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ROBERT MOREIN – NUTCASE, CRACKPOT, "I don't really have a replacement career, it's a very gnawing thing."

I always knew Crazy Robert Morein was, well, "crazy". A crackpot. A
nutbasket. Two burgers short of a Big Mac. Fudged in the head. You know,
"cuckoo" <insert ring around the ear gesture>. Ever since Crazy Bob turned
into Mark David Chapman and started believing he was me, and signing his
messages with my name, I became convinced this guy was a "lunatic among
lunatics" on Usenet, never mind just RAO!

http://robertmorein.blogspot.com/

Then, I didn’t understand how a 7phd degreed physicist, audio engineer, film
director, member of SAG and the IEEE, could possibly have the time to spend
every waking moment of every waking day, turning his entire life into one
long mad "soundhaspriority" obsession campaign. Of course, by the same
token, I couldn’t understand how Robert and others can believe that Dr.
Richard Graham, a London psychiatrist for adolescent behaviour, family man
and mathematics professor, who has announced that he’s too busy to edit his
own newsletters and does not post on usenet, could possibly be me, posting
all these messages on RAO every day. But apparently, Robert and Ludovic
Mirabel and Shovels and Walt and Steven Sullivan and Powell can all somehow
understand this, and find Crazy Bob quite credible in his assumption that I
must be Graham, simply because we both used the phrase "soundhaspriority"
(along with a few thousand other people in the world… but who’s
counting?).

Given the fact that I was always able to predict that Robert Morein would
jump on nearly every one of my messages within minutes of me posting it, no
matter what time of day or night, its clear this crazy usenet freak did not
have an actual job (if this crackpot doesn’t respond to this message within
24 hours, call a mortician. Because it can only mean he’s dead). I guess
when you’re living in a mental institution as Crazy Bob must be, time is
basically all you have.

I received a letter from his old friend Brian McCarty today (reprinted
below), and what he says about Robert is a lot more credible than
anything Crazy Bob has ever said about him, me or anything, really.
Considering Robert Morein’s obsessive agenda to libel and defame an
innocent man (Richard Graham) who has never posted here, it is Crazy
Bob himself who I find personifies "purposeless evil", as he calls it.
So now, the tale of "Crazy Bob Morein" is even clearer. As pathological
liars go, Morein makes Arny look like Mother Teresa. Morein is the
biggest bull****ter I’ve ever seen in the history of this newsgroup. He
doesn’t know the meaning of sincerity or integrity. He does however,
know the meaning of "mad obsessive net stalker and delusional usenet
career troll". (How do you define a "career troll"? 7 years straight of
Crazy Bob obsessively netstalking people, with a promise of at least 7
more, pretty much does it).

THE BACKGROUND on Crazy Bob’s (Robert Morein) Pathology:

Mark David Chapman, for those unaware, is the obsessive madman
responsible for shooting and killing John Lennon, who was a popular
figure who courted not an insignificant amount of controversy in his
public life. Chapman started out liking Lennon and The Beatles, but
later felt Lennon was a "phony", and sold out his ideals. He felt that
by killing Lennon, it would allow him to take Lennon’s place.

Morein started out liking me, but now feels that I am a "phony", and a
sell-out. I’ve also been informed that Morein recently acquired a gun
license, and a handgun. Should I be worried that Crazy Bob will fly to
London to shoot Dr. Richard Graham (who he thinks is me), in order to
become Dr. Graham? Robert took a public vow recently to harass me
wherever I post on Usenet. As we have seen previous to that, Robert has
publicly admitted harassing the real Dr. Graham’s colleagues at his
places of work at NHS and Priory, and as I have learned, our Crazy Bob
also harassed and threatened Graham’s wife and Graham himself, at
around 3 in the morning, a couple of weeks ago.

It’s disturbing enough that Robert Morein thinks he’s me and posts under my
identity, but apart from hawking "morphic green *** cream", Crazy Bob has
now taken to signing his messages "Love, SHP". I’m worried that if Crazy Bob
is not physically on his way to London to shoot and kill Dr. Graham, a
completely innocent party to all of this, he’s already half way there
‘mentally’. It didn’t take much to get Chapman on a plane from Hawaii to NY,
after all. If I ever find out that Crazy Bob Morein bought a copy of Catcher
In The Rye, then I’ll be afraid for Dr. Graham’s life and will definitely be
taking action against this crazy crackpot that you’ve got on your group!

The truth behind Robert Morein’s crazy bulldoody:

You should be aware that the vast bulk of "incidents" cited by Morein
in his email to you (below) are either fictional, or were done by
Morein himself, I don’t really know. At least some of the harassment
of others on usenet was done in order to justify his attacks on me, and
the email bombing and other internet harassment techniques he cites
were also done to me at the same time he was doing it to others.
Funnily, he tried his telephone schtick on my closest friends in LA,
who laughed in his face. He soon stopped that tactic. Virtually every
"fact" he posts about me is false, from my height and size to my
location and history.

The "fake endorsement" items he talks about ARE true, and putting them
up on a website kept him occupied for months trying to chase down every
item and "warn" these people. Chick Corea’s manager and I are old
friends, and we had a good laugh about it – Morein left literally two
dozen messages at his office, insisting that he needed to personally
discuss the matter with Chick Corea! His grasp of fantasy vs reality is
so poor, you can get him to dance like a chimp with just a little
creative thinking. His major downfall is the internet, which for him
is his only reality, not understanding that it has little reflection on
reality. His letters to the Australian business regulators go into
their Robert Morein "crackpot" file, which I asked them to keep so that
Australian immigration can deny him a visitor’s visa should he ever ask
for one. He’s on the same kind of "watch" list as all terrorists.

It is notable that his stalking is confined to those overseas, who he
apparently believes won’t go to Pennsylvania and kick his ass –
assuming that anyone even cares. I wish he was actually part of the
pro audio community, he’d then be at conferences with me like the AES
in Paris next month, and be easy to hunt down. Stories he tells about
"doing business with proxies" are just hot air – this is a guy that has
accomplished nothing in his life including business, where a modicum of
sanity is generally a prerequisite. His parents should be ashamed of
themselves for not kicking him out of their palatial home long ago.
Perhaps they knew he was incapable of coping in the real world, and
thought they were doing him a favor.

"I don’t really have a replacement career, it’s a very gnawing thing."

Robert Morein
Dresher, PA
(310) 237-6511
(215) 646-4894

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442 fader problems

The fourth channel on my 442, typically the boom, will increase the
background noise briefly when I am adjusting the level.  It doesn’t
happen all the time but occurs when I apply pressure to the bottom of
the knob towards the top of the mixer.  My 442 came with the original
small round knobs and I put the larger ones on after they became
standard equipment on the new 442s.  I do have a friend who is
experiencing the same problem.  Could it be related to that channel
having phantom power for the boom.  The pot doesn’t seem loose.
Any ideas, it’s not a big problem but want to know if anyone else is
having this issue.

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OT: Survey on Salaries of Germany-based Sound Professionals

Dear Newsgroup,

To all Germany-based members of this group:

The professional association for German sound film and TV sound mixers
/ sound editors and all other functions in film and TV sound, bvft
(Berufsvereinigung Filmton e.V.), has launched a survey to collect
data on the salary for Germany-based film and TV sound professionals.
It will be held from December 15 2008 until February 1 2009. Please
participate and tell your colleagues!

Please find our survey and further explanations here
http://ofb.msd-media.de/bvft_gagenumfrage?ref=ramps (in German)

My apologies for this off-topic- and crossposting, but I think the
cause justifies it.

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Felix Andriessens

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DPA 4021 cardioid

Just wondering if anyone has had experience with this mic?

Its a miniature cardioid using the same capsule as the DPA 4011. The
body is about 2 inches long and has a built in FET preamp and a side
exit 3 meter cable. Seems to be the most compact condensor available,
a good choice for car interiors I’m thinking?

jon chiles, NY

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in search of a beechtek Bay Are

Hey Ramps..  once again I am asked for some extra gear, thats hard to
find.  this time I am looking for a beechtek.  audio adapter for
consumer cameras.   It adapts Xlr to 1/8"
Anybody have one in the bay area for rent?

thanks
Donavan

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comtek from Sd302

I have a Sd 302 mixer and a M7s Comtek.  I didn some research and
heard that the M72′s were to be Mic level input.  then some were
modified to take Line input.  I bought my M72 off flea bay and dont
know the status.  But what i have been doing is splitting the Hp
output and sending one to the M72.  What i would like is to send a
feed form the tape out  I have a cable that is ta3 to xlr and when I
plug it in only one channel comes up on the comtek

Is it possible to feed a M72 from the tape out of a 302?  or the mix
out?

How do you feed a comtek form a 302?

Thanks
Donavan

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white space divices in europe

hi all,

i’m picking up my 2040 with cos 11 from noize boyz this week, just
wondering if i need to worry for it becomming useless in the next
year ?

cheers
martijn

im also looking for a way to secure my lockit to an sony ex3 (not so
much body to use velcro)

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For Sale: Schoeps CMIT-5U

Schoeps shotgun for sale – like new – $1800.00. I am in LA

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For Sale: Zaxcom block 23 kit

GREAT wireless boom setup.

Good for the cart or in the bag.
includes:

Bodypack Transmitter,
cube Transmitter,
Studioline receiver,
black cos-11,
BDS> 90 degree Rx cable for bag use.
Ta3F 90degree > XLRM cable for bag use
4 antennae

Recently checked out by authorised Zaxcom tech.
ultra clean

http://picasaweb.google.ca/mrpmrp7/ZaxcomWireless#

will provide receipt for your tax purposes.
Bargain at 2000$

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great deal on EBAY ???

Is anyone familiar with the seller of this listing?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lectrosonics-UCR401-UH400A-Wireless-System_W0QQit…

Price seems to low to me>?
Or do you guys feel that this will be the used prices for block 27 and
up?
ian

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