Chris McCormick @chris@mccormick.cx

Worklog: laptop crashes aside (it's working again) I spent the last couple of days hacking on a small JavaScript library for writing impulse tracker module files. It's fairly minimal - just enough for sequencing of one-shot samples. Will be used in dopeloop.ai Beat Maker as an export format.

Related: why is there no open standard for sequenced audio samples? Something like MIDI + samples and/or embedded sound fonts. Would be a great way to interchange musical phrases between applications.

Managed to boot the device again. Making sure my backups are fresh now. I don't like the drive errors I saw before it died so I'll plan for a failing drive.

@nebogeo sounds really cool, will investigate. Thank you!

@luisfcorreia ha ha wow 🍷

@luisfcorreia wow, great. So there is hope. 🙏

@luisfcorreia I was planning to keep the same machine and upgrade memory + disk. Maybe it's still possible. 🤔

@nebogeo good idea, will check it again, thanks! Have you used one?

@luisfcorreia yes will go to the shop tomorrow! I'm not optimistic. 😅

🍵 Catastrophic peppermint tea related hard drive failure.
💻 What's the best GNU/Linux laptop in 2024? Dell XPS 13 served me well.

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@kira I find myself more and more asking friends and colleagues via group chat.

Worklog: epic week of hacking on https://transcriptgenerator.com features and bugfixes based on some great user feedback. Many issues closed. 🎉

I am a bit worried about creating a new vector for AI "slop" (now that the term has been coined). 😅 Hopefully people will use it for good not evil.

Generating VST plugins with ChatGPT:

https://mccormick.cx/news/entries/generating-vst-plugins-with-chatgpt

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Worklog: Hosted Gitea upgrades. Built a new user account page for https://transcriptgenerator.com with a list of the user's generated articles. Testing & logged bugs.

Worklog: ended a mostly admin week eking out a bit of progress on dopeloop & transcript generator user data management.

Worklog: fixing upstream API breakage on https://transcriptgenerator.com and improved error logging.

Worklog: curating drum samples for https://dopeloop.ai/beat-maker - working towards a release.

https://transcriptgenerator.com has paying customers now and so I am going to invest more time into improving it. I'm currently looking for feedback to help focus on the highest impact changes. If you're up for trying it out and giving me feedback please DM me and I'll send you a coupon for a month of free usage of the video summarization AI feature. Thanks!