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There’s a mystique around ribbon microphones due to their being expensive studio-grade items, which has led more than one experimenter down the rabbit hole of making one. [Catherine van West] …read more Continue reading A Ribbon Microphone Is Harder Than You Think
When it comes to DIY projects, nothing beats the thrill of crafting something that rivals expensive commercial products. In the microphone build video below, [Electronoobs] found himself inspired by DIY …read more Continue reading Audio on a Shoestring: DIY Your Own Studio-Grade Mic
The LM3914 LED bar graph driver was an amazing chip back in the day. Along with the LM3915, its logarithmic cousin, these chips gave a modern look to projects, allowing …read more Continue reading RISC-V Microcontroller Lights Up Synth with LED Level Meter
Cassette tapes were a major way of listening to (and recording) music througout the 1980s and 1990s and were in every hi-fi stereo, boom box, and passenger vehicle of the …read more Continue reading Cassette Tape Plays MP3s
This article covers some fixes for static noise coming from a PC’s headphone jack. According to reports, static noise comes from the headphone jack of some users’ PCs when they connect their wired headsets to them. The issue does not occur … Continue reading PC headphone jack is causing static noise
Vintage hi-fi gear can be very attractive, particularly compared to modern stuff. However, when this stuff starts getting into its third or fourth decade after production, things start to wear …read more Continue reading Vintage Audio Amp Gets LED Lighting Upgrade
Some users found audio missing from their Windows 11/10 computer after waking it from Sleep or Hibernate mode. This problem can usually occur due to a corrupted audio driver, random crashing of the Sudio driver, etc. If you hear no sound from your comp… Continue reading No sound after waking from Sleep mode or Hibernate in Windows 11
The widely quoted carrot factoid that the vegetable’s orange colour is the result of patriotic Dutch farmers breeding them that way may be an urban myth, but it’s certainly true …read more Continue reading The Audiophile Carrot
If you want to play with radar — and who could blame you — you can pretty easily get your hands on something like the automotive radar sensors used for …read more Continue reading Hacked Ultrasonic Sensors Let You See With Sound
In the last two articles, I talked about two systems relying on audio notifications. The first one is the Alt-Tab annihilator system – a system making use of my window …read more Continue reading Hack On Self: Headphone Friend