tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70142604775098438722024-03-20T04:38:54.056-07:00Sound For SandwichesDavid Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-66768098546597945032023-10-05T08:08:00.000-07:002023-10-05T08:08:12.801-07:00Consensus Madness 7" <p> Consensus Madness will be putting out two releases this year that I have been part of. First is this 7" on Iron Lung Records, which I recorded and mixed last year. Up soon is a cassette of new material featuring a slightly different lineup, which I mixed this past summer. </p><p><br /></p>
<iframe style="border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=861304483/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="https://ironlungrecords.bandcamp.com/album/consensus-madness-lungs-249">Consensus Madness (LUNGS-249) by CONSENSUS MADNESS</a></iframe>David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-46223493393720938962023-06-16T08:07:00.002-07:002023-06-16T08:07:12.360-07:00Canal Irreal Session<p>This Spring I had the privilege of working with <a href="https://canalirreal.bandcamp.com/">Canal Irreal</a> on a new LP. Being a huge fan of their first record, and since they're all longtime friends, it was a treat to be in on the process of making this one. Scott Plant will be mixing the record, and Jonah Falco is on board to master. On the main day of tracking, ComEd decided to shut down power to our neighborhood for six hours! Luckily the band took it in stride and we played a few hands of rummy while waiting for the game on signal.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkRPATfJEK0IlZsmyjRkpb3uT6wQSn2aYBzl9kdljGE1rEMV0dwPp0HJo8o8oJ7H_7D_iTSvkGAICX99AU3XXC3cNBf2_bbJfdpoqIk9heFwAQeyKt0PgCJ9eE86FZXLJGaVRRz6B_NJgdjO7ctd9-Uabij5qXfWJK-6lJX_4xoR3ntJ_w4MMC7Rt/s4032/2023-05-03%2019.51.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkRPATfJEK0IlZsmyjRkpb3uT6wQSn2aYBzl9kdljGE1rEMV0dwPp0HJo8o8oJ7H_7D_iTSvkGAICX99AU3XXC3cNBf2_bbJfdpoqIk9heFwAQeyKt0PgCJ9eE86FZXLJGaVRRz6B_NJgdjO7ctd9-Uabij5qXfWJK-6lJX_4xoR3ntJ_w4MMC7Rt/s320/2023-05-03%2019.51.11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf98Zkb3NqnBFYCHjRj3F9aLy7Bodx4bucWED2bSyUdRdXmffCj00bQfh2yAqTxtXBX7pWkZDHqS9tzPtLmbagFonNPJahUQkRKo1M1tM-JC8mp4UqFKMXFmmUSpNxZgugJgNIkNVq-Zs7pA9sHycPqyp10PPnoKukG52euQp8ZCw_7qCbzHasmegB/s4032/IMG_2679.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf98Zkb3NqnBFYCHjRj3F9aLy7Bodx4bucWED2bSyUdRdXmffCj00bQfh2yAqTxtXBX7pWkZDHqS9tzPtLmbagFonNPJahUQkRKo1M1tM-JC8mp4UqFKMXFmmUSpNxZgugJgNIkNVq-Zs7pA9sHycPqyp10PPnoKukG52euQp8ZCw_7qCbzHasmegB/s320/IMG_2679.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-26693321612236028042023-06-16T07:49:00.005-07:002023-06-16T07:49:51.850-07:00Riesgo LP now out on Extinction Burst<p> Happy to report that the Riesgo LP, <i>Remolino De Muertos</i> I recorded two years ago is finally seeing its official vinyl release. It's great to have this see the light of day. I love <a href="https://arturofresan.com/">Arturo Fresan's </a>cover art for this one!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
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It was mastered by Carl Saff here in Chicago and sounds great.</p><p>I've decided to raise my rates a little bit this year. Not so much that I am going to be as expensive as a commercial studio, and still in line with the means of DIY bands. Reach out for specific info if you have questions.</p><p>I have some potential projects for fall in the pipeline, which I am excited to share when the time comes. I'll also be going into the studio with EXEDO later this year, and for once I will be leaving the recording to someone else! <br /></p>David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-10009815125803957172022-02-18T13:50:00.001-08:002022-02-18T13:50:16.955-08:00Riesgo LP Session<p> In December 2021 I had the first session in a long time at Secret Chamber. <a href="https://riesgo666.bandcamp.com/">Riesgo</a>, whom I'd selfishly hoped would put out an LP for a long time, reached out to see if we could work together. We sorted out the protocols, and came up with a plan. Tracking all instruments and vocals took place on one day. As of this writing, the mixes are being finalized. Can't wait for this one to come out!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiMt5aCm04SgbgiPu5WBNZJAGcEzNZQB0Y2vLwQoH1QSxsWdzpZAAdC7oip_ADkMUQ9pzDUC_QkE837LD4-EHIaV78m-CMyQjCihN-SC8ShxtxYPWhv7YZLmTpxJFZuDkOVVwO8ImG3arfRAxdNX2uSWnY40L7MquX3x7hmIsTMAalJ6UUaZcyiXlW=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiMt5aCm04SgbgiPu5WBNZJAGcEzNZQB0Y2vLwQoH1QSxsWdzpZAAdC7oip_ADkMUQ9pzDUC_QkE837LD4-EHIaV78m-CMyQjCihN-SC8ShxtxYPWhv7YZLmTpxJFZuDkOVVwO8ImG3arfRAxdNX2uSWnY40L7MquX3x7hmIsTMAalJ6UUaZcyiXlW=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2h3fga-Oc-bAjt2aODaoFZWytLJ_otlyVuMvNvG8uPJIZL8WJPB1-R5eI6yLrLhqBt-a-Rk-wsfSg_W-f0FHWuSDgDIw9V0J1ewgdTogBhXw3u20NigziihWDGnLOQ3NtGr-3S5BitRXqCbM2A4BCULePSmRvWeFGVoj4hDlrq_9Kp5rZQzZ-WFJK=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2h3fga-Oc-bAjt2aODaoFZWytLJ_otlyVuMvNvG8uPJIZL8WJPB1-R5eI6yLrLhqBt-a-Rk-wsfSg_W-f0FHWuSDgDIw9V0J1ewgdTogBhXw3u20NigziihWDGnLOQ3NtGr-3S5BitRXqCbM2A4BCULePSmRvWeFGVoj4hDlrq_9Kp5rZQzZ-WFJK=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSMT9uxBToFbg4jrw8e_YRG2lF58alIlhNp7Tr2EPVhIWsuFBisUAHCVsxwpo4ZGwIbImkvLIl3Hr2FdZA1HjDIPa5D6RIX-MWliO4krkx_kmAMQ24e_JxYdqE1Mq8rt_hlwoyC4vYMFonE4bNBLe00oZwbkrQv93xVSiLvYmxBNBeprC7e44R4CDu=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSMT9uxBToFbg4jrw8e_YRG2lF58alIlhNp7Tr2EPVhIWsuFBisUAHCVsxwpo4ZGwIbImkvLIl3Hr2FdZA1HjDIPa5D6RIX-MWliO4krkx_kmAMQ24e_JxYdqE1Mq8rt_hlwoyC4vYMFonE4bNBLe00oZwbkrQv93xVSiLvYmxBNBeprC7e44R4CDu=s320" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><br />David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-75911794414163759082022-02-18T11:36:00.002-08:002022-02-18T11:36:39.078-08:00Ibanez Eco Shifter Oscillation Mod<p> It's been a while since I posted anything here... COVID times were pretty fallow at the studio. Things are looking a little more lively again though, and I did make an additional modification to my Ibanez Echo Shifter pedal that I thought might be useful to someone.</p><p>I have already <a href="https://soundforsandwiches.blogspot.com/2019/08/ibanez-echo-shifter-reviewrepair.html">posted about this pedal</a> and how I fixed the broken speed slider. I've recently been swapping things around on my pedal boards - I keep one for bass and another for guitar - and the echo shifter has been earning its keep lately on the guitar board. It certainly isn't the most full featured analog delay out there, and it's kind of big, but I really like how it sounds and it has stayed in rotation while other delays haven't. I've also noticed recently that Ibanez has come out with a new version of this pedal the <a href="https://www.ibanez.com/usa/products/detail/es3_01.html">ES-3</a> - which has this mod I am about to describe built in! Along with speed control for the modulation which is nice.</p><p>The mod I am going to describe is my attempt to make the oscillation circuit more useful during guitar performance. Stock, this is engaged with a small toggle switch and adds gain to the regeneration circuit, leading to runaway repeats and cool warped sounds that are what makes analog delay so sought after. I like to use this selectively, and not for entire songs or even parts. The toggle switch is kind of hard to manipulate with your foot. I wanted to be able to control it with a stomp switch. My first thought was to use a switching TRS jack and a momentary stomp switch in a remote enclosure, which would take a lot of work and parts. I am glad I sat on that idea for a while, because now having owned and used this pedal for several years I realize I never use the tap tempo feature, and in fact would prefer not to have that function on a footswitch at all, too easy to accidentally hit it in a live setting.</p><p>I realized that I could re-purpose the tap tempo switch to serve as a momentary stomp-friendly switch for the oscillation circuit. This involved cutting the traces to the switch, and adding some flying wires back to the original toggle switch. Due to how the toggle behaves, this has one limitation: the LED for the osc circuit will not light up when using the stomp switch to activate it, but will still light up if you use the toggle to turn on the osc.</p><p>Step 1: open up the pedal, and find the smaller circuit board (connected with the three wires) that holds the two foot switches. Cut the traces that lead to the tap tempo switch. I used a dremel tool with a cutoff wheel, but you could use a file, a knife, a handsaw, whatever.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBzYgNkpYna0WShjJpw6RU-N_qnal5bz8gn4AFqz4DkMWljvtZ7lOYullpnhnRj293XaMMHabPJdL0mP-fxln-OrLGYL0jbSLqcJm7D18nmWMyDlZqWCj6T_0m-XUcRzcw0IuYilnYdhReY4hdsnl-lKdCg_V5P9pwh1Anb13RMRTvrI1liSYge4K8=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBzYgNkpYna0WShjJpw6RU-N_qnal5bz8gn4AFqz4DkMWljvtZ7lOYullpnhnRj293XaMMHabPJdL0mP-fxln-OrLGYL0jbSLqcJm7D18nmWMyDlZqWCj6T_0m-XUcRzcw0IuYilnYdhReY4hdsnl-lKdCg_V5P9pwh1Anb13RMRTvrI1liSYge4K8=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh99gorwbtNvKRZSiZfeLeXw8E9WOP0V9mWjeacB_x8lkRDS-RTYyyniN8EiNT5FS6dR2ROiPnLsvBoZpC2BnxoQ10sWmmXV1_jX1vzW5B4d6iW7te0sJdgYX_wrnvX-z6d62Ll1aLeHUFTjlJrozYhS4RABuw_RKtJa10b5sEPoYaEPn1JN8TiGjRF=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh99gorwbtNvKRZSiZfeLeXw8E9WOP0V9mWjeacB_x8lkRDS-RTYyyniN8EiNT5FS6dR2ROiPnLsvBoZpC2BnxoQ10sWmmXV1_jX1vzW5B4d6iW7te0sJdgYX_wrnvX-z6d62Ll1aLeHUFTjlJrozYhS4RABuw_RKtJa10b5sEPoYaEPn1JN8TiGjRF=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Step 2: get two short pieces of wire, and solder them from the outermost two contacts of the oscillation toggle switch to the two solder pads of the tap tempo footswitch. There was some heat shrink insulation on my toggle switch that I had to remove first. It does not matter which of the two toggle contacts goes to which side of the tap switch - it's just a normally open SPST switch so whichever way will work.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRiftPKL3JsYtKvaa0B0H8BA0dfVgPLPgaU8WfsoALqQmuxcHvbphUsCCdZKSVGlPgZla-W-L7AVdHwYDNpUdBrw_r6oqVxqmI1BJdKjuAZNFPBHowigl8vKtQcmvrKC1UaZXaeDs1E9NrmkFU5PppzZv4FnhGtCflc16Ojlw7Mp72HTHwVE9aAoqY=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRiftPKL3JsYtKvaa0B0H8BA0dfVgPLPgaU8WfsoALqQmuxcHvbphUsCCdZKSVGlPgZla-W-L7AVdHwYDNpUdBrw_r6oqVxqmI1BJdKjuAZNFPBHowigl8vKtQcmvrKC1UaZXaeDs1E9NrmkFU5PppzZv4FnhGtCflc16Ojlw7Mp72HTHwVE9aAoqY=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwHCtrfdWrxyXVByzCaQprKWaRKFJDXjIudJ5V2Dr4V-wiSCKrBtdOnu5VEi4mEC2H-PxnbWS9W90KK58nOFvPuvpuc0gewDxIPfqISlRVdj8IW8uOUP3Z42g53fVItqjyuiFNNI2JC2ANY4_oYqIg9qINwkg0oFc3WfQYhmg2GI7t7juunDqRPrv0=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwHCtrfdWrxyXVByzCaQprKWaRKFJDXjIudJ5V2Dr4V-wiSCKrBtdOnu5VEi4mEC2H-PxnbWS9W90KK58nOFvPuvpuc0gewDxIPfqISlRVdj8IW8uOUP3Z42g53fVItqjyuiFNNI2JC2ANY4_oYqIg9qINwkg0oFc3WfQYhmg2GI7t7juunDqRPrv0=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's all there is to it. When you're done you should have new wires that look something like this (the twisted blue ones):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4fMLaqvTroMiXnIEC-ac0r_86nl555WtIR8XA6sBI6_Q51XYgZF94lOF9iIETr-aCO7kMYuAaBToIln5JzQjkRoBMQ5bCVOTD56eZ8A-0Ebp9D9PzosettYuFcDTDJ0K1H7SRsCQUdW5sptB9Gp8AxdyjlX7qJaO3zgFGRrQ1xF0o4o-o5oto58jb=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4fMLaqvTroMiXnIEC-ac0r_86nl555WtIR8XA6sBI6_Q51XYgZF94lOF9iIETr-aCO7kMYuAaBToIln5JzQjkRoBMQ5bCVOTD56eZ8A-0Ebp9D9PzosettYuFcDTDJ0K1H7SRsCQUdW5sptB9Gp8AxdyjlX7qJaO3zgFGRrQ1xF0o4o-o5oto58jb=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>Having used the pedal with this new modification, I really like it. It's so easy to add a little swell of delay feedback at the end of a lead part or whatever, I may risk over using the gimmick.</div><div><br /></div>Someday I would like to try out the ES-3 to see if it sounds as good as the ES-2. I am a little skeptical about the multi-function tap/oscillation switch... other pedals that I have used with these sorts of controls have been difficult for me. But, if it's reliable, could be a great way to go especially since they have added speed control for the modulation. <br /><p><br /></p>David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-63497271146721556682020-04-07T08:30:00.000-07:002020-04-07T08:30:07.568-07:00Tascam 246 - for COVID-19 relief <br />
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I have had his Tascam 246 for a long time- almost a decade - and only used it very occasionally. Being shut in for the foreseeable future, I thought I would take a look at this and see if I could use it to get some creative juices flowing while I am unable to do my usual band practices.<br />
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Last time I got it out, before we moved to our current house about 2 years ago, it would not play or fast forward properly. Specifically, when you pressed play, it would fast forward with the heads engaged (bad for speakers!) and when you pressed FF nothing would happen. Getting it back out yesterday, I confirmed that the same issue was present.<br />
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I did a little internet research and learned that if the heads and pinch roller do not fully engage, that the tape will fast wind. So at least I knew where to start looking. I pulled the back cover off, to inspect the transport mechanism. The smaller (control) belt looked a little suspicious, and I confirmed that if I helped the cam along as it engaged the heads and pinch roller, that it would play properly. So clearly a control belt issue.<br />
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I saw <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_imS2iNhVY">a youtube video</a> where someone used regular rubber bands to test the mechanism of a 244 (which has the same transport as the 246) so I thought, why not? In our kitchen junk drawer I found a rubber band of approximate shape and size and slapped it in (the red one in the photo below). That did the trick! Play and FF now work as expected. I hope this rubber band fix will keep me going until I can order an official belt set and install it.<br />
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<br />David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-34111862859681954402020-03-31T13:47:00.000-07:002020-03-31T13:47:07.508-07:00Yamaha SK-15 Cleanup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For EXEDO, Christine and I bought a Yamaha SK-15 string organ synth from 1981. It is a sturdy, well made instrument which worked pretty well out of the box for a well used (even dare we say vintage) instrument. Nonetheless, the knobs and sliders were very dirty and had a lot of dropouts. The master volume knob sent waves of deafening crackle through the amp when you turned it. One of the keys was intermittent. so I opened it up and gave everything a good cleaning. The top metal cover has a few screws holding it closed which, once removed along with the fader caps, allows the panel to hinge up and out of the way. The faders and knobs all got cleaned with isopropyl alcohol, the corner of a folded paper towel, and a little bit of deoxit fader lube. the faders were pretty easy to get into the fronts, once the felt dust cover (shown below) was removed.<br />
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To clean the keybed, you have to remove a couple screws from the underside of the front edge, and the entire keys assembly tips upward. then you have to remove the white plastic things in this picture below to expose a conductive plastic strip with a rubber contact strip that lies under the keys themselves. The header connectors shown below need to be disconnected, as well as some grounding wires that connect the key assembly to the bottom of the case. In between the rubber strip and the conductive plastic (Sorry I didn't take any better pictures) I found a lot of dust and debris. After cleaning with IPA and re-assembling, no more key dropouts!<br />
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<br />David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-21571731227551277912020-03-31T13:22:00.000-07:002020-03-31T13:23:30.110-07:00Permanent Residue TapeKeeping up with recent releases coming out of Secret Chamber: As described in a <a href="https://soundforsandwiches.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-busy-start-to-fall.html">previous post</a> we got together to record last fall with these guys, and now the songs are seeing the light of day. Vince Miller, now also of EXEDO, plays drums.<br />
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David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-4409993005089793782020-01-24T09:53:00.000-08:002020-01-24T09:53:46.692-08:00hashtag Warrior TribesThanks to the band for the mentions. We recorded this 17-song LP several years ago together and I am glad that it will finally see the light of day in 2020. Mastered by Daniel Husayn.<br />
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<br />David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-62803720916039317152019-12-30T12:57:00.000-08:002019-12-30T12:59:03.919-08:00Recent Project: Dog Flashback 2019 DemoThis is the first session from the new Secret Chamber Studio to be released on physical format. We recorded back in September. Mastered by <a href="http://deadairstudios.com/">Will Kilingsworth</a>.<br />
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David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-32323395140173045672019-12-02T11:50:00.001-08:002019-12-02T11:50:10.406-08:00Cheap 500 Series rackI thought I would share my solution for cheaply powering some 500 series modules. I had these two dbx 530 eq units laying around and didn't want to take up any space in my dedicated 11 space 500 rack on them. Since eqs don't need the +48 volt rail for phantom power, all you need is bipolar. I had a cheap <a href="https://www.paia.com/proddetail.asp?prod=9771-15&cat=12">Paia +/- 15 vdc power supply</a> meant for modular synths lying around, and a blank 2U rack panel that I chopped some rectangular holes in. I also had some Elco edge connectors salvaged from an old Ramsa console backplane. The power rails and unbalanced I/O pigtails are wired directly to the Elco connectors. Even if I had bought all the supplies it would probably only have cost $100 or so. I think the cheapest off the shelf 2 space 500 rack is more like $250?<br />
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<br />David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-79453120225467168842019-10-31T07:56:00.000-07:002019-11-12T18:04:36.532-08:00JarochicanosI got to do something a little different yesterday, as far as recording goes. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Jarochicanos-270172773018467/">Jarochicanos</a> reached out to get a song recorded that has lyrics written in response to the <a href="https://www.ctulocal1.org/">Chicago Teachers' Union strike</a> which is still ongoing as of this writing. The play a style called Son Jarocho, and performed as an ensemble, arranging themselves around the mics for the best balance between instruments and voices. I don't usually get to use stereo techniques like this coincident pair setup. A refreshing change of pace.<br />
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<br />David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-61668332661751930352019-09-03T08:40:00.000-07:002019-09-03T08:40:45.089-07:00A Busy Start to FallThe fall of 2019 is shaping up to be busy, now that the studio space is done and word is getting out. I tracked and mixed six songs for a new band featuring Jake Levee of <a href="https://canadianrifle1.bandcamp.com/">Canadian Rifle</a>, who is among the first punks I met after moving to Chicago 23 years ago. Even though he is playing bass in this band (whose name is in the process of being changed) he brought over this Music Man HD130 which I sold to him circa 2007 and has been his main amp in Canadian Rifle ever since. It has gotten some serious road wear since Jake took over ownership, and has had the transformers and speakers replaced along with a number of other repairs. Every time I see the Rifle play I get a twinge of regret for selling it - it always sounds amazing and held up the bargain for the recording. <br />
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Apart from great songs, good vibes and excellent playing, Jake and Kate would like to remind us all of what is really important for a successful recording session:<br />
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In the next month I will be recording the new hardcore band Dog Flashback, and working on a new record for Primitive Teeth. I also have several projects in the works that are still being finalized. That's a lot of bags of chips in my future.David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-77456218247916899982019-08-30T11:11:00.000-07:002019-08-30T11:14:24.747-07:00Ibanez Echo Shifter Review/repairWhile on tour in 2018, I thought my delay pedal (<a href="https://digitech.com/en/products/dod-rubberneck">DOD Rubberneck</a>) was broken so I went to a local music store to see if there was an inexpensive replacement. They had one of these <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn7HvVVdu_g">Ibanez Echo Shifters</a> available, and it wasn't too pricey so I picked it up. It lacks a lot of the features of the Rubberneck, but I considered them nice to have and not necessary (tone on repeats, modulation speed, the pitch shift/rubberneck function). I really like the temporary feedback feature on the Rubberneck, and while there's not a stomp switch dedicated to it on the Echo Shifter, it does have a toggle switch to activate additional gain in the delay feedback to create self-oscillation.<br />
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I swapped the Echo Shifter in to my pedal board, and we had a little rehearsal the day before our first show. Everything went nicely, the sound of the Echo Shifter was right in line for what I want in an analog delay. However, at the show that night, the slider for echo time snapped off, like three songs into the set. I am not a wild man onstage, and I would expect a little more from the slider given that the rest of the construction on this pedal is nice and solid. I finished out the tour with the pedal - I pretty much left the delay time setting in the same place anyway - and came to appreciate its sound.<br />
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Some other review notes: For my taste the modulation depth control has too much range. I really don't know who uses delays with pitch sweeps of almost an octave on the repeats, but someone must because you can go there with this pedal. Another thing, it would be lovely to have a tails option when going into bypass - I really like that about the Rubberneck as well. Last, I am a fan of stomp switches that have a positive click when you engage them. This wouldn't be practical on the tap tempo switch, but I would prefer it on the bypass switch. It's a small thing though.<br />
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After coming home from tour, I discovered that the Rubberneck was just fine after all, luckily. The issue was actually with how I had set up my power supply. Lesson learned - when going overseas invest in a pedalboard supply that accepts dual voltage input so that you don't have to use a stepup converter. The one I was using introduced a lot of noise into the line voltage and I think that was messing with the digital circuitry of the Rubberneck somehow. Interestingly, other digital or hybrid pedals on my board, like my Strymon Blue Sky and DLS Rotosim, were not similarly affected.<br />
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On to repairing the Echo Shifter. There are a number of people who have posted repairs to these, including this nice post with info on the <a href="http://falseelectronics.blogspot.com/2016/09/ibanez-es2-echo-shifter.html">replacement of the slider control</a>. I didn't want to just do that- after all it broke almost immediately and I knew it would happen again. Also, I don't generally need or want to change the delay time on the fly, so the ability to push the slider with my foot wasn't a concern. I decided to try to shoehorn in a standard rotary potentiometer as a fix.<br />
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First step- disassemble the pedal and remove the broken component. This is a little time consuming due to how the pedal is designed. It's not as easy as pulling apart an MXR or even a Boss style pedal. Lots of loose parts to keep track of.<br />
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Here's the circuit board with the slider removed and three flying leads attached to the now vacant pin locations. The pot is a 16mm Alpha, 10K linear. This one came from <a href="https://www.taydaelectronics.com/">Tayda Electronics</a> (I like this place for DIY project parts, a lot easier to browse than Mouser or DigiKey) and it has a plastic cover on the body. The part is a very tight fit and there are only a couple of places along the footprint of the old slider that will work, since the 16mm pot is wider than the slider and all those DIP chips come right up to it. I wound up having to cut off the plastic cover from the pot, and since it looked like it would potentially contact traces or solder pads on the board I put a single layer of electrical tape on the bottom. Alternatively, I could have sourced a square format pot like the factory-installed ones elsewhere on the board which should fit pretty much anywhere along the slider's footprint, but I already had the 16mm pot in hand and it wasn't too difficult.<br />
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I drilled the top panel for the pot shaft. As I said above, this hole has to line up with pretty much the only place on the circuit board where there's enough space to squeeze in the pot body. A 9/32 or 5/16 hole should do it. Since you're drilling on top of an existing slot, a drill press is a nice to have. If I didn't have a drill press, I would probably have done this with a rat tail file, or a grinding stone in a Dremel tool. In a handheld drill, the bit would just "walk" along the slot and not make a nice clean hole.<br />
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Here it is all put together. I had an old skirted knob in my spare parts stash that looked appropriate on the pedal even though it isn't an exact match (and MXR/Rickenbacker style knobs like these are easy to come by if you really need it to look the same). Someday, I will make a modification that will allow the oscillation to be engaged by either the toggle switch, or an external momentary stomp switch, to make it function more like my Rubberneck. <br />
<br />David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-10431222674891334732019-08-29T08:18:00.001-07:002019-08-29T08:18:24.105-07:00Archive Project: Condenada Demo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This tape is one of the first things I ever recorded for a band I wasn't in. Circa 2004 or 2005, I was working a student job in grad school, doing production setups and sound board operating for events in a large campus auditorium. <a href="https://notnormaltapes.bandcamp.com/album/nnt-012-condenada-discografia">Condenada</a> was new on the scene and I was a huge fan from the get go. I had just acquired my first digital interface (a Presonus Firepod) and was eager to try it out. My boss let me use the facility on a dark day to do the recording. The band set up on stage at the auditorium, and we quickly discovered we had to close the main stage curtains because without them, the reverberance of the hall was way too intense.<br />
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This tape is very rare, since shortly after it came out the band decided to re-record these songs for a new demo, as they felt these performances were slower than their evolving sound was going. That aside, this tape contains early versions of a bunch of tunes that would become classics and part of their live set throughout the life of the band.<br />
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Two classic Condenada songs, circa 2007:<br />
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Many years ago, I got this Yamaha SPX90 as a throw-in when I bought my Tascam 246 Tape machine. It hasn't gotten that much use over the years - occasionally I would use it on the effects send of my headphone mixer to give singers a little reverb in their headphones, but that was about it. It always worked when I needed it to, until recently when I plugged it in and got nothing, no lights on the front panel at all.<br />
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I opened it up, put a voltmeter on the power supply rails and could see that it was not outputting any of the required voltages. The internal fuse was fine, though. This has a switch-mode power supply which is not a design I've ever worked on or troubleshot before. So, I did a little research first (<a href="https://www.audioxpress.com/article/repairing-switching-mode-power-supplies">this article by Scott Dorsey</a>, in particular, was helpful) and then started hunting down sources of the issue.<br />
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The first thing I looked at was Q1, which is the main high current switching transistor that feeds the main transformer. I pulled it out and sure enough, it was shorted. This is a 2SC2555, which are no longer made but I found some NOS ones on ebay. Once those showed up, I put one in, and still nothing. At this point, I knew I should really get systematic and check everything in the circuit. I started with the other transistors, and discovered that Q2 was also kaput. This is a 2SD1207, also obsolete. I checked all the diodes, there are quite a few, and all those checked OK. Then I started looking at passive components. I discovered that R2, which directly follows the bridge rectifier and feeds the entire circuit, was failed open. So that would explain a significant reason that the supply wasn't working.<br />
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I decided that if I was going to be replacing a bunch of parts I should do the large filter capacitor, so I put together a Mouser order with the power resistor and the capacitor, and a substitute for Q2 that I thought was reasonable - not a pinout match but similar specs, or so I thought.<br />
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When all that stuff arrived, I loaded them into the board and applied power. The switching circuit fired up, but before I could even verify voltages, most of the electrolytic caps on the low voltage side of the supply let out their magic smoke. I guess my slick substitute transistor was not a great idea. I was really careful to modify it for the correct B-C-E arrangement, but I think there was some other specification that I overlooked that was causing trouble. Not something I am experienced enough to diagnose.<br />
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Once all the low voltage caps were removed, I made yet another order to get the replacements (even ones that hadn't popped). I sprang for low ESR Panasonics, since I read this is a good idea.<br />
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Here is the PS board waiting for its new capacitors and the replacement Q2 that I got off ebay - correct part this time.<br />
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Here is the board with all the components installed and back in the chassis. That long metal bar that connects the power switch to the front panel is a real pain, since it requires the removal of the front panel to get the PS board in and out. I assume it's set up this way to keep the mains voltage wiring segregated to the back corner of the chassis and away from the audio signals. I tested the supply voltages with the headers disconnected, and all the rails looked good!<br />
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It's alive! Now I can make all my cool lo-fi 80s gated reverb drum sounds that this thing has in its presets. Next time I have to mess with a switching power supply, I will hopefully not make so many mistakes. Overall, this probably cost me $25 or so in parts and shipping. Part of that is the sellers of these obsolete transistors make you buy more than 1.<br />
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When I got the SPX90, I also got a lot of documentation. In addition to the manual, I also got these:<br />
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The one on the left has some pretty funny stuff in it. Here are my two faves:<br />
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<br />David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-61102940234578177722019-06-22T06:54:00.000-07:002019-06-22T07:01:19.484-07:00Archive Project: Heated Demo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I played drums in Heated for a while - the band was moderately active but never managed to find its groove with regular shows. We did this demo tape in the spring of '17, and also recorded a lot more songs for an LP a year later that remain unreleased, and to my knowledge never even finished getting mixed. The demo recording was another practice space affair, on the third floor at Superior Street. It's hard to track a band when you're also playing drums.<br />
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This tape feels like a marker of a specific heyday in Chicago DIY. Both bands were doing tons of fun shows and the project of putting them on the same tape made perfect sense. We did this in one day in 2013 at my place, with one setup for both bands (there might have been some switching of guitar amps, but that's about it).<br />
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I am not sure if this 2011 recording ever had a proper physical release. I can't find a copy in my collection. This was a great band and revisiting this recording, I think it does a good job of capturing their sound and energy. Also, someone (not sure who) mastered this before they put it online and it definitely improved things. <br />
<br />David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-26742215491371018912019-06-21T14:28:00.001-07:002019-06-23T18:20:10.220-07:00Archive Project: Split Feet - Shame Parade CS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I enjoyed working on this recording - a bit more sonic space between the instruments than the typical band I've had the opportunity to work with. This let me play around with textures a lot more in the mix. Mastered by <a href="http://www.krispoulin.com/">Kris Poulin</a>.<br />
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<br />David Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012516826837612157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014260477509843872.post-47955461129192816362019-06-21T14:20:00.000-07:002019-06-21T14:30:39.255-07:00Archive Project: Sospechosos Demo Cassette<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This tape is something I worked on relatively early on, and it looks like information about this tape is pretty scarce on the internet. I believe the band stopped being active around 2012. <br />
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Here is a rad <a href="https://terminalescape.blogspot.com/2011/08/sospechosos.html">review by Robert Collins</a> for his blog Terminal Escape, which is an amazing trove of information on punk and hardcore released on cassette format in the past decade. <br />
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This session was a lot of fun- I've loved this band since they first got going and it was great to be asked to work with them. We did 4 covers for this release, and a few demos of new material that haven't had a formal release yet although I think one is available on their bandcamp page. We tracked the instruments in their practice space, and did vocals and mix at my place. Sara set up in the bathroom down the hall from the control room, which if nothing else was convenient.
The liner notes in this tape are a fun read. Mastered by Will Killingsworth.<br />
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