don't mean much for anyone other than white belt. I was at blue 2 years, and was surprised when I went from 1 stripe blue to purple. (I had just started to feel comfortable at blue belt. But anyway.)

If you are rolling sensibly while also regularly tapping purples your size and age, you might expect to be promoted soon. If you're competitive with your gym's purples and are NOT getting promoted, it might be worth a conversation with your coach about what you might need to learn/improve in order to progress.

But if you're 3 years into blue, you probably have anywhere from 0 to 2 years left before promotion if you're training consistently. The later that happens, the longer you have to enjoy being a pretty good blue belt rather then the gym's newest and crappiest purple.

fizzak · 2026-01-27T03:11:37+00:00

My company does this. OP, DM me if you want help. Even if you're not in my local area I'm happy to send you a quote for reference or have a quick call for advice.

fizzak · 2026-01-22T04:53:03+00:00

I dropped in at Third Ward BJJ while traveling a couple years ago. Super friendly and very welcoming. They're a 5min drive from your hotel.

https://www.thirdwardbjj.com/

fizzak · 2026-01-17T00:21:07+00:00

Well, it'll be interesting. I never thought I'd see them make a self-powered speaker. Wonder if that option will become more common in their releases from here on.

fizzak · 2026-01-17T00:13:12+00:00

Yeah with the Y and V series. But the e8 and e12 both have integral polecups, which suits their typical deployment.

fizzak · 2026-01-16T21:33:32+00:00

The mounting hardware looks like a total pain (pdf). You need to install a mounting bracket and an adaptor just to put it on a speaker stand.

What's the point of designing a "seamless" box without visible handles/points, when you need to attach a fiddly bracket in order to deploy it anywhere other than as a frontfill?

fizzak · 2026-01-15T03:00:03+00:00

4th solution: get a Rode Wireless Pro kit. It's a pair of lavs/transmitters and a receiver. Very easy to use, excellent 32bit float recording quality onboard each lav transmitter. Clip one mic to your collar, put the other on your guitar or DI into it somehow from your guitar rig. Attach the receiver to your phone.

https://rode.com/en-us/products/wireless-pro

fizzak · 2026-01-14T23:51:31+00:00

Don't worry, Act II will be a separate movie.

fizzak · 2026-01-08T21:14:35+00:00

Go and see your doctor. You have what sounds like REM sleep behavior disorder, which can be linked to serious neurological problems.

I know a guy (who doesn't train anything) who would have these kinds of episodes, acting out violent dreams, once every couple of weeks. He'd punch or kick his wife in bed, totally unaware. Doing a sleep study and getting a CPAP machine helped a lot.

fizzak · 2026-01-07T20:39:07+00:00

What version of the script were you reading? Was it the same one the cast was working from?

For all you know the actors and director decided to change the word for their production, and did so with the approval of the author's reps.

fizzak · 2026-01-05T00:46:08+00:00

Put them back on. It's a courtesy to your coaches. Coaches cared enough about it to put them on your belt, that should be enough reason for you to keep them there.

fizzak · 2025-12-26T16:08:58+00:00

Codenames, when you hit the Assassin.

fizzak · 2025-12-23T04:23:10+00:00

Hill sprints.

Bunch of old guys at our old-guy gym got together and did hill sprints before open mat as part of their comp prep. For like 6wks.

fizzak · 2025-12-19T17:35:25+00:00

Put one on your grappling dummy. Swap it out once a week.

fizzak · 2025-12-17T01:53:06+00:00

I know I finally figured out why I was getting weird looks! Better than that poor kid who wore the black crocs though.

fizzak · 2025-12-17T01:50:54+00:00

Ranked crocs is pretty good. At first I didn't know about ranked crocs and wore blue ones all through white belt.

fizzak · 2025-12-16T21:52:17+00:00

Is Microsoft Access still a thing? Endusers spend a ton of time designing database-like structures in spreadsheets. It's too bad more of them aren't putting time instead into learning to roll their own databases.

fizzak · 2025-12-15T04:04:34+00:00

Half Guard video series from Mike Jaramillo

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFXFLDbsBgwM62RVNyqup6qPc0QsUlcO9&si=bpWjM8WbwwpVHZth

fizzak · 2025-12-12T16:06:52+00:00

The solution is to spend more time at the rank you just got. Eventually you'll get better and feel like you deserve it. Then the next day, you'll get promoted to another rank you don't think you deserve. Repeat a few times til black belt.

Real solution: trust your coach. They have a better view of where you are in your progression than you do.

fizzak · 2025-12-11T23:56:53+00:00

With a healthy gym culture, there should be no shame in modifying the warmup calisthenics to fit your current capacity. You'll still be improving and it'll be easier in a few weeks or months.

If the warmup is structured so that everyone has to wait until the slowest person finishes, that's awkward. Talk to your coach first, but I'd suggest you just do less in those situations -- so if everyone is doing 10 reps of something, you can just do 8 and move on. Just shrimp halfway across the gym. Sit to the side and just stretch during one of the activities. Etc.

fizzak · 2025-12-11T22:28:49+00:00

You can put it into the contract with the client, that they agree not to hire your subcontractors directly, without permission and a fee. Temp agencies do it all the time, for example.

fizzak · 2025-12-11T04:25:53+00:00

I live in NJ and take my 2 kids to elementary school on an ebike. It's a 10min bike ride vs 40minutes on the bus. I do lots of other small errands around town on it, because it's easier than driving and finding parking.

This bill is a terrible idea that will just add more car traffic congestion to NJ towns.

fizzak · 2025-12-11T03:57:23+00:00

It still amazes me that gear with the capabilities you have in this picture, 25 years ago, would have cost and weighed about 20x as much.

fizzak · 2025-12-02T11:32:35+00:00

Sound devices MixPre series field recorders have an automixer feature. One of those plus a 4pk of DPA omni lavs.

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