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    David Wright

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  1. djw1981

    Which DI?

    At church we are getting some nice new keyboards and around the same time a couple of our ~15yo BSS DIs appear to be failing, so we were looking to get some stereo DIs to go with the new keyboards as an upgrade. The BSS DIs are single channel and don't appear to be made any more; the Kark Teknik 2 channel DI;'s don't appear to be made or in stock anywhere at present; we found one Radial Pro DI2 which we have on a keyboard in another hall and don;t want to have to keep swapping it. So which brands / models of 2 channel / stereo DI are currently reliable and quiet etc.
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    Stolen Kit

    Saw this over on the Catalyst EPS facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Catalyst.EPS.ltd/ - awful at any time, but a real kick in the teeth just as things are getting going again. I guess if anyone hears or sees anything - their contact details are 01738 815720 enquiry@catalyst-eps.com
  3. We are taking 3 cameras and our main church PC (spitting out its normal software stuff - song videos, readings, ppt etc) each onto an ATEM Pro mini as HDMI feeds, then squriting this via USBC into a laptop and telling the laptop to see it as a webcam. We feed audio from church sound desk to the audio in on ATEM. We then spotlight that feed in the call. We did need to disable some Zoom audio features so it doesn't try to EQ the audio.
  4. Just to be utterly pedantic, -10dBV to +4dBu is 11.8dB difference More seriously, the reported fussy-ness about connected monitor is a little concerning... could you expand a bit more or do you know of any particular (say) 27" monitors that do work? We are probably buying a Pro plus monitor fairly soon! We bought an amazon BenQ and it worked fine with that and the Samaung 40 inch LED screen (used for 'training' our video ops.
  5. I'd agree that the airflow is the problem. The increased risk is because of the airflow over the audience coming into the sound room. There have been spreading problems due to airflows like this - see My linkhttps://www.erinbromage.com/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them Ideally you'd need some positive pressure in the sound room to keep the flow the other way. Fans from the outside, etc are all possible but, to be honest, much more complex in our situation than the window approach.(... and before anyone suggests it, I've tried farting a lot but keeping it up for three hours is pushing it, even for me ) That blog post is not representing where UK population health science is (see Brian's HSE advice). If your organisational risk assessment suggests that the airflow through the sound booth is of high risk to mandate a barrier, then the barreir itself merely changes the airflow and that risk is transferred to others - FOH stewards etc? If the risk (once assessed) is so high then it would mandate the wearing of a minimum of a Type 3 fluid resist mask for staff surely.
  6. Fair point but bear in mind most volunteer techs are in the more vulnerable age group and less willing to take risks! There is no danger to the punters from the sound op (I.e me) but there's no realistic way to stop the airflow from the auditorium through the window and being over 70 and with chronic heart disease, there's no way I'm willing to take the risk!! It's a real problem in amateur/volunteer theatre. 3 of our 4 lighting people are over 60, both the sound people and 90% of the stage crew! S Sounds like you need to sort the airflow / ventilation path! First step of risk management is avoid not mitigate the effect? If the audience are facing away from you, and more than 2 metres away, what increased risk do you perceive?
  7. Which is fine until one of the asymptomatic punters then coughs once inside the 'sterile' auditorium.....
  8. One minor issue if using car stereos - my radio shuts down after 20min parked to save battery. Is this running risk of car engines running during movie - noise / air pollution - or needing to jump start many cars at the end!
  9. Wearing my day job hat, a lot of 'big conferences' are instead being delivered as online webinar style, during COVID this was often a speaker at home / work talking to a computer screen and the viewer seeing their ppt screen. There is a growing realisation that social distancing rules etc are here for a while so lots of conferences are instead likely to be 2-4 speakers in one location with either a proj screen, or green screening of their slides behind them available online for a small fee. There may be 2-4 of these locations around country to minimise travel. Whilst some speakers may be from large university affiliated organisations who have the high speed internet and appropriate tech; lots will be from smaller locations or as pre-records, so I suspect that there will be a market for this kind of thing across many industries.
  10. Teams is our NHS solution, but won;t work on most of our PCs (even the ones equiped for video conference) only laptops or BYOD.
  11. We are using ecamm for church services with a mix of pre-record videos and live (skype), including interviews and multi-person sections - reading / prayer etc. Worked well so far with no drop-outs
  12. It may be worth checking if you have any kit which can dial out (fire alarms, burglar alarms etc) and look into how these would work in case of power failure to the VOIP kit. This may affect your insurance etc.
  13. Pile some compost (free from most council recycling centres) in, dig it over a few times and get a local school to come plant some plants and then maintain them til summer....
  14. Lots of people get alloy / steel car wheels powder coated so you may find a back of an industrial estate garage unit would do it.
  15. Sam, By that do you mean using the Matrix out's as monitor feeds?
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