KVR Audio

Dean Aka Nekro · Post by **Dean Aka Nekro** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:39 pm

whyterabbyt wrote:
vurt wrote:least you have a studio...

actually at present its more like i have a pile of midi cables and a pile of usb cables and a pile of audio cables and a pile of power adaptors and a pile of distribution blocks and a pile of plastic and metal boxes with knobs and stuff on them and an impassable floor...

Thats not a bad situation to be in i reckon, Except when you stand on a plug barefoot like i am prone to doing. Bloody painful

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:42 pm

NEKRO.MACHINE wrote:Thats not a bad situation to be in i reckon

but it is a rather quiet one, for what's supposed to be a studio.

trimph1 · Post by **trimph1** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:18 pm

I stepped on a few IC's here...not fun...

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:22 pm

trimph1 wrote:I stepped on a few IC's here...not fun...

I knelt on some once, wearing shorts.

The kids learnt a few choice words that day...

OnT: Nice one Hink, nice tidy build.

Dean Aka Nekro · Post by **Dean Aka Nekro** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:31 pm

whyterabbyt wrote:
NEKRO.MACHINE wrote:Thats not a bad situation to be in i reckon
but it is a rather quiet one, for what's supposed to be a studio.

Good point and now you can clearly see why i stand on plugs alot.

Is it due to giving everything an inspection and clean, Just rearraging for new gear/make better use of space or a rash strip down with regret in hindsight?

I can not see it beeing the latter with yourself as you never come across as a rash type of guy but everyone has there moments

Hope that it is up and running again soon FWIW and all the best

Dean

Dean Aka Nekro · Post by **Dean Aka Nekro** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:40 pm

trimph1 wrote:I stepped on a few IC's here...not fun...

We have the three pronged variety here oppose to your two. So Gary.G and myself suffer a trident of pain. I have cut my feet up a few times as one had a cheap plastic design with a copper end and it snapped clean off in thy foot

Anyway i do not know why the heck i am talking about it when the topic is about a DIY OD box and its just times i would rather forget! Going round the bend i think

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:45 pm

NEKRO.MACHINE wrote: Is it due to giving everything an inspection and clean, Just rearraging for new gear/make better use of space or a rash strip down with regret in hindsight?

Basically its an attempt to get a better use of the space, and fit everything I'd use within arm's reach. My basic problem was that there was an old sofa in the room which was in the way, and my 24U high Euro modular was stuck in a corner such that I could either use it, or everything else...

So I dumped the sofa, then decided I now had room to swap everything the desk on my right-hand side (everything in/on/around it) with the keyboard stand on my left-hand side.
That gave me the chance to move the Euro modular and the desk it was on to the left-hand side too, since those two desks are the same type. That basically gave me a double-width desk, which I can fit two 12U stacks of the Euro and my Bugbrand modular on. So I can reach all of both systems from my chair, and I still have enough 'surface' left to be able rearrange most of everything else I use so that its within easy reach too.

trimph1 · Post by **trimph1** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:58 pm

NEKRO.MACHINE wrote:
trimph1 wrote:I stepped on a few IC's here...not fun...
We have the three pronged variety here oppose to your two. So Gary.G and myself suffer a trident of pain. I have cut my feet up a few times as one had a cheap plastic design with a copper end and it snapped clean off in thy foot Anyway i do not know why the heck i am talking about it when the topic is about a DIY OD box and its just times i would rather forget! Going round the bend i think

Me and cords do not get along..especially when I step on the meat end of those things...

I'm in the process of DIYing a mic preamp...and, of course, I'm doing this with an approximately 25 sq cm worth of work space...

Chuck E. Jesus · Post by **Chuck E. Jesus** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:53 pm

whyterabbyt wrote:my 24U high Euro modular was stuck in a corner such that I could either use it, or everything else...

didn't realize your rig has grown to such heights!

i will officially outgrow my 15U worth of case once my Cwejman VCO 6 arrives...going to pull the Hertz Donut for now, but need to make some decisions...

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:38 pm

hibidy wrote:Yeah, I wanna hear it

Of course I want to see that dongle interview too (did he just go there!)

you absolutely correct actually...I haven't done much with my animation software lately but all this needs is the interviewers dialog and for me to animate the actions to match the dialog. I really do not have the voice for it, how about you? I'll send you the script...this goes for nyone who wants to take a shot at it, the dongles dialog is complete

Thanks to everyone for the compliments, tbh a diy synth is part of my future plans as well, perhaps a theremin first. I also found another site for pedals http://www.buildyourownclone.com/fxkitindex.html

Of course finances play a big role so I do what I can, when I can.

I'm going to request a diy forum in site stuff, I think it would good for all things diy including hardware and software. There are basics and complicated things that could be useful. For instance setting up a guitar or cleaning contacts on keyboards to complicted builds and diagnostics...if anyone supports the idea please chime in to the thread in site stuff

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:48 pm

whyterabbyt wrote:actually at present its more like i have a pile of midi cables and a pile of usb cables and a pile of audio cables and a pile of power adaptors and a pile of distribution blocks and a pile of plastic and metal boxes with knobs and stuff on them and an impassable floor...

Had the same for about two weeks before the missus put her foot down. Took about the same amount of time to get everything back in working order.

Very handsome build there Hink.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:54 pm

NEKRO.MACHINE wrote: You will not make profits off the kits really (presuming you are thinking of doing that) but you can if you build from scratch but it takes a little longer
Dean

nah, its not about profit, i have an idea of building a few into a single box, rather than in single enclosures. nice sturdy wooden case with 5 or 6 of the most used fx crammed in

Chuck E. Jesus · Post by **Chuck E. Jesus** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:58 pm

Hink wrote: I'm going to request a diy forum in site stuff, I think it would good for all things diy including hardware and software. There are basics and complicated things that could be useful. For instance setting up a guitar or cleaning contacts on keyboards to complicted builds and diagnostics...if anyone supports the idea please chime in to the thread in site stuff

i'm for it, but don't know how much input i could provide...

i did build this , very usefull for listening to interweb radio around the house/yard (almost one block coverage!)...they have lots of other kits as well...tbh it probably wasn't the best idea for a first build, but i got it going with a little help from Ramsey...

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:04 pm

vurt wrote:nah, its not about profit, i have an idea of building a few into a single box, rather than in single enclosures. nice sturdy wooden case with 5 or 6 of the most used fx crammed in

Something along these lines ?

Some very good ideas there, much ahead of their time !
MXR also had something similar.

If only they had MIDI ...
Used to have the UE300, compressor, chorus and TS9 in a floor unit, though nowadays I enjoy the flexibility of velcro-based pedalboards.
ymmv,
susiwong

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:18 pm

Man, for a while I dreamed of getting a UE405 and moding it to be fully patchable. They are tough to find though! Also trying to find and SCI ProFX...

You can fit it with delay, eq, compressor and reverb modules. Each with patch recall.

One of the first projects I built on a bread board was a bunch of circuits from Craig Anderton's Electronic Projects for Musicians that I could patch between using bits of wire. I think half the fun of that project was the fact that I didn't know what the hell I was doing but I got sound out of it.

Built my first pedal (Ibanez Tubescreamer replica kit with mods)