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DSP all the Wedges

The band’s PA is run through a dbx driverack, and I must say it’s a pretty slick setup. I like having the processing chain in one unit, and it’s mostly set-and-forget when you get to the venue. It got me thinking about the monitor mixes – how can

MXR: the diode stories

The guitar player tosses me his MXR Noise Clamp, a pedal which he very much liked, but also which very much would not turn on anymore. “You want to try to fix this thing?” What a ridiculous question. The pedal showed no signs of life at all – no LEDs would

Power amp repair

The setup: Attempting to set the sub limiter on the driverack to keep the clip lights on the sub amp from blinking. The sub amp is unfortunately underpowered in this application, so there’s no headroom – the amp needs to run to redline to get any decent output. So we

Monitoring GMLAN with Node.js

Before General Motors unceremoniously divested Saab Automobile AB and subsequently sentenced the moniker to a slow, painful death, they managed to produce the 9-3 Sport Sedan. The 9-3 was the modern incarnation of the classic 900, a quirky hatchback that has been ushering eccentric architects and designers about town for

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