[sdiy] Student successfully hacked flanger pedal

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Michael Bacich <weareas1 at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Student successfully hacked flanger pedal
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 15:01:10 -0700
Message-ID: <D5E4869E-88B5-49BA-A4D4-A7EB9F5917A7 at earthlink.net>

> 
> On May 1, 2006, at 2:46 PM, René Schmitz wrote:
> 
> > To avoid getting a cold, you need to put on two (preferably  
> > matched) pairs of socks.
> 
> 
> Yes, but what sock parameter do you match for?  As we have already  
> discussed, simply matching parts by color doesn't help if you don't  
> know how they graded the lots in the first place.

Indeed. Colour-matching is deemed as a luxuary among engineers, but has always
been considered good taste in the general public. A few exceptions exists, but
they do not map onto ordinary day operation of dewared footpedals. It has been
noted that colour-matching is benefitial for contious operation (or acqusition
off) "better half".

> For instance, are they matched for linearity of Argyle patterns vs.
> temperature, or are they matched for breakdown of firmness of ankle support
> vs. time?   

If you have trouble with breakdown of firmness of ankle support vs. time you
have not aquired the sufficient long term temperature stabilisation of your
footpedal. Socks is expected to be forzen stiff (though brittle) at the
intended operational temperature. As for brittle, you can hammer off the socks
from your feet if you have an urge to get out of them. They cracle quite nicely
when operated with a hammer (sledgehammer not needed, so you won't get that
part of the fun).

The matching of linearity of Argyle patterns vs. temperature comes without
saying, it is part of the standard procedures these days. Hmm, was that
AES-4711? Um... yes... it was! :)

You should try to match at least the average thickness, but it is usually a
good idea to keep the minimum thickness well below zero in order to keep the
superfluid Helium get through, that should certainly chill down your feets to
an unhealthy degree such that they will brittle too when you use the hammer to
get out of the socks. So, keep this in mind!!!

> And don't even get me started on how come we end up with all these  
> single socks from matched sock pairs?  Where the hell do those socks  
> go???  And what are we supposed to do with all these unmatched  
> discretes?

You naturally dispose of the single sockets discretely!

The best way of doing that is to go to the quite little park outside your local
community library (or similar) and let them free in the park. Sit there for a
while and watch them run out in the free, meet new friends and go about and
make new matched pairs over in the bushes... the discretion is naturally to
look the other way during this last phase... :o)

Cheers,
Magnus