Toot My Horn

observations about music, electronics, and life

Piedra Lisa + Sneakers = Skating


Ok so a nice part of living in NM is hiking during the winter. It was mid-January and temps were in the 50’s. The north side of the Sandias have snow in the shade but I had my trusty Merrill hiking boots. I was set. Read the rest of this entry »


My Switch Collection


I finished wiring some switches for my latest tube compressor. Two channels of each switch. The red one is populated with Wima caps for a Hipass sidechain. In many ways this is like model plane building. Lots of zen-inducing tedium and then a result which only you will truly appreciate. It is much more fun to finish this type than worry about what you might have hooked up wrong or forgotten to do. It takes the zen out of the building.