I didn't like the knobs on my Akai LPD8; they were too short & shiny. I wanted to use the same knobs that I put on my Polymorph, but (a) the LPD8 pot shafts were too short, and (b) the knobs were meant for knurled shafts and the LPD8 pots had "D" shafts.

Fortunately I was able to make some "adapters" by gluing some thick "cigar" matches together, cutting them down and then gluing them to the pot shafts with UHU glue. I added a bit of heatshrink to help hold them on.

The knobs fit over the end of the glued matchsticks, and it all worked quite well. As long as I don't clout the knobs too hard...

Well, 2010 has been and gone, but we're still here, tired but happy. Hopefully 2011 won't be quite so relentless, particularly once I've finally wrapped up the TRaCS 3 project (soon!).

This year I'll finally be exploring my synth collection and making some music (and this time I really mean it). I'll also be cataloguing it all on this site.

So what has happened in the last fifteen months?

• We went on a lovely family holiday to France and EuroDisney.
• I went back to NZ for 16 weeks to try and finish the Railways project (I failed).
• I have moved my "office" out of the small wooden shed into a nice new "log cabin", still at the bottom of the garden. It's lovely. Thanks, Bernard!
• Theo has started pre-school. And the changing of that final pooey nappy is inching ever closer...