Air crash Shoreham airshow Jakes World 2015-08-23 | The Hawker Hunter piloted by Andy Hill crashed onto the busy A27 intersection killing 7 people and injuring 14 - known on uploading.
Santuário de Fátima Organ tuning - by Wayne Marshall Jakes World 2021-03-04 | Before the recording session by Wayne Marshall (Passion Symphony by Dupré) could take place the 32 ft reeds needed to be tuned. I carried on recording the sound which was fascinating. A strange drone captured my attention. I have made a short video to show what it sounds like.
Wayne Marshall Editing Passion Symphony Jakes World 2021-01-26 | Wayne Marshall and Jake Purches, producer, cutting the finale of 'Passion Symphony' by Marcel Dupré, in a hotel room in Eindhoven NL, during a few days off from conducting. The Album was recorded on the Mascioni organ at Fátima, Portugal. The full album is available on hybrid SACD in Stereo and surround sound, from www.base2music.store or Amazon UK and Germany. ©Base2 Music 2020
Wayne Marshall, Old Macdonald Had a farm improvisation Jakes World 2020-06-03 | Wayne Marshall, the organist, improvises on the old children's favourite, 'Old MacDonald had a farm' on a practise organ at Fátima Shrine, Portugal, before he starts recording on the Grand organ of the 'Passion Symphony' by Marcel Dupré. CD available from www.base2music.store
Wayne Marshall, Organist - Making the Passion Symphony Super Audio CD. Jakes World 2020-06-02 | Buy from www.base2music.store - USA and EU.A film showing the making of Wayne Marshall's latest CD at Fátima, Portugal performed on the great Macioni organ with a 12 second reverberation! The sound track is an example of the music of Dupré Passion Symphony - 'The World awaits the saviour' taken from the recording session from Wayne Marshall's new CD and Hybrid SACD (And download) recorded by Jake Purches published by Base2 Music, its available on Amazon and www.base2music.store
Mascioni Organ tour, Fatima, Portugal. Jakes World 2019-07-09 | Inside the Mascioni organ of Fátima. Portugal. With Jake Purches. This was made after the recording of Wayne Marshall's new CD by Base2 Music.
Vivid Audio demonstration with Laurence DIckie Jakes World 2019-03-20 | Laurence Dickie of Vivid Audio explains loudspeaker colouration and how to reduce it. Laurence is the inventor of the B&W Nautilus, B&W matrix construction and the Dendritic horn system.
Stanley F A West Video Part 1 - 1/3/1991 Jakes World 2018-11-28 | My Grandfather Stanley West - 1908 to 1997. This video I made of his early life as a boy and his experience in a big iron foundry as an apprentice and later of making parts for tanks during the 2nd world war. Video recorded 1/3/1991 by Jake Purches © 2018. Format: U-Matic Low band video tape. (Analogue)
Stanley F A West - Video Part 2 Jakes World 2018-11-28 | My Grandfather Stanley West - 1908 to 1997. This video I made of his early life as a boy and his experience in a big iron foundry as an apprentice and later of making parts for tanks during the 2nd world war. Video recorded 1/3/1991 by Jake Purches © 2018. Format: U-Matic Low band video tape. (Analogue)
Vivid Kaya 90 Jean-Paul Imbert Jakes World 2018-11-24 | The Vivid Kaya 90 plays Liszt 'Les Préludes' performed by Jean-Paul Imbert. At the Vivid Audio test suite. Sound is live capture from the speakers themselves from the seating position.
Alain BOUVET - Organist - St Etienne Caen. Improvisation on a theme by Mendelssohn. Jakes World 2018-01-12 | Alain BOUVET Plays the Cavaillé-Coll organ of St Etienne in Caen, Normandy France. This was after my recording session at St Etienne with Jean-Paul Imbert. The following day I returned the key to Alain, who was playing out a funeral procession with this improvisation. I thought it rather lovely. The César Franck CD and SACD with Jean-Paul Imbert is available from www.base2music.store
César Franck 3rd Choral in a minor Jean-Paul Imbert Jakes World 2017-12-19 | CD available from Amazon - http://amzn.eu/bQXGcUr - or www.base2music.storeJean-Paul Imbert plays the Troisième Choral en la mineur from the Super Audio CD of César Franck on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of St Etienne, Caen. Production © 2017 by Jake Purches for Base2 music.SA-CD is in Stereo and Multichannel 5.1 surround.
Jean-Paul Imbert registration of the organ Cesar Franck 1st Choral Jakes World 2017-11-12 | Jean-Paul Imbert is registering the stop selection on the 1884 Cavaillé-Coll organ of St.Étienne in Caen, before the recording of a César Franck CD in Stereo and 5 channel surround sound. Because the organ is not automatic each stop has to be manually pulled by an assistant. This piece is from the Premier Choral. The CD and download (SACD) is available from www.base2music.store and amazon.co.uk/César-Franck-Organ-works-Jean-Paul/dp/B07BJD2VL8
Vivid Audio Exponential tapered horn absorber demonstration Jakes World 2017-05-09 | Laurence Dickie demonstrates how a resonant chamber, in this case the ultimate - an organ pipe can be prevented from resonance by applying a tapered tube stuffed with wool. This quality is perfect for mopping up and neutralising the resonances and standing waves inside loudspeaker enclosures. All Vivid Audio systems utilise this technology to give resonance and standing wave free performance.
Clarke mast test Jakes World 2017-04-25 | I taped my phone cam to my new 13 metre Clarke pneumatic mast to see what could be seen at my unit.
Wurlitzer pipes tour at Worthing Assembly Hall Jakes World 2017-04-23 | A tour of the pipes and mechanisms of the mighty Wurlitzer organ at the Assembly hall Worthing, West Sussex.
Fair Organ in Worthing. Jakes World 2016-07-24 | Lovely punch card driver fair ground organ at Worthing Pier on 23 July 2016. Video is 4k HD.
Lenticular printing by Jake Purches Jakes World 2016-06-14 | Video by 3D focus. Here master lenticular printer Jake Purches demonstrates how a 3D image is printed. More info go to www.lenticular-europe.com or email jake@lenticular-europe.co.uk Tel (44) (0) 7980 665356. We make bespoke lenticular prints any size and in any quantity from 1 to 1000s.
Vivid Audio D50 tapered tube rear wave reduction proof Jakes World 2016-06-14 | Proof of the effectiveness of the rear exponential horn on the Vivid Audio D50 mid range dome driver.
Carlotta Ferrari - La Transverberazione di Teresa dAvila Jakes World 2016-06-12 | Organist: Peter Clark - Spath pipe organ, St Peter's Church Cardiff, Wales.Sound recording and producer - Jake PurchesFrom the CD and download (Hidef) called 'Three Tientos and other organ music'.
White collar doves Aug 22 2014 Jakes World 2016-05-22 | White collar doves in Upper Beeding, West Sussex.
BUSH BSR record player Jakes World 2016-05-22 | My Bush record player plays Microgroove mono discs and 78s.
B&W NAUTILUS 32 sec advert Jakes World 2016-05-22 | B&W's Nautilus is advertised in this 32 second short. It was made from excerpts from the B&W Nautilus story. Nautilus was concieved and built by Laurence Dickie who used the technology in his Vivid Audio products 10 years later. Produced by Jake Purches © 1995. Tape dump from Betacam SP to DV by Base2studio.co.uk
Neo magnet in copper tube vid Jakes World 2016-05-20 | This video demonstrates the damping effect of dropping a neodymium magnet down a copper pipe. The back EMF generated in the copper slows down the decent of the magnet discs in the tube.
Dancing Butler - Vivid Audio Jakes World 2016-05-07 | Vivid Audio loudspeakers demonstration of MJ's Thriller with the Dancing Butler at the Prestige Yacht, Jet and Car show in London, May 6th 2015.
Indonesian plumbing by a English man. Jakes World 2016-04-27 | Trying to cut pipe at our house in Central Java using a bare hacksaw. Not easy...
Steyning Grammar school 1614 - 2014 anniversary Jakes World 2014-07-15 | A run around Big School at Church Street. (The original school). Open day to celebrate 400 years of schooling.
Masjid At-Taqwa Eid Preparations. Banjarnegara Indonesia. Jakes World 2014-07-14 | Preparations for Eid (2005) after the Fajr salat. Banjarnegara Central Java Indonesia.
Umatic SP video recorder after service. Jakes World 2014-06-18 | Showing the master tape from my 'B&W Nautilus' Promo video.The rotary head was removed to clean some deep seated dirt, reassembled and test run.
B&W Nautilus Loudspeaker story - Laurence Dickie. Jakes World 2014-05-25 | Laurence DIckie's Nautilus loudspeaker origins. Nautilus was made at B&W and evolved into the Vivid Audio Giya G1 of today. This version of the 'Project Nautilus' promo video I made for B&W and Robert Trunz, now features the original digital sound track recovered from the 1993 optical disc master. Previous versions of this video has a analogue sound track from the U-Matic SP video tape. The audio is now correct and high fidelity stereo sound.
2014 05 13 18 16 30 Jakes World 2014-05-13 | Initial test and part restore of a Revox B77 running at 15 inches per second and with Dolby B noise reduction. Frequency response is good to 20 kHz and beyond.
Nakamichi DMP100 PCM recorder player Jakes World 2014-03-22 | Nakamichi F1 PCM converter in action. Similar to the SONY PCM F1. This recorded onto video tape - normally a Beta recorder. But any NTSC recorder will work. In this demo the video is going out and straight in, so sound from my SACD player is being converted to PCM to video, then video back to PCM back to Analogue and then ampified in real time.
Foxes playing in the garden Jakes World 2013-05-25 | 6 fox cubs eating from leftovers and frolicking in our garden.
Athenkosi Jaza, self taught opera singer, age 16 in 2007. Jakes World 2013-03-12 | Filmed in Hermanus near Capetown, 2007 by Jake Purches ©2007
Cleaning Vinyl LPs with PVA wood glue. Jakes World 2013-02-13 | A short film showing how to clean your precious Vinyl LPs from deep down dirt using nothing more than common PVA wood adhesive. The PVA is Polyvinyl acetate, a Vinyl adhesive and thus will NOT stick to the vinyl of the record surface, but it does stick very well to any dirt. By spreading the glue on the surface and allowing to dry, you can pull off the glue cover to give a sparkling like new record surface, free of any dirt caused clicks, It won't cure actual scratches of course, only dirt. The result is a very quite background noise and massively reduced clicks and pops. Also you will see the glue is an exact copy of the grooves in negative and is fascinating to look at under a microscope.
Sony TC377 reel to reel tape recorder in action Jakes World 2012-09-30 | Sony TC377 reel to reel playing a tape recorded 20 years ago, from CD. Sound is routed through a stand alone Dolby B processor. Tape running at 7.5 inches per second. Stereo 1/4 track.
Quad ESL57 outside experiment.mov Jakes World 2012-04-15 | Experiment to hear the effect of a dipole electrostatic loudspeaker. The Quad ESL57 is very directional due to its 'figure of 8' response typical of a dipole. When placed outside this effect can be clearly heard. Note the loudness of the music when heard at 90 degrees to the speaker compared with being out in front. This experiment carried outside in a large yard. The ESL57 beaming characteristic makes it useful for long throw applications without needing a horn.
Vivid Audio GIYA cutaway v2.mp4 Jakes World 2011-12-24 | A computer model for the Vivid Audio GIYA Loudspeaker designed by the Nautilus creator, Laurence Dickie. This animation shows the exponential tapered tube system inside the primary tapered bass cabinet, and also shows detail of the twin 12inch bass drivers held back to back to eliminate inertial vibration. More details on www.fideliosound.com
Laurence Dickie setting up the Vivid Audio Giya G2 Jakes World 2011-11-16 | Vivid Audio Giya G2 at the Ideal Home Exhibition, Earl's Court London November 2011. Laurence Dickie, designer of the Vivid Audio Loudspeaker range is busy setting up the stand. Video - © 2011 Jake Purches www.fideliosound.com
Subwoofer infra sonic test Jakes World 2011-06-12 | Subwoofer test. This is my own constructed subwoofer using two experimental 12 inch bass drivers donated from a well regarded Loudspeaker company in England. The drivers are in reaction cancelled placement - and any inertia is cancelled out. There is nothing to hear as all tones are below human hearing. The test shows the actual air wave effect from 10hz, 8 hz and 5 hz sine wave tones. The mission on designing this sub woofer was to accurately reproduce the lowest notes of the Organ, which are usually 16 hz and occasionally 8 hz. Thus, bass of its lowest extremes are clearly heard and felt.
Apple Bandits.MP4 Jakes World 2011-05-15 | My Son getting 'owned' by a 30 year old arcade came called 'Apple Bandits' which was written in 1982. Its playing on my equally ancient Apple IIe computer, which has 2 floppy disk drives of 100k each, 64kilo bytes of memory and an 6502 - 8 bit microprocessor running at 1mhz. Such microscopic power but it hangs a kid used to XBOX out to dry... he he..
wind_turbine.mov Jakes World 2011-05-15 | My 300 watt wind turbine. I bought it from a firm in China and set it up on an old radio mast. It had enough power to easily light up 4 x 50watt halogen lamps without a battery, in a modest wind. With a high wind it would blow the lamps so it became mandatory to connect to a 24 volt lead acid deep cycle battery bank for charging.
Nakamichi Kraftwerk.mp4 Jakes World 2010-12-26 | Sound sample from my Nakamichi Dragon computing Turntable. Record playing is 'AeroDynamic' by Kraftwerk. An exceptionally fine LP pressing with excellent stereo definition and transients. A good example of a great analogue sound. The sound is digitised directly from my Sony Esprit Pre-amp into an A-D converter straight into my Macintosh computer. The MP4 sound is at 256 kilobits 44.1 khz stereo. If you want to hear the sound properly without Youtube compressing the hell out of it, the go to this link: http://www.base2studio.co.uk/Nakamichi%20CT%20Kraftwerk.mp4
lasercat.mp4 Jakes World 2010-12-05 | Laser pen fun with our Cat. Watch him chase the dot! The cat has now figured out where the 'dot' comes from so when I pick up the laser pointer he gets excited. Clever cat!
Buildawell.mp4 Jakes World 2010-11-08 | A short 30 second animation of a well being hand dug in central Java, Indonesia, to supply water to our house. It took in total 6 days and was dug to 10 metres by one man and his assistant who disposed of the waste earth.
Soarer UZZ32 Active Dance routine Jakes World 2010-09-15 | The Lexus Soarer Active suspension test 'Dance'. This car has fully active hydropneumatic suspension that keeps the car level around corners. It uses an array of G sensors and a gyroscope to give its computer information about body attitude and roll. During a tight corner the suspension cylinders pump up to level the car there by maintaining equal grip on all 4 tyres rather than two - drastically improving cornering ability without sacrificing ride quality - which is super smooth. Its everything a Citroen should be but isn't.
leiden jar.MP4 Jakes World 2010-06-02 | My Leiden Jar - the first electrical capacitor. Its basically a glass jar with aluminium foil wrapped on the inside and out of the jar, with a rod touching the inside of the jar and an insulated cap. The jar is charged up by a static machine, or similar, or in this case from a weak high voltage generator from one of my electrostatic loudspeakers. The charge stays for quite a while and can be dangerous so do be careful if your making one. Can kill!
