Showing posts with label Elna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elna. Show all posts
Sunday, 29 March 2020
#59 MOTU 828 mk2 teardown
Even though this is the 4th or 5th of these units that has gone through my hands, looks like i never documented a teardown of one - shame on me! Time to rectify that issue then, wouldn't you say? I grabbed this one off eBay for about 60 bucks or so, delivered. On one hand, because it was pretty dirt cheap at this money, and on the other hand, because it will be involved in a project idea i had a good few years ago. And yes, "as usual" (by now), this one had a busted Firewire connection, but for my own (nefarious?) purposes, i don't need that anyway.
Sunday, 22 October 2017
#21 SM Pro Audio TB202 dual tube preamp / channel strip modding & upgrade
<Further developments can be found in parts two, three and four>
I'll admit, this was a bit of a lucky catch, in that it was mistakenly listed in the wrong eBay category, but one i "stalk" for good deals on certain faulty bits of audio gear. It was up for auction, there didn't seem to be much demand for it, and i ended up winning it for a mere 21 euros. About as much as the shipping for it ended up costing, oddly enough.
But still, even for some 40-odd bucks, not a bad little unit. Two channels, a (bare-bones-ish) compressor on each (1.5-10:1 ratio, 1ms/5ms attack, 500ms/1500ms release, at least according to the specs in the manual), as well as 3-band EQ (80Hz shelving / 1.8kHz bell / 8kHz shelving), and there's a tube / valve involved in the circuitry as well. If nothing else, i figured it would do nicely as a bass DI (or even an overdriven preamp, once some internal re-wiring is figured out and done).
I'll admit, this was a bit of a lucky catch, in that it was mistakenly listed in the wrong eBay category, but one i "stalk" for good deals on certain faulty bits of audio gear. It was up for auction, there didn't seem to be much demand for it, and i ended up winning it for a mere 21 euros. About as much as the shipping for it ended up costing, oddly enough.
But still, even for some 40-odd bucks, not a bad little unit. Two channels, a (bare-bones-ish) compressor on each (1.5-10:1 ratio, 1ms/5ms attack, 500ms/1500ms release, at least according to the specs in the manual), as well as 3-band EQ (80Hz shelving / 1.8kHz bell / 8kHz shelving), and there's a tube / valve involved in the circuitry as well. If nothing else, i figured it would do nicely as a bass DI (or even an overdriven preamp, once some internal re-wiring is figured out and done).
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
#4 Dunlop Zakk Wylde ZW45 wah pedal teardown & repair
Ok, this one's a real quickie. One of the guitarists in my band got this wah (Dunlop ZW45 Zakk Wylde Cry Baby Wah) as a gift a number of years ago, and in the last few weeks it developed crackly and intermittent sound (regardless of being on or off).
Initial fiddling with the power / input / output jacks pointed towards a questionable patch-cable, but even that soon stopped working, which then turned my suspicions towards cracked solder joints (rather than the jack sockets themselves).
Initial fiddling with the power / input / output jacks pointed towards a questionable patch-cable, but even that soon stopped working, which then turned my suspicions towards cracked solder joints (rather than the jack sockets themselves).
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