Adding to the book list for 2015. Lots learned and so much more to learn!
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Books of 2015 – Supplemental and future reading and reference
Posted in APKaudio, Data, Design, Digital, Explanations, Mathematics, Programming, Projects, reference, Resources, Science, Tools
Fixing Logitech trackball performance
I love these Logitech Marble Mouse trackballs, I have one for every computer. After a few years they slow down physically. Cleaning the dust off does not help enough, something different needed to be applied. I’ve been researching lubricants and…
Spring Cleaning – leads to…
Summer sale! Cleaning out the shop… more to follow WBS-L – 10-060 : PPM Meter Driver WBS-L – 14-260 : Mic-Preamp and HP Filter WBS-L – 4-109 : Amplifier…
Posted in AudioAholics.com, Dynamics, Effects, Headphones, Mechanical, Mixing, Monitoring, Music Store, ORANGE, Patching, Portable, Power, Recording, Repair, Resources, School, Studio, Tape, Tools, WBSps.ca
On Compressing the English Language
Someone picked my brain the other day looking for a technique to compress language files. After walking away to think about it… my method was to re-order the ASCII code to the letters by their frequency and the most common words…
Posted in APKaudio, Awesome, Explanations, Mathematics, Programming, Records, reference, Resources, Science, Tools
Music Note Frequency Calculator With Cent Adjustment
A colleague posed a very interesting question: “I am looking for any music/music math wizard help me figure this out. If I am moving the pitch of a song up by 50 cents (a quarter step?) What frequency is A…
19.22″ EXACTLY….
Dave Adams did my a solid today. I needed some support cut to exactly 1.6 *12 plus 0.02 worth of “wiggle room” spaced over 12 modules. He has the tools and knows them too well! Thanks again Dave!
sound guy Xmas idea: APx515 2-Channel Audio Analyzer
This would be a dream for the test bench. Simple, robust effective analysis tools! I would be happy with an old system one… but this would be on the shelf in a heartbeat. The APx515 is a high performance…
The History of Sound at the Movies
A fantastic and very thorough history of sound recording and playback systems in theatres
Passive HP/LP Filter calculator – More fun with Excel
To better understand the behavior of a Passive Resistor Inductor / Resistor Capacitor I built another excel calculator…. ly
Transistor Man
a whole semester summed up in one drawing From the Art of Electronics second edition – Paul Horowitz and winfield Hill
Posted in Amplifier, Awesome, Design, Explanations, Mechanical, reference, Resources, School, Tricks, Truth
RLC calculator for components in series
I’ve been calculating a lot of components in series lately for an ECR255 class. I’ve also had to graph them on impedance diagrams and a power triangle. In an effort to better understand the math I made a calculator for…
schadow switch mounting information
In the 70’s and into the 90’s WBS used a Schadow switch in almost every product they built. Different buttons required different offsets so “GOLDEN RULES” of design were made up so each engineer was on the same page. I…
Trick to remember NPN VS PNP
NPN: Not Pointing in PNP: Pointing In
Wednesday night TV
Check out Jörg Wuttke, Understanding Microphones Jörg Wuttke was born in Berlin in 1942. He studied electronics and telecommunications at Karlsruhe University, specializing in acoustics, and was teaching assistant to professor Günther Kurtze, the inventor of the shotgun microphone. He…
Posted in Awesome, Design, Explanations, Microphones, reference, Resources, Science, Studio, Surround, Truth
5kg of knowledge – Semester 2
I’m almost done week 2 of semester two… by themselves they are intimidating, but as a stack they are frightening.
New Photo Booth
Installed a new photo booth today. Maybe I’ll light it up soon. Paint was “dry” so I snapped a quick one with a single light.
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