Setting up again…

  This is taking some time. It’s hard to believe that it has been over a year and a half since Jess and I purchased the house. We have done a lot so far, but there are huge projects looming on the horizon. The place is a bit of a fixer. Our kitchen is in […]

Getting Started with Arduino

This is becoming a new obsession… I first saw these when I was doing research on the Perspective Aerial quad-copter. This little board is an open source microcontroller (with 14 digital input/outputs and 6 analog inputs) that is programmed via USB. Complete, assembled boards can be found on eBay for about $30. Just add a […]

My First Music Demo, 1988

These are my very first 4-track recordings. I made them in the spring of 1988, then dubbed and distributed a bunch of demo cassettes under the name M. Scott. Eden in the Rain01-Eden-in-the-Rain.mp3 Predestination02-Predestination.mp3 The Rush of My Heart03-Rush-of-my-Heart.mp3 You Deny04-Simple-Man.mp3   Equipment used: Roland Jupiter-6 : all the “analog” sounding stuff. Strings and bass, […]

DIY Oktava 319 Mic Mods – Part 1, introduction

More than a year ago Jess and I purchased a pair of Oktava 319 microphones with the express intent of having them modified by Michael Joly at Oktavamod.com. Several years ago Guitar Center was blowing these out at $89 each. They currently go for about $300 new. We found them on Ebay for less than […]