Entry 91 – Wiring the Studio
Every Home Studio Is a Fingerprint Home music studios are like fingerprints—no two are exactly...
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Entry 90 – Rewiring the Rack Unit
The Small Studio Tasks That Quietly Matter the Most In an effort to state the obvious—because...
Entry 89 – Starting with Eurorack
Eurorack: Big Ideas, Slow Execution One area of my studio where I had big plans but painfully...
Entry 88 – Unboxing a TRS Snake
The Small Change That Changed Everything In a previous post, I talked about how converting a...
Entry 87 – Studio Changes and Volca Stand
When the Gear You Love… Doesn’t Love You Back In my last post, I mentioned that I like sets of...
Entry 86 – Force and Advance 49 Setup
The Comfort of Matching Sets I’m fairly sure I’m not alone in this—though part of me suspects I...
Entry 85 – More Cables Arrive
Taking Chances: Online Shopping, Risk, and the Studio Mindset In previous posts, I mentioned...
Entry 84 – Power Rack and SP-404MKII Stand
Why Are We Drawn to the Things We Love? Psychologically speaking, I’ve always thought it would...
Entry 83 – SP-404MKII Update Attempts
A Love–Hate Letter to Roland (and Friends) This post may land me in a world of hate—but I’m...
Entry 82 – Shelf and Sampler
Trying Something That Isn’t “You” One of the quieter threads running through my studio...
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