Wogg Music
Wogg music has one simple rule… it must be entirely written, performed, recorded, mixed, mastered, and produced by Paul Graves, heretofore referred to as… Produced CD’s Wogg Acceptably Sloppy 2015 Finally, the music that’s been kicking around for… Read More
Software
PTG Software is written in spare time and completely unsupported. It is also free! My main area of expertise in software development is in using Microsoft Visual Basic, primarily within Office Applications. Visit Graves Data Consulting for articles… Read More
Electronics
PTG Electronics showcases some of the prototyped projects built and in use by Paul Graves. Paul Graves is an educated and experienced electronics engineer. Contact Wogg for further information. Take a look at some of the hand made… Read More
Musings
MicroSat Speakers
Compact 2 way satellite speakers for use with a subwoofer. Design Goals The primary goal for this design is to provide accurate +-3dB response from 20kHz down to 100Hz. The primary purpose was not to be a stand… Read More
Indy 8 – Powered 2.1 system subwoofer
A self-powered 2.1 system contained in a compact 8” subwoofer enclosure. With the addition of a signal source and a pair of small satellites a fully independent full range system can be setup. Design Goals For the subwoofer,… Read More
ISO El-Cheapo
An inexpensive Isobaric loaded subwoofer when the most bass is required for the smallest amount of money in a small enclosure. This was an upgrade for an older cabinet that had used Pyle 10” woofers. The old woofers… Read More
DIY Bass Amp PPA100
A Portable Practice Amplifier for bass guitar, designed to have a far more accurate frequency response than the typical commercial offerings. This design goal makes it suitable for a mono music blaster, a keyboard amplifier, or whatever needs… Read More
Advanced Speaker Design Simulation
Before you start making sawdust in the shop, there are a whole host of tools available to the DIY speaker enthusiast that can help you estimate and design your speaker on your computer. For engineering nerds like myself,… Read More
Some more Wogg music in action
Here’s another basement funk tune produced with a video. This tune was created on Father’s day 2016, and produced in a single afternoon. The camera was rolling as I tracked, and it took me a while longer to… Read More
New CD dropped – Acceptably Sloppy
After 10 years of creating and collecting basement funk tunes, I’ve thinned out the herd and gathered 15 tracks that were deemed acceptable. The tunes range from kicking funk, straight rock, acoustic jams, to mellow out semi electronica…. Read More
Wogg in action
I had the crazy idea of taking video of a basement creation and editing it together. This jam was started with some old Acid rock loops for percussion, then written and arranged on bass with the drums added… Read More
Another little Funky Jam
After deciding there weren’t enough upright bass tunes on my next collection, I gave birth to this little groove and dubbed it Phat Groove. Everything is cooler with a PH.
The Art of Do It Yourself Speaker Design
Even before I was a bass player, I’ve been obsessed with the bottom couple octaves of the audible spectrum. At some point, I decided that subwoofers were expensive and I should design and build my own. With a… Read More
What is Gain Staging?
The term Gain Staging refers to setting the levels between stages of an audio system. The real root of the term lies before digital recording and the ubiquitous computer based Digital Audio Workstation, but the concept is still… Read More
Mac as a Home Studio Platform
Wogg studio falls into a significant and growing segment of the studio market, those that are build for personal use, not for profit, and generally done on a tight budget. This market is led by performance for your… Read More
How much is a Decibel?
The term Decibel gets thrown around a lot in the audio world like it’s an actual value, but in reality it is not. A decibel is actually a ratio and only means something relative to the value it… Read More
Basic Electronics for Audio Part 2, Series or Parallel
When you begin electronics classes, you will be faced with the most basic of circuit analysis, series and parallel resistor networks. Using Ohm’s law we can determine just how much voltage can be seen and current is flowing… Read More
Basic Electronics for Audio Part 1, who is this Ohm guy anyway?
Anyone who works with audio as a serious hobby or career has been dealing with electronics, whether they know it or not. From the point where sound is process by a microphone until it enters the air from… Read More