http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress WARNING: This blog contains writings known to the state of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:15:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2009/05/25/failed-power-supply-on-mackie-control-universal/ http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2009/05/25/failed-power-supply-on-mackie-control-universal/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 03:48:36 +0000 piper http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/?p=467 The external power supply on my Mackie Control Universal failed. No power. All the forums say ordering replacements from Mackie is over-priced and very slow. But it’s just a generic 7.5V 4A regulated switching supply. I ordered this part from Jameco Electronics, and received it shortly after. Jameco Part #206528 Meanwell P40A-11P2JU-R US$32.95 The connector [...]]]> http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2009/05/25/failed-power-supply-on-mackie-control-universal/feed/ 1 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/12/05/trans-siberian-orchestra/ http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/12/05/trans-siberian-orchestra/#comments Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:20:48 +0000 piper http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/12/05/trans-siberian-orchestra/ Sabrina and I went to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in Toronto last week. We saw them last year too, and enjoyed it quite alot. The same again this year. Trans-Siberian Orchestra, for those who haven’t heard of them, does a bunch of classical music, Christmas songs, and original instrumentals driven by weedely-deedely electric guitar. You [...]]]> http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/12/05/trans-siberian-orchestra/feed/ 0 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/10/26/christmas-came-early/ http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/10/26/christmas-came-early/#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:14:11 +0000 piper http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/10/26/christmas-came-early/ The last of the parts for my new studio PC finally arrived today.  I received a big box of almost all the parts within a couple days of placing my order with NCIX.  But the just-released Seasonic M12 power-supply was back-ordered. But now, at last, all the parts are in my hands.  Tonight… we build!]]> http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/10/26/christmas-came-early/feed/ 1 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/10/13/new-studio-computer-coming/ http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/10/13/new-studio-computer-coming/#comments Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:47:05 +0000 piper http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/?p=115 With the recent rearrangement of computer roles in my place, I’ve been left without a dedicated studio workstation. I made an attempt at running my home photo gallery on my old home office P2, but that was a failure. The computer was just too slow to handle Apache, MySQL, PHP and Gallery2 with a reasonably [...]]]> http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/10/13/new-studio-computer-coming/feed/ 13 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/09/15/i-am-cursed/ http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/09/15/i-am-cursed/#comments Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:15:10 +0000 piper http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/?p=98 God, I am so pissed off. Why am I cursed in this way? Why is it that I can never, ever, get to see a Roger Waters concert? He only tours like once every decade. And every single time, I’m always the last to know about it. Usually I only hear about it long after [...]]]> http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/09/15/i-am-cursed/feed/ 0 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/02/23/dlo-homedock-for-ipod-is-crap/ http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/02/23/dlo-homedock-for-ipod-is-crap/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:59:35 +0000 piper http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/?p=71 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2006/02/23/dlo-homedock-for-ipod-is-crap/feed/ 9 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2005/05/18/behringer-patchbay-labels/ http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2005/05/18/behringer-patchbay-labels/#comments Thu, 19 May 2005 03:25:31 +0000 piper http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/?p=56 I have added a page to my project-studio pages about how I created labels for my Behringer PX3000 patchbay. I have also provided the MS Word template for the betterment of mankind. That’s just the kind of guy I am. They look pretty good, if I do say so myself…]]> http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2005/05/18/behringer-patchbay-labels/feed/ 3 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2005/04/17/new-music/ http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2005/04/17/new-music/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 23:17:04 +0000 piper http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/?p=54 I have just updated my Music page, removing the links to a bunch of our crappier stuff, and adding a whole lot of good new material that was recorded over the last year. We’re getting better, I think, at making shorter pieces (where short means around 7 minutes… at least it’s better than 20.) I [...]]]> http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2005/04/17/new-music/feed/ 0 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2005/01/05/kegerator-page-updated/ http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2005/01/05/kegerator-page-updated/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2005 04:12:44 +0000 piper http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/?p=27 I updated my kegerator page with a bit more detail. Namely, the actual part numbers for the Danby kegerator drip-tray, and the name of the parts supplier that I bought it from. I also updated my project studio page, with some of the new toys I’ve added recently. To whit, Cubase SX3, a Mackie Control [...]]]> http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2005/01/05/kegerator-page-updated/feed/ 0 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2005/01/04/more-copy-protection-ranting/ http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2005/01/04/more-copy-protection-ranting/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2005 01:23:17 +0000 piper http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/?p=26 This whole End of the World Party episode has got me thinking more about this stuff. Was the CD I bought actually defective? Notice I said “CD”. I was under the impression I was buying a Compact Disc. It sure looked alot like a Compact Disc, and was displayed in a rack containing many Compact [...]]]> http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2005/01/04/more-copy-protection-ranting/feed/ 0