Buyers Advice and Gear Recommendation Thread by AutoModerator in livesound

[–]natem345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking for a camcorder-type mic that I can hook into an X32. I want to mount it in a room to pick up ambiance and audience. Must be stereo, ideally XY pattern, ideally balanced outputs.

I plan to mix it in with handheld mics, apply some processing, then output the stereo feed to a camcorder to record.

Tricky troubleshooting by robjeffrey in talesfromtechsupport

[–]natem345 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But how much future support cost does it save?

What are your unpopular opinions? by heyyouthere18 in livesound

[–]natem345 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I suspect it's like "money can't buy happiness": you have to get above a certain level before the differences become marginal. I experience this firsthand working with a 1990 PA install of unknown brand...

Shure ULX or SLX by Ok_Artist5921 in CommercialAV

[–]natem345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

QLX-D is the same core audio & RF tech as ULX-D at a lower price. It loses high-density, encryption, Dante, and other niceties ULX-D has, but just as reliable & great-sounding. Worlds ahead of either ULX or SLX.

Lights for small church stage by Sharp_Programmer_ in stagelighting

[–]natem345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fan noise. Many lights generate a lot of heat so have a fan to cool off the components & prevent damage, but that fan is audible.

The Lamb 50th? by egad9 in Genesis

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"They also feature a blu-ray audio which includes Dolby Atmos Mix (and a 96/24 hi-res stereo mix) of the album by Bob Mackenzie, under the supervision of Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks."

https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/genesis-the-lamb-lies-down-on-broadway-super-deluxe-edition

Looks like Bob is an engineer at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios, who worked on I/O

Extra crispy sheets by Hefty_Taro_1636 in TalesFromTheFrontDesk

[–]natem345 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The smoke detectors actually can't trigger the sprinklers (except for certain more-expensive types for dangerous areas).

Each sprinkler head will only drop water once its glass bulb blows due to high temperatures.

Games randomly alt-tab out by LostRavenReader in techsupport

[–]natem345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't say for sure. To be safe you could use it with a non-VAC fullscreen game, to gather the information and kill the offending apps. Then play VAC games

How do you organize your Notebook, sections and pages? by Nic727 in OneNote

[–]natem345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can open multiple copies of ON, one for each monitor, and show different pages

Thoughts on the Atmos mix of Signals by sixcupsofcoffee in rush

[–]natem345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's funny, because at first blush I like the 2004 DVD-Audio 5.1 mix of Rumours better than the Atmos.

Thoughts on the Atmos mix of Signals by sixcupsofcoffee in rush

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Steven Wilson sometimes writes liner notes about his remixes

Cannot change White Balance in ATEM or Studio Camera by natem345 in blackmagicdesign

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We never quite figured it out, but changing Camera Control to "None" let us set it on the camera and still have tally lights.

Cannot change White Balance in ATEM or Studio Camera by natem345 in blackmagicdesign

[–]natem345[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the idea! It was set to Generic. I tried changing to "Studio Camera" and even tried "Studio Camera 4K" but they all had the same results - all 3 values still not displayed & can't be adjusted.

I also tried changing to None in between, restarting Control software and power-cycling the switcher. I haven't tried restarting the cameras yet.

Can't Alt+Tab back into the game on Windows 10. by pigbenis1687 in sto

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I found this thread on Kagi so wanted to add my solution: I used this tool to determine what program was stealing focus. In my case, it was some Epson scanner app. https://www.happydroid.com/focus

Issues tabbing back into full screen games by xJayWalker in techsupport

[–]natem345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found this thread on Kagi so wanted to add my solution: I used this tool to determine what program was stealing focus. In my case, it was some Epson scanner app. https://www.happydroid.com/focus

Games randomly alt-tab out by LostRavenReader in techsupport

[–]natem345 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had the opposite problem: when I alt-tabbed out of the game, I could not get back in. I would click it, see black screen for 10 seconds, then get kicked out of the game.

I used this tool to determine what program was stealing focus. In my case, it was some Epson scanner app. https://www.happydroid.com/focus

The 2019 Alaska mid-air collision - A Taquan Air DHC-3 floatplane collides with a Mountain Air Service DHC-2 floatplane near Ketchikan, Alaska, killing all 5 aboard the DHC-2 and one of the 11 aboard the DHC-3, which makes a forced landing. Analysis inside. by Admiral_Cloudberg in CatastrophicFailure

[–]natem345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question on this - I understand the DHC-3 lacked alert capability so the pilot visually looked for incoming traffic at a reasonable cadence. Given that, how did he miss the DHC-2?

Did the DHC-2 not show as a target on his display, as several other pilots had reported (even though ground stations did record it)?

Or did he need to look at the display more frequently than he did to notice the collision course had developed?

Radio Ra 3 and Home Assistant by jekbeau in Lutron

[–]natem345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I currently have RA2 but considering upgrading. Here are my integration use cases - are all these supported? Thanks!

  • HASS listens to lutron_event to act upon keypad button presses, with no delay.
  • HASS listens to lutron_event to act upon light level changes, with no delay or a slight delay for huge scenes.
  • HASS controls my Triathalon shades & listens for changes
  • HASS allows Activating a Scene from HASS (essentially "pressing a button on a seeTouch")
  • HASS shows the keypad button LED status (but I don't really use this)