by David Fonsbo | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Mr. Caks and I met up and built 4 Gyraf G9 Tube Preamps. Design by Jakob Erland – Gyraf Audio. Quite messy but that is how it has to be! Inside one of the finished G9 units. Jakob Erland’s G9 tube preamp is a high-quality, dual-channel preamp that is...
by David Fonsbo | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
I wanted to build a couple of G1176 but I ended up with 4 because I wanted to have some to use in the mixing process. It is a fairly simple project and the wiring takes about the same time as the rest of the work. For more details visit: http://mnats.net/1176.html and...
by David Fonsbo | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Alesis HR-16 is a drum machine that was first introduced in 1987. It was designed to provide musicians with an affordable and easy-to-use solution for creating drum patterns and beats for their music. I bought mine in 1988. So it is old! The HR-16 features 16-bit...
by David Fonsbo | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
I bought my first Roland SRV 2000 in 1986. The price when it hit the market was app. 20.000 Dkr. or 3.000 US$. I bought the next for 500 US$ and the third for 100 US$. These units are highly underestimated. They deliver excellent reverb on drums including gated...
by David Fonsbo | Dec 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
When I’m sixty-four…In-house mastering is done in a 64-bit environment for maximum detail and clarity. Eq’s and comps are primarily Linear Phase types for zero phase distortion and ultra-high precision. Sometimes I even use my ears… Of course,...
by David Fonsbo | Dec 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Curing sticky tape problems by baking! In the ’80s some tape manufacturers made magnetic tapes of sonic good quality but poor physical quality! I have restored a lot of Ampex 456 tapes from this period in my ‘oven’ which is a hairdryer and a...