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White Noise Sample-and-Hold my Beer Part II: Summer Breeze Makes me Feel Fried
This is part II of a two-part post detailing one of my Summer projects: The YASH Redux. YASH Redux is a sample-and-hold circuit driven by white noise with portamento and a test oscillator for fine-tuning and troubleshooting.
White Noise Sample-and-Hold My Beer: Part I
Dedication: This post is dedicated to the memory of Ray Wilson, author and DIY Synth genius who passed away 10 years ago on July 21st,…
Running A University Linux-based Audio Lab: Part 6 — Arch You Ready?
Sometimes you are conservative, you stay the course, you do the cautious, reliable, boring thing. And sometimes you install Arch Linux on your lab machines, but only after flirting with OpenSuse.
In Praise of Tanh
Brothers, Sisters, Cat People and Dog People, Non-human humans and others, I write here today in praise of tanh (pronounced “tanch” like “ranch” — IYKYK.)…
Summer Vibes
It’s been a busy Summer for me. May and June were spent packing up my lab (new carpet!), finishing a paper for ICMC and then preparing to teach Summer Session. July was entirely absorbed with teaching (CPSC S134.) Now I am somehow already into week 2 of August and staring at the start of the school year in two weeks! I’m not ready.
A New Computer
I probably set up and configure (or reconfigure) at least ~5 computers a year for professional audio. A few years back I started configuring some…