First loud rehearsal tonight with the HotRod. It's a winner, for me at least. Bags of punch and clarity on the clean channel. Drive channel just sounds weak in comparison. Dirt pedals work really well etc, seems the internet wisdom is spot on. Even playing loud the jhs attenuator is very useful in ...

Are you perhaps confusing operating and device internal temperature? The 0-40 is the ambient temperature of the environment you can use the device in. The implication is that you can gig in a 40 degree room and it will not overheat, but the internals and case can and will be hotter. Having said that ...

Impetuosity is my middle name, the deal is done.
At the moment I am in love, we'll see how it progresses.

If you're going to use the Helix as a frontend why not get an FRFR powered cab? I have a Fender FR12 which I drive from a Boss VG800. Regards, Simon. That is a most excellent question, for which I only have mediocre answers: I want the instant tweakability of the knobs on the amp, I struggle to ...

As the band I'm in is transitioning to louder electric outings I find I need something with more oomph. I have an HK Tubemeister18, which is lovely but doesn't have the clean volume. I'm looking for clean headroom and expecting to use the Helix as a front end pedal board. So the Hotrod looks like a ...

This is bitter sweet for me as I started down the road of building one, but my fickle youth didn't bring it to completion. I still have the book of the articles and a vague desire for one though.

Beautiful song and performance, I love it.
Even without the backstory, it's a wonderful track, and the video is very nice.
Thank you for sharing that, somehow it touched me deeply, although I have no idea what it's about.

I now have a roof! Needs a few more screws and some smoothing before the weatherproof layer goes on, but it's a roof. You can see by the light coming in at the top of the walls I have more to do in the inside. I'm planning to put in some 50mm battens on each side of the rafters and then a further ...

James Perrett wrote: ↑Tue Jun 10, 2025 8:17 pm If you think 18mm osb is heavy, have you tried lifting acoustic plasterboard yet?

I think they are both about 35kg

Well the road is getting hard now. All the optimism is evaporated and the reality has arrived. Roofing is taking a long time and there is so much more to do after that. All exterior panels are 18mm OSB3, so nice and heavy, until you have to move them, then the nice is no longer evident. I also ...

Still at it, but returning to work slows things. All the roof timbers are cut and assembled, now to be fitted to the shell. I have a new-found admiration for the simplicity of flat roofs, and the wisdom of those who choose them. 1600+ nails in the roof, ouch. But, with the first couple in place ...

One thing I would suggest is to have an entrance porch. Lay an additional small slab for it Thanks, that's a really interesting suggestion. I really don't want to build out further then the current front, but I do want an intermediate zone. I'm thinking I may go with an 'interior porch' just deep ...

Appreciate this will get more interesting when we get past carpentry, but another picture for now to prove I'm not dead. Walls went up today, squared and fitted to the base, all the noggins cut and a few fitted. Hoping tomorrow will see a lot of wall cladding done. I'm thinking again about the roof ...

Some weekend progress, a lot of long timber is now shorter, and four walls made. I also recalculated and realise I will be nearer £10k for the full build. Probably more if I don't get a move on. Let's try a picture . . . https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jssj6tcsj95epozk4jlbu/Walls.jpg?rlkey= ...

To my sad old ears they are similar.

A seems a bit bright, a sort of micro transient spikyness?
B is nicest to me, seemed to bring out a bit more of the snare detail?
C maybe a bit too soft?

The only guess I'd hazard is B being a D19, but that's a wild guess.

After minmising at source maybe a modest investment in a multiband comp like Tone Boosters MBC ($40) would be worthwhile?

I've found it very quick and effective for a lot of problem sounds, including squeaks. To be fair it reduces rather than eliminates squeaks, but I've found it satisfactory.

I am progressing, but slowly, and no pics yet. Materials for frame and OSB cladding are here and I expect to break out the circular saw very soon. Cost wise I'm heading for about £8k for the room and then another £1k for treatment. I'm also still mithering on internal construction. My local b ...

Last night I was looking at 5 rows of modules to decide which to fit in the 4 rows of rack. A very timely intervention on your part to solve that question.

Going into Sherlock mode I'm guessing it's in a church and the loop gets turned on (or up) in readiness for a congregation arriving.

adrian_k wrote: ↑Wed Apr 09, 2025 4:17 pm

Hugh Robjohns wrote: ↑Wed Apr 09, 2025 3:47 pm
I have made that change to the wall construction image above... hopefully that's cured the problem for Adrian

Indeed it has.

Edit: and yes when I sign in to Dropbox it’s on Firefox not Safari

Noted, thanks for that info.

adrian_k wrote: ↑Wed Apr 09, 2025 8:00 am Just to say, I’m not seeing the images. I do see other images on the site.

Sorry to hear that, I have no idea why, don't know if mods or others can shed any light?

Audient ID range have a true bypass, after the preamps there's a balanced send/return, plug external gear into the return and it's pretty much straight into the converters

My thoughts are that I wouldn't bother with extra layer of OSB in the inside of the 4 x 2 - just go for the thickest you can afford for the outside layer. It may be counter intuitive, but layers of board that are too close together can reduce the soundproofing rather than improve it. A wider air ...

The comments on sound proofing have lead me to think harder on that topic, thanks to all for that nudge. I'm thinking of abandoning the idea of PIR insulation and going to rockwool instead, it's cheaper and has better sound deadening properties. I'm also thinking to use a thicker external osb and ...