{"id":312,"date":"2008-11-23T19:17:22","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T02:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/armanbohn.com\/blog\/?p=312"},"modified":"2008-11-24T11:16:01","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T18:16:01","slug":"the-return-of-the-toolbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/armanbohn.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/23\/the-return-of-the-toolbox\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8230; the return of the magical toolbox &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.armanbohn.com\/blog\/pictures\/2008_11_23_a.jpg\" alt=\"... the toolbox returns ...\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Years ago, I constructed an analog multi-effects processor <a href=\"http:\/\/armanbohn.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/08\/the-magic-toolbox\/\">inside a toolbox<\/a>.  I built each piece and hand-wired the whole thing together in a haphazard and slightly electrically disturbing way.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, it managed to take the place of our toaster oven (it&#8217;s not doing any toasting) and it has been sitting on a kitchen table for months.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always planned to use this thing when I mix down &#8220;Bits&#8221;.  One of the &#8220;tools&#8221; inside the toolbox is a phase cancelling stereo spring reverb tank.  This thing sounds amazing.  I mean &#8230; today&#8217;s plug-ins sound great too, but this thing is in its own realm. Anyone who has heard my album &#8220;The View&#8221; can attest to the fact that I love me a good reverb.<\/p>\n<p>So &#8230; as I continued to plug away at the vocal tracks for &#8220;Night Driver&#8221;, I decided to promote the Magical Toolbox from toaster oven place holder back to multi-effects processor.  It&#8217;s nice to hear it echoing away as I track vocals.<\/p>\n<p>Night Driver &#8211; Third Verse (Magical Toolbox A cappella Mix)<br \/>\n[audio:ndv.mp3]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago, I constructed an analog multi-effects processor inside a toolbox. I built each piece and hand-wired the whole thing together in a haphazard and slightly electrically disturbing way. Somehow, it managed to take the place of our toaster oven &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/armanbohn.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/23\/the-return-of-the-toolbox\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8230; the return of the magical toolbox &#8230;<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8],"tags":[175,286,447],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bits-solo-record","category-mad-scientist","tag-bits","tag-night-driver","tag-the-magical-toolbox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/armanbohn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/armanbohn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/armanbohn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/armanbohn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/armanbohn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/armanbohn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/armanbohn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/armanbohn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/armanbohn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}