I wonder if I should attempt a brain transplant tonight? 🤔

I previously tried a Pro Micro and DFPlayer to use custom samples on this delightful Salvation Army shop find, but the latency between hitting a key and getting a sound is just a bit too long to be of much musical use...

#electronics #SynthDIY #MusicMaker

This is the best I managed to get out of it in the past - you can hear the half second delay between pressing a button and hearing the sample.

Also, anyone wants to book me for any singing gigs? 😂

#MusicMaker #maker #MyMakes

@axwax I love this! I feel like it does proper homage to the truly terrible Happy Birthday tune. 😂 Seriously, it cracks me up and is the perfect amount of on-purpose bad with many undercurrents of good.

@alpenglow

Haha, same here - without blowing my own trumpet (tooting my own horn for you people across the pond) too much, this rendition of the tune is easily in my top 3 (which, admittedly, isn't hard 😜).

@axwax now I want to hear the other 2!
@alpenglow Uh oh, you caught me red-handed. There is no good Happy Birthday tune!

@alpenglow

Except perhaps this tune I recorded for #RaspberryPiPico's first birthday.

This was before I fell out with #RaspberryPi because they accused me of sending an army of militant vegans after them. This happened after I had asked them very nicely to put their picture of pigs in blankets behind a CW.

When they refused and doubled down instead, some other people replied to aid me (in a civil manner).

Then #SpyCopGate happened and then this: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisstokelwalker/raspberry-pi-hired-ex-cop-mastodon-controversy

#MusicMaker

Raspberry Pi Hired An Ex-Cop And People Are Pissed

“I think what we’re looking at is a dogpile that’s being organized somewhere,” a Raspberry Pi cofounder told BuzzFeed News.

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@axwax @alpenglow Ooh what’s that controller (with your URL on it)

@knova

It's an Elektron Model:Samples. I can't fully recommend it though. It eg lost its labelling after only a few months of fairly light use, and I personally never got on fully with its workflow and UI.

@axwax Aww, that’s a shame. Love the size of it if nothing else
@knova I mean it's not bad and I used it as the brains for most of my DAWless jams, but in hindsight I'd probably have been better of with either something cheaper like a Volca Sample or PO-33, or a more powerful sequencer, especially for external gear.
@axwax Love the jam! And ugh yeah that whole thing was gross.
@alpenglow I mean I really didn't mind much about meat in my feed- it was just the way they handled things in the aftermath that left a meaty taste in my mouth...