Field Recording» Uncategorized

Fitting a Rode NT4 to a Rode Blimp

admin — Sat, 14 May 2011 12:35:05 +0000

I’d looked around for some information to replace the standard mono XLR connector in a Rode Blimp handle with the stereo connector required by an NT4.

Step 1. Remove the forward grip

This grip is held in by friction but you may need a credit card type plastic lever to help out the tabs if they are a bit sticky. Previous information I found was that both front and rear grips are held in by friction. This is not the case with the Blimp handle I have. You need to be a little careful here as the tabs are moulded as part of the grip. If these get broken you’ll end up with gaffer tape all over the handle.

Step 2. Get ready to move 2 Allen bolts from the front grip

The rear grip is held in by 2 screws at the front and one screw on the rear. The pair of two screws s highlighted in the photo. Not sure exactly what size these are but the look to be 3mm.

Step 3. Handle split

With the handle split into 2 you can see how the rear grip contains the XLR connector. Once the grip is removed, the XLR connector can be slipped out.

The fitting behind the front grip is the fitting for a pole or boom.

To reassemble, either insert your replacement stereo XLR or leave with a hole through for later.

Blue Spiral Lights in skies over Norway

jhuckle — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:01:27 +0000

Blue Spiral Lights in skies over Norway. This is being reported by The Sun and Daily Mail but here is a video from YouTube. Aliens, wormholes, rockets or a massive viral campaign to highlight climate change? Draw your own conclusion.

Toshiba Space Chair

jhuckle — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:21:20 +0000

This is almost very exciting; a specially manufactured chair launched into space via balloon and videotaped. It’s a publiscity stunt for a new Toshiba video camera.

Not much detail on it yet, but I read the following in the printed press (Shortlist, a weekly free paper/magazine handed out in London) this morning – “The temperature dropped to -90C at 60, 000ft. The chair endured this for 70 minutes before disintegrating”, “float up from the Nevada desert to 98, 000ft above Earth”. Whilst not the best journalism, its certainly looks like it might be worth looking at.

The following is a confusing teaser currently doing the rounds on youtube.

3D Mandelbrot

jhuckle — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:07:33 +0000

A little off the beaten track for me, but this reminded me of many wasted hours waiting for my Amiga to render a Mandelbrot image. This is an example of a 3D render of a Mandelbrot series being hosted via skytopia. The “Unravelling of the 3D Mandelbulb” has many more examples. Goodness knows how long this would take on my Amiga?!

A Slice of Mandelbrot Gateaux