2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, and was inspired by Clarke’s 1951 short story “The Sentinel” and other short stories by Clarke. Clarke also published a novelisation of the film, in part written concurrently with the screenplay, after the film’s release. The film stars Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain and follows a voyage by astronauts, scientists, and the sentient supercomputer HAL to Jupiter to investigate an alien monolith.
The film is noted for its scientifically accurate depiction of space flight, pioneering special effects, and ambiguous imagery. Kubrick avoided conventional cinematic and narrative techniques; dialogue is used sparingly, and there are long sequences accompanied only by music. The soundtrack incorporates numerous works of classical music, including pieces by composers such as Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss II, Aram Khachaturian, and György Ligeti.
The film received diverse critical responses, ranging from those who saw it as darkly apocalyptic to those who saw it as an optimistic reappraisal of the hopes of humanity. Critics noted its exploration of themes such as human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning Kubrick the award for his direction of the visual effects. The film is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.
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To preface this post, I do electronics work professionally and am quite mechanically inclined.
I have entered full “cheap-ass dad” mode when it comes to musical instruments and accessories.
It started with a piece of shit guitar I bought from a bad friend like 20 years ago and finally decided to play again. No audio out of the jack, the hex-socket on the truss rod was stripped, and the pickup-selector switch was broken off. It also had a plywood body, so I wasn’t worried about fucking it up (and I paid under $100 in the first place). After looking for replacement necks (the fretboard was plastic and the truss rod was fucked) in the US, I almost gave up because they’re like the price of a whole-ass new Squier or Epiphone guitar. I ended up on AliExpress and bought basically a whole guitar in parts (minus the body and strings) for well under $150 (with import fees and shipping). After like a month of waiting on parts and working on it, it plays really well! I learned a lot in the process. It’s still sitting around 99% complete, but the neck showed up almost fully ready to go (I really just had to finish the wood, ream out the holes for the machine heads/tuners, and attach it).
So, now I’m looking at everything else’s price tags and saying, “I could do that.” I’m now building my own DIY pedals. I was at the music store the other day, looked at Ernie Ball selling three tiny patch cables for $25, and said “I could do that.” After a lot of searching around online, I almost gave up again because just the 90 degree jacks are like $7 each unless I’m buying in bulk and even that won’t get me cheaper than the bullshit Ernie Ball cables. But, then I remembered AliExpress.
Basically, fuck the entire western industry around music, I’m gonna do it myself with China’s help.
I did the same a bit back with pedals and can fix my own patch cord jack now too
My dad started restoring old guitars for fun. I’m unsure of how many he has atm but I think my mom keeps him at or around 30. He just hunts around on facebook groups and ebay for junkers and then smashes them together with a few ail-express parts here and there.
Badass! I’m handy enough with an iron to make my own audio cables (I actually enjoy making xlr), I love playing music and tinkering with electronics… always wanted to get into DIY pedals but not sure I can invest the time. Big respect. Any learning resources you’d recommend?
There are a ton of plans linked on https://diyeffectspedals.com/ and I think they have links to suppliers as well.
They even have soldering instructions for others who don’t know how.