Uploaded September 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The InfiniTri range of professional Symphonic and Latin Triangles from Matt Nolan Custom. Made by hand, one at a time, by British cymbal and gong maker, Matt Nolan.
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For videophiles: The footage of the triangle mobile was shot on a Canon 5D2 Digital SLR camera using a Canon 35mm f1.4 L lens and a Canon 100mm f2.8 L IS macro lens. The camera was mounted on a Red Rock Micro "Captain Stubling" DSLR rig which was mounted on a home-made rail slider. The video was transcoded into the Cineform format, edited using Sony Vegas and glossed up a tad using Magic Bullet Looks. The "titles" footage at the end is older and was shot on a Sony HDV camera.
For audiophiles: The audio of the triangles was recorded using a Mid-Side pairing of Ribbon Microphones. The side mic was a Beyer M130 and the mid mic was a vintage Beyer M260, retrofitted with an RCA 77DX ribbon by Stephen Sank. The pre-amp was a CLM Dynamics DB2 (alas, the Siemens V77s are still badly in need of an overhaul) into an Apogee 24-bit A/D converter with UV22 dithering down to 16 bits for youtube.
For realists: The MPEG encoding, the Youtube transcoding, and most computer monitors and speakers have compromised the above somewhat! The high frequency overtones of the triangles seem to upset the youtube audio compression quite a bit...
Camera work - Andy McCreeth
Editing - Matt Nolan
Magic Bulletin' - Andy McCreeth
© 2010 Andy McCreeth and Matt Nolan.
The InfiniTri range of professional Symphonic and Latin Triangles from Matt Nolan Custom. Made by hand, one at a time, by British cymbal and gong maker, Matt Nolan.
MattNolanCustom.com
For videophiles: The footage of the triangle mobile was shot on a Canon 5D2 Digital SLR camera using a Canon 35mm f1.4 L lens and a Canon 100mm f2.8 L IS macro lens. The camera was mounted on a Red Rock Micro "Captain Stubling" DSLR rig which was mounted on a home-made rail slider. The video was transcoded into the Cineform format, edited using Sony Vegas and glossed up a tad using Magic Bullet Looks. The "titles" footage at the end is older and was shot on a Sony HDV camera.
For audiophiles: The audio of the triangles was recorded using a Mid-Side pairing of Ribbon Microphones. The side mic was a Beyer M130 and the mid mic was a vintage Beyer M260, retrofitted with an RCA 77DX ribbon by Stephen Sank. The pre-amp was a CLM Dynamics DB2 (alas, the Siemens V77s are still badly in need of an overhaul) into an Apogee 24-bit A/D converter with UV22 dithering down to 16 bits for youtube.
For realists: The MPEG encoding, the Youtube transcoding, and most computer monitors and speakers have compromised the above somewhat! The high frequency overtones of the triangles seem to upset the youtube audio compression quite a bit...
Camera work - Andy McCreeth
Editing - Matt Nolan
Magic Bulletin' - Andy McCreeth
© 2010 Andy McCreeth and Matt Nolan.
