I’m brand new to electronics and found this forum through the Bag of Tricks YouTube channel. I’m a sound recordist working in tv and film in the UK and abroad and am very interested to learn about the equipment and tools that I use to do my job every day. I’m thirsty for knowledge!
Steven
Welcome Steven!
I’m also in London and into electronics.
Did you have any ideas for your own projects in mind and/or are you interested in building any of the ones Leo has been developing here over the last few months?
Hi Andy, I’m a complete beginner so I wouldn’t have any idea how to build anything right now. I’m still learning the fundamentals. I’m mostly interested in electronics that relate to audio as I’m a sound recordist. At some point it would be great to have a go at building a guitar amp but that’s way beyond me at the moment. Guitar effects pedals would also be cool.
What about you?
I find the most fruitful projects are ones where I want to achieve something specific. That keeps the motivation up. And after prioritising based on something I actually want to have, I pick ones that involve learning new areas of electronics, although I try to only have one or two major new things to keep it achievable. It means I’m always a beginner tho’!
Your idea of a guitar pedal seems pretty realistic for a first project. Try to find one that’s fairly classic tho’ rather than one of the ones that relies on hand picking components or some odd properties of a specific transistor in a weird configuration.