[Newspoetry] Re: call for tripod, long RCA cables: wednesday rehearsal

[bhagy at onthejob.net]

cool. sounds like we got not only a game, but a plan too!  Sergei got
moved to another room in ojc over the weekend and i haven't had a chance
to test the video inputs.  but theoretically, nothing changed, so
everything should still work according to the specified specifications
spectacularly, somehow. so. see you soon. sa?

how long of RCA cables do ya need?  i've got one that's about 4 foot (it's
has two rca plugs on one end and a stereo mini-plug on the other, which
would be useful for hooking a mixer with rca outputs to a mini-disk with a
mini-plug input, but would suck for hooking a mixer with rca outputs to a
mini-disk with rca inputs.  in fact it would suck also for hooking a mixer
with rca outputs to a washing machine, a bowl of cornflakes, or even a god
of your choice).  there are rca to rca cables on sergei, if we need, and
i'm sure i might have one or two cables throw about here and/or there, if
paul doesn't have 'em.

brian


On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, gillespie william k wrote:

> TECH GEEK ECSTASY!
> 
> I've assembled the equipment I think we need, although Mike's mixing board
> is flawed in that it has a stereo headphone jack which WON'T let you
> listen in stereo - it will only output one channel at a time. 
> 
> (shakes head sadly in wonder)
> 
> I don't get it, but at least it HAS a headphone jack which is more than I
> can say for the camera or minidisc recorder...
> 
> Does anybody have ... a LONG pair of RCA cables..?
> 
> a camera tripod...
> 
> The plan is to collect sound through Mike's mikes and mixing board, feed
> it into the minidisc recorder, and (ideally two pairs of RCA cables out of
> the mixing board as opposed to a pair out the back of the minidisc
> recorder (since at some point the minidisc will get full and stop
> recording and cut off the sound going into the camera....
> )
> )
> 
> Thus we have a good recording on minidisc and the best possible audio on
> the tape itself - we use the minidisc to make sound files and the video to
> make video files and need not necessarily mess with synching up sound and
> video from different sources, merely offer the viewer / browser / client /
> reader a choice of good sound or mediocre video / sound.
> 
> How fun is that?
> I guess we'll find out tonight.
>