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Get 3 Ammeters and play with one of the Pass diff pairs (or try Spice...2 JFETs or BJTs and a few resistors are chump change, but 3 meters with decent mA tracking aren't). You'll build some intuition by watching them together as you change the input voltages.

I'd definitely be curious to see a schematic for a discrete opamp based on a couple JFETs. Here ya go: https://www.passdiy.com/projects/images/content/diyopamp7.png Or better yet, download the PDF and follow through as he iterates on the design: https://www.passdiy.com/download.php?download_file=/i...

This has sort of come full circle here. At the TapeOp conference in New Orleans, there was a DIY breakout session. Most of the group was new to DIY, and was led through the construction of one of these gain stages by Scott H himself. There were a bunch of little baggies of parts that were distribute...

I, too, have succumbed to the Behringer synth clone thing.

I stumbled across a used yellow TD-3-MO, so I have caught the fabled "Uli-fish."

(and, yes, make of that nickname what you will)

Well, you wouldn't want your podcast viewers to see the usual coathanger + old sock combo, would you?

Ssshhhh, dudes. Keep it down.

We'd never want Vlayman to hear us say "Bozak", would we?

So put the flats on the Gretsch? Seems like a potentially great combo.

Thank you, Zombie Thread, for reminding me that I've still got this gift card.

A pandemic happened in there, and kinda rearranged priorities. I just checked, and it's miraculously still worth the original value!

No $50 Small Stone, but there's a $50 Small Clone...

Tascam M-2600.

The Fluke 115 is a great meter, but its their entry-level, general purpose electronics meter, to compete with some of the other high-quality import meters we see these days (Wavetek, Extech, UniT, and so on). I've had one for about 10 years now. Goes everywhere I need a portable meter. But I'd say t...

Tried to attach a photo, but it says “Board attachment quota has been reached”.

Is there a spot where we can slip a dollar into the cloudhosting tip jar, to help relax the restrictions?

And a couple more thoughts since I wrote that: The Valhalla (and their Audiodamage cousins), UAD and SoundToys plates are all pretty good. There's a second set of DIY plate instructions floating around. I think it was written by Jim Cunningham (Mr Ecoplate), and it includes some better schematics fo...

I've built a number of plates through the years, and now have a Mk I Ecoplate (plus a loaner Brick Audio plate). I think the third video answers your question about boinginess/clankyness. If the thing goes "boing" or "clank" or "clunk" when you tap it (ie: excite it with an impulse), then it's going...

Considering things more by category, than by specific models: 1: If you sing, find a mic that sounds good on your voice, and learn to work it. If you sing, but always dislike how your voice is coming across, that's a miserable situation to be in. 1B: if you don't sing, find a mic that's flattering t...

I'm pretty sure I've recommended the Chandler Germanium as one of the few preamps that really stands out as different from it's peers. There's only so far from "accurate preamp" that things can diverge before you no longer have a useful general purpose preamp. Sometimes the differences are at the ed...