Archive for Gear
Digital SLR Joy (the obligatory moon shot)
As I’ve been trying to shoot imagery for SOUNDTRACK, it has become fairly clear to me that my trusty point-and-shoot Canon A630 would not do the job as well as I’d like. My main concern is blowing the pictures up for print purposes, and not having that graininess that seems to be part of all [...]
MP3 Transmission on Your FM Dial
I’ve been trying to figure out how to get my mp3 player to talk to my car stereo for awhile now. I’ve tried the old cassette dupe with the cable out to the player, but it sounds like ass. 2 years ago I bought a FM transmitter doodad, but it sounded worse…staticy, poor frequency response, [...]
New Toys!
Just picked up a couple of new toys to add to the collection. An Apex 205 ribbon microphone and M-Audio’s Axiom 25 midi controller. I love new toys! Here’s the visual:
I’ve been doing some reading about the 205, and it turns out that if you are handy with a soldering iron, you can [...]
How To Hook Up Cabinets, Heads, Speakers Without Causing Fire
I recently picked up a couple of JBL K140 15″ speakers for dirt cheap. At the time I had only my trusty Fender Deluxe 90 for amplification, and I was yearning for more “beef” in my sound, so I thought I might be able to somehow use one of these in a cabinet or [...]