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toothpastefordinner wrote:"I'm thinking of spray-painting a CD."

(stories of CDs getting stuck in CD players)

"Great, what kind of spray paint should I use!!!"

I think you missed a line in between 2 and 3 - (other stories of spraypainted discs that cause no problems).

I would echo the suggestion to use inkjet-printable discs; you can get them for as low as $29/100. another suggestion that I just got tipped to - go out to the hardware store and pick up some plain contact paper (shelf paper). stick the cd's recordable-side-down on the sticky side, then spraypaint. ...

pandatone wrote:so what was the point of this point.. other then to be an ass?

to bait you personally, apparently.

save the switch - Rat-style stomp switches ain't cheap.

another tip - I went to the local Goodwill and found some 9v wall-warts for 49 cents each, I cut the end off and wired a pair of banana plugs to it, so it fits in the breadboard quick and easy.

totally. not only is it easier to correct a problem, it's easier to try out modifications if you happen to see an opportunity... "what if I had a 100K pot here instead of a 100K resistor?"

cup hooks on the ceiling, wire coat hangers and zip ties - should be able to cobble something together from that...

further to Scodiddly - your local library doesn't have what you want? three words for you - inter-library loan. right now on the way to me, I've got about a dozen books on op amps, timer circuits, and a boatload of Forrest Mims stuff that my local library doesn't have, but other libraries do. and al...

regarding #1 - I don't think it's passive; I see lots of stripped-down schematics where stuff is implied, and you don't get full info on pin connections, where the op-amp connections just show the +, -, and output, not the power and ground.

it probably wouldn't be super dangerous to re-splice and wrap in electrical tape (I've done it before, salvaging some extension cords).

but since you're already into the guts, why not get a fresh three-conductor power cable, and wire it into the points of origin?

gyraf wrote:Philip's application note for the NE5534 opamp:

sweet! I just found a ton of these, and was wondering if I could find a use for them - this is perfect.

can you drop any other effects on your live guitar feed and get them to work? is it only Dronebox that doesn't function?

I've downloaded it and played around with it a bit - I haven't dug into the midi or automation of it yet, so mostly I've just gone "ooooh, that's neat...."

the only software I've ever found is WavSnd - don't know if there's a Mac version.

Don Shumai wrote:if the brown note does exist, does someone want to volunteer to make a DIY brown note generator?

can we get a VST plugin version as well?