Digging through file archives of my websites of yore tonight. I’ve been keeping websites for most of the duration since 1997. Mixed among the archives are all the journals, side projects, one-off experiments, and futuristic snazzy things that I loved to do. Good times. It surprises me just how many of these hardcoded pages are …
Category Archives: Projects
JX-3P Tape Decoder, Decoded
A month or so ago I mentioned that I was working on a project to decode a Roland JX-3P patch tape dump into a spreadsheet so I could see the internal values of all of the patch parameters. I’m pleased to say I’ve finished that project. I’ve posted a full write-up with source code and …
Ce n’est pas un Imbécile
Got an inspiration a month ago to write a song in the style of Kraftwerk singing in French with the snap of INXS. It was going to be euro-fabulous, sexy, sensual, and in French. The problem here being that I do not know French. I know a few swear words, but that’s the extent. I’ve …
Past TI 99/4A, Present Foray
My current project is one of steep learning curves, long memories, and hours of waiting and iterations. Back in high school, I had a TI 99/4A personal computer. We were too poor for the disk drive modules, so I had to store my programs on cassette tapes. I spent a lot of my time working …
Roll Indie Fiftee Reap Air
Just so you know, I’ve been nerding out pretty hard this past week. Last Monday, I picked up a very used Roland D-50 keyboard at the pawn shop. Although it was manufactured in 1987, it still output audio and the MIDI still works, but the poor thing has problems (I should’ve talked them down on …