And what did we buy today?

Look at the Arturia Keystep. It is a little keyboard with mini keys made for use with a laptop or tablet, but it has an awesome polyphonic sequencer and a MIDI to CV converter built in.

Thanks for the advice! I will look into that one. I got a cheap AKAI USB-MIDI keayboard and a some fun stuff like an Anushri, the two half-finished synths from MFOS, the SN Noise synth (or module).
Have no musical background but thing it's fun fiddling with electronic music, though I have an electrric guitar i kit form waiting for some attention.
 
MiniDSP HD with the HD1 plugin. I should have read through the user manual before I made the purchase that way I would have ordered all the cabling needed to use the mic for room correction software. I have it installed and running and it's taken me almost 2 days fiddling with settings to get the system to sound just about almost a good before the install. Room measurements will be interesting when the cabling gets here. Going to take 6 mos. to figure this out. I'm ready for a rest and were heading out to Central America to drink coffee for 10 days.
 
Oh, and: If you pull out that single brown drawbar in the center there, your pedals might start working. ;o)

You were right, thanks for spotting that. Its been nearly 50 years since I played with a drawbar Hammond.

Have no musical background but thing it's fun fiddling with electronic music, though I have an electrric guitar

I could play the guitar pretty well when I was much younger. I have built several synths, and had some cool analog stuff in the 70's, but I never got very good on the keys. I have begun tinkering with DIY synths again, but for now most of the serious playing is performed in a DAW via MIDI.

I think it would be a serious project to add MIDI to the Hammond, but I will study the possibilities. When I bought it, I was thinking "part it out to raise cash for my other projects." After hearing that Hammond sound live in my house, I'm thinking "how hard can it be to build a Leslie?"

Actually I build one back in the late 60's for my electric guitar. One of the crudest things I ever made, involving an old turntable, a one gallon paint can, a 6 inch guitar speaker, and a few pieces of wood.

It's what Booker T. used on "Green Onions

I heard an interview with Booker T. Jones where he explained that his music teacher had a Hammond organ, but the lessons were too expensive, so he saved up for lessons.....and the rest is history. For a music teacher to have a Hammond in her house in the late 50's it would have been the M3.

My favorite Booker T album would be this one:
 

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BenQ HT3050 Projector

Woo hoo!

I really liked my old Optoma HD73. It was optimized for a dark room, high color saturation, maximum home cinema experience. Despite the relatively low (720p) resolution, it put a beautiful picture on my little 84" screen. I've managed to repair it several times, but now the color wheel motor has failed again, so I've talked myself into an upgrade. Should arrive just in time for a movie marathon weekend!
 
The suppressor was almost $800. The Tax Stamp was $200. The pistol is separate from the suppressor registration.

Point of impact at 25 yards is supposed to be unaffected. Velocity is slightly higher and may change point of impact by a small amount.

The suppressor may be used on multiple firearms, including .45ACP, .40, 9mm, etc in this case. So the cost can be spread out if you shoot multiple calibers. The suppressor is less effective in attenuation for smaller calibers.
 
At least in Florida, "suppressors" are class III devices, same as an assault rifle. $200 to $400 for the tax stamp, plus all movement must go through an FFL dealer, for which they charge a fee.

My boss has a .22 with a suppressor. With subsonic rounds, all you hear is the clicking of the mechanism ejecting and chambering the next round.