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by ajxs 3y ago
It wouldn't be encoded in a modem protocol. If that's indeed binary data, then most likely we're hearing binary data interpreted as being PCM wave data.
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by ajxs 3y ago
Slightly related: I still use a Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical (WMO) 1.1a, from the early 2000s. It's become a bit of a cult-classic in the online-FPS scene, due to being a real game changer for Quake and Counter-Strike players when it
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by ajxs 3y ago
Whenever I think about the future of software-engineering, I'm reminded of the history of fourth-generation modeling programming languages, and their failure to gain much foothold in the industry outside of some small niches. We develo
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by ajxs 3y ago
Sounds awesome! Need an apprentice?
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by ajxs 3y ago
I edited my post to say "more like" a DX7. Unfortunately velocity sensitivity can't be added because the physical keyboard doesn't support it. The firmware does add velocity sensitivity to incoming MIDI data though!
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by ajxs 3y ago
There's a zip file here with the Casio SK-1 ROM: https://dbwbp.com/index.php/9-misc/37-synth-eprom-dumps Maybe this could help. Is there some mask ROM on the CPU that isn't included here?
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by ajxs 3y ago
Reverse-engineering a binary is hard enough in 202x with modern tooling. Doing what they did back in the 80s is truly impressive!
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by ajxs 3y ago
I wrote the article mentioned by Ken: https://ajxs.me/blog/Yamaha_DX7_Technical_Analysis.html I've unwittingly become a bit of a Yamaha FM Synth historian! Here are some other contributions to reverse-engineering
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by ajxs 3y ago
I remember having specific 'boot disks' with the right autoexec.bat / config.sys combinations for a bunch of different Origin Systems games. I know I definitely had them for Ultima VII, and Wing Commander Privateer. Another a
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by ajxs 3y ago
Whenever I feel nostalgic about the glory days of UO, I think of this comment on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33174386 I just felt I'd share this, as I feel it really hits the nail on the head.
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by ajxs 3y ago
Ultima VII: Part 2 was my favourite of the series as well. The world of Serpent Isle had such a rich setting, and folklore. There was something really haunting and beautiful about the world they created. I feel like they really took the thi
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by ajxs 3y ago
Adacore developed an interesting related system for the GNAT Ada compiler: https://www.adacore.com/gems/gem-136-how-tall-is-a-kilogram
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by ajxs 3y ago
Do you mean 22:17:15? Thank you for posting this! The moment of the eruption is really amazing to watch!
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by ajxs 3y ago
This makes sense. Please excuse my post!
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by ajxs 3y ago
Very cool. I encountered a bug running it in Firefox: If you reduce the number of dimensions down to 3, and then increase them again, the cube doesn't animate correctly.
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by ajxs 3y ago
Oh, pardon me. I didn't realise Rust had a qualified compiler already. It looks like this is what Ferrous Systems was working on with AdaCore.
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by ajxs 3y ago
The proof of the pudding is in the tasting. I can't find any evidence online that anyone has ever used Rust in software where its correctness needs to be certified, and audited with something like DO-178C. I think that settles the deba
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by ajxs 3y ago
I've been writing a lot of 8-bit assembler for the 6303, which is in the same processor family as the CPU in the TRS-80, which the author is writing code for (for this project in case anyone is wondering: https://github.co
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by ajxs 3y ago
I do this. I use Dexed as a patch editor for my DX7. It's fantastic. I wish I had editors this good for the rest of my synths!
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by ajxs 3y ago
> ...didn't require demolishing entire neighborhoods like previous 1970s-era plans did. There were plenty of houses demolished to build some of the Westconnex developments. The development of the exhaust stacks negatively impacted a
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by ajxs 3y ago
I don't even know where to start explaining what a giant disaster the entire WestConnext project has been for Sydney. There was an enormous amount of controversy surrounding the planning of the WestConnext project, with many allegation
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by ajxs 3y ago
Just in case anyone is interested, I run the https://webri.ng platform. It's a platform that lets users create their own webrings without any coding required. This might come in handy if anyone here wanted to create a webri
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by ajxs 3y ago
I run the https://webri.ng platform. It's a platform that lets users create their own webrings without any coding required. This might come in handy if anyone here wanted to create a webring.
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by ajxs 3y ago
You make a great point. You're totally right that the total amount of creative content on the internet is much, much bigger now. That is something worth appreciating. I've found some really amazing artists on social media platfo
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by ajxs 3y ago
I'm a big advocate of The Small Web [0], and care deeply about the internet being a creative space. Something to keep in mind is that the way people use the internet has changed completely since the days that small, independent websit
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by ajxs 3y ago
I'm super impressed that someone has emulated the CZ-101's sound generation LSI! Lots of people use MAME as an emulator to help reverse-engineering vintage synthesisers. I only recently discovered this too. Since most 80s synths w
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by ajxs 3y ago
Recently I did some work on a project that was originally built using the LoopBack Typescript framework [0], and it suffers from all of the same issues as NestJS. I wouldn't recommend anyone use either framework. There's really no
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by ajxs 3y ago
I have a TG77, which is the rack-mounted version. I'm consistently amazed by the sheer amount of features the synth supports. It even has some basic DSP effects! The SY-series definitely still hold up to this day.
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by ajxs 3y ago
Seconded about the FS1R. The idea of finding one on the second-hand market here in Australia is pure fantasy. They look amazing. I'm hoping that one day one of the future Yamaha workstations adopts the FS1R's formant synthesis fea
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by ajxs 3y ago
The author of this page made his own patch editor for the TX81Z, which I use in my studio: https://github.com/mgregory22/tx81z-programmer It's honestly one of the simplest, and best patch editors I've used fo

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