Fake studio gear?

Henry Nagle · Post by **Henry Nagle** » 11 Oct 2007 8:43 pm

A year or two ago someone posted a link to a company that made rackmounted "gear" for recording studios. Just fancy graphics and blinking lights. Hilarious stuff!

I can't remember what they were called. Does anyone remember that?

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 11 Oct 2007 9:45 pm

I bought one of these, but now I'm starting to think it may be a fake:

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 11 Oct 2007 10:19 pm

That's NOT fake,it's the most valued piece of equipment in modern studios today,It can even replace the suck button on an outdoor sound system,don;t you know.

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 11 Oct 2007 10:43 pm

Funklogic makes rack fillers that are fake with VU's, LED's and stuff. The Digilog Dynamicator is a good one, and they make the Algoryhthmic Prosecutor, but my fave is the Palindrometer - everything on the unit is a palindrome.
Very funny...good for lots of laughs.
Pics on their site.

Funklogic.com

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 12 Oct 2007 2:49 am

I've got an old Signetic's IC Spec Sheet. It is for a "WOM" Write Only Memory It was, I was told, put into a Signetic's spec sheet manual as a joke.

Bill Terry · Post by **Bill Terry** » 12 Oct 2007 6:55 am

Jack,
In the days of floppy disks we had a particular type that was quite unique, we called them WORN... write once, read never.

Ben Jones · Post by **Ben Jones** » 12 Oct 2007 7:53 am

http://www.angelfire.com/yt3/redtele/re ... ronix.html

Henry Nagle · Post by **Henry Nagle** » 12 Oct 2007 8:21 am

I think it was "funklogic". Thanks, Skip..... And everyone else! This is obviously an under-exploited market.

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 12 Oct 2007 8:44 am

Of course, one of the most important things a studio can have is a "mistake trap".

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 12 Oct 2007 11:29 am

Five years ago I introduced the "ToneClone", but it wasn't rack mount.

See:
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum6/HTML/003012.html

James Cann · Post by **James Cann** » 12 Oct 2007 11:59 am

Joey, I heard this works by Buddy and Lloyd mini-robots, each of whom runs on his own turntable. Any truth here?

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 12 Oct 2007 3:23 pm

Earnest, that's just what I need, where can I get one?????

Jerry Erickson · Post by **Jerry Erickson** » 12 Oct 2007 9:13 pm

I'm really sorry that I sold my equametric paralyzer.

Blake Hawkins · Post by **Blake Hawkins** » 13 Oct 2007 5:30 am

I once installed a "Write Only Memory" it is properly connected using a "smoke emitting diode."

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 13 Oct 2007 8:27 am

Thai amp builders like top put things like

3500 WATTS Karioke Power,
when it clearly is barely 100 w

And LCD displays that say
5,500 watts of MP3 Power in use,
with a nice needle meter,
that moves when no signal is being played back...

Bells and whistles and shiny stuff sell well here.
If it looks like a Desoto or Mercmontclair front-end
in a black light poster exhibit it will sell like hotcakes.

Olli Haavisto · Post by **Olli Haavisto** » 13 Oct 2007 8:49 am

I like the Blame Shifter. In case of a mistake it immediately lowers the note by one octave and the bass player gets the blame.

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 13 Oct 2007 9:29 am

The bassplayer was playing a perfectly logical note,
just not 1 or 5, so it is mistaken for jazz,
and he gets blamed automatically.
It's in the guitarists firmware!