Lodging booked, logistics budget wrapped, $902.42 budget for equipment

[Clint Savage]

Andrew,

Great to know about the splitter in the vga2usb device!

I'm bringing two of my remote mics, but I believe it would be a good
choice to purchase a remote microphone set (with two remote mics and
one base unit would be best imo) for the Event Box.  As far as the
rest of my shopping list, I really haven't had a bunch of time to
look, but here's what I'd like:

at least one vga2usb device

at least one 4channel mixer (I use Alesis because they are awesome and
provide usb input to the computer)
(http://www.amazon.com/Alesis-MultiMix-USB-Four-Channel-Mixer/dp/B001T9O5VG)

at least one remote mic set (I have this one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UV8KQA/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00006I51V&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0N2DKZ627FDNMGMZPWG5)

at least 3 1/4" to XLR male (3' cables at longest) for connecting
remote mic to mixer.  If the mixer that Andrew suggests has a mixer
built-in that's great too!  However, I didn't see it on my cursory
review.

Lots and lots of batteries to go with the units.

I worry that we will spend too much money on the lavalier mic set.  At
$599 and $239 respectively (per the links on the wiki), I think we can
do something with a bit better pricing and still get great quality.  I
think the cost would be around $500-$600 for what I suggest above vs
near $1k for the other items depending on the mix.  I'm not trying to
be controversial, but believe that the equipment I purchased to be
quite nice, and a good start for a Fedora Events System.

Cheers,

Clint

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Andrew Ross <aross at fosslc.org> wrote:
> Hi Mel, Clint
>
> FYI, the vga2usb device from epiphan is actually a small box kit that
> includes the vga splitter cable, vga extension cable, and pretty much all
> you need. The one addition I would make is to get a 10 ft usb extension
> cable. In my opinion, extending the USB is easier than extending the vga
> cable to avoid signal loss. It's also a lot smaller and lighter which is a
> good thing.
>
> One nice thing about the ew100g2's is that they pack into a small pencil
> case. This keeps them safe, and means they're very portable. The fact they
> run on batteries is really nice. Means you can record in all sorts of crazy
> places without power readily available. The base units don't facilitate that
> unfortunately.
>
> The usb powered vga extension looks interesting... I'm not sure if it
> provides any signal boost and thus if it's worthwhile. If you decide to go
> for it, I'd be interested to know.
>
> Also, having done quite a bit of testing with many types of batteries in the
> ew100g2's, I've found that the choices are alkaline OR eneloop (Sanyo) NiMH
> batteries. Thus far, eneloop is the only NiMH that I've found that works
> right in the mic/receiver - each takes 2 AA batteries.
>
> Andrew
>
> 2010/1/20 Mel Chua <mel at redhat.com>
>>
>> > This wraps up everything except for getting equipment, for which we have
>> > $902.42 budget remaining; this is a good investment in durable events
>> > recording equipment that we'll be using frequently for many years (one
>> > hopes).
>>
>> Update on this: Clint is looking at shiny things and coming up with a
>> proposed shopping list for us. The list at
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events_FAD_2010#Equipment is largely
>> taken from suggestions and links from Andrew and Jon (thanks, folks!)
>>
>> --Mel
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