Gear that you wish existed

[LeeRosario]

On a similar thought, I have always wanted TVs with built in compressors so that when the ferkin commercials start blasting out during the late night movie you don't have to hit the mute button. Just set the threshold and ratio to control the TV's max output at a comfortable level and never have to worry about offensive noise from ads ever again!

Dags

and then maybe add a gate that automatically cuts out all the stupid shit they have on TV these days.

We can call it something like the "Waves Politically Correct Super Gate".

Don't laugh, patent pending.

 

[travelin travis]

how about a device that you wear like glasses that follows the direction of your eyes so you could control your cursor without using a damn mouse.

Sounds snazzy.

On a similar thought, I have always wanted TVs with built in compressors so that when the ferkin commercials start blasting out during the late night movie you don't have to hit the mute button. Just set the threshold and ratio to control the TV's max output at a comfortable level and never have to worry about offensive noise from ads ever again!

Dags

Run a compressor between your tv and stereo?

 

[travelin travis]

On a similar thought, I have always wanted TVs with built in compressors so that when the ferkin commercials start blasting out during the late night movie you don't have to hit the mute button. Just set the threshold and ratio to control the TV's max output at a comfortable level and never have to worry about offensive noise from ads ever again!

Dags

How about a device that detects commercials and replaces their space with short films/cartoons or something similar?

 

[Dags]

How about a device that detects commercials and replaces their space with short films/cartoons or something similar?

Now that idea I like!
Could work by detecting the sudden boost in volume of an incoming commercial and switches across to an auxilliary HD to play some Danger Mouse episodes

Run a compressor between your tv and stereo?

Not a bad idea, and certainly one I have been thinking about. but then it means having the stereo set up and on all the time for watching really dumb mindless crap. Seems like too much of an effort for that purpose

Dags

 

[Hyst-Eric]

On a similar thought, I have always wanted TVs with built in compressors so that when the ferkin commercials start blasting out during the late night movie you don't have to hit the mute button. Just set the threshold and ratio to control the TV's max output at a comfortable level and never have to worry about offensive noise from ads ever again!

Dags

Do commercials appear so loud because they are already so over-compressed?
Just wondering...

 

[MadAudio]

All I need is an easy inteface to directly record the music I hear in my head.

 

[bigwillz24]

All I need is an easy inteface to directly record the music I hear in my head.

I've pondered this also. Like linking my brain up to a computer like in the movie The Matrix.

 

[Hyst-Eric]

Absolutely!

A firewire port at the back of my head! (asio drivers, of course) the only drawback is that it would also record the tinnitus in my right ear

 

[treymonfauntre]

just fyi, i sell tvs at circuit city and i don't think theres a single one in there (except for the mono 13"ers) that doesn't have an "auto volume" feature in the menu. its a fucking awful compressor that sounds like garbage, but old people love it.

 

[dgatwood]

I was just having a laugh over an up/down pan control in another thread. It got me wondering about gear that people wish existed. I'll go first.

My father was telling me about a weird psychoacoustic phenomenon he found when working with quad (a four speaker primitive surround system) back in the 70s. If you pan a sound around for a while, then pan it suddenly to the center, you expect it to sound like it's coming from inside your head or equally from all around you, but it doesn't. It sounds like it's coming from above your head, so the audience will all look up suddenly. Fun little trick to play on your friends.

What piece of gear do you wish existed? A swiss army mic?

The IQ amplifier. 'Nuff said.

I'd also like a drummer remote with a mute button.

 

[dgatwood]

On a similar thought, I have always wanted TVs with built in compressors so that when the ferkin commercials start blasting out during the late night movie you don't have to hit the mute button. Just set the threshold and ratio to control the TV's max output at a comfortable level and never have to worry about offensive noise from ads ever again!

I have something a bit like that. It's called the 30 second skip button on my TiVo.

 

[lpdeluxe]

Speaking of TVs, how about a + sign on the remote. You press it, and intelligent programs appear.

 

[guitarfreak12]

I saw these on Ebay a long time ago, and I missed the auction, they had more than one to sell. It would go good with my lava lamp