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Check these out:
http://peperspedals.bigcartel.com/product/pedal-finger-sockets



I already ordered mine ;-)

Happy new year to you all BTW !

  
That thing is awesome (not that I had any doubts)

just leaving it here for anyone who needs some cheer up :-)

Free eggs FTW!

So we finally moved to our new house, a cute little chalet in the Belgian country side.
Pretty hardcore and stressful moving all our crap in there but in the end it was totally worth it :-)

Seems like having 2 Molecular Disruption Devices (thread disappeared in the crash but you can check it out here ) with 8 programs each was getting too little ... so I decided to build another one. Since I did not need the expression pedal and tap switch as much as I would have thought I made a new layout for a smaller version.


Same circuit as the MDD minus the tap switch, tap switch option control and expression pedal input.




Quite happy with the smaller footprint and reduced number of options (choices, choices ...)

Had built it a while ago but having been busy moving to a new house I had no time to post it yet.
Also some patches I have been working on:

I kinda really want one of these ...

(or secretly wish I had the chops to create something like this ...)

...when I noticed something weird in the supplied gutshots ....

https://ofaudioandalchemy.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/distocaster-custom-strat-mxr-dist-project-part-3/

http://www.ebay.de/itm/8-VINTAGE-1980S-VACTROL-VACTEC-VTL5C3-2-OPTO-ATTENUATORS-AND-4-HTV-P873A-/152203854475?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:BE:3160

Came across this on the german bay today:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Riesiges-Effektgeratebundle-Mu-Tron-Brassmaster-Shin-Ei-EHX-RARE-/201602523462?hash=item2ef0726146:g:mbUAAOSwqBJXXWk-

A multi made out of this:

- Mu-Tron Bi-Phase mit Fußschalter
- Mu-Tron III
- Maestro Bass Brassmaster
- Ibanez Renometer No.95
- Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress
- Electro-Harmonix Golden Throat
- Electro-Harmonix Talking Pedal
- Shin-Ei Space Creator SC-34
- Morley Power Wah
- Mixer
- Overdrive
- 2x Volumepedal

Someone must have done this when these things had not yet acquired "vintage" status ...seeing how some were cut to size :-)

I have been rather uninspired with guitar playing for a while and have been thinking about getting out my midi keyboard and other synth stuff but everytime I get discouraged by the pile of PCB's, breadboards various parts scattered on my desk. Good thing my computer keyboard has lighted keys or I would not find it most of the times.

I know ... I should tidy up and get organized. Funnily (and luckily) my 4 year old son regularly takes out his little bulldozer and decides it's time for me to clean up the mess  Somehow he really loves it ...

But as soon as the next round of pedal building comes it's all over again ...

I was just looking for ideas on how to integrate these various hobbies onto one desk. Having a PC keyboard, midi keyboard and pedal building area centered around the monitor.

So time show off your hybrid desks guys!!

I'm in the wrong business ...

another one gone
what's going on this year ... :-(

I have been using the same imac since 2006 and have always been pretty happy with its performance but in the last year or so it has really begun to feel outdated. For one thing bloody apple wont allow upgrading the OS and no further updates are offered anymore, which is a shame, as the machine itself is still doing ok... lots of software is not supporting the OS I'm stuck with any longer (java for example)

So now I am looking into replacing it, after much thought I am set on getting a desktop PC. But not having paid ANY attention to what came and went to the computer market since 2006 ... I guess my knowledge is as outdated as my poor imac .. :-)

I would rather remain under the 400-500 Euro-ish for the budget.
So what would be the best options for a PC that will serve for music production (I don't use too many VST's), occasional video editing and the usual web and office based stuff?

Ideally I would like something that I could upgrade easily as time goes by and not be stuck like I am at the moment with the imac.

I keep reading quite contradictory opinions on various forums (surprise ...) about whether to get an i5 or i7. So I'm not too sure if it's worth getting something more expensive with an i7 or if I will be more prone to need upgrading if I go with an i5. Right now in my head I am sounding like an angry old scotsman shouting "arrhhh me eyes are burning, will you people come to an agreement or I'll give you a slap on the ear!!!"

I know my requirements are quite vague (and possibly unrealistic?), but I guess I just need some kind of starting point :-)