There is nothing like this meter on the market. It’s nice to have on the bench, excited to get them installed!
Getting the WBS POD22s ready for installation
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Hurt feelings reports
Hand Wrench
Frequency Responce of Solder…
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.
Always growing the adapter wall
The demands only grow as the systems do.
Red – XLRF – TRS
Blue – XLRM – TRS
Green – ground lift
Yellow – polarity inverter
Violet – XLRM – XLRM
Black Expando – XLRF – XLRF
Orange – XLR to TS
20100424 – Roxanne – a WBS R1200 resto mod
One of my first ground up restores. This was a console with 12 Mic pre-amps, direct outs, summing and a monitor. It had a “Red Light” on the meter bridge… so I added a switch that said “POTRL” that “Put on the Red Light” and so it became “Roxanne” It’s still in use today but could use some tweaks I’ve learned from experience. We’re working on a very similar project right now, so It’s very cool to look back and learn.
The biggest lesson: it’s hard to put a value on a labour of love and curiosity, but bill accordingly.
New console vacuum
I got a new console vacuum today! Backpack Dayton 4TR09… and it kicks serious ass! I hate eBay… but this was the best $125 I’ve spent in a while
Custom faceplate for a meter
Original: 
New design:
New Panel:
Hohner Bass 3 in for a tune up
My Brother sent me this flea market gem. The power on the schematic was wrong, a cap lead had come undone and it needed some TLC. The output is very low and I may build a little pre-amp for it… 
What is your reference?
If you have none, here are two of the best on the market
Clair Brothers – Cable Tester
AKG D-99 C Harry Kunstkopf – Dummy Head – binaural microphone (1974)
An interesting observation on the new Mac Pro
Audio Speed Dating
Some people go to the dentist and want free toothpaste
I want old scalers. I only take the Jacquettes
2003 – HVR – my first commercial studio 10 years ago
So I’ve been digging through some pictures and found These Gems from about 10 years ago…
I was 19 years old and moved into the 3rd floor of 115 2nd Ave North Saskatoon. It was RIGHT downtown saskatoon. It had a conference room in it that had the most amazing sounding vault. It was about 560 sq feet. They build me a room inside of a room.
One of my classrooms, and stepping stones.
Not one good piece of gear in the racks, but damn did I make a lot of records with this stuff. One of my classrooms. The Funniest part is… I think I only kept 7 things in these pictures…
Conference room with old Vault
Inside an AKG BX20E Spring Reverb
I once put C16 in backwards in an LA4
UREI Garbage
