December 2, 2008

DIY Moving Magnet Phono Preamplifier Build

  If you are an audiophile this Moving Magnet Phono Preamplifier Build may be of interest to you, the schematic is provided so that you can simply build your own if you desire. The circuit board looks like it has great separation to keep the audio quality high. "While looking through the local (Jaycar) electronics store catalogue I came across a Magnetic Cartridge Preamp Kit (Cat. No. KC5433). It uses

MIDI Hero - Control Guitar Hero and Rock Band with Real Drums

  Talk about extending the playability of Guitar Hero and Rock Band! This hack allows you to use real instruments to play the popular games instead of using the cheap plastic instruments that come with the game. Many people say that necessity is the mother of invention and I think this is the case here since it doesn’t look like this hack would have been done if Egyokeo hadn’t hurt

Mashup Mixing using a Wiimote

  Based on the White Screen Wiimote hack by Johnny Lee the ECC has developed a very cool way to mashup music at their shows. Thimbles with LEDs in them allow them to press virtual buttons on the huge sound control board. "It’s perfect for our Wheel Of Mashup shows, which depend on an overloaded setup of Ableton Live. Because it’s overloaded, it’s very difficult to mouse quickly and accurately