Bobbing for Kernels

  • Deep Synth: Audio Samples

    Hear for yourself.

    August 29, 2019
    in Audio, Deep Synth, Synths

  • LED Cubes — Mine and Others

    “My God, it's full of stars!”

    August 23, 2019
    in LED Cube, FPGA

  • Deep Synth: Polyphony

    I wanted Deep Synth to be polyphonic. So I started planning how to share voices among notes.

    October 6, 2018
    in Music, Deep Synth, Synths

  • Deep Synth: Playing Notes

    Deep Synth needed to play more than one note.

    October 4, 2018
    in 1Bitsy-1UP, Deep Synth, Music, Synths

  • An aside on SoundScope

    This audio visualizer is militantly anti-feature. That's why I like it.

    October 2, 2018
    in Audio, Quick Hacks, MacOS, Cocoa

  • Deep Synth: Mimicking Deep Note

    To make a synth that sounds like Deep Note, first I need to understand Deep Note.

    October 2, 2018
    in Deep Synth, Audio, Music, Synths

  • Deep Synth: Audio Rework

    It took three tries to get the audio right on the 1UP.

    September 29, 2018
    in Deep Synth, 1Bitsy-1UP, STM32, Audio, Electronics

  • Deep Synth: Introduction

    Let's make a playable instrument that sounds like the THX Deep Note. And let's do it on an experimental handheld game console. Because why not?

    September 27, 2018
    in Deep Synth, Music, STM32, 1Bitsy-1UP, Synths

  • Stupid LACK Stack Hack

    Classic algorithm applied to a 3D printer enclosure

    September 1, 2018
    in Prusa3D, 3D Printing, Quick Hacks

  • Minimum Viable Synth: Audio Units

    The Minimum Viable Synth was first implemented as a softsynth. Since I had a Mac on my desk, I looked at Apple’s Audio Units.

    August 29, 2018
    in Minimum Viable Synth, Audio, MacOS