Recent content by Scott Helmke

For about a year now I've been testing rental earbuds (ie earbuds that come back from rentals) by using SMAART to produce a rough impedance curve of each bud to look for variations from standard. Now I'm just musing about ways to make it a quicker and more portable setup. Here's how it...

Since it's come up a couple times recently I've been thinking about it... that whole minimal soundcheck thing, don't bother tweaking anything by itself, etc. When I was first learning sound there would have been no way for me to pull that off. I do it nowadays because I have experience, but...

Anybody familiar with the headset connectors used with Vokkero sports/referee intercom systems? According to the Phonak (headset supplier) they are made by Fischer, but as usual there's no part # and the website isn't very helpful. We're hoping to avoid putting a lav mic on referees for the...

I've been trying to make sense of what's needed for installing Lemo connectors for Sennheiser wireless. I talked to one of the experts at Sennheiser and got some useful stuff, but figured it was time to ask the community what they knew. Turns out my company already had the $200 ring spanner...

Trying to move SMAART 6 to a new laptop, and I'm not finding a login/authorization at either Mackie or EAW. Is this now a product that is stuck on existing installations?

Had a weird one in Varsity, replied to a thread and ended up with something like "your post will be displayed once approved by a moderator". Never had that happen before, except maybe when I first registered here. This thread is to test that.

TC Furlong, Inc. is looking for an audio technician to work in their Chicago-area shop. This is a full-time, year-round staff position with good pay and benefits. TC Furlong is an established live sound rental company specializing in Meyer loudspeakers, wireless gear, digital consoles, specialty...

From Yamaha:

Live Event Manager TC Furlong Inc. is looking for an experienced Audio Engineer/Senior-Level Project Manager to oversee our Live Event division. This is a full-time, year-round position with benefits. TC Furlong Inc. is a well-established professional audio company in the northern suburbs...

TC Furlong, Inc. is expanding and looking for a hard-working, mature, and dependable audio technician to work in our busy shop and rental office. This is full-time, year-round position with good benefits. TC Furlong is a professional audio firm located in the northern suburbs of the Chicago...

Anybody know of sources for VEAM pins as used in the Meyer system? I can get kits from Meyer, but instead I just need a couple specific sizes. Whoever stocked VEAM parts and tools here (maybe 10 years ago) left bags of some pins and sockets, so I don't want to accumulate more of the pins I...

Here's an interesting thing I ran across a couple weeks ago. I did a service call to a big church with the praise band, to troubleshoot hum problems in their monitor wedges. We (me and the house tech) went through all the usual things. Finally found that the hum occurred between the monitor...

Just wanted to put in a plug for a relatively inexpensive TCP/IP cable tester I've been using for a few months now to verify that our Cat5e / Cat6 cable actually meets specs - something that's kind of important when you're depending on a skinny cable to carry dozens of channels while risking...

(some folks on that other place were talking about needing a "computer networking for dummies" guide. Figured I'd post it here too. I used to develop software for a living, and this is about as basic as I can boil it all down) OK, so here's a basic primer on TCP/IP networking. Applicable to...

Does anybody know where/when there might be personnel lift safety training & certification in the Chicago area? The usual Genie lift, scissor lift, etc. card. We're only an hour from Milwaukee, so suggestions up there would also be welcome.