Anyone know where I can get a hold of Jim Somich these days? I have some questions about a Fleximod composite processor. (I've googled him and the trail runs cold, lots of old phone numbers).
Thanks,
Joe
Thanks,
Joe
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Microcon Fleximod, Jim Somich
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Thanks, Amos - tried that number...no good.
The lady who answered told me I had the wrong number.
...and the search continues...
Joe
The lady who answered told me I had the wrong number.
...and the search continues...
Joe
amos said:
Group,
I was Jim's main tester on his last (final) Microcon project the Kamikaze processor and stereo generator. It is basically a fleximod circuit in the left and right audio domain, a stereo generator, and a fleximod composite clipper. It is very clean unit with a 19 kHz notch filter and a tunable SCA filter. Set up correctly the box is the loudest on the dial. Unfortunately, if you use it there will be a loudness war in your market and the other guys will overmodulate to keep up. Programming canned it a few years back to make way for complete digital processing and STL's but I managed to get my hands on it. I let an engineer friend in Pittsburgh use it for a few months. He didn't want to give it back and was ready to buy it, but the corporate guy blew a stack when he saw the secret C4 or 4C composite clipper had been disabled and the Kamikaze was shredding the dial. The last phone number I had for Jim was 440-546-0967. Jim and Frank Foti are very good friends. Maybe Frank will chime in on Jim's whereabouts. Good luck.
I was Jim's main tester on his last (final) Microcon project the Kamikaze processor and stereo generator. It is basically a fleximod circuit in the left and right audio domain, a stereo generator, and a fleximod composite clipper. It is very clean unit with a 19 kHz notch filter and a tunable SCA filter. Set up correctly the box is the loudest on the dial. Unfortunately, if you use it there will be a loudness war in your market and the other guys will overmodulate to keep up. Programming canned it a few years back to make way for complete digital processing and STL's but I managed to get my hands on it. I let an engineer friend in Pittsburgh use it for a few months. He didn't want to give it back and was ready to buy it, but the corporate guy blew a stack when he saw the secret C4 or 4C composite clipper had been disabled and the Kamikaze was shredding the dial. The last phone number I had for Jim was 440-546-0967. Jim and Frank Foti are very good friends. Maybe Frank will chime in on Jim's whereabouts. Good luck.
I finally had a few spare minutes between dead transmitters and crashing automation systems time to look at my dead Fleximod.
Looks like the flux was neever cleaned off the circuit board when it was built. Mold (or something yucky) was present between several traces on the board causing a conductive path between composite audio and V+. A little flux cleaner did the trick.
Happy 'Fourth,
Joe
Looks like the flux was neever cleaned off the circuit board when it was built. Mold (or something yucky) was present between several traces on the board causing a conductive path between composite audio and V+. A little flux cleaner did the trick.
Happy 'Fourth,
Joe
sasswnir said:
State of Flux
So, what you're saying is that you inadvertantly created the flux capacitor, but you have destroyed your creation because you didn't understand it's true nature.
If only you'd had 1.21 gigawatts of power available...
am_directional said:
So, what you're saying is that you inadvertantly created the flux capacitor, but you have destroyed your creation because you didn't understand it's true nature.
If only you'd had 1.21 gigawatts of power available...
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