La2a finished
Douglas as Electronics
Nov|30|2008
Hurray for holiday weekends. I finished the LA2A last night and it sounds great. other than me wiring the XLR jacks backwards, it was a successful power up. No smoke, sparks, or other setbacks. The great thing about a tube compressor is how smooth it sounds. This ain’t no VCA circuit. I’ve tried it on vocals and bass so far and both sound great through it. I did take a picture of the finished guts but like all things technical this weekend, they didn’t turn out. Only other issue is the output meter setting is not working right although I’ve heard that I’m not the only one with this issue.
Facebook Feast
Nov|28|2008
Ok, I admit I’m really late coming to Facebook. I was waiting for a critical mass to take place in order to have the most friends available. Now I guess that has happened because my mom is on Facebook. That is a sign of it’s absolute superiority to Myspace. Myspace is still better for music promotion but as a social network site, facebook has it beat. OK back to adding more friends.
L.A.(2a) Population
Douglas as Electronics
Nov|20|2008
So I finished putting everything on the la2a PCB tonight. I had to wait for a quench arc snubber and a pair of TO220 Hexfred diodes to come in. (I’m sure I lost 99 percent of you right there.)
Overall it looks great and was very easy compared to the point to point layouts I’ve done in the past. Once the case comes in it should take a couple hours to have it up and running.
Shreading
Douglas as Music
Nov|17|2008
YouTube is a source of endless fun but the shreading video really get me laughing. The premise is this, take some concert footage and replace the audio with random instrument sounds, synched to the video but sounding really bad. Hilarity ensues. This was a particularly good one. Creed had to be one of the most annoying bands of the late 90’s. Scott Stape + Crickets = Pure Gold.
La2a
Douglas as Electronics
Nov|7|2008
So I’ve taken the plunge. I’m building an La2a which is a classic tube opto-compressor. Sort of the Les Paul guitar of the studio world. The board comes from http://www.dripelectronics.com/. This is the latest revision, using Sprauge Atoms in the power section. Hopefully this will be finished in time for tracking the new Cookie Jones CD.