I watched too many Techmoan videos lately and might have acquired an ancient Tonhöhenschwankungsmesser in unknown condition to restore and use.

[root42@chaos.social]

@janbeta Finally a good way to calibrate all the Datassettes!

[retrofunpl@8bit.red]

@janbeta Today I realised: the Polish word "szwankuje" (it's malfunctioning) is yet another borrow from German Should have figured from it's agressive sound

[datassette_user@oldbytes.space]

@root42 @janbeta Soooo!

[datassette_user@oldbytes.space]

@janbeta What a great German word, tells you all you need to know about what it does

[dec_hl@mastodon.social]

@janbeta they missed an opportunity here to call it "Wow-O-Meter" or "Flutter-O-Graph"

[janbeta@chaos.social]

@root42 Maybe it’s a bit überqualifiziert for that but I’m definitely going to use it for those, too!

[janbeta@chaos.social]

@Datassette_User Indeed.

[sylvhem@eldritch.cafe]

@janbeta Oh wow! How did you find that? I have been looking for a fluttermetter for ages.

[janbeta@chaos.social]

@Sylvhem Popped up on eBay, there seem to be quite a few of these around there still (albeit for more money than I paid). Search for Woelke (which is the manufacturer) wow & flutter meter or Tonhöhenschwankungsmesser. Prices are mostly way over the top though, I got lucky.

[janbeta@chaos.social]

@dec_hl Haha, true!

[janbeta@chaos.social]

@Datassette_User One of the few advantages of the German language, I guess. You can just make up compound words that basically include the whole manual in themelves…