7 June 2025: Link Post
Most of this week has been applying bugfixes, interface refining, and unit test techniques discussed earlier.
Neurodivergence
- The Daily Tism, autistic comedy blog.
- King's College London, no significant rise in the prevalence of ADHD, but research is flawed.
- verywellmind, article on justice sensitivity in ADHD and Autistic people.
Digital Music
Digital music has been an on-and-off interest. Spent part of this week playing with Bespoke a cross-platform modular software synth.
Example:
Introduction video:
Modular synthesis breaks the process of sound creation into separate modules. A bare-bones circuit or "patch" includes:
- An instrument, sequencer, or controller that creates pitch data.
- An oscillator that creates noise.
- An envelope module that determines the volume of each note over time.
- An amplifier that determines the overall volume for multiple notes.
- Optional filters and affect to change the quality of the sound.
- An output device (typically speakers).
Modular synthesis gets interesting when you chain the output of one module to the control to another. This can create interesting feedback loops and unpredictable behavior.