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- From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
- Subject: Re: Let's Kodak it
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.172129.766@news.columbia.edu>
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- References: <1992Nov18.043206.16232@news.columbia.edu> <1992Nov19.142231.41149@uvmark.uucp>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 17:21:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.142231.41149@uvmark.uucp> roger@uvmark.uucp (Roger MacNicol) writes:
- >
- >An interesting use of "Kodak" exists in recording studios. I was
- >working in Solid State Logic's demonstration studio one day and an
- >engineer said "Are you planning to Kodak it or milk it?" meaning are
- >you planning to put the mikes back to get the big picture or put the
- >mikes close in to hear the musicians breath.
-
- Well, this sure isn't a widespread usage in the recording industry. It may
- only have been in that engineer's idiolect. Most recording engineers would
- say something like "Are you going to close-mike it?"
-
- Of course, as an engineer who records mostly classical, I'd say that I try
- to Ektar everything.
-
-
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