Entry 101 – Unboxing a Phone Charger
Why I Filmed an Unboxing of a Phone Charger During this series, I filmed an unboxing of a phone...
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Entry 100 – More Rack Unit Cords Arrive 2
When Is a Studio Ever Really Finished? As more rack unit cables arrive at the studio, I can’t...
Entry 99 – More Rack Unit Cords Arrive
Studio Gear, Late Nights, and the Cost of Running on Empty In this post, more rack unit cables...
Entry 98 – Unboxing and Testing Rack Cables
Why My Illustrious Sound Channel Looks the Way It Does If you’ve been following this series at...
Entry 97 – Studio Progress and Adjustments
When One Studio Ends… Does Another Begin? In my last post, I wrote about what it might feel...
Entry 96 – Unboxing Studio Supplies
When the Boxes Stop Arriving One of the things I enjoyed most throughout my studio rebuild...
Entry 95 – Labeling the Patchbays
Labeling the Patchbay: A Surprisingly Satisfying Problem to Solve I’ve mentioned my patchbays...
Entry 94 – Working with Insert Cables
Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should: Cable Choices and Signal Reality One of the...
Entry 93 – Patchbay and Mixer Unboxings
Price, Perception, and the Value We Assign to Gear While setting up my studio, I found myself...
Entry 92 – Rack Wiring and Nifty Case
Eurorack and the Pull of the Experience In a previous post, I talked about how students often...
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