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DOUT with ULN2803's (to drive Pipe Organ valves)
stryd_one replied to pipeorgan's topic in MIDIfication
Welcome aboard pipeorgan. I've deleted your crosspost ... you only need to ask once :) I'm not sure about the answer but I think that if you use the Search you'll find it. -
This actually is a problem, but it's not related to the svn subby problem. Thing is, the redirect from forum.* to www.* happens after the login, so the wrong cookie is accessed when first loading the page. Maybe Twinny could fix this one by changing the redirect handling.
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Inside Roland MKS80 Rev. 5 (Pics & Specs + USPS>UK blows chunks...)
stryd_one replied to Artesia's topic in Miscellaneous
Damn another top rank synth... You're spending a fortune on these toys... Whatever it is, I want your job! ;D Man...get some more cage nuts :) Speaking of the racking... You might want to leave 1RU between the synths for cooling... -
The dust would carry a tiiiiny charge...but keep in mind that carpets from natural fibre, which seppo obviously has the good taste to own, won't conduct it anyway. The big concern is with unnatural fibres that generate really big charges in comparison to the dust.
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Yeh my audiologist has this service too - I think most of them do now :) You can use the same moulds to get custom plugs for you etys or for LiveWires etc, but they can also do customised plastic plugs to give a custom frequency response... Ultimately, they make everything still a 'flat' response, so having them in sounds exactly the same as without them, only quieter.
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Yeh!! My 2C: Do you realllly need to throw these out and start over? I think that if someone's building an FM they will have enough skill to solder a bridge.
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Copper Rocher (an MBSID inside a former-candybox)
stryd_one replied to ris8_allo_zen0's topic in MIDIbox of the Week
Ahhh nice :) You guys know I love that 'MIL' look :) The angles and the grey colour make it look like it could have come from the cabin of an F117 :) -
I saw the strange post and the strange nick and thought, "who's that guy" and so I went to see your posts, and it goes "dac dac dac dac dac dac". I think I know who you are now ;D
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Hmmm... What protocol does the FM use, before the DAC? ???
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Don't be polite. Blowing your nose can be bad for your health.
stryd_one replied to stryd_one's topic in Miscellaneous
The eustachian tubes link the inner side of the eardrum (see pic above) to the sinus (big space behind your nose/above your mouth), so the pressure should normally be the same on both sides of the drum, so the drum can vibrate freely. Same as how the diaphragm mic has both sides exposed to the air in the room, so does your eardrum. The tube normally sits shut flat, to isolate the sensitive insides of your ear from the gunk in your nose filtered from the air you breathe. When your ears 'pop', that's the eustachian tube temporarily opening up to allow the pressure to equalise. It'll do it automatically, but you can make it do it by yawning or breathing really deep sometimes. You can also do that thing where you block your nose and blow, but that can be bad as you can pop the eardrum (see pic above. would you blow into that as hard as you can?) On the back of your throat are glands called adenoids. They're like tonsils apparently. If your adenoids are inflamed, which is common when you have a sinus inflammation from a blocked nose, then when you blow your nose you create a high pressure in your sinus which has nowhere to escape - normally it could escape down your throat, but the swollen adenoids block it. The pressure buildup of blowing your nose can blow nose gunk up the tube, and in behind the eardrum, where the pressure is lower. Similarly, if you sniff really hard, you can apparently draw the foreign matter up into the tube through momentum if the tube doesn't close of quickly enough. The tube can move small amounts of fluid, but not much. Theoretically in time it can drain naturally, but if there are larger amounts of stuff in there, it doesn't drain well, and that area is supposed to have fairly clean air in it, not strange fluid, so it can cause infections. It's the secondary damage from the infection that you want to be afraid of, because it can scar the tissues there and mess with your frequency response forever... but even in the short term, the fluid will stop the drum from vibrating properly. It's pretty rare, I don't think I'd whip myself if I forgot ;) But it's worth knowing and acting upon. -
Code::Blocks and ACSim again - Linker settings - solved
stryd_one replied to ilmenator's topic in MIOS programming (C)
I think I know what this is. Illy has used the skeleton on part 3 of the doc, and i just d/l it and it compiles happily. I noticed that ilmenator's is using mingw32-g++.exe which is the C++ compiler not C, mine uses mingw32-gcc.exe. I'll confirm the cause in the chat and report back, i suspect it's got the wrong exe in Settings...Compiler and Debugger... GNU GCC Compiler ... Toolchain executables... C Compiler. -
mmm, even just a fast/slow switch would be nice....
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Don't be polite. Blowing your nose can be bad for your health.
stryd_one replied to stryd_one's topic in Miscellaneous
Totally gross. I'm a bit embarrassed to talk about it here, but it's one of those things... I mean...noone warns you about it - because if most people lose 1khz off the top of their hearing, they don't even notice...but we would. If some other dude fell unlucky like I did, I'd feel bad for not saying anything. Few other things: Don't use q-tips/cotton buds in your ear. don't use your finger. don't put anything smaller than your elbow in there, for real. don't let it get too wet or stay wet if you do, and don't clean the wax out. The wax staves off infection, and water helps it grow. if you think it's blocked, go to the doctor and let a professional decide and clean it if needed. All this stuff sounds a bit like "yeh whatever, i've been doing that forever and so has everyone i know, and we're all fine"... but trust me when you're personally fearing permanent hearing loss, your perspective is altered. The thing that amazed me most out of all the cool gizmos they had there today (including a pair of crappy senny cans hah) was seeing what an eardrum looks like. In case you don't already know, that thing is THIN!! it's a membrane that's so thin it's translucent, check it out: Not exactly the toughest part of your body! -
Yeh, interesting indeed. If you wan a local partner in crime just shout bud. Something worth noting: (Bolded by me) That's a must, IMO.
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Shr! (that one means 'yes'. It's spelled with an I, IIRC, but you don't really say it.)
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Don't feel left out dudes. It's nothing exclusive or special or exciting or whatever... if you need it, you'll get it, if you don't, you're not missing anything :)
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A full-blown newb on the way to a POKEY synth
stryd_one replied to nILS's topic in MIDIbox User Projects
Welcome aboard dude! Documentation is never offtopic ;) I'll go over it with nilly later on . -
hehehe the first thought I had was *omg it's sitting on carpet* then I thought "it's seppo...he knows." so I didn't say anything :)
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The SR's are included in smash tv's kits enjoy. ;D
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So, I've just returned from the ear doctor, and I bear good news for me, and a lesson which I thought I should share with my fellow musicians. I'll use the technical terms where I know them, because you can find lots of images and explanations online and it's hard to describe. When your sinuses become blocked, we are taught to blow our nose, or sniff it back. This can, on occasion, cause the blockage material (snot) and infection (pus) to be forced up the eustachian tube. If that sounds disgusting, it's because it is, and I'm trying to convince you not to do it ;) Not only can this cause a fairly painful ear infection, but the eustachian tube is not designed to carry that amount of fluid back to the sinus (surface tension messes it up basically), so you end up with fluid trapped in your middle ear. It has the effect of rendering you partially deaf because the eardrum cannot move. Think of putting jello behind the diaphragm on a mic. Fortunately in my case the hearing loss is temporary (YAYYYY!!!) but if things go worst-case, you can need surgery which may result in permanent hearing loss (a vent installed in your eardrum). So: Don't blow your nose, just let it run. Wipe yer face. Be gross, but not deaf. F**k being polite. If anyone complains, blame stryd_one.
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labtop :D hehehe Glad it's behaving for you levon :) Still worried about you other guys :( Don't worry, the forum really does love you :-*
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Yay! Only thing cooler than a cool mod, is being nice enough to show others how you did it :)
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....and back at the laptop. No problems!