[Helpers] Comedy of errors.

[Gustaf Grefberg]

>  That would be lovely!
>   I checked and she was not subscribed, so I added her.

Excellent! When she comes back today, I'll ask if she wants to come to the helpers chatparty on saturday. Hopefully we'll both come. 

>  Yes. It will be on the DVD, I think. I don't remember if he gave me big 
>ones.
>
>  I'll look for them,  but I have not found large versions yet.

I think that DVD framesize should be enough to make picture collages/designs. At least for the videos and the menu.

>    I think in Nero 7 I saw something about password protection, but that 
>may have been for the whole DVD, not a part of it.
>    I had a terrible time with it, making the FST CD and the only solution 
>was  making the last lessons into password protected exe files. No hurry 
>for that anyhow, web vids come first.

I haven't found that feature yet, but I'll keep investigating. 

>   Yes, that will be yet another investment. I have three mics right now... 
>a full size one that doesn't work, has to be returned to 
>Panasonic.  A  cheap gooseneck desktop, and a mid-range headset mic 
>Percyval gave me when I was trying to get Dragon Dictate to work.
>   Wouldn't it be great to just play the vids to a voice dictation machine 
>and have it pop out a transcript? I'm dreamin!

Actually I think there's software that's supposed to do exactly that, like a voice dictation machine. Let's just hope it doesn't behave like babelfish.altavista.com !

   I'd appreciate a recommendation.

http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/icm_eng.nsf/root/products_microphones_k6

The K6 is a modular set of mics that are absolutely wonderful for field use. I have a K6 module with a me63 and me67 depending on what I need. The me63 has a somewhat wide pickup pattern which I use for general stuff, while the me67 is a "shotgun" mic, which basically filters out everything except where you point it. It's absolutely awesome for recordings in a non-studio environment. I've gotten some very good recordings out of it from pretty bad environments.. Downside is that they are a bit costly.  The K6 module will go for around $200-300 and a mic will go for around the same.  I got a K6 and me67 shotgun mic used at the local music store for like 250, which was an exceptional deal. They are sensitive and pick up sound really well but are also very sturdy, they don't overreact to sudden noises.    

I use them for my field recorder, but they are also very popular mics for video cameras, widely acclaimed. 

Currently I also use two Rode NT3s for stereo recordings. They are reasonably small condenser mics that sound absolutely wonderful. They are comparatively cheap, and I got mine for around $180 a piece (And you probably just need one)
http://www.rode.com.au/?pagename=Products&product=NT3 
Only drawback is that they are rather sensitive to wind, so you need a thick windshield for them for outdoor use.  But man are they crisp!   Made a test recording outdoors by recording a train leaving the station. They tend to be somewhat loud. But there was a light swishing sound that ruined the recording.. It was a lady with snow pants walking 100 yards away! lol

Although for your DV camera I'd check out this one
http://www.rode.com.au/?pagename=Products&product=VideoMic&PHPSESSID=9cd8128602bb47fa044b6034c96556e9
I can't find any specific name or price on that one, but a shotgun mic with cables and foundation for a video camera sounds perfect for many of your recording situations. 

If you ever decide to record something while in Europe or if I come to Canada, I'll bring a microphone boom and be your audio-slave throughout the recording. 

>   Yeah, my old partner had a cordless clip on mic... but it really only 
>worked well if I stayed very still. Thus, the loss of the video for the 
>diet lesson.

>    They have all kinds, but I agree the sound is terrible on the web clip 
>of the band.

Are you sending the diet lesson too?  Unless it's completely mangled beyond recognition I might be able to restore it. My software allows me to go in an remove the tinest things, even take syllables from one word and merge them into another. But only to an extent of course. After that it'll be what my co-worker Johan calls "turd-polishing"

>   That is great! I never thought of that! Making funny K slogans for the 
>store. I just thought it would be cool to have branded school stuff, like 
>they do for universities... and once that was done I did not give it 
>another thought.
>    I bought a ton of the stuff because I don't get tired of looking at 
>that logo... but seen through your eyes, the offerings really are rather 
>boring. There is much potential for fun!

LOL! I was joking about it!  But hey, you definitely have a point with it. Say have a fun-section for the class.. After all part of what you are teaching is to have a laugh about it along the way.

>   large logos are uploaded to psd/big art/

Where? On the ftp? I can't find any folder like that there. 

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