Here's a picture of the modules I completed this morning; on the right is my I/O Module, which has breakout points for my MIDI- CV interface. There are also two ins and two outs which go to an ESI 2|6, attached to a…
Joe Kearny writes to inform us all that either he has an active imagination, or the Wurlitzer Sideman is actually an undisclosed holding facility where Satan is kept. Truth or fact? You be the judge.
Welcome to my nightmare. That's a photo of the inside of the synth section of the Sideman. It is all point-to-point. Somewhere in that rat's nest of components is a ground loop. I think this might be a job for a…
Our friend inverseroom just finished his second Ruby-based amp, with blue crushed velvet, natch. I don't know if this trumps my HeatMiser model; I'll leave that to you to decide. But it is pretty fucking fly, no doubt…
Now, I'll grant that its usefulness is seriously outweighed by its historical significance (I don't find myself often needing one Foxtrot beat, let alone two) but I ran across one of these today at Portland Music, and I…
There are some interesting threads over at the Prodigy-Pro forums concerning the Behringer ADA8000 AD/DA box. At around $220 street, it seems like a reasonable way to utilize those lightpipe I/O ports on your interface…
Man, Tube Depot didn't waste any time getting me my speaker. High marks for them; it was the first time I'd bought anything from them, but not the last. I ordered the speaker on Friday afternoon, didn't select any…
While I may use OSX exclusively for web surfing, iChatting, email, and listening to my 18-odd hours of Neubauten MP3s, when I need to play live using a computer, my HP Laptop comes out on stage with me. The reason for…
I was doing my morning Browse, and I took in a quick read of Craig Anderton's final AES Wrap-up, where he opines on the state of the industry. This particular paragraph caught my eye: Software companies don't have an…
In the comments section of the entry on my PCBs, Lindon ponders on the following theme: Whats that "Groove Tubes" \ thing\ in the background!?....grief and you complain about Mackie gear...I'm hoping its just some…
So I grabbed myself a demo of dblue's Glitch VST last night, in searching for drum-destroying plugins. It's been a long time since I was surprised by a plugin that doesn't model/imitate analog gear, I have to say. This…
Here's an image of the most awesomest heater I found that is going to be turned in to a guitar amp, as I mentioned yesterday. I ordered all the parts from Small Bear Electronics, and went with a 6" Jensen MOD from The…
Cutting a fine figure in his leather pants, Martin Hollinger, the museumsbesitzer of the Synthorama Synthesizer Museum literally chortles with amusement that all you little people could ever aspire to owning something…
Okay, I give up. I'm not going to slag other sites any more. There are two reasons for this course of action: (1) It's like shooting fish in a fucking barrel. That's only fun for like the first couple fish. After that…
Got home today to find a package from Denmark in my mailbox. Turns out it was my PCBs for the GSSL and G1176 clones. These are really nice boards, well worth the money. (A total of 23 Eu. for both.) They come freeze-dry…