Sunday, October 31, 2010
414 In the Bird House
My friend Paul and I discovered that when recording drums live if you want the most compressed industrial sounding drums without having to do any post production work this is how you do it. AKG 414 in figure 8 in a can of sorts, I forget what this one was for originally. Thin metal works best and different cans have different notes to themselves; Also larger openings in the can work better.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Came across this while looking at photos on Flicker. Its a CGS65: Dual Tube VCA Built by Granular Matter. He has some great stuff at his blog well worth checking out.
"Pictured here are two Ken Stone CGS65 Tube VCA/Timbral Gate circuit boards. Both will be mounted behind one Eurorack format panel to reduce the build cost."
"Pictured here are two Ken Stone CGS65 Tube VCA/Timbral Gate circuit boards. Both will be mounted behind one Eurorack format panel to reduce the build cost."
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
A Bleak Future Ahead?
A Helium Shortage?
Emily Jenkins
There are two kinds of stable helium. You know the first one: It puts lift in birthday balloons, Thanksgiving Day parades, the Goodyear blimp.
The federal government first identified helium as a strategic resource in the 1920s; in 1960 Uncle Sam began socking it away in earnest. Thirty-two billion cubic feet of the gas are bunkered underground in Cliffside, a field of porous rock near Amarillo. But now the government is getting out of the helium business, and it's selling the stockpile to all comers.
Rare Earth in BlackBerry to Prius Underscores Alarm Over Supply
Bloomberg
Rare-earth elements help give BlackBerrys their buzz, Toyota Priuses their battery power, and computer hard drives their spin.
The rare earths, a group of 17 metals including neodymium, lanthanum, cerium and europium, also have industrial and national-security uses, such as in petroleum refining, fiber- optics transmission, and military radar and missile-guidance systems.
China’s 72 percent reduction in export quotas for the second half of this year, which it announced in July, and the customs delays since then are driving up prices. U.S. Representative Edward Markey, chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, asked the Obama administration on Oct. 21 to report on China’s export restrictions and ramifications for the military and U.S. clean- energy producers.
High Voltage Cable Inspection
This video is absolutely amazing in my opinion. First, because what this guy does on a daily basis is just amazing. Second the video is shot well.
Why is NASA audio so bad?
I came across this on the EETimes
We're all familiar with the noisy, "squelchy"-sounding audio that seems to characterize voice communications between astronauts and mission control during NASA space missions. Most of us don't give it a second thought, but a poster over at diyAudio wonders why does the audio have to be so bad?
Why is NASA audio so bad?
Rich Pell
8/25/2010 11:19 AM EDT
We're all familiar with the noisy, "squelchy"-sounding audio that seems to characterize voice communications between astronauts and mission control during NASA space missions. Most of us don't give it a second thought, but a poster over at diyAudio wonders why does the audio have to be so bad?He has a point. Given today's technology - or even 1970's or 80's technology - and the relatively low requirements for reproducing good quality audio, what's the excuse for the poor audio quality heard on low-earth orbit operations like the International Space Station and shuttle missions?
Germanium Fuzz Face
Man I wish I had some more fee time from school to build beautiful projects like this one! Its a germanum Fuzz Face by Moregeometrico
Monday, October 25, 2010
Coppersynth, October 2010
This is just as Dave Jones says "this is sex on a stick"
Coppersynth, October 2010
"I’m still wiring up the panels, but it’s almost completed. I need to order the fancy dials for the 10-turn pots on the Living VCOs, but they’re really expensive, so that may not happen soon. I’m also missing a couple small components that I’m ordering tonight.
Overall though, I’m really happy with the way it’s turning out."
Saturday, October 23, 2010
East Bay Mini Maker Faire this weekend
Via Make
For everyone in the San Francisco Bay Area, don't forget about
the East Bay Mini Maker Faire going on this Sunday, October 24,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Park Day School Campus in Oakland.
This Mini Maker Faire was organized by a dedicated group of
parents as a fundraiser for their school, and we at MAKE are
thrilled to see folks organizing Maker Faires at the community
level. There will be over 100 makers and crafters exhibiting, along
with a whole day of workshops scheduled, including Maker Faire
founder Dale Dougherty showing how to make cider with a cider
press and speaking about the Young Makers program, as well as
Tim O'Reilly teaching how to make his famous jam and scones.
Check out the site for all the details, including an extensive list of
makers, and of course how to get tickets.
the East Bay Mini Maker Faire going on this Sunday, October 24,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Park Day School Campus in Oakland.
This Mini Maker Faire was organized by a dedicated group of
parents as a fundraiser for their school, and we at MAKE are
thrilled to see folks organizing Maker Faires at the community
level. There will be over 100 makers and crafters exhibiting, along
with a whole day of workshops scheduled, including Maker Faire
founder Dale Dougherty showing how to make cider with a cider
press and speaking about the Young Makers program, as well as
Tim O'Reilly teaching how to make his famous jam and scones.
Check out the site for all the details, including an extensive list of
makers, and of course how to get tickets.
If you are a teacher, check out the post on Make: Education
on how to get discounted tickets.
on how to get discounted tickets.
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