[LAU] Audio measurement at LAC 2014

[Robin Gareus]

On 04/29/2014 08:12 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-04-29 at 17:57 +0200, Robin Gareus wrote:
>> On 04/29/2014 03:59 PM, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
>>
>>> If you attend the workshop you can bring your laptop
>>> and audio interface [*] and have it calibrated against
>>> a precision RMS meter so you can later use it to
>>> measure other things. 
>>
>> very nice! Will there be pliers and hotglue or similar crazy-glue
>> available so that one can permanently fix the dials of the soundcard in
>> question? I'm planning to bring a UA-25.
> 
> It's discussable if a calibration by averaged potentiometers will last
> very long, 

It only really needs to last until I return from LAC.

At home I can do proper soldering and also calibrate other soundcards
once I have a proper reference.

> Hot glue is good to make SATA connections inside a case stable etc., 
> especially because hot glue is easy to remove, but since hot glue 
> tends to be UV-sensitive and easy to remove, it seldom last very
> long outside of a case. Loctite likely is the better glue, but likely
> the potentiometer never can be readjusted anymore, if you use Loctite
> for screw locking.

good points. Well, I'm open to suggestions.

best,
robin