Techmoan Video Oddcast April 2020
Video version of the April Patreon-only update.
Week 297 of lockdown and the cracks are stating to show.
2020-04-18 09:49:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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The beginning of the end of the MIDI
Concluding a chapter.
In December 2017 I reviewed a Floppy Disk MIDI 'Boombox' (It wasn't really a boombox - but hey, click-bait). In this video I draw this chapter to a close by featuring the culmination of Roland's line of stand-alone MIDI Music players, the MT-90U.
It’s a wind up
This week I’ve been assembling a gramophone kit.
I’d forgotten just how long videos like these take to make. It’s one day shooting followed by three days of ‘post production’, for a fourteen minute video that looks like it took perhaps half an hour to make.
Prison Tech
Here's an odd subject for a video, a perfect example of what happens when you head down a late night ebay rathole.
There's also an intriguing story here that I'm not sure I've adequ...
2020-04-02 08:18:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe one where I open up a box and find myself in it
A quick Cheese Sandwich Video* in which I demonstrate Blu-ray packaging with a novel twist.
If everything goes to plan, the next video I'm working on will feature a collection of un...
2020-03-29 11:16:42 +0000 UTC View PostVectrex UV Overlays - A niche too far?
I’ve felt discombobulated this week and as a result everything has taken far longer than it should. As the topic of this video is probably only of interest to half a dozen people worldwide, it was intended to just be a quick little extra.
Unfortunately it turned into a three day mar...
2020-03-25 21:34:35 +0000 UTC View PostACTORS MASTER TAPE - Patreon Exclusive
A special just for Patrons today - a bit of a thank you.
Here's the full Actors Master Tape - unedited in its entirety.
Backstory - I picked this up from ebay where I saw it being re-listed multiple times over a few months. There was no information about the contents and t...
2020-03-22 11:38:01 +0000 UTC View PostStaying in & testing out a Sony Reel to Reel
I’ve re-written this opening paragraph over and over but, well, you know how it is…so let’s just move on to the video.
This week I’ve been testing out a classic reel to reel. This is quite a long video, but for me at the moment I’m really in no rush. Some things just can't b...
2020-03-20 11:42:22 +0000 UTC View PostQuick extra - Is the EP6 cam suitable for repair vids?
Is the EP6 head-mount cam suitable for repair vids?
Short answer: Not really.
Nine minute answer - watch this test video:
2020-03-14 15:51:21 +0000 UTC View PostHands-off Head-Cam Review
This week it's been nice to get back to reviewing a mini camera. I never intentionally made a decision to stop featuring them - it's just they all became a bit samey. This is the first one in a long time that's intrigued me.
2020-03-13 13:53:57 +0000 UTC View PostTechmoan Audio Odd-cast March 2020
Audio version of the March Patreon-only update.
(Video version also available in separate post)
Links to things mentioned.
Coturn portable record player on Kickstarter: 2020-03-08 09:15:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Techmoan Video Odd-cast March 2020
Video version of the March Patreon-only update.
Links to things mentioned in the video
Coturn portable record player on Kickstarter: 2020-03-08 09:14:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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I was working on a repair video for this week - but after most of it was shot, the device ultimately turned out to be irreparable.
These things happen. Repair videos are always a gamble. The idea of starting off with something that's broken and planning on dem...
2020-03-04 21:30:05 +0000 UTC View Post3M Tape Viewer - see the sound on a tape
In this video I’m demonstrating a really intriguing little gadget that enables you to see the recorded pattern on a tape.
Despite being quite a short and seemingly simple video it still somehow took me the best part of a week to put it all together.
I hope you find this...
2020-02-26 16:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostNW-A55 - Digital Audio Walkman Review
This will likely be the last DAP review I post for a while unless there‘s an overwhelming demand to see more.
Summary: Yeah it’s OK-ish.
Taking the Mikiphone
It has been sitting in a drawer for a year, but a recent reorganisation has brought it to the surface and now to your screens. I present for your 'entertainment' the Mikiphone. A brand-new one hundred year old gadget.
2020-02-13 11:17:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Minidisc Label Printer
I’ve spent the week so far reorganising my to-do piles (and boxes and crates). Things had got a bit out of hand. On the positive side I’ve found a couple of things I’d mislaid, but the downside is that it’s been a week without video-making and also my back is killing me.
Fortu...
2020-02-06 20:12:41 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Exclusive Video - The making of Tech 93
Following on from the video about the Videophone - here’s a video about the making of the video about the Videophone and the video that’s in the Videophone video.
2020-01-30 22:14:23 +0000 UTC View PostVideophone '93
After a bit of juggling around, the video I had originally planned for next week is now embedded above. This one just felt a bit more interesting as I was editing it. Although that being said, the other video is still going to be coming out next week now so there’s no escape from it. I'm defini...
2020-01-28 19:31:32 +0000 UTC View PostA fair Majority
January’s videos continue with this review of a modern day HiFi tuner - a bit of a 'jack of all trades'.
The start of a year is always a transitiona...
2020-01-22 15:04:17 +0000 UTC View PostHow do I bid on Japanese auctions? How expensive is it?
I’m not convinced this video is either A) Interesting or B) Useful
UPDATE: Following your feedback I’ve made a few nips and tucks to the video. The new one is embedded and linked abov...
2020-01-15 10:29:32 +0000 UTC View PostKenwood - masters of the mid range
An odd mix of a video - company history with a touch of personal nostalgia that then segues into a product demo.
This is the video in which I’ve used the data collected...
2020-01-10 10:06:16 +0000 UTC View PostName any five HiFi brands (Now Closed/Completed)
UPDATE
I’ve just woken up to over 400 notifications - wow. Many thanks for your help, it’s going to take me the morning to enter these results into a spreadsheet. I’d best draw a line under it at this point as I definitely have enough data. Thanks ...
2020-01-06 00:18:45 +0000 UTC View PostDVD - Twenty Three years ago (Patreon Extra)
I thought you might enjoy this clip of audio I found on an old cassette.
It talks about DVD just prior to the launch in the UK. There's a spectacularly inaccurate analyst prediction of DVD's potential towards the end of the recording.
The audio cuts off abruptly because th...
2020-01-03 15:20:06 +0000 UTC View PostBluetooth 5 TV audio transmitter test
In the end of year update I mentioned that I intended to release the occasional short video in-between the usual videos of indeterminate (but longer) length. This is one such short video, and due to its brief nature the Patreon names at the end are displayed as a series of frames over 20...
2020-01-01 10:35:17 +0000 UTC View PostEnd of Year ™ AUDIO Odd-cast
I’ve made an end-of-year video/audio Odd-cast. This is the Audio version.
There’s also a video version available in a separate post.
Irrespective of whether you listen to this, I want to offer everyone here my thanks and gratitude for your support and help over the last year...
2019-12-30 06:30:55 +0000 UTC View PostEnd Of Year ™ VIDEO Odd-cast
I’ve made an end-of-year video/audio Odd-cast. This is the Video version.
Irrespective of whether you watch the video, I want to offer everyone here my thanks and gratitude for yo...
2019-12-30 06:30:18 +0000 UTC View PostRecordable 'Laserdisc'
This will be the last video I put out before Christmas, although it might not be my last one of the year on Patreon.
I’ll be fulfilling the usual family obligatio...
2019-12-21 10:56:04 +0000 UTC View PostAudities 4 - New music / old formats
In this video I’m mostly looking at a few new(ish) releases on old and sometimes defunct formats.
Behind the scenes…
The making of a video has a few common steps. 2019-12-15 16:27:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Kodak Smile Classic Camera - out and about
A while back I agreed to take a look at the new ‘Kodak’ instant camera. I don’t often accept review samples but this gave me a much needed excuse to get out of the house for a change.
https://youtu.be/iu8xl1EwHuA<...
2019-12-11 18:55:16 +0000 UTC View Post