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computer and music person https://notes.variogram.com/

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Interview with Eliane Radigue & Keith Fullerton Whitman Eliane Radigue & Keith Fullerton Whitman interviewed by WNYU's Jonathan Gean on September 27th, 2010, during the

"I told you... you ask me a question and after that you have to take a Kalashnikov to stop me!" I think about Eliane & her work often; beyond bedrock for me, but it was hearing her describe her music in the most animated, matter-of-fact way that sticks out; R.I.P.

soundcloud.com/kfw/eliane-r...

24.02.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his…

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

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GitHub - shorepine/amy: AMY - A high-performance fixed-point Music synthesizer librarY for microcontrollers AMY - A high-performance fixed-point Music synthesizer librarY for microcontrollers - shorepine/amy

You should look at AMY, which is in fixed point (faster for non FPU MCUs) and does quite well on the rp2350 and the esp32s3 and p4. Does a lot (not all) of what the teensy audio lib does, including effects , filters , samplers etc

github.com/shorepine/amy

16.01.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a bunch of synths / keyboards, effects pedals, microphones, a modular synth(?) and a bunch of other gear arranged around the sleepytime bear

a bunch of synths / keyboards, effects pedals, microphones, a modular synth(?) and a bunch of other gear arranged around the sleepytime bear

04.07.2025 05:39 πŸ‘ 593 πŸ” 118 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 8
Alpha State with Keith Fullerton Whitman @TheLotRadio 08-11-2025
Alpha State with Keith Fullerton Whitman @TheLotRadio 08-11-2025 YouTube video by The Lot Radio

So fun; DJ CALDERINO for the first hour, then a blend of Electroacoustics & Deconstructions for the second:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6x-...

12.08.2025 19:33 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Irrational Decision How the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationalityβ€”and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgment

I’m excited to announce that my new book, _The Irrational Decision_, is now available for pre-order from Princeton University Press.

04.08.2025 14:31 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 8
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Greatest Hits (2003-) Greatest Hits (2003-) On the eve of my 30th birthday, for no particular reason whatsoever (perhaps to combat the onset of the various mid-life crises ; insomnia, ennui, etc.) I began rendering

Felt appropriate to post (you'll hear it within the first minute of the most recent "hit") that I've begun pushing the last 40 or so "Greatest Hits" onto their secondary home (after TIMJ went dark 10 years back) at soundcloud.com/kfw/sets/greatest-hits in time for that July 4th weekend marathon...

03.02.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A circuit board image of a prototype AMYboard PCB layout

A circuit board image of a prototype AMYboard PCB layout

we're starting work on AMYboard, a cheap python synth as a 10HP module PCB (& can be used standalone)

Write your synths or effects in Python. All the AMY stuff you love -- Juno6, DX7, sampler, filters, reverb -- stereo SPDIF, 10vpp audio in & out, 2 CV, MIDI, SD card, I2C for your knobs/displays

24.01.2025 20:54 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The AMY Additive Piano Voice Synthesizing a piano with partials.

New AMY stuff: a fully synthesized piano voice using analyzed partials. It sounds amazing and runs on the tiniest microcontrollers. The blog post runs python itself locally including live synthesis! Please check it out
shorepine.github.io/amy/piano.html

07.01.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0