People

Ultimately it’s people who build the instruments, tools, and devices that make the DIY audio community great. You can find out about some of them here.

Cikira

I’ve had this post drafted for a couple of weeks because I wasn’t at all sure where to begin.  On Cikira’s front page it boldly states “Cikira talks about Gas”… then she attempts to dispel myths that her site is a joke, that she’s not rich, that she’s not a man… and it goes on.  I would love to meet this woman. Something tells me the conversation would be insane.  Not to mention her massive collection of gear. See below…

No doubt she’s a legend in the synth DIY and collector world (married at NAMM and given away by Dr. Moog himself) but for those unfamiliar with all which is Cikira… definitely peruse her site.

For those looking for unique tools and software she? they? in conjunction with Redmoon (I’m not clear on the relationship here) have written custom software for the Mac called Maxwerk written by Amanda Pehlke (Cikira) using MAX. I can’t offer any thoughts on this as I don’t have a mac. If anyoine has info please post in the comments.

Jakob Lysgaard and the Dub Siren

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Jacob Lysgaard recently contacted me while he was working on building the Dub Siren I posted here and on Flickr. His documentation and description of the required parts, where he bought them, his findings, troubles, and experience while building it is far more informative than my images and flagrant plug for Bastard Jazz.

I’m happy to see someone has not only successfully built the dub siren but is finding use for it in their performance. All the best to Jacob.  You can find the post on his blog here:  DYI Dub Siren – the complete rubdown.