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Hi folks,

Just wanna share this insane little project of installing a huge church organ in our lodge.   
A couple of weeks ago my brother called me out of the blue and asked if a wanted a church organ.
I had just watched Look Mom No Computer get one, so I thought yeah why not!..

Here's how it looked when it was in one piece in the church.



Backstory:
It comes from a local small church that was sold and repurposed into a restaurant/café.
The new owners didn't want it and they was about to go to the dumpster / recycling station with it.
But a couple of guys saved it, took it apart and put it in storage where one of them is working.
No one of them had the space, so they asked my brother if he knew someone that could take it.

The organ was made on order from the church by a local builder in 1998 and cost over 100 000 euros new.

We have a lodge on our homestead. It's not ideal, but better than the dumpster.
I plan on building a stage and do shows there in the near future.

I went to pick it up a few days ago, with the help of some friends.








Now it stands in pieces in our lodge. I've been clearing it out and cleaning for a few days.

Next week will be assembly time, as we need to be at least 6 people to do the heavy lift.
The frame needs to be on from the top onto the main part...

I'll make a new video of the assembly process next week.

/ Fredrik

New Syntesizer Day   



I had to sell a bunch of studio gear to afford it... I've only played with it for around 5 hours, but I really like it so far.
The matrix digital patchbay is brilliant. Almost like having a modular system, but with the ability to save all the routing.
The analog DDB based effects are great too, and every parameter can be modulated. You can also run your guitar through it... 

Hi everyone 

Lately i've been getting into programming/microcontrollers. Gotta keep learning!
So I have an original pedal ready based on the Attiny85 and I would love to make a DIY project out of it.
I'm sure it's not the last microcontroller projects I'll do, since it opens up a world of possibilities.

However, i'm not sure how to realize this, since selling pre-programmed chips raises a few issues.
Mainly packing. Up until now, PCB's are easily shipped in padded letters, but the chips won't fit or be protected enough.

Shipping in small boxes will raise the shipping cost ALOT (the swedish shipping costs are ridiculous!)...
So that will probably not be an option. I feel that microcontroller stuff is generally alot less DIY friendly because of this.

So my idea for now is to sell complete kits through Musikding.de exclusively for this DIY project.

I dunno... What do you think?
Any ideas?

/ Fredrik

Here's my newest build.

It's a four channel "high end" headphone amp for the studio.
Built from scratch, so it was a very time consuming.


I got sick of my very noisy and bad sounding Behringer headphone amp..
This one is based on the headphone amp inside my Soundtracs mixer, but I added a few improvements.


This one can be configured as four separate mono inputs, or two sets of stereo inputs.
Wanted it this way so I can do headphone mixes with my Soundtracs mixer which has four aux outputs.
So four people can all have their own mono mix, or two different stereo mixes when recording vocals ect.


I built the PSU on veroboard. It's adjustable and puts out +/- 17v for the amps.
It's doesn't have any fuses, but there's a couple of "saftey resistors" that will burn if it draws too much current.
At first powerup one of the resistors started to smoke... Works fine now after I changed it and the LM317 voltage regulator.
Building PSU's that runs on mains voltage is always a bit scary.



Fun build. I really enjoyed building this one and it works great, plays loud and clear.

Now onto pedal stuff again!...

Today I boxed up the first prototype for the "Super Arcadiator!"   



I'm going to put this into production as soon as I have fixed a couple of minor issues. 
This will only be avaliable as a fully assembled pedal (sorry guys!).

It's basically very similar to the original Arcadiator, but all the switches has been replaced with arcade buttons.
Two of the arcade buttons actually works like 3-way switches, so all functionality remains.
It even has a new feature of having both octaves at the same time, and an expression jack for the LFO rate.

First time I have dared to talk (mumble) in a video lol.. (from about 2 minutes in)
I hate the sound of my voice and english is not my language, so I struggle to find the words...
My better half actually convinced me to talk about the pedal.

Got me thinking about doing a video blog, talking about my own projects and pedal building in general..

I got 5 prototype boards left that I thought I might offer for madbean forum members, in case any is interested?

Hi folks

I just wanna share a youtube channel that my friend Ulf is running called "Hobo-sessions".
It's mostly about studio recording tips and tricks, but also some cool DIY related videos aswell:
How to make a garden hose delay, building your own ribbon microhone, making reverb impulses ect.

The latest video is about how to use stompboxes as outboard gear while mixing.
For this example he is using the Into the Unknown(!), with mixed results.  

I traded the pedal for one of his DIY ribbon mics about one year ago. Great microhone

Cheers
/ Fredrik

Hi everyone 

I just boxed up a few Sidescroller pedals. Had to dig up my old Master System collection out of storage for this shot 
Sorry about the big image size!



gutshot


cheers
/ Fredrik

Hi folks

I want to add an expression pedal jack to one of my project, and I need some advice.
Looking at expression pedals, there's a wide range of different values avaliable which is a bit confusing.

What pot value should I use in my project for the best general expression pedal compability? 10K?
It will control the speed of an LFO, so it's possible to modify the LFO for almost any pot value.

Cheers
/ Fredrik

Hi there fellas

I was first referred here from my blog because of the arcadiator thread.
Seems like a very friendly forum with nice people, so I think I'll stick around.

My name is Fredrik Lyxzén. I'm 33 years old and live in Umeå, Sweden.
I make my living as a freelance sound engineer, both live and in the studio.
Been recording bands since -01 and have my own studio since -08.
I have been doing live sound for about 6 years and I started my own firm 4 years ago.
For the last 3 years I've been touring alot with the band INVSN, doing FOH.

We did about 110 shows last year, so it was a busy year.
The last tour in was UK opening for Echo and the Bunnymen

I'm a huge nerd, love sci-fi (atm i'm rewatching Battlestar Galactica), gaming and kung fu movies.
I have a huge collection of old school kung fu movies (70's stuff) and retro gaming stuff.
Started to play music at the age of 12, kinda grew up in the punk / hardcore scene.
But I listen to alot of different stuff, love classic rock, obscure heavy psych, kraut and powerpop
Me and my girlfriend just bought our first house. We have two dogs, Wookie and Joplin.

For the moment I play in two active bands
UX Vileheads (guitar) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDJMp-mJ4Cs
The Dumb Fucks (drums) https://soundcloud.com/thedfs/the-electrical-machine
Not really music suited for crazy fuzzes, but I love to experiment with that stuff.

I started to build pedals only about 3 years ago. Before that I didn't know anything about electronics.
Like many of you I got kinda obsessed with it, but not just building stuff, learning how to work aswell.
I spend alot of time reading up on theory, experimenting on the breadboard and analysing circuits.
My blog is the result of all that time and the idea that DIY should be about sharing.

edit. forgot to add the blog link.
www.parasitstudio.se

cheers / Fredrik