Khron's Cave

First of all, the main issue with using this stand-alone (without a computer) is that the Xmos controller only enables the analog power supp...

The practical side of this one was performed and documented a couple months back, but since i've had this back-log to work through, the ...

I was considering making the previous post about the repair as well, but once the teardown part of it was done, i decided it had gotten lon...

I had fiddled with one of these a couple years back, but here's another chance to take a look inside a (1st gen) Focusrite Scarlett 2i2,...

What with winter drawing closer, and the days (as in daylight) getting shorter up here in the north, one tends to need to turn on the lights...

A few years ago, in the quest for more storage space, power saving, weight reduction and eliminating sensitivity to shock, i decided to upgr...

Aaaaand it's back! Not because of technical issues though. Due to chance, and the limited speed of international shipping, only the day ...

Local guitarist buddy time again (owner of the Fortin Grind and the Warwick bass amp featured here previously) - after taking several swin...

A client brought in this Tivoli Model One the other day, with symptoms of (lots of) noise. Once again, i went against the mantra of "d...

A good buddy and neighbour of mine had one of his amps kick the bucket in the middle of a gig (one i was helping out on, as well). On the br...

I got this handed in by a local friend the other day. It was apparently bought in Singapore a good few years ago, hasn't been used in qu...

We're having a "productive" period, as it turns out. This time around a TC Electronic Digital Konnekt x32 audio interface / d...

Yet another sold-as-faulty eBay catch - a nice little Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 DSP Firewire audio interface. The listing said: "I bo...

This little bugger, an M-Audio / Avid Fast Track C600, was listed as faulty on eBay - description said it would no longer power up, regardle...

A local buddy just brought this German beastie in, citing a dicky DI output, and an unhealthy-sounding fan. Well, when i say "German&qu...

Since the "unofficial" theme of this blog seems to be repair, recycling and repurposing (more or less), i finally got around to ge...

Recycling's all the rage nowadays, right? Right..? Well, either way, freebie raw materials for projects are always welcome, that's s...

I got my hands on one of these Behringer Ultragain Pro-8 Digital a few months ago, as faulty (as in, totally dead) for about 50$ shipped. H...

On the note of front panel switches, you might've noticed two extra ones, in the previous post (the part 3). One other idea had crossed...

Even before having received the thing, i had already started thinking of daisy-chaining the two channels. In the context of something like a...