#SMARTSCOPE OSCILLOSCOPE REVIEW HOW TO#

I have a good digital multimeter, but it was time to buy an oscilloscope. Hopefully, that will be the subject of a future audioXpress article! I still have engineer friends with workshops and real test gear, but eventually I got tired of driving half an hour every time I wanted to troubleshoot the latest developments of my device.

Now, fast forward to the present when I started developing a new and unique type of audio testing device. Between Leo and whatever electronics company for which I currently worked, I always had access to everything I needed.Įventually I developed other interests - by 1980, I built and was running a large commercial recording studio, then a software company, then I started playing the cello and composing classical music, plus other non-electronic projects. But I never bought any professional test gear myself.

Leo’s test bench included state-of-the art oscilloscopes, signal generators, real-time audio analyzers, and even a distortion analyzer. Leo had all the latest HP test gear, which we used to design several analog synths. By the 1970s, I had designed and built equalizers, compressors, analog synthesizers, and even an entire 16-channel recording and mixing console.Īt one of my technician jobs, I had the good fortune to befriend Leo Taylor, who later was a senior tech at a nearby Hewlett-Packard (HP) repair facility. I asked them endless questions, and learned a lot. I never got a degree or even went to school for electronics, but I worked as a technician with many excellent “real” engineers.

#SMARTSCOPE OSCILLOSCOPE REVIEW HOW TO#

Knowing how to use audio gear effectively is great fun, but for me understanding how audio devices actually work is even more fun. That drove my desire to get a tape recorder, and eventually it also drove my lifetime goal of learning all about audio and recording, developing a keen interest in analog circuit design along the way.

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