Things that you want which you can't find anywhere else
I rebuilt the site. Again. This is not an April Fools joke. I simply got tired of looking at the old layout, got tired of some of the broken assumptions in the header logic, and got tired of the site feeling more cluttered than the writing on it. So here we are. New layout The site is now much simpler overall. The old side structure is gone. Navigation is at the top where it belongs. The menu…
I have a new diagnosis: Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome . If you've never dealt with a rare disease workup, the basic shape is this: You do not usually begin with the answer. You begin with whatever part of the problem is loudest, or most measurable, or most dangerous that year . Then you accumulate tests, labels, specialists, medications, partial explanations and an increasingly baroque…
Just a small update so my readers know why I haven't written much in the last 2 months: Exhaustion - Working 8-10 hours a day writing software and documentation means that my physical ability to continue writing on my website is diminished. I use speech to text most of the day, and after 7-10 hours I'm already mentally and orally fatigued from the process. I need to switch my mental process to…
Part 2 has taken a while, but we're here, and let's go. Current using Mixbus 7.0.140 Other parts in this series: Contents MIDI Screenshots What is TapeX Ardour Control Bar Sequencer? Sequencer? Features Automatically resizing Input Assignment Meters Complaints Control Alignment Waveform Style Meter Item Spacing Meterbridge is Superior Recorder Undo Input/Disk labels sometimes incorrect Input…
Mixbus 7 is out and I'll be exploring the new feature(s) in the next 4 posts. I've heard that Mixbus 7 might have better latency, so let's start it off with the elephant in the room : Mixbus latency. Other parts in this series: Contents Introduction Results Mixbus 6 Mixbus 6, 64 Sample Buffer Mixbus 6, 256 Sample Buffer Mixbus 6, 1024 Sample Buffer Mixbus 6, Limiter On Mixbus Limiter6, 64 Sample…
I've been working for 2.5 weeks on a new post, and I thought I'd give an update of how it's going. My editor/dev environment does not work. ~11 hours of my weekend. Please stop refactoring things for no reason. PLEASE. It doesn't mean you're productive. My dev environment doesn't work again because of another refactoring commit. ~4 hours. Audio Interface that I use for testing does not work The…
Time for some site updates! I wanted to add more "Site Features" (static pages that are constantly updated) and I was running out of room in the nav. I also frequently receive complaints about how textually busy the site update is. I've aimed to improve both of these problems with this update. Removed Google Analytics The only remaining external javascript dependency is disqus... that will be the…
The REAPER series has ended. The end of this series is somewhat unexciting, but it was a lot of work for me. The result is The REAPER Settings Page . A list of all of my changed REAPER settings, with explanations of why I made the change. Jump through to see some of my discussion about REAPER in general. Currently using REAPER 6.23 Contents REAPER Settings Notable Standouts this round The good…
I'm going to let you in on a secret. Don't tell anyone though. While working (Software Developer/Tech Writing), I haven't used my keyboard for the entire week for work related tasks. Not only that, I've been more productive than otherwise. I've also not used my keyboard for REAPER since late December. Soon, I won't be using my mouse at all either. I'm using Talon Voice and it's been amazing . Let…
I'm on Vacation until at least January 2nd. That means no working on articles! I'll be spending most of my time learning to use Talon Voice , which has been an incredible boost to my productivity and well-being. Improving my Talon config is my #1 priority currently. I'm currently paused on Day 24 of the REAPER do-over series .