it’s been awhile. a tough bunch a months. at the time of writing this there’s an election looming, in the usa, that will set the course of the next generation and it’s economic futur... Read More

lately, the discussion has been gently poking around in the sonic muck, for the purpose of a closer look at distortion as an electronic sound effect. electric guitar is an obvious and simple thing to ... Read More

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in the previous postings, i started rambling about rock and roll distortion, and even a little bit about how to make make some. but, now i want to get a little more into the subtle issues. again, this... Read More

so, that last post got my mojo workin…. a quick note is all i’m going to drop here. if one was to add a mid cut filter and buffers, here would be a way to do it, this will be the lowest no... Read More

all this talk of linear circuits has turned the world a little grey. i need me some color. and not just primary color… chartreuse, cerulean, kaput mortum violet. it’s time to change channe... Read More

there are so many definitions of simplicity in the analog electronic world that the description is close to meaningless. on the engineering side, it is generally used to satisfy certain design prefere... Read More

i have been in south korea working on silbatone stuff and i wanted to post a little something about a cool circuit i’ve been playing around with for phono. i’m going to do a mic pre front ... Read More

this next installment of the EH 12AY7 mod series is going to deal with the power situation. the original has a very clever (if i say so myself) and very economical power supply completely organized ar... Read More

okay, in the last installment, i outlined 5 areas of improvement to the EH 12AY7 mic pre, to explore and an initial design for how to deal with some of them. these were, gain, isolation, a lower outpu... Read More