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Lav Mic Positioning
I was looking through the Sennheiser MKE-2 mics and found these great charts
Sony MDR-7506 foam replacements
I’ve got (6) pairs of Sony 7506s and all of the foams are shot. I REALLY like these Beyer Dynamic Headphone Foams. TREW audio has a few sets of Beyer 942704 in stock and I highly recommend them to anyone who uses these headphones on a daily basis
Luxtrol dimmers
I had a couch take out the shaft of one of these dimmers. Looking at a parts list reminds me how awesome these dimmers really are.
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Such a smart design
Dan Dugan Override issue
I had an interesting bug with a Dugan the other day. Almost lost my mics to air, but when bypassed at the channel insert… I got to air (although I did get skunked on a mic slipping).
I recreated the fault, and found a way out of it by switch the control bus from A to B.
Here is a Video of the override acting funny
Tape to USB
Down the drain!
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I’ve warned many guest to watch the pack when they go to the washroom. And, they giggle.
Today a colleague showed me this. It must have been REALLY in there for the wire to snap… and once it snapped it must have been awkward fishing it out.
Pissed off and pissed on…
idle Idlers on tape decks
sometimes, there’s no hope for a tape… no matter what condition it’s in. After a few hours in the oven, this 499 is pretty much toast. If it were on an A80 or ATR it would play, but a machine like this MTR is flawed from the get go. May as well replace this part with a razor blade.
Hammond B3 Wiring Diagram
I wish the author of this drawing signed it or put his name in the comments so I could thank him
500 series Dimension D
Wurli nightmare…
Quite possibly the WORST place a bobby pin could fall inside a Wurli
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- Plate coming off
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- Screw in REALLY bad loaction that was impossible to get out
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- Tick to getting it out :-)
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- Wurli Love
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- Tines
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- Wurli tunnel
m1208 direct out mod
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EASY CUT CABLE TIES
This Is So Easy
It’s not rocket science but the clever addition of a simple niche to the cable tie design! The Easy_to_Cut cable tie makes snipping off a tie easier and safer. Been there; done that – the pain of snipping of cable ties can lead to a whole lot things going wrong. For example, I have once managed to snip off the external cable that covers and protected my extension cord wire. Easy_to_Cut resolves these issues by providing a built-in niche into which the tip of a cutting implement’s blade can be inserted. Superb!
Easy_to_Cut is a 2012 red dot award: design concept winner.
Designers: Kim Seokhui, Kim Seongjin & Lee Jongsung
Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2013/01/24/this-is-so-easy/#UIEAFKKyQCJK0P97.99 
WBS 880651 – 8 track monitor return section and overdub feature
Consolidating Hard drives
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Practicing what I preach. Moving (14) drives into long term storage. Pulled all the backups out of the safety deposite box, and moved their contents move forward onto a 3TB hard drive.
Once it’s all checked for redundancies I will back it up to another drive off site.
For anyone nocking my non-antistatic plastic bags, I assure you they performed perfectly and will the next time I spin them up. Silica and a way for them to breath is fine.
This is client sessions, designs, pictures, documents, notes etc etc dating back to about 2001. I have Client DVD archives at home I don’t plan to move forward as it is mostly damaged and virus ridden from before I went all OSX.
Now I need to find a Hard drive shipping container from a computer store… Anyone?
A place to share – http://www.wtfyw.ca/
Spring cleaning is around the corner and I’m here to help find homes for orphans and floating things I’m finding around my shops and basement.
I’ve got some great friends selling things I really believe in and want them to share with you.
I hope this helps…
Channel 13
Since the beginning of this console build: 13 has had every problem. and it continues to this day. I think consoles should be like elevators and be 25, 33… 49 channels 
Plessey needed
anyone have this Plessey? I need (3) for a console refurb.
Micro Delays
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I’m sure I’m not the only one to do this:
In an effort to avoid feedback and improve intelligibility, I push it back. It’s like giving the mic 2.5 feet extra away from the driver.
its un-noticeable to the audience and the poodles don’t start noticing it until 10ms (so don’t worry)