Author: Charlie Sorrel
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Here’s why I’m switching from the Mac and iPad to Linux
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After decades of only using Apple computers, I’m switching from macOS and iPadOS to Linux. And surprisingly, it feels a lot like when I got my first iBook. This ongoing series will detail the good and the bad points of switching away from the Mac and iPad, and eventually probably the iPhone. I’ll talk about…
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Reblog of indieweb.social users mistercharlie:
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Reblog via indieweb.social users mistercharlie Hacking Ableton’s Push 3 to add a 1TB drive: https://straightnofilter.com/hacking-abletons-push-3-to-add-a-1tb-drive/
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How to use Koala Sampler with Ableton Push Standalone via ADAT
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I might finally have solved the perfect idea-machine setup, using Koala Sampler hooked up to the Ableton Push 3, for perfect back-and forth sampling and grooving. Koala might be the best sampler on any platform, hardware or software. Start it up, and you see 16 empty pads, plus a few controls. Tap a pad to…
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Hacking Ableton’s Push 3 to add a 1TB drive
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Using this excellent guide, I managed to replace the 256GB SSD in my Push with a 1TB version, create a new default Live set, and rename the generic collection labels. It was both easy, and hard. The Push 3 is designed to be opened up and upgraded. If you have the plain version, you can…
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WordPress may be the best fediverse blog host
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I’ve been trying to get Mastodon replies into the comments thread of my Micro.blog since forever, and I finally gave up and started a WordPress instead. I prefer simple blog setups, but even though Micro.bog itself is simple, setting things up to work with other things was always a major pain. Plus I never really…
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Learning piano is easier than learning guitar
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I’ve started to learn to play piano. I’ve been playing the guitar for years, and I’m pretty good at it, but the keyboard is way better for electronic music than trying to send MIDI from a guitar. Plus, there’s all that sweet stuff that you can’t do on a guitar, like playing basslines and melodies…
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Why are no samplers or digital recorders as easy as the OP-1 Field?
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There are a zillion samplers and recorders out there, so why do almost none of them work like we want them to? Recently, I’ve been checking out the OP-1 Field, the new update to Teenage Engineering’s stone-cold classic OP-1, a sampler, synthesizer, sequencer, and digital tape recorder, all packed into one little battery-powered box. The…
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Writers, musicians, artists — stop calling your work ‘content,’ FFS
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“Content” is what marketing folks, or platform builders, call video, music, text, and so on. For them, songs, movies, and stories are equal, interchangeable units, the purpose of which is to fill up their online stores. When an artist describes their work as “content,” they belittle the work itself. By referring to their creations in…
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Song of the week 3: Penguin Telephone
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I started this song during the lockdown. No surprise that it’s even darker than usual.