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2023-05-31

Vive le AI Revolution

I just rattled this out as a thread on Twitter, giving my current thoughts regarding that existential threat. I’m generally positive but Stoical (I lived through the 1980s when nuclear Armageddon seemed imminent). Might as well post it here so I can clarify/expand it as the whim takes me.

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2023-05-27

Making a Clarinet more Turkish

The Christmas before last, on the advice of the conductor of the local Filarmonica Alpina, Marinella bought me a Chinese brand (‘Slade’) clarinet from Amazon. (She didn’t ask for red). I’d never tried a reed instrument before, and this was plenty good enough as a starter for me to find I really like the things. This last Christmas she bought...

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2023-05-26

DIY Vactrols

WORK IN PROGRESS The vactrol is a slightly unusual but very useful component for analog music synths. There now follows a bit of background then the (very easy) construction instructions. Then a bit of experimentation/testing. I’m hoping the testbed circuit below, after another revision or two, will be suitable for using as a sub-block of one or more synth modules....

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2023-02-05

ADHD and the Dreamachine

In the Guardian/Observer today was an article Bright sparks: could bioelectricity make us smarter and healthier? This mentions the use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)  “… to improve everything from treatment-resistant depression to poor maths skills”. The piece lacks links but I was intrigued enough to find a few, along with a potential application for my Dreamachine project. This is...

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2022-09-30

Dreamachine #4 : Squeeze!

Documentation Home GitHub Repository Dreamachine #1 : Background Dreamachine #2 : Pink Noise Dreamachine #3 : Progress I’ve put together a second prototype. I wanted something more solid as well as a checking it would be repeatable, sanity check kind of thing. The software isn’t finished, but I’ve done the harder bits (concurrency hell!). But it basically works! On Amazon...

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2022-09-23

One Minute Singles

tl;dr – embrace the format I’m of a generation where singles were very important. As a kid, a piece of music on 7″ of vinyl lasting about 3-ish minutes, and then later the 12″ extended single took over. But clearly the duration of a piece of music bears no relation to it’s aesthetic value. I have, in a long past...

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2022-09-04

Dreamachine #3 : Progress

Documentation Home GitHub Repository Dreamachine #1 : Background Dreamachine #2 : Pink Noise Dreamachine #4 : Squeeze! Let me get one thing out of the way first. Arguably this thing is massively overengineered for a flashy-lights thing. What it will actually do is given in Requirements (that and the rest of the documentation is still in-progress). Chatting with my brother...

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2022-08-31

Dreamachine #2 : Pink Noise

Documentation Home GitHub Repository Dreamachine #1 : Background Dreamachine #3 : Progress Dreamachine #4 : Squeeze! I’ve made quite a lot of progress with Dreamachine, more on that soon. I’m pausing to jot notes because of something I was just trying is quite interesting while implementing a DSP Pink Noise Generator. As well as the flashing lights, I also want...

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2022-08-12

Dreamachine #1 : Background

Documentation Home GitHub Repository Dreamachine #2 : Pink Noise Dreamachine #3 : Progress Dreamachine #4 : Squeeze! I wrote this as a brain dump a couple of weeks ago, I’ve made a lot of progress since. Latest status can be found on GitHub. A few months ago, along with other fun bits, a friend sent me an ESP32 module. It’s...

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2022-05-13

Amplifier/Attenuator Synth Module

My first attempt at a homemade Eurorack-compatible module. A continuation of My First Homemade Synth Module! in which I describe some the motivation and circuit design of this module : KiCAD schematic & front panel templates are on GitHub. To recap, my main motivation was to bridge between the different signal levels I encounter in my music room. So I...

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