[ddots-l] Re: wireless key bords

The funniest thing is, I consider myself to be a typical RLF guy, with no 
spatial awareness whatsoever...  But, when I 
described what I wanted at all the local music stores to their percussion 
people, and even called some places around 
the country, everybody said, I don't know of such a thing.  So, I went to a 
local imporium, and just said, take me to the 
parts rack, came up with the parts, and had them unpackage them, and assembled 
2 rack devices I needed.  They 
were amazed, as was I; but I think my spatial awareness has improved as I've 
aged--3 now, and especially since I've 
been working with my drum rack, now bi-level.  (grin)

Nick

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:23:21 -0500, Shawn Brock wrote:

 hey man,  good thinking!
 Shawn Brock
 Cincinnati Sound Lab
 130 East Sixth Street
 Cincinnati Oh.
 45202
 Phone: 513-349-8541
 Web Site:
 www.cincysoundlab.com
 ----- Original Message ----- 
 From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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 Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 9:57 AM
 Subject: [ddots-l] Re: wireless key bords


 > I've a Giration, the one with the 100foot range, not the 30fot one... 
 > It's batteries on average last for nearly 3 months, and that's only 2 
 > double A's...  There's
 > a small transceiver module which plugs into a USB port, and has a 
 > telescopic antenna, and an on/off bar parallel to, and underneath the 
 > antenna when
 > folded down.  I've placed my antenna on the computer, and have used the 
 > thing all over my 1/4 acre property, even though the house is brick and 
 > has
 > burglar bars over all windows like a Faraday cage.  (grin)  In the studio, 
 > I've put velcro on the bottom of the keyboard, except for the batter 
 > compartment
 > door, and it sits on a plexiglass sheet cut to size, covered with velcro, 
 > with 4 countersunk screws holding the sheet onto two tom-tom shell mounts, 
 > which
 > are in turn mountes onto a short boom arm with gimbled clamp on one end, 
 > and two brackets on the arm at each end holding the L-rods...  This 
 > assembly, in
 > turn, can be easily mounted on the bottom of a cymbal boom arm extending 
 > below the drum rack, or, on a small piece of (thin) rack pipe or a portion 
 > cut from
 > the lower part of a boom arm, or, snare stand Etc., which is in turn 
 > mounted to the vertical stantion of the rack with an "L" clamp such as 
 > those made by
 > Gibralter, the company who makes my rack, and most of the parts--theirs 
 > and DW's which make up my home built assemblies...  The neat thing about 
 > this
 > assembly, is that it can be made to swing in and out of the way as needed, 
 > and held at any comfortable typing angle, yet the keyboard can be removed 
 > as
 > needed...  I can run everything from my drum throne...
 >
 > Nick
 >
 > On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:22:17 -0500, Satauna Howery wrote:
 >
 > Shawn! I love my wireless keyboard, whether I'm using it for music or
 > anything else! Musically, I use it for the reasons you mentioned.  My
 > configuration is such that I'd be dashing all over the place trying to
 > record things if I didn't have it.  I bought a more expensive one a few
 > years back with all the fancy buttons, which can easily be reconfigured to
 > do whatever one wishes for them to do.  But that's not why I wanted this
 > particular brand.  It purported to have a long reach, and indeed I spent
 > countless hours using the wireless keyboard and a wireless headset 
 > upstairs
 > or outside while the server sat downstairs.
 >
 > One thing to note: my wireless keyboard is a Logitech, and the software 
 > that
 > came with it places an unnecessary process into my task manager.  It has 
 > to
 > do with making all those fancy buttons cooperate.  So watch out for extra
 > goodies that might attempt to slip themselves in when all that's really
 > needed is the basic driver.
 >
 > Satauna in Albany, thankful today for the blanket of snow that covered the
 > landscape this morning.  FINALLY!
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