FIELD AND REMOTE
The things seen from outside
- Canon Vixia G21 Camcorder
- Magnus VT-300 w/ Fluid Head
- Nicey Rig Hand grip
- Luxli CNS-20D Block Light (Cold Shoe device)
- Shure/RadioShack XLR Microphone (Similar to E/V ENG Microphone)
- Samson PXD1 Wireless USB/Line In Lav Mic
- Varizoom VT75 (Bought in late 2021, separate to the one below)
STUDIO/STREAMING/EDIT BAY
The things I use to add value to productions
- Varizoom VT75A (bought on eBay)
- Canon Vixia R800 (Christmas gift from 2017, from Best Buy)
- PreSonus Firebox FireWire 800 Audio Interface
- JK Audio THAT-2 Telephony Audio Capture Device
- RadioShack 2 Line telephone
- Home Made Intercom with a generic POTS telephone (for “sketchy-calls”
- Ikan Mic Arm (2)
- Shuttle Xpress Jog Shuttle (for editing bought originally on eBay)
- Berringer Xenyx 1000B (bought off Mercari in 2021)
- AudioTechnica AT2020 (Bought in 2022 from a local pawn)
- Elgato HDMI/USB3 input device
- Elgato StreamDeck controller
- Vidbox Video Converter for PC (used for streaming)
AIRCHECK CAPTURE
The tools to capture the montages, airchecks, historical content
- Mitsubishi HS\U580 VHS VCR
- Vidbox Video Converter for Mac
RELEVANT COMPUTERS
The various hardware and equipment to power @MinifigNewsguy
- Mac mini 2012 (quad i5/16GB/1TB)
- Mac mini 2010 Server (dual core/2GB/10 TB – combined) – Media storage server
- ThinkPad W520 (quad i7/16GB/256 GB SSD), Windows 7, with NVIDIA graphics processor
- Lacie 4big RAID drive (2x 2TB = clustered as Just a Bunch of Disks acting as an 8TB hard disk drive) Firewire 800 connectivity
- HPE ProLiant DL360G5 (Quad Xeon 5000/32GB/1.5TB), for Windows, Linux and other applications for database, firewall, login authentication, telephony servers, etc.)
APPLICATIONS
The tools are not the Latest and Greatest™
- Avid Media Composer | First 2018.12
- Final Cut Pro 7
- Adobe Photoshop Elements CS 4 (Mac)
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 (PC)
- Caspar CG (PC), client (Mac and PC)
- Audacity (audio editing and voice over creations)
- File Maker Pro 11/10 (rundowns, media management)
- SoundByte (for sounders for newsradio)
- QuickTime Player (to capture screens, etc.)
WISHLIST
- “I Need Me Some Xkeys!”
- Marantz 2 XLR Audio device for DV camcorders
- Other World Scumputing Firewire hard drive
- Davis & Sanford ProVista tripod (with an pneumatic lift – the closest to a pedestal on a budget!)
- Any Two-Wire RTS Intercom hardware
- Panasonic DVCPro 50 w/ P2 support
- Integrated video switcher (HDMI or SDI)
- Character Generator (Chyron/Deko or even Compix)