Music projects

This past week I worked on a few music projects (instead of writing!).

I wrapped up a project in Ableton and sent it off to my brother and bandmate Eric for his thoughts and additions. I chopped up a Youtube sample of a former soldier speaking about his experiences during the Vietnam war and made trigger-able oneshot samples to 'play' over a jam we recorded recently. I will post the finished version at a later date.

Over the weekend, I performed a simple repair to an old Technics SL-BD22 turntable (see manual). The turntable played well but over time developed a speed issue. The turntable would speed up and slow down, making the pitch of the record sound warped (I should’ve recorded a sample of it!). From past experience and research, I've learned that sometimes this issue is caused by dirty controls and knobs.

With some help from Youtube, I took off the back plate of the player and located the speed control circuit board. I sprayed the controls and the switches with Deoxit. This seemed to do the trick - the turntable plays perfectly now. I ordered a new needle as well; I haven't changed it since I received the turntable and I noticed some high-end distortion.

KW