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DIY Recording Equipment Podcast

Weekly discussions of how to build your own gear for the recording studio.

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What Makes API Gear Sound So Good? With Jeff Steiger of CAPI

What Makes API Gear Sound So Good? With Jeff Steiger of CAPI

Jeff Steiger of CAPI and I get nerdy about various vintage audio and DIY topics, including: Why create a company dedica... Read more

12 May 2012

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"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Audio Electronics" Answers Podcast! (pt. 1)

"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Audio Electronics" Answers Podcast! (pt. 1)

Last week, I put out the call for you to ask "Everything you always wanted to know about audio electronics, but were afr... Read more

11 Jun 2012

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“Explain Like I’m 5″: Audio Levels

“Explain Like I’m 5″: Audio Levels

What's the difference between "pro" and "consumer" line levels? Is it ok to plug an instrument into a line level input? ... Read more

12 Dec 2014

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"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Audio Electronics..." Part 2

"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Audio Electronics..." Part 2

Our resident electronics expert, Duncan Gray, is back to answer your audio electronics questions! Duncan and I recorded ... Read more

31 Dec 2012

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"Explain Like I'm 5": Why Is Pro Audio Gear So Expensive?

"Explain Like I'm 5": Why Is Pro Audio Gear So Expensive?

Sticker shock is a common malady in the recording world. It takes a lot of money to outfit and maintain a studio. But wh... Read more

27 Feb 2015

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Mic Preamps and Surface-Mount Parts with Expat Audio

Mic Preamps and Surface-Mount Parts with Expat Audio

In this month's DIY podcast, I talk to Dafydd Roche of Expat Audio about their new Eden Mic Preamp. Download the mp3 or ... Read more

14 Mar 2013

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Chassis Design with Jon Erickson

Chassis Design with Jon Erickson

We audio nerds love to talk about particular parts and circuitry—transformers, op-amps, discrete vs integrated, passive ... Read more

16 Feb 2017

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Talking Tubes with DW Fearn

Talking Tubes with DW Fearn

DW Fearn knows tubes. Since he rediscovered the sound of tubes in 1991, DW (Doug) has crafted a legendary line of all-tu... Read more

26 Aug 2014

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"Explain Like I'm 5": Filters

"Explain Like I'm 5": Filters

How do filters work? As audio engineers, we use filters every day. We're all intimately familiar with high-pass, low-pas... Read more

29 Jan 2015

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Designing Legendary Gear with Paul Wolff

Designing Legendary Gear with Paul Wolff

Paul Wolff has designed more legendary pieces of gear than most of us have used. In his years with API alone, Paul desig... Read more

22 Jun 2017

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