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In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
I cannot really say. I have never seen them in use,
neither did I pay them much attention.

No surprise there then. ;-)

I had much more important things to think about:-)

But I will get
some details and perhaps a pic when the
opportunity presents itself.

I just can't see any benefit in using motorised servos for the boom
controls.

Obviously someone else could, or they would not
have done it:-)

These are in-house engineering mods.
There is a control box with a remote connector
at the base of the boom. The following are
controllable, Horizontal , Vertical, Extend, and Tilt.

What was it being used for? Sounds like a convenient way of positioning a
mic up in the air which is then basically a fixed position. Not for
following action. There are similar devices for panning and tilting a mic
slung by other means. In TV you don't usually use a boom for this as it
takes up too much floor space restricting camera positions and could be in
shot. The normal way is to sling the mic(s) from the grid.

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In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
Kitty wants
it as his personal blog. You seem to want to talk more about music than
audio.


Why don't you just ignore the posts that don't interest you ?

There's no reason why you couldn't start a newsgroup called audio/music.
But with Kitty it would have to be a misc group. And there are plenty of
those.

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In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
In the US, boom and mini-boom.

Mini boom is a good name, and differentiates clearly
between the two.

Wouldn't help in TV here. That refers to a smaller version of the Fisher.
At Thames we had 12 full size ones and 2 minis.

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In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
Perhaps you forget the recent debate Mr Churches started over the use
of coincident pair? Sauce for the goose...

I stand by what I and the text books say about coincidental
pairs. To avoid confusion, we were always taught to talk
about AB and XY pairs.

Exactly so. So why the song and dance when I tell you what booms actually
are in TV - where they are most frequently used?

I understand it clearly. If you care to look at some polar
patterns with regard to a 15cms t-bar, you will understand
it too, Dave.

It's sadly a very long time since I've worked on a TV prog that uses such
things. Once they were quite common. Studio based classical music progs
with a live orchestra are now like hen's teeth in the UK. When BBC 2
started there was perhaps one a week.


Ask your sound supervisor.

Ask myself? Those I worked under when those progs were common have long
since retired. But of course those progs were mono anyway.

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"bcoombes" bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote in message
o.uk

So music is not part of audio..well well, you live and
learn. Of course the real reason music talk offends you
could be that it brings out feelings of inadequacy.

We've noticed that technical talk has that effect on you, Iain, and Kitty,

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Arny Krueger wrote:
"bcoombes" bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote in message
o.uk

So music is not part of audio..well well, you live and
learn. Of course the real reason music talk offends you
could be that it brings out feelings of inadequacy.

We've noticed that technical talk has that effect on you, Iain, and Kitty,



Annals of Usenet. Volume 5.
1. A poster who's taken a beating in previous threads will resort to using the
royal 'we' in his posts as he will *imagine* that this will confer some extra
authority on his post.

--
Bill Coombes

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"Iain Churches" wrote in message
...

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
As usual you wish to talk about music and musicians.

Does music offend you in some way?
Without music there would be very little to listen to on
your audio system:-)

There are lots and lots and lots of newsgroups dedicated to music in all
its shapes and forms.

I regard music as being very closely associated indeed with audio.
And besides, most of us come here to talk specifically with other
members of this group, many of whom just happen to be interested
in music.

Surely a broader based discussion is better than endless-loop
"valves and vinyl bashing" or wittering on forever about
speaker cables ?

Plenty more to discuss on an audio group. If people want to.

It seems not. That's why so many no longer post to UKRA
which now has a core membership of about eight people:-(

Kitty wants
it as his personal blog. You seem to want to talk more about music than
audio.


Why don't you just ignore the posts that don't interest you ?



Not *that*, detective, is the right question!

:-)

Better yet , as he only condones 'tech' and 'pro' subjects (IOW his memoirs)
in a general audio forum, why doesn't he just **** off to the 'tech' and
'pro' audio groups - unless he's scared of getting his flimsy BS ripped
apart by people who *really* know tech and pro audio stuff....

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"bcoombes" bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote in message
o.uk
Arny Krueger wrote:
"bcoombes" bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote in message
o.uk

So music is not part of audio..well well, you live and
learn. Of course the real reason music talk offends you
could be that it brings out feelings of inadequacy.

We've noticed that technical talk has that effect on
you, Iain, and Kitty,

Annals of Usenet. Volume 5.

1. A poster who's taken a beating in previous threads
will resort to using the royal 'we' in his posts as he
will *imagine* that this will confer some extra authority
on his post.

I would have thought that a mature adult who is wise in the ways of the
world would know that just because there's a rule that you with your
feelings of inferiority *want* to have apply, doesn't mean that it applies.

If I ever wanted opinions about the design of oil refineries, I would
probably ask you. As far as audio goes, you have a long way to go to be the
authority you so badly want to appear to be.

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"bcoombes" bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote in message
o.uk...
Arny Krueger wrote:
"bcoombes" bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote in message
o.uk

So music is not part of audio..well well, you live and
learn. Of course the real reason music talk offends you
could be that it brings out feelings of inadequacy.

We've noticed that technical talk has that effect on you, Iain, and
Kitty,

Annals of Usenet. Volume 5.
1. A poster who's taken a beating in previous threads will resort to using
the royal 'we' in his posts as he will *imagine* that this will confer
some extra authority on his post.


:-)

Are you referring to Arny's bleating about 'adversity therapy' when he was
getting his arse kicked a few days ago?? (They can dish it out....)

I think you'll find the use of the royal 'we' by creeps like Arny and his
Pooch isn't really an 'authority' thing (much as they would like it to be)
as a 'safety in numbers' thing....

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In article ,
bcoombes bcoombes@orangedotnet wrote:
Plenty more to discuss on an audio group. If people want to. Kitty
wants it as his personal blog. You seem to want to talk more about
music than audio.

So music is not part of audio..well well, you live and learn. Of course
the real reason music talk offends you could be that it brings out
feelings of inadequacy.


Collins GEM English Dictionary
audio adj. of sound or hearing; of or for the transmission or
reproduction of sound. ˜audiotypist n. typist trained to type from a
dictating machine. ˜audiovisual adj. (esp. of teaching aids) involving
both sight and hearing.

Can't see any mention of music there.

Sadly you can't see the point. There are over 30,000 newsgroups and many
dedicated to music. If it is music you're interested in why not choose one
of those to use, rather than one which is not?

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Dave Plowman London SW
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