It's been a while since I've posted. My sound level mannequin head project hit a gigantic snag, due in large part to office hijinks that made a bit of a mess of things for a while. Things have calmed down now, so I am hopeful that I can get back to projects that are not mission critical. Projects like mannequin heads that tell you how loud your ( Read more... )

Hey folks - a quick project update today. This was supposed to be a video, but that went south in a big hurry. I'm intent on making some videos as I move forward, but today's attempt was not great. At all.

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The head arrived today. Frah-GEE-lay. It must be Italian!

Boxed:


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Well, I've got a head in the mail. I decided on this model:


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Step one in my "How loud are your tunes?" project is to find a proper mannequin head. This is proving to be a bit tricky. I'm still not decided if I want a guy or a gal head. I'm leaning towards a guy, since they seem to be larger and it would likely be easier to work inside him to mount the hardware. Plus, there is the whole "gal mannequin" ( Read more... )

I've been inspired, and its time to get out the tools and get cracking. I read an article about a dummy with a sound level meter rigged up into it for testing the loudness of mp3 players and other ear-bud type listening devices. You know, the ones the "kids" use to listen to their "rock and roll". /cane-shake ( Read more... )