Chris McCormick @chris@mccormick.cx

A blog post in which I gush about Linux. 😍

https://mccormick.cx/news/entries/installing-xubuntu-22-04-on-a-dell-xps-13

Worklog: reviewing https://dopeloop.ai analytics [anonymous] using SQL queries in Metabase. Conclusion: tinkering with the sales page a couple of months ago didn't really affect sales much.

New working hypothesis: continuously improving the apps will lead to better sales. 🙇

theory 🤝 practice

anthropocene
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Worklog: itwriter is released!

It's a JavaScript library for writing Impulse Tracker module files. It works in Node and the browser.

`npm i itwriter`

https://github.com/chr15m/itwriter
https://chr15m.github.io/itwriter/

Worklog: itwriter.js hacking continues. Last night I got multiple samples working + stereo samples. Today I am tidying up for a proper release.

Worklog: continued hacking on itwriter.js - an Impulse Tracker binary file writer for JavaScript. Got patterns serializing properly today. \o/

Will be using this in dopeloop.ai apps as an export format, and also for some #algorave experiments.

https://github.com/chr15m/itwriter

🎉 Transcript Generator is live on Product Hunt today.

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/transcript-generator

Worklog: hacking on https://transcriptgenerator.com today. Getting ready for a product hunt launch tomorrow.

A couple of different specifications of the Impulse Tracker module binary file format (to help future searchers):

https://github.com/apollolux/lux-impulse-phoenix/blob/master/ITTECH.TXT

https://fileformats.fandom.com/wiki/Impulse_tracker

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.

🍵 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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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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