I joined this forum in May 2007, but I have been so busy that I never got around to making my introductory post. I'm on the less frenetic edge of a major symphony recording project, so here it goes...
To many, I am known as Bass Pig; some people like me, some people hate me (that depends on whether you're in the audio or the video business) for my fact-finding missions, but that's my nature: wanting to expose flaws in products and push for corporate honesty and truth in marketing.
My real trademark attribute is my unlimited love for audio, which is manifest in the 29 year old sound system (updated in 2006), which came to be christened "Bass Pig". Contrary to it's namesake, it is very accurate with classical music. But it has attracted quite a bit of attention, both locally and on the internet, perhaps because of its excess.
I'm interested in philosophy, and, by situations of late, politics. As you get to know me, you'll find that I am pretty well-rounded in my interests and knowledge. I'm known as a "jack of all trades", because I've been working in so many fields over many decades. Electronics design is my background, but I am also an amateur musician (keyboard), acoustical science specialist, speaker system designer and cabinet builder. I've been moonlighting as an RF engineer for extra income, but my main post-retirement profession is running my own video/sound recording business.
The big, exciting news of late is that I just finished recording a major symphony orchestra in a major hall, with a conductor from Switzerland and a pianist flown in from Venezuela. I did a 3-camera shoot in high definition and used a custom-built array of surround microphones that I managed to talk the hall's management into letting me fly over the 4th row center at 18' height. I used another stereo pair mounted to light pipes in front of the balcony. Yes, it was a big operation and the concert recording was a huge success, resulting in a new benchmark for high fidelity classical recording, with HD video to boot.
I'm going to go back to my editing now, but I just wanted to take a minute to stop by and make a post and say hello to kindred audiophiles-at-heart.