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    If your coffee hasn't been shit out by birds then you're a filthy casual.
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    Next up, learn how to remap keys so I can use it with the temporary keypad until I decide on a permanent one. EDIT: of course none of these custom installs have a FAT formatted bot partition like a stock install, and I don't have Linux installed on anything and working on the RPi itself is kind of a hassle because of the way everything's set up, so remapping keys means digging out an old laptop and either booting from a Knoppix CD or going all in and doing a full Linux install. Leaning toward the latter but I have a couple hours to decide before the boot partition is backed up. Seems like n real choice, though, it's always good to have a Linux machine of some kind handy when you need it.
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    Weird, I see those disc packets and combo washer-dryers in the USA regularly enough that it doesn't seem weird. EU dryers will fuck you up if you aren't ready for them, though, they run really hot. The first time I ever used one it literally burned the waterproof lining off of my backpack on the medium setting.
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    You're supposed to leave the dryer door open when it's not being used, to let it dry out and avoid mold growth, and also it probably works as a bass trap that way.
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    I've got to say, I've had a similar cheap rework station for years and it's been at least a year since I used it (and when I did it was for shrink tube) because I've come to realize that using the same old Weller with a narrow chisel tip that I use for everything else is a lot easier for SMT than hot air was. Only difference is when I do SMT I usually use a flux pen.
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    I can, but then everything I do sounds better if I turn the monitors way up and then go into the kitchen.
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    This style is what I'd be more hesitant about, because the parts that it rests on are separate pieces of metal from the actual rack so they could get loose. https://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com-8U-Desktop-Rack-2-Post/dp/B01NBPL8OP/ I've used a couple of Startech 2u server rack things that screw together like that but they've all been attached to wooden frames or the underside of a desk so there's not really any chance of anything loosening up. If it was going to be freestanding I'd look for something like BCM has where the foot part and the rack rail part on each side is a single piece of metal. As long as the metal's not flimsy you should be in good shape with that design.
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    Those cheap rack frames are actually pretty solid usually. Once you have stuff mounted in it, the actual rack units themselves are what hold it together, the little bar in the back is more to keep it in position while you mount stuff and make it a little more sturdy. My rack is one of these I found in the trash with the top part missing, and it's completely flimsy when it's empty but as soon as you put a couple things in it then it's as solid as the giant steel server rack I had before (also from the trash) and abandoned in an apartment because it was bigger than a refrigerator and weighed almost 200 pounds empty. I've used it for about 7 years and it's been through three moves and is just fine still. I've also had good luck screwing my rack gear to two chunks of 2x4 and then screwing some plywood panels on the sides as feet. Ugly but it works. Point being it's the gear that holds the rack together, so you really don't need much actual rack unless you're going to be playing out with it. So if you need one you can usually get away with the cheapest one you can find.
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    Not a documentary exactly but very good. Spoiler: it mostly comes down to getting everything right on the way in.
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    Russian style carpet deployment
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    I've been finding a bunch of really good new open source performance video software for Raspberry Pi this week, so I'm now GASing for more Raspberry Pi's (pretty reasonable) with Picapture cards (too expensive for now) so I can run all of it at the same time. Top picks so far: https://github.com/langolierz/r_e_c_u_r https://github.com/ex-zee-ex/waaaave_pool https://github.com/n1ckfg/Scrawl r_e_c_u_r is going on the one RPi I already own as soon as I get a screen Will get one Picapture when I get my tax return an then add another RPi every paycheck or two until I have three or four of them (might be nice to have two instances of r_e_c_u_r so I can use one as a source and use the other with a capture board for live sampling, processing and upscaling to 1040p downstream from all the rest of the stuff. MIDI control over a big part of the video side of what I'm doing is the last missing link to being able to livestream fully improvised music AND visuals and having it actually make sense.
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    This morning before work I realized the only thing I need to build one of these that I don't already have is a $20 screen (assuming I can find the USB keypad I got back in 2012 to make it easier to edit on a laptop and then hardly used before the laptop died spectacularly). So tight right now that I can't afford it but I get paid in a few days. EDIT: of course part of me wants to get this for it: https://www.ebay.com/itm/iKey-PM-18-USB-Nema-Stainless-4X-Panelmount-Numeric-Keypad/143516587897 If I could afford it I probably would because that's actually a really low price, they retail for almost 5x that. Fortunately I'm too broke and the rubber coating on the keys looks nasty to use anyhow. It would probably suck for this job, it's just stylish.
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    https://www.praxislive.org/
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    I did a whole album based around samples from old golf broadcasts, instruction videos and videogames about 5 years ago but I never actually released it.
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    It's not even that big yet, that's the scary part.
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    That's pretty much what I was going for, making it look like something that would have fascinated me as a kid if I saw it in a storage closet at my dad's work. IT makes it inspiring to use (i.e. it makes me feel more talented than I actually am because I'm using it).
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    It's actually this one: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Seville-Classics-Industrial-All-Purpose-Utility-Cart-NSF-Listed-SHE18304BZ/203668363 The top is Ikea, though - it's a surplus tabletop from the bargain corner at the Ikea north of town, was a buck or two. Also the post on the left side that I hag headphones and cables from is a bed leg from the same Ikea discount corner. How do you keep the shelves on upside down? The way metro-style shelving works the shelves should just fall off it you turn it over...
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    Philodendron is taking over my apartment. I had to rotate it around yesterday because the leaves were covering the windows so much that the fern was slowly dying, and now that they aren't leaning against anything they spread out so much that they're sticking about 4 feet into the living room and I had to tie it down so it won't fall over next time it's windy.
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    It's a really deep, open-source MIDI/OSC/CV step sequencer. Not good for MPC or DAW style linear sequencing (everything's quantized and every parameter and note layer on a track shares a single gate per step, so it works more like an Elektron sequencer than like an MPC style sequencer) but for step sequencing it's insane how much it can do. I'm still just getting started with it so if you really want an idea, take a look at the beginner's guide: http://wiki.midibox.org/doku.php?id=mididocs:seq:beginners_guide:start If you get the panels made out of something other than aluminum you could build one for around $300. I'd say I'm in about $550 spread over about 4 years and more than half that was the panels, but I haven't built the CV output section yet and that'll probably add another $60-$100 depending on the jacks and enclosure I end up using) So it's not inexpensive, but if you're good at sourcing parts you kind of end up with a fully-loaded Sequentix Cirklon for about the price of a Squarp Pyramid and you don't have to pay for the whole thing at once. EDIT: it ended up being pretty different, but the look was very loosely inspired by my favorite early home computer design of all time: Definitely going to swap in some orange-on-black OLEDs at some point.
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    Pretty much done. In a week or two when I order the Raspberry Pi I'll also get some covers for the unused holes in the lower rack panel, and I have to clean up the front left corner of the aluminum bottom panel and drill and tap a couple holes so I can screw the back edge of the bottom panel to the lower rear panel but that's not a big hurry, I'll probably wait until whenever I build an ethernet board for it since I'll have to take the bottom panel off and drill for that anyway. Obviously I still need to make the CV output section and I'm waiting for a USB pass-through to show up. Didn't worry too much about the finish since I was just using scrap wood and didn't bother filling the pores in the oak or filling the tearout and knotholes in the other pieces. Anyway, the only finish I have handy is the last of an 8 year old can of KTM-9 (discontinued water based varnish) that I'm surprised even works at all (and it's high gloss, yuck), so I just put on three or four coats of that about an hour apart with minimal sanding in between, enough to keep it from getting dirty. At some point the lower right corner of the rack rails got out of whack, too, that was flush when I glued everything up. Whatever.
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    Nice. Really interested to hear how that thing sounds. I've got some synth stuff on the back burner for building maybe in the fall but the next thing I'm going to do is get a Raspberry Pi 3 and install PocketVJ on it (a prebuilt pocketVJ system is like $800 but it's open source, so if you're willing to deal with the hassle of compiling and setting up everything you can make one yourself for around $70 depending on the price of the RPi + enclosure + SD card), so I can load the SD card up with video clips and set myself up to do simple clip triggering with speed, start time and end time control via MIDI from the MBSeq, so I'll basically have a video sampler. Then I'll start ripping of EBN hard. Finally filed taxes yesterday so I'll pick that up when the returns come. EDIT: can you link a photo or part number or datasheet or something for the switch you need? I might have one and if I do I'd send it to you. EDIT 2: NM I see your edit.
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    Oh I've wanted one of those lamps for like 20 years, let's leave the lamp out of this.
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    Nexus home Jexus home
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