meters and transformers

by **mfdu** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:53 am

hiya rick.

i'm hoping you're over your beer-over from friday nights courtesy slab!

i was just wondering if you've had a chance to bag up those meters and trannies for me yet?

chris.

by **rick** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:44 pm

all the meters and trannies i have promused are going out in the mail tommorow ( its a long weekend in sydney) sorry for the wait folks

by **mfdu** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:00 am

rick,

no sorry's required - you're the one that's helping us out!!!

:)

by **rick** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:09 pm

ok i just sent out all the trannies and meters i promised
i had that many parcels i felt like the delivery guy at the post office, but thats what you get if you put things off...

for those that are getting sifam meters i have neglected to send you the little 10 Cent plastic tabs that make them simple to mount

this is because i cannot find the jar that has them all in !

they can be fudged without them but i will trip over that jar when i am not looking for it and send them out to those that still need them .

again sorry for the wait guys but everybody gets a bunch of extra stuff included in their parcel to make up for it !

meanwhile i am going north to tinaroo fishing for barra for a week

marks running the shop while i am out

if you dont get your parcel in a couple of days call him and get tracking numbers.

by **astrovic** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:14 am

cheers Rick - hope the barra are catching!

by **astrovic** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:31 pm

Rick - got the meters. Thanks mate.

by **mfdu** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:42 am

yeah - i've got my meters, and the balistics on them seem juicy juicy. but i'm currently trying to figure out the wiring for all those fabulous trannies.

OMFG there are some nice units there. mmmm, lets see what i can do with them.

chris.

by **astrovic** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:40 am

Rick - those meters you sent me are now front and center in a little plywood box I made to fit in the middle of my desk. I've hung them off some spare outputs from my mixing desk, and they work a treat.

I'd put up some pics, but (a) I think we all know what a Vu meter looks like, and (b) I don't want to disclose how pisspoor my carpentry skills are! (oops, just did!)

Thanks mate
Chris

by **chris p** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 8:51 pm

For those late in reading their AT, Rob has published a design for a VU buffer. Rob, we'll leave the question as to why you didn't publish that here first for later :-)

The bigger news is that Joe Malone has kits up and running before the ink is dry on the pages. We can now all use those nasty VU meters and get proper ballistics. Yea!

http://www.jlmaudio.com/VU%20Buffer.htm

by **astrovic** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:07 pm

Saw it on Joe's site, but not in AT...think I'll have to read the thing properly!

by **Alastair Reynolds** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:28 am

www.rsaustralia.com and put "VU Meter" in the find field.

RS Components carry a number of Sifam and other VU meters to meet most budgets

by **mfdu** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:51 pm

note that the RS budget 'VU's" are non-rectified - you'd need to build a bridge!

chris.

by **Ausrock** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:19 pm

I just remembered I have a cluster of 4 VUs supposedly from an API which I purchased from Peluso back when he was selling off parts on ebay.....prior to his mics taking off. All I need to do is find a use for them.......or to be precise, find time to make a use for them.

Chris (mfdu), did you ever determine a final cost for your SSL mixbuss comp?

Cheers, ChrisO

by **mfdu** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:32 pm

hi ausrock

the ssl mixbus - from memory the cost (not incl. case or meter) incl. torroidal power trannie and decent capacitors (and sample pack of THAT VCA's) was $200. say $250 to be safe? . . . all parts came from jaycar, and ii think i have a xls spreadsheet of item codes, if'n ya want it.

mine still isn't working how i want. maybe it's just too darn clean? (ongoing problem with make-up gain) but it's a real let-down after these fabbo opto and FET compressors i've built.
it needs some output iron. thats what i think. not keeping to the spirit of the SSL mixbus i know, but i'm pushing iron as a feature of my studio, so . . .

chris.

(did you get my little joke earlier? "build a bridge" oh ok, am i just working too hard?)

by **JulienG** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:12 pm

...but i'm pushing iron as a feature of my studio, so

You want more irony?

by **mfdu** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:14 am

oh dear, i think i just wet myself!!!!

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