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OlScrapIron wrote:This is great! I might get on one... I can't find the video now, but I saw a dude on youtube who made his own mic robot AND... a remote control drum cloud! It moved up and down to allow more or less room sound.

That'd be Eric Valentine? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8jymtu45kI

Hey guys,

My fried Joe Malone (JLM Audio) sells a little circuit for buffering and driving VU meters. That's what I've got in this bad boy.

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Just knocked up this little bad boy. Fully passive controller based around a nice Alps potentiometer. 3 in, 3 out. VU meters too.

Actually just a few days spread over a few weeks but the weather has been so up and down in Sydney! :lol: How long did this take to do? I mean, I notice you went from fleece-lined coat & boots to barefoot in the backyard ... Love the monkey-wrench, too - izzat for fixing it in the mix? :twisted:

Gang, My studio partner and I have just finished installing this new studio desk/workstation that we designed and built in to our mix room. Here's a bit of a step-by-step on how we did it in case anyone wants to take a similar path. 1. Design your workstation in google sketch up with virtually no wo...

Hi Matt, The case is 255mm deep. Transformer: 18+18V, 30VA Molex connector part numbers are on the BOM for the preamp cards, the crimping tool I have no idea. Actually borrowed it off a mate. Ill ask him where he got it! a few questions about some little details of this build, since I've been thinki...

Thank you!

mrc wrote:Very Nice, a tip of the hat to ya!

Hi Randy, Thanks for the kind words. This front panel is not an off-the-shelf one, but one I measured out, designed and had laser engraved myself using an altronics blank 1u case (black annodised). I then drilled the holes out. I intentionally put the preamp boards quite close together to make room ...

Yeah absolutely, I know Joe quite well actually. His 99V's rule! Hey Jim, thanks. Maybe down the track I'll pop some different op-amps in. I've got the 2520's now so I'll use those for a while though. Maybe try some JLM opamps, made there in Oz. They also have some hybrid designs that use a traditio...

Snarl 12/8 wrote:That looks gorgeous to me.

Thanks!

Hey Jim, thanks. Maybe down the track I'll pop some different op-amps in. I've got the 2520's now so I'll use those for a while though. I think our monitoring system is pretty good (Genelec 1034B's), I reckon your hearing is better than ours! Nice build. Maybe try some differnt opamps to vary the pa...

Thought I'd share my latest DIY exploit... Just finished up this 4-channel API style mic pre set using PCB's from Whistle Rock Audio. Transformers are the Ed Anderson vintage recreations from Classic API. Op-amps are the GAR2520 kit from the same place. Knobs from CAPI also. Used an Altronics case a...

My go-to's are the Supraphonic and the Black Beauty, both of which have been mentioned many times in this thread. For heavier music we have a brass Pearl 'Sensitone' floating about which actually sounds quite good! Done a lot of good recordings of this one. I wish I had a more interesting snare to c...

Couple of bits of kit I use all the time and picked up for pittance: Evans/Sound Creator Analog Echo: Bought this thing for 50 bucks with a few issues. Replaced a few parts and now its my favorite for crunchy/dirty delays and general chaos. Hours of fun! Orban 424A Compressor: Picked this up at auct...

I know this isn't specific to your situation, which is more about mixing, but when I'm going for that big expensive vocal sound I do the following: Use a really good microphone (U47 or U87 most of the time, but sometimes others). Connect the great mic to a good class A mic pre preferably with transf...