Topic: Some People Buy Expensive Cars...

[fanofjam]

...I buy recording gear.

I have a spot ready for a second MK8.  One of these days...

[goodcooker]

Very nice.

Makes me think of Jerry Meyer's Neumann capsule collection in a pelican case - a pair of KM100 bodies and LC3 actives, pairs of AK20, 30, 40, 43 and 50 caps. One year he loaned me a pair of AK43s for the Wakarusa Music Festival and when I went over to his house to pick them up he just handed me the case and said "take the whole thing to do some experimenting". I was nervous since we were tent camping and wasn't sure I'd be able to keep them locked up in a car so I had to bribe someone to let me take my car into RV parking and leave it at someone else's campsite.

[Gutbucket]

Options! Don't misplace that case.  Might consider putting a tracker in it.

[audBall]

We're here to support you, Steve.

You can do it!

[anodyne33]

^ with friends like that...

[ol' dirty taper]

Hell of a set of caps.

How come no MK2? I've been on the hunt for a pair myself to replace the Beyer/Line Audio omnis I run.

[fanofjam]

Hell of a set of caps.

How come no MK2? I've been on the hunt for a pair myself to replace the Beyer/Line Audio omnis I run.

MK3's are an older omni in the Schoeps line of capsules.  That pair was my latest addition...bought from Vintage King Audio.

[fanofjam]

Options! Don't misplace that case.  Might consider putting a tracker in it.

Right!  The plan right now is that this case won't be leaving the house. 

The point of putting everything together in this case (and others as explained below) was to organize all of my recording gear at home.  For years I've had my gear kinda stashed here and there at home, but not in a very organized manner.  I've gradually gotten more and more disorganized over the years, I think mainly as a result of going festivals and just kinda throwing everything in the back of my car and then upon unpacking it ends up here this time and there next time.  You get the point. 

Example...lots of my XLRs and miscellaneous cables had been thrown in an orange five-gallon Home Depot bucket, so when I headed out to a fest, I'd just grab my cable bucket.  What a mass of spaghetti!  I got tired of constantly having to look around for stuff to put together a rig before a show or before the festival starts.  'Hmm, when's the last time I used that TRS > stereo XLRf cable?'

So, I went to Harbor Freight and, in addition to this Apache case, I bought 7 or 8 cheap tool bags ($10 each for a 15-inch black zippered bag).  Now I have a bag with all of my screens, another with all of my mounts and clamps, another with all of my recorders, one with tape/hardware/adapters, and so on.  I actually needed multiple bags for all of my cables...but now I've finally got all my XLRs neatly wound and stored together in one place.  My three main Portabrace gear bags...those that I take out to the show with me...are currently empty.  Whenever I head out to the show or festival, I'll just grab one of the empty bags and put together my rig without the need to look here there and everywhere.  It's all segregated out in my gear closet by labeled/tagged bags.  Should take me a matter of minutes to stage a bag, whereas before getting organized, it make take an hour or more.

An added benefit to doing all this is inventorying all of the odds and ends that I've collected over the years.  I never realized how many different times I've re-purchased something that I already had stashed away somewhere.  For example, I just discovered exactly how many sets of mics mounts I have.  I think I counted 9 different sets of mounts and 6 different mounting bars. 

[Thelonious]

Options! Don't misplace that case.  Might consider putting a tracker in it.

…For years I've had my gear kinda stashed here and there at home, but not in a very organized manner.  I've gradually gotten more and more disorganized over the years, I think mainly as a result of going festivals and just kinda throwing everything in the back of my car and then upon unpacking it ends up here this time and there next time.

This resonates with me and you’ve inspired some housekeeping of my own!

[mrfender]

Options! Don't misplace that case.  Might consider putting a tracker in it.

…For years I've had my gear kinda stashed here and there at home, but not in a very organized manner.  I've gradually gotten more and more disorganized over the years, I think mainly as a result of going festivals and just kinda throwing everything in the back of my car and then upon unpacking it ends up here this time and there next time.

This resonates with me and you’ve inspired some housekeeping of my own!

Returning from a show and you have to face this the next morning:

[beroti_music]

Nice set!
I have one MK41S capsule for sale.
That one seems to be missing

Drop me a message if interested. We can make a good deal.

[grawk]

Returning from a show and you have to face this the next morning:

I highly recommend learning the over-under cable coil method

[mrfender]

Returning from a show and you have to face this the next morning:

I highly recommend learning the over-under cable coil method

Yeah, this was a bad one.  Ran OMT-6 for the first time at a new-to-me venue.  Was putting away mics, clamps and stuff at the end of the show and was taking a little bit.  Looked up and there were zero people left in the place (holds 1,100), just me, my son and the roadies loading up.  Ushers started to give me the "what the hell is that guy up to over there" look so I had to make a command decision to cram all the cables into the bag and get out ASAP before they call security.  Artist is taper friendly but had no idea on the venue.

[morst]

Returning from a show and you have to face this the next morning:

I highly recommend learning the over-under cable coil method

https://www.prosoundweb.com/an-over-under-proposition-the-magic-of-proper-cable-wraps/
This is not really how I do it but it explains the theory.


I prefer to wrap over-under in counterclockwise loops, but it is helpful to be able to do it either clockwise or counterclockwise.


The first time I worked with the late Chris Munson, he saw me wrapping a cable, probably around my elbow, and asked me not to do that.
He said there are two ways to wrap cables - "my way, and the wrong way!"
I told him that if he was willing to teach me his way, I'd be glad to do that, so he took the time and got me set right.


For me, I am right handed, so I start with one end of the cable in my left hand, with the connector facing away from me.
I draw out a couple feet of cable with my right hand and make a counterclockwise loop, while twisting the cable gently counterclockwise, which I then add to my left hand.
Call that "Over"
Every other (alternating) coil is then wrapped "under" where the end of the loop actually goes under the start of it.
I accomplish this by twisting the even numbered wraps gently clockwise as I form the loop. If it helps to picture this, it's a bit like throwing a ball side-arm.


When a cable is successfully wrapped over-under, it can be unspooled into a straight run by simply holding the original end of the cable, and tossing the loops away from you.


As the above link indicates, it is not strictly necessary to do exactly every other loop over-under, but in general that's the best way to "train" a cable.


There are videos on a popular website whose name starts with Y, which purport to demonstrate this, but the site has ads so I'm not going to do the legwork for ya on that.


Hope this helps.