Tag: hacking
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Installing 8-jack remote (foot)switch patch bay on Korg MicroSampler
photo-essay on my electronic hack / modification work on my Korg MS-1 MicroSampler keyboard, in which I affix jacks for foot-switch control of several vital buttons.
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(re)building “Jet” Snare drum: PICS !
a photo-essay of my rebuilding a “Jet” (off-)brand snare shell back into a working, playable drum.
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custom PureData suite for improvised computer-music, built for J. Pfeffer
Philadelphia musician and writer Jonathan Pfeffer recruited me to build some tools for custom musical control between his Laptop and his various musical hardware toys. I build him two “patches” in code-free visual language PureData (extended). The “myWhammyJammy” The Whammy effect by Digitech is a foot-controlled pitch-shifter, allowing you to sweep a foot-treadle to bend…
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one of my dDrum triggers died, and I was surgeon enough to revive it
One of my dDrum brand acoustic drum triggers died, so I performed a simple surgery. Thoughts, photos, and tutorial inside !
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GET LOW ! … ; cutting my DW boom stands down to (a more comfortable) size
I decided to modify my DW cymbal stand for a lower-profile setup of my drum kit. Here is a photo-writeup of the process !