Pictures, songs, randomness, whatever.Tumblr (3.0; @idiocy)http://assorted.idiocy.org/<a href="http://sound.westhost.com/project35.htm">DIY Direct Injection Box</a>: <p>Maybe my next project…</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/17498494106http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/17498494106Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:20:21 +0000<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/17341225699/tumblr_lz5gb53g0j1qz7z10&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Got bored. Made this.</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/17341225699http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/17341225699Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:37:00 +0000musicambientsynthesizerdelayreverbtenor guitarbad playing<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykk5bj0Di1qz7z10o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Finally upgraded my headphone amp project to stereo!</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/16701469504http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/16701469504Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:51:00 +0000audiohifiheadphonesamplifierdiyelectronics<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VVGHX5Vtf0Q?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://io9.com/5880066/this-incredible-rc-plane-isnt-a-plane-at-all">This incredible RC plane isn’t a plane at all</a>)</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/16692595058http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/16692595058Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:33:51 +0000<p>For years I’ve run all audio through an M-Audio firewire solo that ran the speakers and headphones. Recently I’ve been having trouble with plugging everything into it so I decided to run everything through a Behringer rack mixer I’ve got instead. So after switching it all over I put on some music on my PC and discovered that it’s incredibly loud!</p> <p>The Behringer mixer has these stepped volume controls and I found I had three usable steps of volume: off, quiet and loud. The next step being deafening! So I’ve turned down the gain on the monitors and it’s a bit better, I’ve got 5 or 6 usable steps now (the knobs have 24 steps), but the output level meter on the mixer’s showing that my output’s peaking at -24dB… (It goes up to +12.)</p> <p>This is all just crazy. I’m in a world of confusion. I don’t know what any of it means!</p> <p>Also the headphone output is incredibly loud!</p> <p>On the plus side I can now run music through my effects unit and pretend I’m listening to it in a warehouse or something.</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/16250603303http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/16250603303Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:29:44 +0000audiomixermonitors<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ItvQH4dDOc4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Haggis Horns - The Bump</p> <p>Holy shit!</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/16027714162http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/16027714162Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:59:39 +0000musicfunkfunky as fuck<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxx0pgftrz1qz7z10o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/15975936050http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/15975936050Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:46:28 +0000scalextricslot carsracingfordgt40dodgechargerjump<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxx0nxV5NA1qz7z10o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I feel I may have overdone the desaturation…</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/15975879397http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/15975879397Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:45:32 +0000scalextricslot carsgt40fordcarheadlightsracing<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxum82lnn91qz7z10o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Light switch.</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/15889552798http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/15889552798Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:38:26 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxtdq82YsX1qcy7hpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gordons-joint.tumblr.com/post/15886115731/on-friday-night-i-went-to-jamie-and-alans-flat">gordons-joint</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>On Friday night I went to Jamie and Alan’s flat with a whole load of Scalextric track I fished out my parent’s attic from when I was young. Unfortunately the metal conductors were really dulled, not corroded but dull enough that they all needed cleaning. We tried to clean it as best we could but without attacking it with solvents and whatnot it just didn’t make good contact with the cars so we had to abandon the huge extension out into the hall that we’d built! We still ended up with a great track layout though!</p> </blockquote>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/15886841962http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/15886841962Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:32:01 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxoxzt0nzp1qa7nplo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lowbroweye.com/post/15726810187/jazzer-from-hell">lowbroweye</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Frank <em>Zapper</em>?</p> </blockquote>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/15740932495http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/15740932495Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:30:46 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx87qxasmv1qbz9meo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://life.tumblr.com/post/15275752358/cats-blackie-black-and-brownie-front-catch">life</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Cats Blackie (black) and Brownie (front) catch squirts of milk during at Arch Badertscher’s dairy farm in this 1954 Nan Farber photo.</strong></p> <p><em>“This picture just makes me smile. Great photographs do not need to be serious, they just need to evoke emotion.”</em> — Liz Ronk, Photo Editor, LIFE.com</p> </blockquote>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/15308974775http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/15308974775Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:35:42 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lws2xwMwIY1qz7z10o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jamie got me an SCX Lancia Delta S4 for Christmas!</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/14778320687http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/14778320687Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:13:08 +0000slot carscxscalextricslanciadelta s4christmas present<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lworrnJlL61qf427ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/14726163699http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/14726163699Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:43:34 +0000<span id="video_player_14464951517">[<a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" target="_blank">Flash 10</a> is required to watch video.]</span><script type="text/javascript">renderVideo("video_player_14464951517",'http://assorted.idiocy.org/video_file/14464951517/tumblr_lwgrzxi8Ae1qz7z10',400,225,'poster=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_lwgrzxi8Ae1qz7z10_frame1.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_lwgrzxi8Ae1qz7z10_frame2.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_lwgrzxi8Ae1qz7z10_frame3.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_lwgrzxi8Ae1qz7z10_frame4.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_lwgrzxi8Ae1qz7z10_frame5.jpg')</script><br/><br/><p>I just got an oscilliscope for 30 quid from a junk shop. It works a treat!</p> <p>This video shows the output from my SY77 playing a very basic tonewheel organ patch.</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/14464951517http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/14464951517Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:45:00 +0000oscilliscopesynthesizerbargain<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/G9tLzLtAj6w?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>RONDò VENEZIANO - LA SERENISSIMA - video (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=G9tLzLtAj6w">mostarda1918</a> via <a href="http://io9.com/5868990/what-daft-punk-would-look-like-if-they-played-cellos">io9</a>)</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/14372405785http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/14372405785Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:14:47 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw8z6sQWHD1qz7z10o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I decided to upgrade the LCD on my Yamaha SY77 and it’s worked a treat! I also used contact cleaner on the buttons and faders and that seems to have improved some, but I think some others just need completely replaced.</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/14260793898http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/14260793898Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:37:40 +0000synthsynthesizerkeyboardelectronicslcdyamahasy77<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvwubyd3je1qz7z10o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is, not very usefully, a mono headphone amp that runs off a 24v DC supply. The main thing is that I built it and it actually works!</p> <p>Next up: moving into the 1970s with stereo sound! ;)</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/13943225327http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/13943225327Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:21:34 +0000electronicsamplifieraudiodiyheadphones<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/13750877911/tumblr_lvpcqfFWmL1qz7z10&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Today I finally wired up my various bits and pieces of music gear and started trying to work it all out. This is the result… I’ve been listening to it for hours now so it’s probably awful but I can’t tell.</p> <p>Made with an Analogue Solutions Europa, an E-MU Proteus 2000, a Yamaha SY77 and a tenuous grasp of MIDI.</p>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/13750877911http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/13750877911Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:18:15 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luzhumumuw1qz7z10o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/13086622422http://assorted.idiocy.org/post/13086622422Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:11:10 +0000scalextricslot carsHonda Accordtail lightslight trailsflashstrobist