The Linear Traveling Potentiometer presented at AES Toronto meeting Sept 24, 2013
The Math Project that inspired the FivePointNone
And here it is…
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Category Archives: New Gear
Making snakes for a Patching system
We Built some 24 Channel snakes from some re-claimed Blenden Bundles. All the EDACs were de-pinned and re-inserted into a 90 pin housing. The other end has been cut to length and re-prepped into various configurations. Dave got some really good practice on this build and his chops have come a long way in a very short time.
To give you more of an idea of what’s going on in the patchbay here is the design preliminary that’s ever changing and evolving!
Spectrafoo or Smaart?
I’m looking to invest in a mobile acoustic measurement software and am looking for opinions.
I’ve been playing with the Spectrafoo Demo and I must say it’s very impressive
http://mhsecure.com/metric_halo/products/software/spectrafoo.html and it’s very competitively priced. The Main thing appealing to me about foo is the “Transfer Function Measurement System” I became familiar with while using a SIM system… This to me is the most valuable feature.
20130530 – new WBS Console Side Panels
There has been talks of 12 channel consoles being made so designs are moving from paper to cad… I’ve been dreaming up a new design of side panel that can lay flay or be stood upright using a support. The idea is to put them on an island in either upright or flat positions. The faders would be flat in the mix position, and angled in the upright position. The back interconnect would be all edacs.
Making a Yamaha SKRM-100 subkick
A few years ago I made another Sub-Kick. I used all Yamaha Parts… so I guess it’s a Yamaha Sub Kick
Drilling the XLR into the side:
Pulling the driver from its box:
I built some Brackets and drilled the holes to line up with the existing lug hardware:
Mesh head:
Filled the lining of the shell with acoustic foam and put another mesh head on the back:
Finished:
A new snake standard
Making a 12 channel breakout snake. I think it turned out great! The new labels are looking good, and are very nicely visible / functional
Getting better with the Gorton engraving machine
10 Lessons I’ve learned about engraving by hand:
1 – CLAMP CLAMP CLAMP
2 – Flexible material WILL FLEX WHEN CLAMPED!
3 – Start in the middle of the “A”
4 – 1:1 ratios show mistakes 1:1
5 – Don’t try to “go over” a skip
6 – One letter, one pass.
7 – WD 40 on cutting head
8 – stop are just guides, they stop nothing from moving unless there is a lock on the other side\
9 – The first two “setups” are typically throw aways
10 – don’t beat yourself up, the landing gear is down.
I’ve learned my letter set is a little worn down, thus making some skips and pits a little more noticeable (this is where lesson 4 comes into play)… A new set is a little out of my price range for now.
I love one of a kind tools
Making a 12 channel WBS filter rack
WBS – M568P 24 track monitoring console
Making rack ears for a 10 Module WBS rack
500 series Dimension D
Two Notes Torpedo Live – now in a new home!
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Finally got it in a rack! Two Notes Torpedo amplifier load box with cabinate / microphone simulation
Jack added a speaker input on the producers desk for easy connection
I said when I first heard about it that “This piece is basically an Iso Booth in one rack space.” and in a small to mid sized studio without a booth or collection of amps it’s a huge asset! 
downside: I wanted to put the line in and line out on the Patchbay in addition to the speaker in and through-put on the panel (everything hooked up all the time). When you have a jack in the “line in” it overrides the speaker “load box”
Ward-Beck Systems announces 1 vershok – (32) Channel MADI Meter
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Ward-Beck Systems announces a 1 vershok (32) channel MADI Meter using their high visibility LED meter ballistic system. This give you a quick glance at what’s happening in your audio stream. PERFECT for a stage box, or remote recording rig using MADI.
Toggle over to “cue” the channels and listen on a set of headphones OR a set of outputs. This is an exciting venture into MADI for WBS and the start of something spectacular.
