Audio and Video

https://www.boredpanda.com/photography-reality-behind-the-scenes-calob-castellon/ We are mesmerized by the beauty and quality of some Instagram photographs. And it often leaves us wondering if all these people have personal professional photographers and a free pass to a fancy studio. It appears that is not always the case… This article probes that quite unexpected everyday places can create an out-of-this-world →

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/may/16/jason-shulman-films-condensed-into-a-single-photo-frame-in-pictures Jason Shulman photographs entire movies with ultra-long exposures, creating impressionist photo masterpieces in the process. →

Here are some links on transporting audio signals over twisted pair wiring: Digital PreSonus eliminates the snake with a single CAT5 cable #105 – Audinate AVIO Dante Audio Adapter: First Look & Review   Analog #89 – SoundTools CAT Box Snake & SuperCAT CAT5e Review Using Cat5 cable for analog, AES3 and ClearCom signals with →

Here are some audio and video trends for 2019: The global Hi-Fi Systems market was valued at million US$ in 2018 and is expected to grow. EISA Awards has selected Hi-Fi product category winners, but I did not see anything really fancy new innovations that would excite me there. The Hi-Fi speaker market has seen considerable →

Decades old MIDI is going to advance with new major specification change. https://www.midi.org/articles-old/the-midi-manufacturers-association-mma-and-the-association-of-music-electronics-industry-amei-announce-midi-2-0tm-prototyping The MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) and the Association of Music Electronics Industry (AMEI) announce MIDI 2.0TM Prototyping The MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) and AMEI (the Japanese MIDI association) have finalized the core features and name for the next generation MIDI protocol: MIDI →

For some time it seems that analogue video has seemed die in many applications when digital technologies have replaced the analog video technology. For example the trend in video surveillance systems that old legacy analogue composite video systems are replaces with digital camera interfaces that range from SDI to IP video. In normal video systems →

Direct boxes (also known as DIs, which stands for “Direct Inject”) began as a way to resolve a basic impedance mismatch between electro-dynamic guitar pickups (high impedance unbalanced) and sensitive studio electronics (quite low impedance balanced). Still today the primary function of DI boxes is to take an unbalanced, high-impedance signal and convert it to →

Scanimate is the name for an analog computer animation (video synthesizer) system developed from the late 1960s to the 1980s by Computer Image Corporation of Denver, Colorado. It is a form of analogue video synthesizer. The 8 Scanimate systems were used to produce much of the video-based animation seen on television between most of the →

Here is a collection of interesting videos on microphones and microphone technologies: Audio 101: Microphones Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones, What’s the Difference? Audio recording tutorial: The different microphone types | lynda.com XLR vs USB Microphones, Which Should You Buy? $22 MICROPHONE VS $3600 MICROPHONE | Andrew Huang Voice-over Microphone || DIY or Buy How a →

Android smartphones and PC use TRRS headset connectors. You can find details on that interface on my Telephone handset to smart phone and laptop posting. Ealier PCs used two TRS plugs (mic and headphones) for headsets. Because both connection types are still in use, sometimes adapters are needed. Here are some details of those adapters. →