Like an idiot. The body and neck of an early 70s Yamaha SA50. It’s red, beautiful, very cheap and I have pretty much all the parts to get it going already.

Nate Dort wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 1:05 pm

Nate Dort wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:36 am Rolling the dice on an "untested" Calrec Soundfield Mk. IV system. I think the seller got it from a storage unit liquidation or a church closing or something, because none of their other items are of this ilk. Hopefully it just needs a good cleaning and refoaming, based on the photos. Price was too good to pass up.

This arrived today. It "works," but has low output. Pretty sure all four of the capsules need to be replaced, as they're all missing quite a bit of the gold coating on the membranes. I contacted Soundfield (Rode) in Australia to see what they say about servicing it.

The Rode aspect is interesting, as I recently learned they have their own sound field mic.

Roland sp404 mk11 Sampler

I hope that I can get along with this thing because it seems bad ass.

I just replaced my old table saw and router with nice new SawStop stuff. Once I get a couple home improvement projects out of the way I’d like to get back to making some stave drums. I think I posted a couple snares back on the old board, but I haven’t made a drum in 8 years or so. Kinda want to make a little 12/14/18 bop kit but I also want to make a ridiculous 7 piece concert tom kit.

twelvepoint wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 11:45 am I just replaced my old table saw and router with nice new SawStop stuff.

I thought I replied when you first posted about this but wow + super jealous. These are the two bits of equipment that terrify me the most using them. I built a sauna last year for my wife and used the table saw quite a bit + am using the cedar scraps for additional little things... both of which entailed a lot of ripping. It can be below freezing in my garage and I'll still be sweating buckets each time.

I think a track for my circular saw will probably end up being my table saw avoidance mechanism. Being a weekend warrior it's hard to justify the expense for the nice stuff; maybe in retirement when I get a lathe, a mill, a band saw, etc...

Garth wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:53 pm

twelvepoint wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 11:45 am I just replaced my old table saw and router with nice new SawStop stuff.

I thought I replied when you first posted about this but wow + super jealous. These are the two bits of equipment that terrify me the most using them. I built a sauna last year for my wife and used the table saw quite a bit + am using the cedar scraps for additional little things... both of which entailed a lot of ripping. It can be below freezing in my garage and I'll still be sweating buckets each time.

I think a track for my circular saw will probably end up being my table saw avoidance mechanism. Being a weekend warrior it's hard to justify the expense for the nice stuff; maybe in retirement when I get a lathe, a mill, a band saw, etc...

oh haha maybe I posted already about the table saw, but the router table part is new. (And I just paid it all off - ouch)

I definitely recommend a sawstop if you can swing it. We had a contractor last summer who lost the tip of his thumb (it was fortunately, uh "just the tip", and healed ok), and he's experienced but it was a wakeup call for me. The only injury I've had on a table saw was a piece of 1x1 kicking back and hitting me in the eye with enough force to pop the lens of my glasses out, which itself pressed into my eyeball and left me with blurry vision and panicking, I had to check that I still had my eye in my head. I didn't always wear glasses ("it'll be ok just this time"), and I'm super glad I did then. Now I wear a full face shield, always.

Anyway, off the soapbox. Did you post any sauna pics in the home improvement thread? Cool project.

If I didn’t have a saws top at work I would have one at home (if I could afford the space in california). Beyond the safety, it’s a nice saw that competes easily with anything at a higher consumer level.

I work with a guy in his 60s that is a brilliant woodworker, complete pro and he cut the end of his thumb off last year. If it happened to him it’ll happen to anyone else.

TylerDeadPine wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:51 pm If I didn’t have a saws top at work I would have one at home (if I could afford the space in california). Beyond the safety, it’s a nice saw that competes easily with anything at a higher consumer level.

I work with a guy in his 60s that is a brilliant woodworker, complete pro and he cut the end of his thumb off last year. If it happened to him it’ll happen to anyone else.

Yeah, people always say they're really careful and know how to use a saw and all, and they probably do. But no one is careful 100% of the time, and there are inevitably times when you're working that maybe you're trying something new, unfamiliar or uncomfortable.

losthighway wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:56 am TC Electronics is the shit. A rare example of undervalued/used audio gear in today's market. Their M2000 multi effects unit has some great reverbs; plate and room emulations. The less ubiquitous Reverb 4000 is even a notch better, some have called it a poor man's Bricasti. The 2000 can be snagged for $300-400 on a good day. The 4000 takes patience to find for under $1k but they're both a fraction of what they fetched new when they were being manufactured.

I finally found a TC Electronics 2000 for $200. Pay in 4 don’t fail me now!!!

I got a Sony DPS-R7 for cheap a while back and somewhat radically eq’d but subtle 100% wet digital reverb going on an effects send turned out to be way more useful than I thought it would be, so having another option going to its own channel will be a great help.

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 7:12 pm

losthighway wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:56 am TC Electronics is the shit. A rare example of undervalued/used audio gear in today's market. Their M2000 multi effects unit has some great reverbs; plate and room emulations. The less ubiquitous Reverb 4000 is even a notch better, some have called it a poor man's Bricasti. The 2000 can be snagged for $300-400 on a good day. The 4000 takes patience to find for under $1k but they're both a fraction of what they fetched new when they were being manufactured.

I finally found a TC Electronics 2000 for $200. Pay in 4 don’t fail me now!!!

I got a Sony DPS-R7 for cheap a while back and somewhat radically eq’d but subtle 100% wet digital reverb going on an effects send turned out to be way more useful than I thought it would be, so having another option going to its own channel will be a great help.

Awesome.

Honestly I think eq'ing the send and/or return on any reverb is the key to making it sit well. I will often low pass a send so there's not a bright slap of stick, pick, or mouth and later find some kind of high pass and sometimes mid cut to keep it from getting too cloudy.

I'll be curious to hear how the TC treats you if it works out. $200 would have been a fantasy on that box a decade ago. I think they were $1k back when they were new.