Category Archives: Macgyvered
The Saskatoon Shop
Evaporust – Scribe Stand
Amazing remover of rust. Recyclable… It’s a tool in the shop now!
ELGIN Hardinge Super precision lathe – Part 2 – Three-phase two-speed constant torque motor with reverse
Arduino Project – Digitally Controlled Analog Surround Sound Panning – Open Source
For your enjoyment:
Digitally Controlled Analog Surround Sound Panning
Presentation:
Circuit Explination:
Presentation documents:
0 – TPJ – Technical Presentation
0 – TPJ556-FINAL report DCASSP-COMPLETE
0 – TPJ556-FINAL report DCASSP-SCHEMATICS V1
Project Source Code:
Fixing Logitech trackball performance
I love these Logitech Marble Mouse trackballs, I have one for every computer. After a few years they slow down physically. Cleaning the dust off does not help enough, something different needed to be applied. I’ve been researching lubricants and oils, doing some tests with households; but I think I’ve found the perfect fluid. Ian Gomes of Union Sound Company made a recommendation a few years back for Penny and Giles faders. A quick amazon search lead me to Lucas Silicone Shock fluid. I must report that it is the perfect product for this application. If you need a drop, I’ll send you a q-tip of it in the mail.
Shipping an AMPEX ATR-102
Found some pictures of an Ampex ATR-102I shipped a few years ago. It sat on a pillow of pink insulation. Pink does more than you think.
Once it was all set, I filled it with High Density styrofoam
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!
Joel Plaskett rocking some WBS pre-amps
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I was reading http://professional-sound.com/ (like I do every month plug plug) and saw Joels lovely new studio and Neve Console. Front an centre I was happy to see the set of WBS pre-amps I wired up for him a few years ago. Glad they’re making great records! And congrats to Thomas, who was apparently a regular at Revolution Recording… I just kept my head down and in the back
Will it fit? – Leslie 147
Hatchback pack…
I know now we can fit two of the 2′ cubes and the “little” white one in the car.
Major kudos to HHB Canada for being just the coolest company around. The future and present is in those walls.
was talking with someone about gold today
I was talking with one of my teachers today about gold in ICs. All the gold is in the wires of big chips…
so I looked around and found another video about the PCB plating
THEN, blessings to youtube, there is a guy smelting it
The day Google unplugs, is the day the worlds knowledge disappear
Combing Cables
a few years back I designed my own cable comb while doing a console build. I asked around if something excisted for my application to no avail…
BEHOLD someone came up with an amazing product that does what I needed (but for much larger cables)
check it out in action:
A Social Experiment
I’ve been thinking about a social experiment.
I often take calls from people looking for services, I’ve met a lot of great people in this industry and I do stand by their great work and contributions. So instead of fielding calls and answering the questions I’ve created a Wizard Services section at http://audioaholics.com/wizard_services
I am asking you my friends to use it to work, get work share work and do work together. I would like to consider it my rolodex
I’ve got the permission to post a few contacts and will be doing so this week.
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1AM dead caliper battery – improvise
My caliper battery died while working late. I looked in storage and swore there was one there, no success. Two AA cells later I was back in the game! 
Adapter of the day
I was doing a gig on the weekend and was Introduced to an adapter that saved the gig. We had an in ear monitor that was buzzing, the feed was coming from the truck line level from the output of the clear-com. Right from the truck, at the panel on the outside, there was noise in the cue box. So instead of feeding that line level from the truck I thought it would be nice to send an IFB (clear com) to a TR-50 then Sennheiser IEM transmitter at ‘somewhat line level’. The truck engineer said “Hey there is a clear-com to Line level adapter in the truck, a Drier” Lo-and-behold it saved the feed and delivered a perfect noise free signal to the talents IFB. If anyone knows what’s inside please let me know, kinda curious.
We added a transformer for added isolation.
It’s not to dis-similar to http://home.roadrunner.com/~jimirayo/drier.htm
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:
RCA 77DX quick fix
In a pinch today I learned that thumb nuts from a Shure SM7B can replace the missing nut of an RCA 77DX.
I’m looking into a replacement for the missing 77 nut this week… not going to pay the 110$ AEA wants… 12-40 thread I think…
Urge to smash
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I recently acquired a new computer and have begun the “Migration” from old to new. I know it’s not a quick process (600+ Gb from machine to machine) but by my math this estimation, using FW800, was WAY OUT. The problem turns out that the computer was going to sleep during this migration!! Why the HELL would it do such a stupid thing? There were no options for sleeping as it’s a fresh install. Shame on Apple.
After three failed attempts, I had to find a solution to me sitting at two idle computers for 8 hours.
AND HERE IT IS!
(standby for video)
I needed to be able to leave it also… so in an audio Macgyver moment of desperation I turn to my biggest fan. The cable for the Trackball is moved by an oscillating fan. The headphones are on top of an upside down trackball, this and the duct tape give the trackball some weight to push on the keyboard (for computer 1) the movement also pushes a button on a Magic Trackpad (computer 1)
so far attempt number four is going smoothly (knock on wood)
