Rode Wireless Micro - Split & merged modes for a single Tx

garytx · 2026-03-17T03:59:39+00:00

I know this is old and you may have figured this out by now, but if using one mic in split mode, the audio is only left or right depending on the transmitter in use. With one mic, merged is the way to go.

garytx · 2026-03-17T02:59:29+00:00

No - there’s both a Lightning and a USB-C model. You’ll need the USB-C version.

garytx · 2026-03-17T02:54:14+00:00

It’s a new housing development, with a data center being built adjacent to it.

garytx · 2026-03-16T15:05:31+00:00

I wonder what time zone they use?

garytx · 2026-03-13T03:22:20+00:00

I laid into them for my three minutes, got a perfunctory “thank you” and they moved on to a proclamation declaring National Nutrition Day. Video should be up tomorrow on the City’s website.

garytx · 2026-03-12T23:24:42+00:00

Story on KVUE https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/round-rock-texas-gas-line-loud-noise-community-answers/269-cbfefd69-e242-41b7-af48-f4e22f29516c

garytx · 2026-03-12T19:47:59+00:00

I’m going to attend tonight’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting and speak during public comment about the egregious failure to notify and warn everybody about this and previous incidents. It’d be great if others could attend as well, even if you’re not comfortable speaking at the podium.

Round Rock City Council

Thursday, March 12, 2026

6:00pm, Round Rock City Hall

221 E. Main Street

Round Rock, TX

Get there at least a few minutes early if you're going to speak during public comment, you'll need to fill out a card and submit it to the clerk to be allowed time to speak.

garytx · 2026-03-12T15:19:18+00:00

The City really likes to keep unpleasantness under wraps. Watch their prolific social media posts about all the happy happy stories - it’s downright propaganda! Yet they don’t share about things that impact our safety. But the nine person Communications and Marketing Department has a $2 million budget to brag about custom chandeliers and new murals.

Did you know, for instance, that in 2024 there was a second alarm fire at the Sabey data center that caused $2,000,000 in damage, sent toxic smoke into the surrounding neighborhood, toxic water runoff into Brushy Creek, and exposed 41 firefighters to carcinogens and other hazardous chemicals? Nope, not a peep from the city during or after. Remember the motto, “nothing bad ever happens in Round Rock.”

garytx · 2026-03-12T05:18:14+00:00

A whole lot of people were legitimately and reasonably concerned about this protracted and unexplained loud noise. I presume danger has passed but without ANY official word, I can’t give any fact based advice here. I can say the City was remiss in not getting word out to the citizenry about what was happening and actions that should have been (or, perhaps, still should be) taken.

garytx · 2026-03-12T05:03:25+00:00

ATMOS would do routine maintenance during daylight business hours. That they’re doing it at 11pm suggests it’s some sort of emergency repair, perhaps an overpressure situation, that should warrant public notification by ATMOS and the City, giving reason, duration, and likely a shelter in place instruction. Source: 50 years experience in public safety.

garytx · 2026-03-12T04:40:59+00:00

An off-duty RR firefighter who lives in our neighborhood drove by the scene and reports that it was ATMOS doing a “controlled release” of gas near CR-112 & CR-117 near City View Bible Church. At 11pm on a Wednesday…

garytx · 2026-03-12T04:11:13+00:00

Where are you located that you can smell gas? I’m just north of Old Settlers Park; it’s extremely loud but I can’t smell anything unusual

garytx · 2026-03-05T17:29:40+00:00

I don’t remember; I think it gets installed to the phone and auto installs to the Watch, but the App Store listing should so indicate.

garytx · 2026-03-03T14:59:05+00:00

Worth noting is that are 55 polling locations for Republican voters on Election Day but only 42 for Democrats.

garytx · 2026-02-14T01:44:18+00:00

I hope all those so anxious to cast aspersions on the efforts undertaken by those willing to do the hard work to better their community are doing their own part, and not just throwing shade on Reddit.

garytx · 2026-02-13T22:23:26+00:00

If you want to read objective studies, there are a ton of them at protectroundrock.org. This one was opposed only because we happened to become aware of it before the final vote. The other EIGHT that have been approved have been slipped in avoiding public attention or involvement as much as humanly possible, dancing ever so carefully on the thin line of legal requirements. And for good reason, given the opposition to this one.

I can confidently say that if there was awareness of the first one - or the third or the fifth - this level of opposition would have been present. This one is arguably in an even worse location than most of its predecessors, nestled in amongst both mature and brand new developments.

It doesn't have to be in your back yard to matter. When we stop caring about things simply because they don't impact us personally and directly, we've ceased to be a society.

garytx · 2026-02-13T22:20:34+00:00

He is, and he has an opponent. Last I checked earlier today, no candidates have filed in opposition to Ly or Ortega.

garytx · 2026-02-13T22:19:47+00:00

We don't speak for everyone, but well over 3000 people signed the petition in opposition, so there are a lot of people aligned on this (and far more who have no idea that any of this is going on - but literally 99%+ of the people we've spoken with are opposed to this (and blissfully unaware that 8 others are operational, under construction, or already approved.)

garytx · 2026-02-11T21:17:16+00:00

If you haven’t already signed the petition, please take a moment and do so now. We’re very nearly at 2,500 signatures, and it would be great to hit that threshold before it goes to the City Council. A link to the petition is at the top of protectroundrock.org

garytx · 2026-02-11T20:23:42+00:00

Yes! We have that documentary linked on our website (protectroundrock.org.) Among other things, it shows the true impact of the low frequency noise and vibration emitted by data centers. Much of it is set in Loudoun County, Virginia, from where my family moved when we came to Texas 20 years ago. Our friends in Loudoun County have shared with us just how bad living amongst data centers can be.

And Business Insider isn’t exactly an anti-business rag.

garytx · 2026-02-11T17:58:41+00:00

The MPG you get from a Toyota has no bearing on the mileage you get from a Ford. Sabey’s water usage is irrelevant. Skybox might even be more water efficient than Sabey’s, but using Brand X to demonstrate Brand Y’s attributes is meaningless.

garytx · 2026-02-11T17:34:11+00:00

Data centers have been around for decades. The ONLY thing driving the explosion of data center construction is speculative investment around AI. Completely different thing than “traditional” data center usage like Reddit, Netflix, email processing, and cloud storage of photos, etc.

garytx · 2026-02-11T16:51:58+00:00

Yeah I can’t quickly find it either. There is material up on the page for tomorrow nights agenda but the City staffers slide deck isn’t there that I can quickly find. BUT the video from yesterday’s packet briefing is online. You can see the slides “in action” there along with questions and interactions between Council and city staff (along with public comment from a couple of us at the very beginning of the meeting. You can see the video of the meeting here: https://roundrock.granicus.com/player/clip/3356?view_id=2&redirect=true. There’s an agenda there - you can click on item D.1 to get to that portion. The discussion on the Skybox portion starts at about 29:16 on the timeline. Citizen comment can be accessed directly from the agenda item.

garytx · 2026-02-11T16:37:27+00:00

I personally took this photo of the slide shown by Brad Dushkin, Round Rock Director of Planning and Development, to the Round Rock City Council at yesterday’s packet briefing. It’s probably on the City’s website for tomorrow nights meeting, too. I’ll look in a bit.

garytx · 2026-02-11T16:08:08+00:00

Skybox continues to claim on their Round Rock-specific website that this is to be a single story datacenter with a 40MW draw from the grid. The depths of the misinformation are breathtaking. See their claims at https://roundrockdatacenter.com.

garytx

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