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OK Rob, that'll do it! It is indeed "Voyager", episode titled "Blood Fever". And the "woman" is actually my girlfriend, who guest starred in that episode as T'Pera, Tuvok's Vulcan hologram mate. I was trimming her reel when I took the pix.
On most shows, a small appearance like that would be under radar, but I have learned not to underestimate the attention to detail of Star Trek fans! |
Charles,
I just noticed...what in the heck kind of chair is that? I can't imagine how your knees/legs/back feel after hours of cutting. |
I've had that thing for so many years. It's called a "Backsaver" chair, and while a lot of people find it odd, I think it's really comfortable and makes sense. It splits your weight between the bum and the legs, and due to the angle it keeps you sitting upright without the need for back support. One of these days I'll get a good deal on an Aeron chair from a prop department or something, but in the meantime I'm happy enough!
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I've got one of those chairs, but it sits in the corner as I prefer a barely padded wooden folding chair dating from, well, judging from the patent numbers on the bottom, 1934 or thereabouts. Wide enough a throne to sit lotus, but thin enough to wrap your legs around backwards and sit hunched over while tackling a stressful task!
It's the furniture I find most striking in your shots, Chas. There's nothing like a good desk, and the VCR rack is handome too. Is that standard IKEA stock, or something more special? |
I'm on the track as Robert about the desk. I was going to ask about it earlier. Nice!
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Both items are indeed Ikea. I looked for a long time for a modular desk system that wasn't going to break the bank, and found that Ikea offered the most flexibility and quality for the price. Sadly this particular line has been discontinued for a more lightweight version. It took weeks of playing around with cutouts on graph paper to figure out which pieces would work, and I ended up having to cut down two of the sections and substitute hardware, but it got there in the end. There are cable trays running all along the far side keeping things organized. I should have taken a picture further back showing the entire desk, it continues in both directions quite a bit from what is pictured, creating a massive workspace.
The rack is an off-the-shelf TV stand; I ommitted the back panel to allow for the cabling and thus it is a little wobbly, but I mounted 6 castors so it can easily be pulled out to access the back panel as needed. The great thing with that setup is that the JVC selector acts like a limited matrix switcher, so I can make any of the components a source and record to the others (i.e., I can play a VHS tape into the DV deck for digitizing into the system, or instantly reverse it to record a VHS dub out from the computer, etc). No re-cabling needed. The backside of all this is an intense amount of cable, but I have Firewire and USB ports available up top for adding temporary components so I don't have to go down there too often. The crowning blow will be to have the Powerbook nestle under the desk using a keyboard slide-out tray, and an unseen KVM switch allow me to instantly kick the keyboard, mouse and smaller monitor over to that computer so I can noodle around while FCP is rendering etc. I've run into a snag with my Belkin KVM device where it won't work properly with the Powerbook, but Belkin has assured me that a fix is on the way. |
How much would you pay for a desk? (List your price range)
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Why,are you looking to sell??!
Mine was about $1000 I think--but it is pretty huge. |
$799.99!!! I'll upload pics later.
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I think I've mentioned before my 80" wide, 36" deep, 1 3/4" thick solid oak desk. A lot of sturdy surface space for only $50*--it's an undrilled door from Home Depot!
*Cost doesn't include the pair of shorts I ruined staining it. |
www.freewebs.com/ctv/my_setup.htm
Well i found this link to be the most inspiring one. Here we share pictures of our setup and gain knowledge on other.
Here is the link to my setup www.freewebs.com/ctv/my_setup.htm Please pardon me for the low res quality cox i had clicked them from my mobile phone for this forum ! Please comment ! (How do i make this url a hyperlink what should be the pre & post fix to this adress so that it ... ) |
Charles: so... what did I win? <g> Does your girlfriend have any
stories on what it was like working on the Voyager set? It is indeed quite a special thing if you've worked on Star Trek. That's a nice setup as well Bankim! |
Bankim:
Yes, good looking rig. The hyperlink setup is [+url=(web address)+] before the text, and [+/url +] after. The "+" should not be typed in, they are just keeping them from encoding here. Rob: The prize for guessing the show is: you get to speculate on the rollout of the XL2 without anyone getting mad at you!! Congratulations! Amy Jo had fun with the Star Trek gig, says everyone was very nice. She did an online interview about it which should come out on startrek.com at some point. I've been trying to get her to do one of the Star Trek conventions, I think it would be a hoot (signing pictures etc.) |
MY SETUP !
Hey Charles thanks for the hyperlink function !
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Hi May,
nice setup, liked the octopads (if i name them right)...you must never be feeling bored ... if in case feeling ... then you can jive around with the instruments and play some good music ... I could see the Shuttle PRO! In all it looks great as if all the equipment are surrounding the user ! Cheers ! |
It's a mess, but after looking at some of the other pics here, I'm in pretty good company. The problem with large desks is that it makes a handy place to put things. Maybe one day I'll clean it all up and post a better shot.
http://www.highdesertracing.com/images/EditSuite1.jpg |
<<<-- Originally posted by Bankim Jain : In all it looks gr8 as if all the equipment are surrounding the user !
Cheers ! -->>> Thank you. The setup works really great for me. Sometimes I spend long hours there, so the more comfortable it is for me, the easier it is to work. And visually, it has to work for me too. Rus |
Heres mine...
http://www.bmxbums.com/pics/setup.jpg Dell Dimension 4500 Dual Dell monitors Sony trv950 |
Nothing special,i have it a bit more organized now,and a bit more
cleaner lol http://www.rollingedits.com/pic_uplo...otos_004_5.jpg http://www.rollingedits.com/pic_uplo...otos_006_9.jpg |
If you folks are still posting pics of your edit areas, here's mine.
http://www.wideopenwest.com/~smchenr...es/Studio1.jpg Stop by http://www.McHenryTech.com and you can see my web site from the beginning and see all the odd stuff I do these days. Sean |
My little edit room...
http://sunens.uqac.ca/~jparchib/edit_room1.jpg http://sunens.uqac.ca/~jparchib/edit_room2.jpg |
Nice alarm clock.
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Thanks!
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Seems we have the same taste in monitors. Your NTSC (PAL for you?) monitor is the same as mine.
Do you have a warped image on the edges in 16x9? I think the power is a bit low here in the office, or, running all the monitors so close is causing some gausing perhaps. My images are a bit warped. Then again the 2 PC minitors are both 19" and the faces are all in the sape plane. Sean |
Hi Sean!
I did not used the 16X9 mode very often but I also noticed a light warping in 4X3. But I don't find it really annoying. It is a great monitor (NTSC here, like you) for the price. |
Just a caveat. Although I like my studio, I don't advertise it to many people and I show it to fewer.
Why? Pictures of my studio would constitute a shopping list for folks of the light-fingered variety. All of the gear is easily sold on the street and for a fair amount more than your average stereo. It is one thing for a burglar to break into a house in hopes of finding items that can be quickly swapped for cash. It is another to let them know which house will produce the best return for the risk. No I'm not saying that anyone that frequents these forums is even guilty of strong envy. But this is a public forum. |
Ghetto Setup
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Pat,
Noticed in the last pic that you have your DV tapes in a rack on the wall. Previous posts in this forum have educated me about the dangers of storing DV tape on its side instead of vertically. Just a thought since that huge rack probably mount either way. Very cool studio, I'm jealous. Patrick |
Yea I read an artical about that a couple of weeks ago, I'll get around to doing that soon...Thanks
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Pat, your teleprompter looks interesting. Could you expand a little more how it's rigged up?
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I've since changed 'her' name to Lucy
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IT'S HERE!
After many months of dealing with our Department of Procurement, we finally received and installed our new AVID Adrenaline!
IT ROCKS!!! Check it out at http://www.rbravo.com/vsu_equipment.htm Just scroll down to the panorama of our edit suite. RB |
Yum!!!!!
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OMG!!! Nice set up, I just got a new computer like the one you described... I'll post a pic... By the way, are those Jump Backs up on the shelf here http://www.rbravo.com/images/Deck%20Side.JPG Must be like 5K worth there just on the shelf.
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Man Pat, that is wicked....
Im so envious of your CD Collection there... |
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Light
Who is the manufacturer of your fill light? It's really cool.
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Ramon: Frezzi ?
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