Sony PS-F5, PS-F9 & Flamingo Portable Linear Tracking Turntables » video

PS-F5 With A Problem

marcus — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:02:35 +0000

Just spotted this video on YouTube:

The speed detection component has failed

Can anyone help? (If there is anyone with a unit for spares, let me know as I regularly get requests through this site.)

Cuttin’ Vinyl

marcus — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:17:49 +0000

This has been doing the internet rounds lately.

(Read about the process of making this on Ishac’s site)

Then I saw a link to this:

Which predates the first by a long, long time!

New PS-F5 YouTube Video

marcus — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:56:16 +0000

Shonky quality, but good to see another one in use.

Interesting how the user inserts the records in their sleeves. Not sure if that’s really necessary, specially as he seems to pull them back out to see which way round he’s put the record in.

New PS-F9 Video on YouTube

marcus — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:02:41 +0000

A happy new year to all. It was made especially happy for us here as our first child was born last week. Both mother and son are healthy and doing well.

As for the subject of portable Sony turntables- this video of a PS-F9 in action was posted to YouTube yesterday. Enjoy

Turntable Animation

marcus — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:00:44 +0000

Some clever animations made using the strobe effect gained by filming with the correct shutter speed under household lights which are strobing undetectably at 50 or 60hz (depending on where you live). This is the same principle as the red dots that are used as a speed guage on the outside of the platter of some turntables.

The illusion of movement with a record player.

Watch as hidden animations come alive by using a specific frame rate and shutter speeds of a camera and RPM of a record player.

To me this is one of the ultimate illusions.

Definition of Illusion: something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.

I used a Numark turntable set to 45 RPM and the camera was set to 24 FPS. The shutter speed was set to around 840. With that combination of settings a 30 frame animation would appear to stand still. I used the slider to increase / descrease rpms which caused the images to move foward or backward.

The sequence of the guy jumping on the blocks was the most difficult but turned out the best, in my opinion.

The images of the guy jumping is me. I recorded myself jumping in the living room then took 30 frames from that footage and traced the images in photoshop and filled with black. Then printed out the 30 images and cut each one out. I used 30 wooden blocks and glued them to a piece of construction paper then taped the images of the jumping guy to the clear sheet and aligned them with the blocks.

I also love the pac-man animation. It’s so simple but just has such a cool feel to see the mouth opening and closing.

brasspup on YouTube

Columbia’s Portable Mixing Rig

marcus — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:20:06 +0000

Recently spotted a Columbia GMX-3 mixer on eBay. A portable mixer from Japan which is designed to be used with a pair of GP-3 portable turntables. Interesting piece of kit, but from what I can find online the turntables are only mono although they do have pitch control and built in speaker. Each device runs on either 100/110VAC (with built in tranformer) or batteries.

Going on recent eBay prices it would cost over £350 (US$560) to buy a pair of turntables and a mixer.

A Record Player About As Portable As You Can Get

marcus — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:37:15 +0000

GGRP have created an advertising mailer which is a record player that magically appears out of the cardboard sleeve of a 7″ record. See it in action here:

However, as with many seemingly new ideas, this one isn’t either. As Steve Roden from In Be Tween Noise kindly shows us.

From: Cardboard Record Sleeve Doubles as Record Player – Cardboard record player – Gizmodo.

Record ROM – PC to Portable Record Player

marcus — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:14:47 +0000

Jack contacted me to let me know about his Record ROM; an interesting design concept. The PS-F5 gets a quick nod during the ideation drawings.

The Audiophile Club of Athens

marcus — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:09:21 +0000

An interesting short film from 2006 about Greek Audiophiles and their love for big, elaborate, expensive Hi-Fi.

Video: Digging In Chicago

marcus — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:30:01 +0000