Hello Friends,

First of all I would like to Thank you for your continued support of GetLoFi.com through 2011! I have enjoyed sending out many kits and instruments to musicians and experimenters all over the World. With 2012 well on its way many improvements to GetLoFi.com/shop service and the blog will be taking place.

Major commitment will be made to improving the customer experience by reducing handling time to 1 business day. In order to accomplish this the availability of each kit, part, or instrument, will be accurately displayed on the Getlofi.com/Shop page. Once something is Sold Out you will not be able to order it until the next batch arrives.

To avoid frequent Backorders and to comply with general kit assembly practices all circuit boards will be professionally manufactured of the through-hole variety. As much as I love making my own circuit boards it is not possible to keep up with the demand at this point.

Informative documentation for each kit will be available in PDF format with up-to-date assembly diagrams, general assembly tips, parts list, and application notes. Printed instructions will no longer be included. Lets save some trees! The pre-stripped wire is also no more for the time being. Quality 4 color-coded bundle of wire will be included however.

The only negative change is the increase of USPS shipping rates. This will impact International Buyers with the exception of Canada and Mexico. New rate for International Flat Rate Envelope  is now $17.00.

Through previously outlined improvements we hope reduce our operational costs and lower kit prices as a result.

Our staple kits such as APC, LoFi Fuzz, 555 Timer, and LoFi Delay will be simplified with new through hole dual sided circuit boards. Starting with the Quad Oscillator due out later this week. Several new kits are currently in the final stages of development and will be announced shortly as well.

Thank you again for the support.

Hello Fellow Readers,

You may have noticed a recent rise in the number of Editorial articles vs. actual How-To articles. The reason being is that my time has been consumed by a not so experimental full-time job.  When not in the sleep mode, free time is spent on research, development, and stockpiling of exciting new DIY kits and circuits for GetLoFi. These are slowly becoming available in the For Sale section of the website. Meanwhile Rodney and Austin have been picking up the slack by writing posts, with more help on the way.

The plans are currently being drawn up for my full-time involvement with the website, which would translate into endless stream of circuit bending entertainment goodness, so hang tight and keep on reading! Cheers. –CM

Please give a big round of applause for Austin aka Creme Dementia, who recently joined the GetLoFi massive as a contributor of in-depth articles. His street cred stems from life-long involvement in music, most notably as part of the duo Honkeys With Privileges or HWP where he jams on keyboards, drum machines, auto-harp, and spits mad rhymes! His current project Creme Dementia, tapped the ass of Minneapolis Bent Festival in 2008 and many shows around Mid-West prior. Austin’s explorations in the field of circuit bending began after a conversion by the Rev. Patrick McCarthy of Roth Mobot. In real life he enjoys circuit bending, thrift store shopping, wearing t-shirts with his name, drawing comics, and drinking 40s with the old lady. Welcome aboard!

Hello,

Just letting everyone know that I will be doing some overhauling on the main template for GetLoFi.com, so the look and feel will be rather bland for now. Any input is welcome as far as readability and user friendliness goes. The main question is which one is better, black on white or white on black for reading? Your comments are appreciated. Cheers. –CM

*Update*

Ok, I think we are all set. Some minor tweaks but the rest is there. The template is minimal and to the point for fast load times.  You like?

Hello and please allow me to introduce Rodney of Tiger Claw Records as a new contributor to GetLoFi Blog. Rodney works closely with musicians in the genre of Circuit Bending and Experimental Electronic Music giving him the insight and connections to bring you interviews, listening suggestions, and more. While I struggle to find the time to properly keep up the blog, Rodney will assist in bring much needed reading material. Thank you.

Emm, not sure what exactly is happening, but it seems like the bandwidth usage is through the roof, since about 10 PM last night. I think Make:Zine posted a few links to Getlofi and that could be causing all the traffic. I guess wait till the tide passes, but at this time I can’t do much. Please be patient. Thanks. –CM

*Update* Next order of business is to create YouTube videos of my content, I think the quicktimes hosted on the server are a huge waste bandwidth.

The server will be out for an hour around 6:00 PM Central, so do not panic.