Signal tracer Signal tracer A signal tracer is a piece of electronic test equipment used to troubleshoot radio and other electronic circuitry. Usually a very simple device, it normally provides an amplifier, and a loudspeaker, often battery-powered and packaged into a small, hand-held test probe. An optional diode detector is usually also provided, allowing the detection of amplitude-modulated signals. The technician injects a test signal into the device under test. Then, by using the signal tracer, the tech can follow the signal through the various circuits of the radio receiver. So long as the signal can be heard, the circuitry up to
Improvised Electronic Device Leeb the band's "modus operandi" during production of "Improvised Electronic Device" in an interview with Bloody Disgusting: "Jared and Chris have a studio set up and Jeremy has one too, and I would float around between both, and song ideas would get started, and I always thought I'd have the last say, and I'd come in and come up with the choruses and change things and so forth." While Leeb focused "more on song writing and lyrics", the other band members and contributors added to what became "a pretty big stack of electronic components that helped create this." Leeb mentioned