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Post by guitfiddler on Jul 22, 2015 23:00:49 GMT -6
I see total DIY in my near future! You guys are killing me, now I have to go buy tools and supplies for my hunger for DIY. I have never built anything since my electronics classes in college back in 1990. Now I feel I even have to take a refresher course in electronics. Thanks a lot, sometimes I feel that this stuff takes me away from being a creative musician. I spend a lot of time researching and learning. I really need to cut back, but I am so interested in DIY, I feel the need to just do it! I know enough to be dangerous.
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Post by tonycamphd on Jul 23, 2015 1:34:03 GMT -6
I see total DIY in my near future! You guys are killing me, now I have to go buy tools and supplies for my hunger for DIY. I have never built anything since my electronics classes in college back in 1990. Now I feel I even have to take a refresher course in electronics. Thanks a lot, sometimes I feel that this stuff takes me away from being a creative musician. I spend a lot of time researching and learning. I really need to cut back, but I am so interested in DIY, I feel the need to just do it! I know enough to be dangerous. Building and learning these tools inside and out makes you better at using them and and HEARING them IMO, definitely makes me a better musician... is what i tell myself haha, but i believe it's true, i've gotten better for sure since i started this DIY journey. |
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Post by guitfiddler on Jul 23, 2015 7:57:56 GMT -6
I see total DIY in my near future! You guys are killing me, now I have to go buy tools and supplies for my hunger for DIY. I have never built anything since my electronics classes in college back in 1990. Now I feel I even have to take a refresher course in electronics. Thanks a lot, sometimes I feel that this stuff takes me away from being a creative musician. I spend a lot of time researching and learning. I really need to cut back, but I am so interested in DIY, I feel the need to just do it! I know enough to be dangerous. Building and learning these tools inside and out makes you better at using them and and HEARING them IMO, definitely makes me a better musician... is what i tell myself haha, but i believe it's true, i've gotten better for sure since i started this DIY journey. Time consuming, just like anything else, time, if I only had more of it. That has been the only thing keeping me from starting. I will have to set aside an hour a day to get these projects built, if I have an hour, might be more like a weekend project. |
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Post by Guitar on Jul 23, 2015 9:10:24 GMT -6
I see total DIY in my near future! You guys are killing me, now I have to go buy tools and supplies for my hunger for DIY. I have never built anything since my electronics classes in college back in 1990. Now I feel I even have to take a refresher course in electronics. Thanks a lot, sometimes I feel that this stuff takes me away from being a creative musician. I spend a lot of time researching and learning. I really need to cut back, but I am so interested in DIY, I feel the need to just do it! I know enough to be dangerous. Building and learning these tools inside and out makes you better at using them and and HEARING them IMO, definitely makes me a better musician... is what i tell myself haha, but i believe it's true, i've gotten better for sure since i started this DIY journey. The knowledge and insight alone from finishing a project is worth so much. You might start to think about gear differently after a while, with a deeper understanding of how and why things work, what's worth spending money on, what's a bunch of hype, etc. And you can start to get exactly what you want, with mods and custom builds. I find that gear distraction comes just as much from buying gear as building it. It's a problem we've probably all got to deal with. I don't think DIY can be blamed for this. If anything I think of it as a return to the classic studio paradigm of the 1950s and 60s where a lot of the gear was built in-house by the engineering staff. I think it's an honorable tradition. Plus your friends will be really impressed, haha. Go for it! |
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Post by terryrocks on Jul 23, 2015 9:18:28 GMT -6
I've found it necessary considering how much recording gear i've acquired over the years. I simply can't afford to visit a tech everytime something stops working correctly. It's better for me if I have the capability to repair my gear in-house.
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Post by Ward on Jul 24, 2015 7:58:25 GMT -6
I've found it necessary considering how much recording gear i've acquired over the years. I simply can't afford to visit a tech everytime something stops working correctly. It's better for me if I have the capability to repair my gear in-house. The more gear you acquire, the more you depend on a tech... especially a great one. Gear ages, nothing stays new forever, and having a qualified tech at hand is a necessity. If you can manage to do it yourself, bully to ya! I, however, am not that electronically adept. I depend on my tech to "keep the diesels humming". |
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Post by tonycamphd on Aug 3, 2015 19:58:17 GMT -6
so i finally got the adapter boards and soldered my very first SMD components ever, AD4898 opamps, it was REALLY small, but not too bad, i'm going to start calibration and hopefully get these things up and running in the next couple days here. some pretty cool pics 8) Attachment DeletedAttachment Deleted |
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Post by winetree on Aug 3, 2015 20:47:32 GMT -6
Tony, Correct me if I'm wrong but
You can't drive the output with those boards. It even says so on them.
You need to use the BA 2521 Hybrid ones on Classicapi.
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Post by tonycamphd on Aug 3, 2015 21:08:43 GMT -6
Tony, Correct me if I'm wrong but You can't drive the output with those boards. It even says so on them. You need to use the BA 2521 Hybrid ones on Classicapi. why Robert? because "it'll never work..."? haha, ya know i just saw that earlier and was going to inquire as to why that is? Mr jsteiger care to share with us how i'm going to burn my studio down in the very near future please? 8) |
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 3, 2015 22:13:21 GMT -6
Tony be like...
"I know what it says...but I'm a gansta..."
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Post by jsteiger on Aug 3, 2015 22:40:04 GMT -6
Well, there are some variables. It depends a bit on the load following the module as well as the chip you are using. Typically, a pair of larger transistors are a better way to drive a low impedance load but you can for sure try it (for a short time). Just keep an eye on that chip to make sure the smoke doesn't get out.
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