User talk:Robert.Harker

Old message: Field Recording
I've had my eye off the ball and have just seen an old message from you concerning sound field recording. I have an extensive library of wildlife sounds and have developed unconventional techniques which I share on a chat list with other Field Recordists. I can give detailed theory why low mic placements sometimes give better results, but my final arbiter is my own ears which are highly trained and still good at an advancing age from an extended bass of 5 Hz to 13 KHz. My standard mic rig is two MKH 416 mics in blimps at about 20 degrees into a pro quality SQN mixer (well into 3 £zeroes). Theoretically this shouldn't give a good centre image because of the wild side lobes of any director mic, but it works in practice - and the comb effect from ground echoes is much less when close to a soft ground surface. keoka 02:21, 10 May 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keoka (talk • contribs)

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SUN-3M
Hi, replied to your comment here.--NapoliRoma (talk) 23:38, 23 April 2008 (UTC) ...and again...--NapoliRoma (talk) 19:57, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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Splitting historic Universal Audio/UREI from new Universal Audio/Kind Of Loud Technologies
I like what you've been doing in adding a lot of great pro audio material to Wikipedia. That said, I wonder what was the intention in splitting Bill Putnam's old UA/UREI from the new company formed by Putnam's sons? Certainly, the new company is different than the old in terms of industry position as a boutique operation rather than as a major player. It's also true there was a large time gap between the two entities where neither was in business. However, the new guys are claiming to be descended from the old company and they are manufacturing (among other things) reproductions of the most famous historic products. That last reason is why I presented both entities on the same page. Binksternet (talk) 00:03, 7 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I split them out because the original page put a lot of emphasis on the new company which in my opinion is a little start-up and not legend that the original company was. In the late 70/early 80s you could walk into any professional recording studio and you would see many UREI products, speakers, compressors, EQs, etc.  If you looked at a medium to large sound reinforcement company you would be likely to see UREI compressors and EQs.


 * The new company is as you say, a boutique operation. They are recycling old designs and while they offer new products it is unlikely that they will offer any ground breaking products like the LA-3, LA-4 compressors, 813 monitors, or the 537, 539 graphic EQs.  The professional market is different these days.


 * So I think the two pages are about very different companies. The original company with a historic significance and the new company which is an on-going business.  I would also like to split out the Chicago and west coast recording studios since I think that they are separate with their own histories.  But that is for another day.


 * Robert.harker (talk) 00:21, 7 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Fair enough. It was a jolt to see the page split without discussion. I'll take another look and see if there are further tweaks to be made along the lines you've established. One possibility that comes to mind is to make Universal Audio into a disambiguation page which directs the reader to Universal Audio (album), Universal Audio (company) and Universal Audio (defunct company) or UREI or some such. That, or give the new guys the straight-up Universal Audio link while making the old company be UREI. There are a bunch of options.


 * I don't want to lose the high-level view where a single article gives the reader an idea of all the wild stuff Bill Putnam was up to. I guess that means copying some material from these various articles and inserting it at the Bill Putnam page. Or at least linking properly. Binksternet (talk) 00:52, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I looked at creating a disambiguation page but could not find good examples of the wiki syntax to use. Yes it is the right thing to do. A top level Universal Audio page would be nice, but keep it short and sweet. A paragraph for each phase with links to that phase.

Robert.harker (talk) 00:57, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

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MCI
When I saw Music Center Incorporated on my watch list I did not recognize the name. Most people know the company as simply MCI. I think it would make sense to change the page name from [Music Center Incorporated] to [MCI (audio)] or [MCI (audio manufacturer)]. It is sort of like calling water di-hydrogen oxide rather than h2o. Both are correct, one is much more recognizable

Hi, If you want to change the name of the article leave a redirection page and move the article it to your referred name. Do you know how to do this Chrisfromcanberra (talk)

No, I do not know how to do this. Can you point me to an article telling me how? Robert.Harker (talk) 19:15, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Here the link to the instructions

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Merging_and_moving_pages

Look at the section called How to rename a page Chrisfromcanberra (talk)

Sun-2 Images
Sorry for the slow response. I uploaded the images for Sun-2 VME boards and added them to the Sun-2 page. Sun-collector (talk) 03:14, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Very cool! Thanks.

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Good work on audio


Thanks for your recent work on audio topics. Some day I should buy you a beer! Binksternet (talk) 01:06, 15 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I'll buy you a second beer. -—Kvng 14:50, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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I looked at your changes and understand almost all of them. The one I am not sure of is: Bandwidth (signal processing). It seems to be a comprehensive well written article with references. It does seem to be missing some sections like an audio bandwith section. It also only has two references. Are either of these why you downgraded it from C to Start? Same comments about Wave field synthesis. Robert.Harker(talk) 19:53, 20 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Both of those are borderline, I have no objection to promoting them. Your edits gave a different rating for different projects. Please promote for all projects. -—Kvng 06:00, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

National Association of Broadcasters
I don't believe your encyclopedia.com citation is a valid or useful one. Contemporary sources (e.g., Broadcasting and Broadcast Advertising magazine) clearly indicate that it was known as the "NAB" well before World War II. 121a0012 (talk) 17:55, 21 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Citation please. Your reference to Broadcasting and Broadcast Advertising only says that  Harry Shaw was a former National Association of Broadcasters president.  Not that the organization was known as National Association of Broadcasters prior to its name change in 1958.  See my reference for the year: National Association of Broadcasters Robert.Harker (talk) 18:07, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

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I did not delete your comment. I undid the change because it was an inappropriate comment left by an anonymous coward which makes it vandalism. I am tempted to undo your anonymous comments again but if you want to make an ass of yourself, be my guest. But next time have the guts to attach your name to it. Robert.Harker (talk) 18:05, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

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My descriptios for the photos are inadequate. The model is actually the TK-45A. To anyone interested, please cleanup my descriptions. I am not going to.

Here is an email I recieved:
 * Thanks for these. The cameras came from the Museum of Broadcast Technology in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
 * After the show we sent them back to our sister museum, the Texas Broadcast Museum in Kilgore, Texas.
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I recall the cameras came from one museum and the electronics from the other. Robert.Harker (talk) 07:51, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

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