Super simple passive attenuator build

When I think to use guitar pedal effects as outboard, in a recording setup, I have a very slick setup (IMHO!): I use one or two Radial Engineering EXTC500 interfaces that I have wired as ADAT IO in my studio. It’s really slick! I can send any DAW track (mono or stereo) out to a…

New Stomp Box Developer released

When I started building and experimenting with guitar effects circuits, I quickly found commercial breadboards to be too limiting. Assembling circuits on the bench was fine, but adding reliable audio connections was difficult, never mind taking the circuits from the bench to the floor to play with them! My original solution is detailed in this…

DIY acoustic panels for the new studio

I’m building out my new home studio, and it badly needs some acoustic treatment. Since this is a bedroom studio, I can’t go heavy on modifications, but I do want to control reflections as much as I can, plus as an avid DIYer, I’m happy to get my hands dirty. In this blog, I’ll walk…

Klone Ranger – new overdrive pedal released

Klone Ranger™ has ridden into town to protect the innocent vintage tones, and the new silicon tones as well. He’s an equal opportunities tone protector with a mask!! The second member of our Art Series of pedals, a boutique-like Klon clone, offering very complimentary tones to our first pedal – the Hi Scream. Re-inventing lost…