New acquisition – MPC One
Up until this weekend, I had never learned how to use a groovebox. My computerrecently died, so I decided that instead of spending money on a new computer,I’d spend it on an MPC One. I’m glad I did. I havenot…
Up until this weekend, I had never learned how to use a groovebox. My computerrecently died, so I decided that instead of spending money on a new computer,I’d spend it on an MPC One. I’m glad I did. I havenot…
I just spent four days disconnected from the Internet. It was strange. I also forgot and left my power brick for my laptop at home. So all I had was a Raspberry Pi 400 single board computer. It has a…
About a year ago, I built a SC131 Pocket Sized Computer designed and developed by Stephen C Cousins on Tindie. I soldered the kit and got it up and running, but left it alone for a long time. I bought…
I’ve spent the past few weeks learning how to create animation and music using only my Virtual Reality headset. I’ve been using Quill and Virtuoso (dead link) (paired with my DAW) extensively. My first animation was the result of me…
I have been learning how to use my VR headset to be more creative. I spent the first big weekend that I had with it learning the basics of drawing in VR. In addition to drawing, I have also been…
I recently purchased a virtual reality headset. I remember dreaming about a future when this technology would be possible. When I was a kid (back in the 1980’s), I used to follow the scientific advancements on head and hand tracking….
I recently spent some time with my digital audio workstation (DAW) putting together a heavily delayed feedback loop on the audio channels. I split the audio and sent it to the input of the effect, then took the output of…
In this post, I will demonstrate how I converted a Haiku into algorithmic music using a context free grammar. In a previous post, I discussed how I created a song from a grammar based on a verse from the Christian…
I recently purchased an electronics kit for sending and receiving morse code. It has a port where you can plug in a telegraph key (I bought a red aluminum Iambic paddle), and a headphone jack. It comes as an unassembled…
I have designed a simple context-free grammar using Psalm 71:22 to drive the creation of a song. I decided to use the Bible as my latest muse. I was looking for a good verse to use as the foundation for…