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From spare parts to something brilliant
A question about a missing transformer turned into a bench session, a chaptered replay, and a clip people actually use.
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Bench session: rebuilding the valve radio Live (simulated)Part of the Storyline “From spare parts to something brilliant”
Two hours on the bench, slow and narrated. Bring your multimeter questions.
Live (simulated)Part of the Storyline “From spare parts to something brilliant”Listening room: your first 30 seconds
Starts in 2h · sample slotPart of the Storyline “The first thirty seconds”
Bring one track. We listen once, then talk about what the opening promises.
Starts in 2h · sample slotPart of the Storyline “The first thirty seconds”Office hours: the €0 optics kit
Starts in 22h · sample slotPart of the Storyline “A physics lab for nothing”
Bring a broken CD and questions. We build it together, slowly.
Starts in 22h · sample slotPart of the Storyline “A physics lab for nothing”Someone dropped a 1968 valve radio at the repair café with three parts missing. I think we can get it singing again from spare parts. Starting a thread — tell me what you'd substitute for the output transformer.
Part of the Storyline “From spare parts to something brilliant”Unpopular take: the first thirty seconds of a track is a conversation, not a trailer. I'd rather lose a listener honestly than hook them with a drop I never earn.
Part of the Storyline “The first thirty seconds”Walked the same trail four mornings running to get one minute of fog. Worth it. Field recording is mostly waiting and warm gloves.
Built a spectroscope from a cereal box and a broken CD. Twenty-eight students, one working prototype each, total spend: €0. Lab sheet in the classroom community if you want it.
Part of the Storyline “A physics lab for nothing”Three-legged stool, one wobble, four hours of my life. Hand-cut joints are humbling. Posting the failed leg so nobody thinks this is easy.
An edit is an argument. If you can't say what your cut claims in one sentence, the timeline isn't finished.
Riso misregistration is not a bug. Two millimetres off and suddenly the page breathes. Zine swap thread open all week.
From spare parts to something brilliant — full replay9:56Part of the Storyline “From spare parts to something brilliant”
The complete rebuild, chaptered. Includes the mistake at the 40 second mark that cost an evening.
9:56Part of the Storyline “From spare parts to something brilliant”Clip: the substitution trick in 90 seconds
1:32Part of the Storyline “From spare parts to something brilliant”
The one useful minute, pulled out of the long replay.
1:32Part of the Storyline “From spare parts to something brilliant”Mixdown replay: patient low end11:00Part of the Storyline “The first thirty seconds”
Ninety minutes compressed into eleven. Chapters mark every decision I reversed.
11:00Part of the Storyline “The first thirty seconds”
Replay: diffraction without a lab12:00Part of the Storyline “A physics lab for nothing”
The recorded classroom session, chaptered by experiment.
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