Dave Adams did my a solid today. I needed some support cut to exactly 1.6 *12 plus 0.02 worth of “wiggle room” spaced over 12 modules. He has the tools and knows them too well! Thanks again Dave! 
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Custom Dangerous Master Panel
SOUND GUY XMAS! The family delivers sound guy gifts!!
I’m so lucky to have such thoughtful family.
I know how difficult it is to shop for us sound guys.
I hope the ideas I’ve been sharing have been of inspiration to eager shoppers.
I thought I would share some of the ideas my family and friends came up with that I missed and appreciate as professional tools and inspiration to learn from!
Super bright LED flashlight. This one is very small, takes 4 AAA batteries and I bet will last a very long time!
Gear tie Flexible ties. I’ve never seen these! This things are very soft and wont scratch anything.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=67776&cat=1,43326,59481
Maped pencils. These are awesome because they are orange and they are triangular. Very nice to work with!
Ike Zimble of Zimble Audio hooked me up over the holidays with a product he really enjoys.
Rawn America’s Tefrawn, I’m very excited to try it out! Truly a Sound Guy Gift!!
I’m very protective of my hearing (and the family knows this).
I’m going on a trip this week and there will be swimming in the ocean. Aqua Ears!
Make it stick – the science of successful Learning, a very very good read. I got 1/2 way through and gave it to a teacher that needed it more than I did.
Flex X-RAP Finger protection. I’ve never seen anything like this stuff. If you’re making a bunch of cables and want to move faster this is the ticket! http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=64762&cat=1,42207,64762
A KAZOO!!!! Because I’m easily entertained.
Happy holidays to everyone! You’re all an inspiration to me and mine! Keep the feedback coming!
Anxiety, regret, and satisfaction at the 1/2 way point
Sound guy xmas idea – LA2a
If I’ve learned anything, it’s that: you can never have too many LA2As around the studio. In addition that, I know that each of the old ones is its own animal. For more information check out Universal Audio
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IMAX- The Next generation of IMAX sound – 12 Channel configuration – and LASER projectors, about time
Imax – The Next generation of IMAX sound – 12 Channel configuration – and LASER projectors, about time!!
Had a fantastic experience with the new IMAX sound system at the AES meeting held at Technicolor.
The “Upper Quad” ceiling speakers really bring it together.
VBAP is going to need some work… and a HUI
I walked away asking: “If it were truly immersive, there would never be idle speakers” Cory said: “Backgrounds are the first thing to go…” I think those will become crucial.
I also walked away wanting a dozen U87s…
Of course you could hear the birds chirping and running away WHILE the rocket was launching…
Sound guy xmas Idea – CN37 Light guided Connector Assembly
Got a Call from Christopher today. “I do a lot of EDACs” I said. He said “what you really want is the CB37 Light Director Board“
And he was right.
Sound guy Xmas Idea: Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
Sound guy Xmas idea: Studer C37
This isn’t something you see everyday. I know this is something he doesn’t have. I know it’s a gift he’ll truly enjoy.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/STUDER-C37-tube-mastermachine/121497529690
sound guy Xmas idea: APx515 2-Channel Audio Analyzer
This would be a dream for the test bench. Simple, robust effective analysis tools! I would be happy with an old system one… but this would be on the shelf in a heartbeat.
The APx515 is a high performance audio analyzer optimized for production test. APx515 has a typical THD+N of –106 dB, a one million point FFT with 24-bit resolution, and 192K digital I/O. It is a best-in-class instrument for its combination of speed, performance, automation, and ease-of-use.
APx515 is a significant product because it delivers the performance and reliability of Audio Precision at a production-level price.
APx is the fastest audio analyzer in the world, returning 21 audio measurements in as fast as 1.2 seconds. It is also the easiest to use, with one-click measurements, custom reporting and sophisticated automation without any programming. A full API and LabVIEW driver is also provided.
This speed and ease-of-use means test will never be a bottleneck, and production line managers can achieve reliable, consistent results compared to the current low-cost alternatives like a distortion analyzer.
For companies outsourcing their production, requiring APx515 on the production line gives tighter control over production, ensuring manufacturers are meeting their contractual requirements.
had to throw out some art this week
TDM – Time Division Multiplexing
The words of sound
Bob Katz book “Mastering Audio the art & the science” 2nd ed.
Shipping an A80
VW golf – Will it fit?? 14 power amps…
BARELY!!!
This was a hairy transport… I feared getting into an accident with this load. I most certainly would have been taken out. Also, the weight of them sure dropped the back of the car 3″! Thanks again D, I don’t know what I’ve gotten myself into!
My first microphone pre-amp design
Doing a school project is the PERFECT excuse to design build a test my first ground up original Microphone pre-amp!
I learned these buzzwords from the Kimber cable guy:
The imaging is fantastic, totally forward sounding with edge AND detail on the soundstage. Though precise, there isn’t that analytical flavour tainting the dry sound in the copper typically found in other microphone pre-amps. Micro-clipping isn’t an issue anymore! By a factor of at leased 10, the noise floor is lower than you’d ever expect. With an un-constrained matrix, painting the sound stage will be a pleasure. Tipping the value curve, the proportions are just right.
But honestly… I’ve not heard it yet, or kimber cable for that matter.
Seriously though… it’s a transformer coupled double balanced class A instrumentation pre-amp using only the best. Actual results to follow!
got to hear some Bang-Olufsen Beolab-18
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Pallet Jack Troubles…
Bought some school Supplies
Doing some research for a school project. I thought I’d have a benchmark for the project. This seems like a good starting point. 
Visualization of what’s on your hard drive
I was introduced to “Disk Inventory X” that displays a visual representation of what’s on your hard drives. Within minutes I identified HUGE files that were plugging up my laptop. The worst culprit is parallels… but I already knew that virus was huge!
By selecting a file, you can reveal it in the finder and see what it’s really doing!
I would recommend checking it out, just for fun!