Zoom Zoom - VRI West expands render farm

Sunday, Jan 06, 2008

Please explain to me why we expanded our render farm when we seem to always be waiting for Patrick to actually move objects and not the computer. Oh well, just so there are no excuses once Patrick has his coffee, we expanded our render farm to include a zillion (or nearly) computer cycles per second. Our new bank of multi-core intel machines pop a wallop and will allow us to meet even more challenging deadlines.

We choose the INTEL |C2Q Q6600 2.40G 775 8M CPU's which are four core each, added 4GB of ram to each tower, Antec cases and energy efficient power supplies - all networked with gigabit ethernet and managed by Butterfly net render. Take it for a spin...in 3D of course.

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Tags: animation, computer

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Duck. Duck. Duck. Gooseneck!

Podium or conference microphone

Thursday, Nov 15, 2007

Duck. Duck. Duck. Gooseneck!
The perfect game for us seeing as how we run around in circles all the time at VR.
This new spin on the old childs game comes from Astatic in the form of the GN15VPD and GN20VPD Podium mics.

The GNVPD is a series of dual-flex, continuously-variable polar pattern, miniature-gooseneck condenser microphones with integrated desk stand, programmable membrane switch, LED, and logic interface. Special attention has been taken to design the GNVPD series to resist interference from devices such as cell phones and two-way communication devices. The integral 80Hz, 12dB/octave high-pass filter removes unwanted low-frequency energy to improve intelligibility. The cable can easily be made to exit the bottom or the rear of the stand.
Our gaggle includes 4 of the 15" and 2 of the 20" so when your geese need to stand up and squawk, let us know.
And in the words of the immortal Groucho Marx: Vhy a duck? Vhy not a gooseneck?

Brad blogs in: These mics, combined with our extensive arsenal of shotgun, PZM (pressure zone) and boundary microphones, automatic gain mixers allow to us to record most any event flawlessly. Focus groups, speaker panels, one on one interviews recorded on audio or audio with video. Done right. Done by Video Resources.

Tags: mics