The Technician's Log

Technical Journal.

Engineering notes, repair case studies, and protocol research from the Blacklist NYC HQ.

Diagnosing CDJ-2000NXS2 Power Supply Sag.

A deep dive into why high-end Pioneer hardware sometimes reboots under heavy bass load, and the component-level fix involving low-ESR capacitors.

Implementing the PSX SPU Topology in Rust.

How we translated 1994 hardware register logic into a modern VST3 engine using the nih-plug framework and Vizia UI.

GrandMA3 OSC Bridges for Resolume.

Optimizing network latency between lighting consoles and media servers using custom Python bridges and UDP protocol hardening.