Trick to remember NPN VS PNP

Posted on 20140530 by Anthony P. Kuzub

NPN: Not Pointing in
PNP: Pointing In

Going to re-manufacture some WBS daughter boards

Posted on 20140325 by Anthony P. Kuzub

As a part of my school program, I’ve decided to take a shot at re-designing 2 WBS components.

First the 4-110 mic pre-amp for the M460 – M461. In the 90s WBS redesigned the card using 5534 but I’m looking at something even more modern.

Second the 109 cards. While at Revolution Recording, Joe D redesigned his version of the 109 card and it was a HUGE improvement. He described it as “taking the cheese cloth off the audio” and he was right.

The idea is to have a plug and play module available for users with a few new features not incorporated in past designs.

Once they’re done I hope to have them for sale on www.AudioAholics.com

A project I’ve been working on has come… full circle ;-)

Posted on 20140117 by Anthony P. Kuzub

Congrats to Kevin Park and the Lacquer channel team for getting the Neumann VMS70 back in the game. A fantastic project to have been a part of! We recapped the entire audio electronics for Kevin before he had lathe aficionado Chris Muth calibrate it. It’s a fine precision piece of audio electronics and Kevin is one HELL of a lathe mechanic and cutting engineer! It, and he, are in good hands over at Toronto’s Lacquer Channel. I’m excited to cut a few plates myself!

Photo and story here: http://www.thegridto.com/culture/music/play-it-as-it-lathes/

Did you see it?

Many Thanks to Dave, Jose, and Tyler for their help and enthusiasm about the project!

Sound guy xmas idea #23 – Meyer MJF-210 “Texas headphones”

Posted on 20131129 by Anthony P. Kuzub

YES!!! Meyer just announced a new line of wedges. I’ve had nothing but an AMAZING experience working with the MJF-212 speaker and am excited for this smaller footprint monitor. I would have a six pack of these in my arsenal if I were still doing theatre sound. You should ask Santa for these!

LargeMeyerSoundNewWedge

Neumann VMS-70 Cutting Lathe Restoration

Posted on 20130928 by Anthony P. Kuzub

Boy am I excited to have been a part of a restoration of a Neumann VMS-70 Cutting lathe. It is currently being setup at Tonronto’s Lacquer Channel and undergoing calibration. I have more pictures to post as we’re done a complete overhaul of all caps and power supplies. More to come…

MXR Phase 100 repair and mod

Posted on 20130927 by Anthony P. Kuzub

Someone blew it up with the wrong PSU… cost more to fix it than it’s worth. Moral of the story… Every Guitar player needs a VOODOO LABS PEDAL POWER!!!

A special Background for a photo shoot

Posted on 20130715 by Anthony P. Kuzub

2007 – I had a client who was being featured in a magazine and wanted a special background. This is what we came up with

Looking to remake some Studer Op-Amps

Posted on 20130626 by Anthony P. Kuzub

Doing some homework

Posted on 20130508 by Anthony P. Kuzub

reading up on an upcoming restoration project.

Repairing a Phono Pre-amp

Posted on 20130425 by Anthony P. Kuzub

I was at my cousins house…

Posted on 20130315 by Anthony P. Kuzub

and My god was I impressed with his Stereo

1981, purchased new for about $5000

RENTALS – I’ve spent so much time with this stuff in the shop, it’s time to hit record!!

Posted on 20130213 by Anthony P. Kuzub

I’ve decided to open my racks up for rental in town and in at the studio

It’s VERY reasonably priced
http://www.WTFYW.ca/RENTALS

The whole thing started with Jägermeister. Kill Bennedy, may he rest in peace, said: “Every studio I go to has the best of the best, and sometimes it’s really just too good. Sometimes I need nasty, gritty and shitty”

I’ve tried to maintain a combination of both amazing and horrible. Some things I consider: “rack-mounted plugins without a computer”

Everything comes with Recall sheets and Mogami breakout snakes (XLR and TRS) Each rack has a EDAC90 on the back for quick connection. I’m working on LF and TT patchbays…

REVERB RACK

-AKG BX-5 – Spring Reverb
-PEAVEY Peavey Addverb III
-TC ELECTRONICS TC Electronics – FireworX
-Yamaha Yamaha SPX90 Reverb
-ROLAND Roland – SRE-3000 Reverb with delay trick
-Yamaha Yamaha SPX900 Reverb
-Warp Factory ELECTRIX – Flanger / Vocoder

DELAY RACK

LEXICON PCM42
LEXICON PCM42
DELTA LABS EFFECTRON II ADM1024
DELTA LABS EFFECTRON II ADM1024
TC ELECTRONICS D-Two
DELTA LABS EFFECTRON I ADM1020
LEXICON PCM41
IBANEZ HD1000 – Delay / Harmonizer
ROLAND Roland SDD-320 Dimension D

COMP RACK

VALLEY PEOPLE Valley People 610
TC ELECTRONICS FINALIZER
BSS DPR-402
BSS DPR-402
UREI UREI LA4 Compressors (STEREO PAIR)
DBX DBX 902 – De-Essers
DBX DBX 902 – De-Essers
DBX DBX 900 – APHEX Aural Exciter
DBX 911 – Noise Reduction
DBX 911 – Noise Reduction
DBX 911 – Noise Reduction
DBX BBE 702