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I managed to get the switch back together and it works. I am literally so exhilarated that I feel nauseous. Of course, we'll have to wait until I've actually got the machine assembled and it's working before I know for sure. But it's a fairly simple machine, and I don't think there's much to go wron...

Update: the latching pushbutton switch for SEL/REP on channel 8 hasn't worked since I got the thing. I looked at it and could see something wasn't right--the little plastic bit on top of the switch was moving with the switch. I've assumed all along that this switch was probably not going to be fixab...

Okay, here's another tip: Each set of electronics has its own front panel. This might not be obvious from looking at the exploded diagrams in the service manual. The front panels interlock (sorta). So you're not going to be able to pull one panel without pulling two. (Actually, it's possible, but no...

OK, in keeping with my tradition of answering my own questions within seconds of posting, I found the spot. There's a hole in the center of the top of the switch mechanism, between the external contacts for the switch. I can see the plunger moving back and forth inside it. So I guess this is one for...

So a few years ago I picked up this Otari MX-5050 8SD 1/2" 8-track deck... the one where the transport comes in one case, and the electronics in another. I'm finally getting around to doing something useful with it. I have both the operation and service manuals, so there's some actual hope for a pos...

I'm pretty sure it was decided that it's a AKG D190. But it's a *special* D190, because of its papal attraction.

A lot of my dilemma over the years I think has to do with just bad timing. All of my creative efforts in the past were in helping others with their projects. My personal ambitions were always put aside so that I could help people whom I considered real talent. By the time I finally decided it was t...

Bro Shark wrote:The thing I love about being in a band is setting a weekly schedule, even if it's once a week.

YES YES YES

Found one of these at a government surplus auction. It was a later model, one with the modular confabulation bypass circuitry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag&feature=player_embedded Sure makes it a lot easier to synchronize your cardinal grammeters I've found that to be the case. The t...

Found one of these at a government surplus auction. It was a later model, one with the modular confabulation bypass circuitry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xO ... r_embedded

Or to sum it up even more succinctly: "Punk rockers can do anything. If punk rockers were in charge, we'd be living in cities on the moon," as Steve Albini has been quoted as saying. But punk rockers aren't in charge, and the moon's a lonely place.

Hmmm... And on an even more personal level, sustaining morale is incredibly difficult for me. It's hard for me to want to make music if I haven't addressed the vast armada of crises arrayed against me. But I don't have the energy to or ability to adequately address these ongoing crises without the c...

Lack of allies is HUGE . On a technical level, my biggest obstacle is recording drums and/or vocals. Because I've got no good way to tell what my mic setup sounds like in real time. It can take me hours to do alone what would take minutes with another drummer or vocalist. And the way I work, there's...

I'm not Catholic, but I've always had good feelings about Pope Francis. And now I know why. I wonder if it's 3-pin or 4-pin? Seems like XLR is more consistent with trinitarian theology. I know it can't possibly be Hi-Z, because two wires would be dualistic, and dualism isn't orthodox. *crawls back i...

I've been messing around with a wee little TEAC 2A mixer lately, and it looks like the "cue out" is about as direct an out as a guy could hope for. Not sure if the 388 has such a thing.