Introduction to reverse-engineering vintage synth firmware

https://ajxs.me/blog/Introduction_to_Reverse-Engineering_Vintage_Synth_Firmware.html

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PhD and MA in Performing Arts Technology

📍 University of Michigan, USA
📅 Start: Fall 2026

The Department of Performing Arts Technology invites applications for its fully funded PhD and funded MA programmes in areas including #AI, #VR, musical interaction, haptics, and digital fabrication.

Deadlines:
MA – 01/12/2025
PhD – 10/12/2025

https://smtd.umich.edu/departments/performing-arts-technology/

#MusicTechnology #SoundStudies #DigitalArts #GraduateStudies

🎧 New episode of The Internet is Crack!

Vanessa Briscoe Hay – lead vocalist of Pylon Reenactment Society and formerly of the legendary Athens band Pylon – on AI’s role in music and why authenticity will always matter.

🎧 Listen → https://youtu.be/5nqMow-JdPA?si=2TxqzBwHAlTUzO5V

#Podcast #Pylon #VanessaBriscoeHay #Authenticity #MusicTechnology #AIMusic #AthensGA

🎛️ “The Warmth of Analog Tape.”

Vanessa Briscoe Hay – Lead vocalist of Pylon Reenactment Society and formerly of the legendary Athens band Pylon – talks about the warmth of analog tape, the evolution of sound, and how artists adapt to the age of AI.

🎧 Listen → https://youtu.be/5nqMow-JdPA?si=2TxqzBwHAlTUzO5V

#Podcast #Pylon #VanessaBriscoeHay #AnalogSound #MusicTechnology #AIinMusic #AthensGA

Omega grad Sage Anthony livin' the life at Abbey Road Studios.

#MusicTechnology #StudioLife #RecordingStudio #AudioProduction #AudioMixing #AudioMastering #MixingEngineer #MasteringEngineer #SoundEngineering #RockvilleMD #MusicIndustryCareers #MixingMusic 

#CFP

Special Issue: Feedback Musicianship
Journal of New Music Research (Taylor & Francis)

Seeking articles on the theory, practice & design of feedback instruments and systems. Topics include #composition, #performance, #cognition, #HCI, #cybernetics, #history, #pedagogy & more.

https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/feedback-musicianship/

#MusicTechnology #Feedback #MusicResearch #MusicScience #Musicology

"Time travel? Or, just clever technology"

A project I've been working on has been trying to solve one of the most difficult problems with sending audio/video over the web - the stubborn latency of the routers and exchanges, and the speeds of sound & light itself.

https://www.syncdna.com/blog/time-travel-or-just-clever-tech

#music #studio #protools #audioengineering #recording #musicrecording #proaudio #audio #remotecollaboration #musictechnology #timetravel #blog #blogpost

Please boost if you:
- like pianos!
- like to read well-written non-fiction!
- like to support writers!

My friend Scott is “the piano tuner for all the great jazz and classical pianists in Vancouver.” He’s almost finished writing his book about “the secret life of pianos.” I’m helping him promote the book pre-publication because I want him to be focussed on writing not marketing. I really really want to read the final chapters! (The book has been a fun and informative read so far.)

To get an advance copy of the first chapter, free, please see http://dontshootthepianotuner.com

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“A freshly leveled keyboard,” MS Harker.
Between tuning pianos for the jazz & classical greats who pass through Vancouver, my good friend is writing a book about the “secret life of pianos.” I’ve read the draft. It’s good. It’s fun!
If you like pianos, music, good writing help yourself to the first chapter, free.
FMI http://dontshootthepianotuner.com

#msharker #music #books #writing #musictechnology #pianos #vancouver #jazz #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #classicalmusic #pianists #pianistsofmastodon #musicians #musiciansofmastodon #technology #reading #free

“The rebuilt Steinway B passes muster at Frankie’s. Piano tuner escapes being shot once again… for now.”

The life -and the mysteries- of a piano tuner, always under the gun of some famous (or not so famous) pianist, jazz club, concert hall.
Can you imagine?
Of course you can’t!
It’s beyond imagining. That’s why MS Harker is writing (almost done!) his book on the “secret life of pianos.”
Get a free first chapter here: http://dontshootthepianotuner.com

Ps. He’s a friend of mine. The first draft of the book is great reading. I love music. That’s why I’m promoting his book. 📕

#msharker #music #books #writing #musictechnology #pianos #vancouver #whistler #jazz #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #classicalmusic #pianists #pianistsofmastodon #musicians #musiciansofmastodon

🎹 🔫 Hey! What’s going on? Is this why the book’s called Don’t Shoot the Piano Tuner?
MS Harker is finishing up the piano rebuild at Frankie’s Jazz Club today. Not sure if this will be a chapter in the book about the “secret life of pianos,” but I’m hoping.

ps. Get a free first chapter at http://dontshootthepianotuner.com

#msharker #music #books #writing #musictechnology #pianos #vancouver #frankies #jazz #underthegun #deadlines #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #classicalmusic #pianists #pianistsofmastodon #musicians #musiciansofmastodon

Do not shoot the piano tuner.

Read a free first chapter to MS Harker’s book on the “secret life of pianos.”
FMI http://dontshootthepianotuner.com

ps. Please share or boost for other fans of pianos, music, intonation, writing, reading, Vancouver, jazz, classical music

#Msharker #music #books #writing #musictechnology #pianos #vancouver #jazz #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #classicalmusic #pianists #pianistsofmastodon #musicians #musiciansofmastodon

Thanks 🙏
It’s fun promoting my friend’s book about “the secret life of pianos,” especially when so many here are happy to boost my posts. Here’s a picture of the writer, MS Harker. He’s been inside this piano at Frankie’s Jazz Club in Vancouver for a week now.

ps. For a free first chapter of his book please sign up at http://dontshootthepianotuner.com

pps. And, if you’re a fan of music, pianos, writing—please boost :)
#msharker #music #books #writing #musictechnology #pianos #vancouver #chancentre #whistler #jazz #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #classicalmusic #pianists #pianistsofmastodon #musicians #musiciansofmastodon #boost

“Return of the dampers!”
MS Harker is rebuilding the piano at Frankie’s Jazz Club.
🎹 Read about the “secret life of pianos” in his forthcoming book.
Get a free first chapter at http://dontshootthepianotuner.com

#msharker #music #books #writing #musictechnology #pianos #vancouver #jazz #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #classicalmusic #pianists #pianistsofmastodon #musicians #musiciansofmastodon

@BM24 Yes, it’s legit.
That first chapter should be on its way to you now.
Thanks for your note & your patience.
🙏

http://dontshootthepianotuner.com

#Msharker #music #books #writing #musictechnology #pianos #vancouver #chancentre #whistler #jazz #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #classicalmusic #pianists #pianistsofmastodon #musicians #musiciansofmastodon

#MSHarker (if you’re curious about the “secret life of pianos.”)

ps. Please boost if you’re a writer, musician, aficionado of jazz or classical piano music, pianos, the Vancouver music scene, reader.

pps. If you can’t be bothered to search #MSHarker, just go here: http://dontshootthepianotuner.com

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Ok. Poll ends. 7% of those who responded “have a life,” so aren’t interested in a free chapter of my friend MS Harker’s book on “the secret life of pianos.”
For the rest of you (93%), be sure to get your free chapter at http://dontshootthepianotuner.com

#Msharker #music #books #writing #musictechnology #pianos #vancouver #chancentre #whistler #jazz #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #classicalmusic #pianists #pianistsofmastodon #musicians #musiciansofmastodon #free

DO YOU LIKE… Music? Pianos? Good writing? Vancouver? Free chapters?

My friend MS Harker is almost finished writing his book about “the secret life of pianos.”
Get the first chapter free here…
(see the QR code or go to http://dontshootthepianotuner.com )

#msharker #music #books #writing #musictechnology #pianos #vancouver #chancentre #ubc #frankiesjazzclub #whistler #jazz #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #jazz #classicalmusic #pianists #pianistsofmastodon #musicians #musiciansofmastodon

🎹 “The re-stringing begins!”
MS “Scott” Harker working on a piano at Frankie’s Jazz Club in Vancouver.

ps. I learn a lot about jazz and classical music (& pianos) from my friend Scott. I’m also a big fan of his forthcoming book about the “secret life of pianos.” If you’re curious go to http://dontshootthepianotuner.com and get his first chapter, free.

#Msharker #music #books #writing #musictechnology #pianos #vancouver #frankiesjazzclub #whistler #jazz #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #classicalmusic #pianists #pianistsofmastodon #musicians #musiciansofmastodon