Fiat audio recording

[ga.spyder]

Ace is a legend in his own mind!!
your buddy,Craig

[So Cal Mark]

maybe he can get Rons' whining, uh, oil pump whining

[rlux4]

The sound recording session was very interesting. These guys are actual professionals who work in HOLLYWOOD! I've even heard of some of the movies they've provided sound for.
Last night Ace came out to our place and we had a BBQ chicken dinner and he spent the night in the guest suite. (Our 5th wheel RV) and we were up early to get out to the site by 7:30. Well, he was up early, I slept in until 6:00 and he couldn't get into the house until I finally got out of bed)
Here's a picture of our cars in the garage. The garage has never looked so good. With Ace's car in there I felt kinda bad I hadn't polished the floor.



This is the sound crew setting up Ace's car with the microphones. They have mics in the engine bay, in the back of the car, inside the car, and under the car.



Here are a couple of the sound guys checking levels:



And Ace getting ready to do the driving with a recorder with him:



They had us drive about 1/2 mile up and back at speeds of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90mph.
I have the 85mph speedo, so I had to guess at the top speed. They have a maneuver they record where you zig-zag back and forth at different speeds. They call it the "drunken driver". I thought Ace did this one particularly well.
It was fun watching these pros do their thing.
Ron

[ventura ace]

. . A bunch of nice things!

Thanks, Ryan. It's been a fun year! But the thing that means the most for me this past year happened Monday morning, April 24. Our daughter and husband called to let us know we had a new little granddaughter! Her first, our first, . . . happy feelings all around. So if you see less of me here, please understand that I've got a new little hobby that I will let take all my spare time I can afford! It will be a challange for us, since they're clear accross the country (they are Denise's neighbors!).

I'll download some pics and video of today's event later today or tomorrow. The film that these recordings may be used is the upcoming Demons and Angels, the Prequel for the De Vinci Code movie. Should be coming out in May. Rob Nokes, the recordist has over 125,000 audio recordings, and travels to some pretty exotic places all over the globe to record authentic sounds. His 'day job' is supervising sound editor for the TV series Bones, which he says pays most of his bills. It was a fantastic day, except for the wind. There was a constant 25 - 30 mph wind with big gusts on top of that, so they weren't able to get much 'outside' audio -- all the microphones were internal to the car: in the engine bay, near the exhaust, inside the cabin, etc. No drive by audio, because it would be overshadowed by all the wind noise. In one direction, we had a slight incline and a 30 mph tailwind. In the other direction we were going downhill, but into the 30mph wind. The fastest pass we did was at 100mph both directions, which was really about all my car would do, which isn't too shabby, considering that it has a blown head gasket!

My favorite part was the 'drunken driving' routine, but they really could have had it even better if they'd have given me something stiff to drink. I think the recording guy in the passenger seat was glad when that was over. I got some pretty good sliding going on, looping it back and forth from one edge of the road to the other at about 20 - 30 mph. There was stuff banging around in the trunk and the glovebox, that is going to add or detract from that recording, depending on how you look at it.

They saved the best for last ---- The Horn! I don't think they even bothered with Ron's horn though. You call that a horn???

It was a good day, topped off by a good mountain bike ride on some trails in the Santa Monica Mountains overlooking the Pacific.

Thank you Ron for the great hospitality at your place!

Alvon

[spiderrey]

congrats ace, i just spent the day watching all thre of my gran kids., maria 7 mos, aiden 14 mos and dominic, 3 years. man am i tired, aiden, the middle one was tired too. he never woke up when his mom came to get him.

[ga.spyder]

Congratulations,Ace...I mean gramps!! You and Maureen must be giddy with the news.When will you get a chance to meet the new addition?
Craig