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Hello all,<br>
<br>
I'm back from the US, and I come bearing gifts.<br>
<br>
I have purchased for us a (compact) 12 channel 2 Bus Xenyx 1202FX
audio mixer desk. We were looking at an equivalent Soundcraft
Notepad system - this has more channels and was the same price. I
picked up a pair of 15 metre XLR cables, and a pair of 1 metre XLR
cables. I grabbed an XLR to 1/4" jack adaptor, a firewire 6 to 4
cable (was $4 or so), and a few DB9 shells for us to solder/build
some tally lights (just need some light cable, some LEDs, solder and
time - see directions on the DVswitch web site). I also got us one
Shure PG48 mic to get us started.<br>
<br>
While we're after a bunch of radio and boundary mics, they were too
expensive on top of what I have purchased for me to get this time --
these mics should be covered by the grant if/when it happens, but in
the mean time we have key parts to get started with.<br>
<br>
This probably means we should have another plastic tub for "audio
kit".<br>
<br>
We also need someone from this list to step up who wants to be the
"audio person" and run this kit during each session.<br>
<br>
I also grabbed a desktop (fan-less) 8 port gigabit switch as well
(just need an AU power adaptor - 5V@1A) for around US$39.<br>
<br>
Anyway, we need to schedule another workshop to play with this kit.
There are 14 people on this list; and each time we've done this only
3 or so have turned up. Can we get some indication from everyone if
you would be able to and interested in meeting next Sunday 31st to
get the gear out (venue and time yet to be decided, but likely to be
pretty central and starting mid morning). It would be great if we
get 5 confirmed attendees to make it worth our while to lug (!) the
boxes around (I also need to check with my Mrs first!!). But a show
of support would be great to start off with...<br>
<br>
James<br>
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