Chris McCormick @chris@mccormick.cx

Worklog: having fun hacking on this impulse tracker module file writer in JavaScript.

🎛️ https://github.com/chr15m/itwriter

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.

mud on my shoes
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wild boar country
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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

we wound our way up hardknott pass to the ruins of a roman fort
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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.