Fearless, Flawless, Audio 101 was how he put it. Anthony Francese threw outwords like,DB, Clipping, Watch your Voltage Meters,Wear your Headset...don’t weall!..impedance,balanced and unbalanced connectors. Wearing 3 different microphones, we could hardly tell when he was cardiod,unidirectional and hypercardiod.Video clips running from within Powerpoint showed us how to set up multiple audio feeds in the church and the reception.He concluded by giving us the audio sweetening treatment, using the “Pan Pot”and Graphic Equalizer from within the Canopus program. Well done Anthony Francese and thank you.

Art Klein, a guest vendor from Valley Stream and owner of Al-Art showed us three“must have” new products.. Switchtronics battery, under 2lbs, gives 1hr 40 mins with a 35 watt bulb/camera; A new display monitor to view PAL/NTSC for $299.00 and a video light from Sachler. He suggests buying the light in kit form which will include barn doors and dichroic filterts.Light Kit sells for $350.00. Thank you Al for bringing in product and for being a part of our meeting.

DanBitcon...A Multi Award Weva Winner. “Hey Karen...What’s your advice on producing an Award Winning Demo..” and we all looked around for Karen...She was on tape and Dan had her cued up for the Q/A. Closeups, slow motion, expressions, tears, laughter, good framing, a varietyof shots...all great advice. “Listen to music, especially film soundtracks....I watch MTV alot and think out of the box” was how she put it. “Have fun and get really into it, enjoy the edit process.”

Dan’s award winning demos have only been used for the past three years. “It’s become a calling card and you have got to create the emotion,” according to Dan. “We love to celebrate Diversity,” he says and it shows. Congratulations Dan Bitcon and thanks for sharing. See you at Weva 2002.

Kathy Ritondo announced plans for a December 2 Summit here at the New Yorker to be held in conjunction with our holiday party, keep checking the Fast Forward for the details of this very exciting and information packed day.

Thanks once again to Martin Grillo for the use of the Projector. Thanks to Tony Cucci For all of your help and support all month long. Thanks to Al for all his late nights at the computer printing the badges and membership lists and for helping me keep my head on straight. Thanks to all of you for keeping the meeting lively and exciting on a regular basis. Especially thanks to all of you for your kind words and prayers for our family on the passing of my brother Kevin O'Neill.