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Darren Landrum wrote a new blog post: The Making of a Podcast 2 days, 18 hours ago · View
There’s a new episode of Catching the Sound up. The third one, actually. But that’s not what this post is about. The first two episodes of our erstwhile show on sound design were produced by recording the audio directly from our Skype conversation, and then laying in the intro and outro, the bumpers, the example sounds, [...] -
Darren Landrum wrote a new blog post: Houston, We Have a Podcast 2 weeks, 2 days ago · View
Sorry about the silly blog post title. Tony Wallace , Nick Maxwell , and I decided to start a podcast on sound design for music and for film, called Catching the Sound . We have our first episode up now. There’s really not much else to say. The first episode is a bit rough, but I think we’ll find our feet soon, [...]
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Darren Landrum wrote a new blog post: It’s Effin’ STUPID! 2 weeks, 3 days ago · View
I didn’t think it was possible to make a science-oriented show more sophomoric than Junkyard Wars. I finally decided it was time to effin’ watch a few effin’ episodes of G4′s attempt at an effin’ science show. After all, I can’t really be proper effin’ critical of a show that I haven’t effin’ seen. At [...] -
Darren Landrum commented on the blog post “It’s a Poor Craftsman Who Blames His… Wait, What?!” 3 weeks, 3 days ago · View
I once saw a comedian telling a story about his brother, who’s a guitarist, getting handed a guitar at a family reunion and was asked to play. The problem was, the guitar had only two strings. When this was pointed out, the father replied, “ooh, it’s a poor craftsman who blames his tools!” Of course, [...]
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Darren Landrum wrote a new blog post: Not Your Everyday Link Dump 3 weeks, 5 days ago · View
I feel a little like I’m phoning this one in, in a “hey, I gotta blog something” way. I do have some other things to contribute, though, that should make it worthwhile. And now, on to the first link. Beavis Audio. Indeed, I have several links just for this guy’s site alone. Check out his CMOS synthesizers page, [...] -
Darren Landrum posted a new activity comment: 3 weeks, 6 days ago · View
My main goal is to make the idea of building a modular synth approachable. Those big oiled wood cases and silkscreened front panels look amazing, but they also make up easily at least half the cost and effort of a DIY modular synth.
In reply to - Darren Landrum wrote a new blog post: Analog Modular Synth: The Design Continues I have an idea to make the idea of a modular synth much more approachable. See that picture to the left? That’s your basic ABS project box , this one from MCM Electronics . They can be drilled and sanded, and you can even get protoboards designed to fit [...] · View -
Darren Landrum commented on the blog post Even More Stuff to Make: PIC-based Project Ideas 4 weeks ago · View
Now that I’ve researched more digital logic chips, I think using PICs for oscillators for the string synth might be overkill. It turns out that really cheap chips like the 4069 hex inverter can make pulse waves quite easily. I can get six pulse waves from each chip, and they cost less than fifty cents [...]
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Darren Landrum wrote a new blog post: Even More Stuff to Make: PIC-based Project Ideas 4 weeks, 1 day ago · View
As if the basement studio space and the modular synth were not enough, I have two other projects I would really like to pursue. Well, three if you count the PICSynth, but I don’t have to design that one. Of course, part of my wanting to pursue these projects has to do with wanting to play [...] -
Darren Landrum wrote a new blog post: Analog Modular Synth: The Design Continues 1 month ago · View
I have an idea to make the idea of a modular synth much more approachable. See that picture to the left? That’s your basic ABS project box , this one from MCM Electronics . They can be drilled and sanded, and you can even get protoboards designed to fit right inside. Pretty good prices, too. You can probably see where [...]
Ooh, those do look quite nice. I have to check it out.
My main goal is to make the idea of building a modular synth approachable. Those big oiled wood cases and silkscreened front panels look amazing, but they also make up easily at least half the cost and effort of a DIY modular synth.
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Darren Landrum commented on the blog post Maker Faire Detroit 2010 1 month ago · View
Yeah, that was me. :) It was then pointed out that it wasn’t even known until Saturday morning where a lot of the makers were going to be. That’s why I thought about the possibility of updating a database/website on the fly. Either way, we have a year to think about it. The idea [...]
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Darren Landrum commented on the blog post Maker Faire Detroit 2010 1 month ago · View
Wow, dude! You have a greater constitution than I do! As with any first-year event like this, there will be lessons learned in all areas. I think we’ll see definite improvements. I was just pointing out a potential solution for one problem that I saw. I do agree, though, that in the end, public safety is [...]
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Darren Landrum wrote a new blog post: Maker Faire Detroit 2010 1 month ago · View
Over the weekend, I went to Maker Faire Detroit . I volunteered on Saturday, which consisted mostly of crowd control and helping people find particular booths and events, and in exchange, I got in for free on Sunday. Works for me. Of course, despicably forgetful me forgot his camera, so instead of some cool pictures and commentary, [...] -
Darren Landrum commented on the blog post Thinking About Videos 1 month, 1 week ago · View
Heh. All of my plans are pipe dreams until I can get the tools together to make them happen. My only income right now is a few thousand a year from grants and scholarships. It’s just not enough, considering I also have other expenses, medical and otherwise. So it’s very slow going for me.
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Darren Landrum wrote a new blog post: Thinking About Videos 1 month, 1 week ago · View
I don’t even have any music out and here I am thinking about making music videos! Go me! Well, like I said when I talked about doing live shows , even though I’m not ready to make a video yet, it doesn’t hurt to gather ideas and think about what I’d like to do. My biggest source [...] -
Darren Landrum commented on the blog post Spam-storm Underway: Signups Changed to Invite Only 1 month, 1 week ago · View
No offense meant. I was just trying to say that my idea as I presented it would be more work than it’s worth, ie, not worth diverting time from the real solution.
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Darren Landrum commented on the blog post Spam-storm Underway: Signups Changed to Invite Only 1 month, 1 week ago · View
Ah, good point on the email addresses. Now I’m thinking it this hypothetical page could be put behind an auth wall, but that would probably be as much work as securing account creation. I’ll let you know if I think of anything else.
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Darren Landrum commented on the blog post Spam-storm Underway: Signups Changed to Invite Only 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
If there’s a way the list of people queued up wanting an account could be shown to us current members, it would be simple enough for any of us to stop by every once in a while and send invites. Just a thought.
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Darren Landrum posted a new activity comment: 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
Thanks! I’m borrowing an old Dymo embossing labeller from my sister’s workplace and it gave me some ideas. :)
In reply to - Darren Landrum started the forum topic Custom theming for blogs? in the group Noisepages Help: I’m just wondering if we have or will have any support for theming or customizing the themes for blogs. If so, is there any documentation anywhere on it? Thank you! · View -
Darren Landrum started the forum topic Custom theming for blogs? in the group Noisepages Help: 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
I’m just wondering if we have or will have any support for theming or customizing the themes for blogs. If so, is there any documentation anywhere on it? Thank you!
We *will* have some theming and customization — the new Noisepages theme is in development now; expect something to test and more to announce in August! ;)
Thanks! I’m borrowing an old Dymo embossing labeller from my sister’s workplace and it gave me some ideas. :)
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Darren Landrum commented on the blog post Come To the New Cabaret? 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
My overriding goal at the moment is to get my first album out. Then I guess I’ll find out if it’s any good. :) Then, if it passes that test, I’ll worry about adapting the songs to some kind of live show. I definitely want to think about what kind of live show I can put [...]
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