I'm finally getting into TTRPGs!| Reilly Spitzfaden | All
Tracy Durnell's recent post resonates with what I've been doing lately to make my computer usage more pleasant.| Reilly Spitzfaden | All
I took a few years of Japanese classes in undergrad, and today I'm returning to that and discussing some HTML markup for Japanese and other East Asian languages.| Reilly Spitzfaden | All
I'm Reilly Spitzfaden, a composer who likes noise, code, electronics, and nostalgia. This site has my music, Max/MSP patches, code, blog, and more.| reillyspitzfaden.com
Eli and I are engaged, and we're getting married later this year!| Reilly Spitzfaden | All
For this month's IndieWeb Carnival, I'm writing about music that emphasizes timbre or “tone-color,” and how I use this kind of approach in my own composition.| Reilly Spitzfaden | All
My C++ reverb plugin is finally available for macOS, Windows, and Linux! Here's how I'm using JUCE's CMake API and GitHub actions to make that possible.| reillyspitzfaden.com
My partner and I took a walk at Powder Mill Park in upstate NY to look at the mushrooms and fish hatchery. While we were there, I came across the transmitter for a United States Geological Survey (USGS) stream gaging station—you can go to the link and see the data from this station.| reillyspitzfaden.com
I went with my partner to the Natural Stone Bridge & Caves park in the Adirondacks for their birthday. They love rocks and geology, and really wanted to go here.| reillyspitzfaden.com
I've been mostly making music tools rather than writing music. Today I'm talking about getting out of this rut with a “take two” on my current composition.| reillyspitzfaden.com
Bookmarked: Utah Lawmakers Say Gender-Affirming Care Harms Kids. Their Own Study Disputes That.| Reilly Spitzfaden | All
For this month's IndieWeb carnival on “small web communities,” I'm thinking about lowering the barrier for web independence and freedom| Reilly Spitzfaden | All
Some photos from a walk through Highland Park today:| Reilly Spitzfaden | All
My Swedish textbook publisher wanted me to listen to audio examples on their site or in their app. I had other ideas.| Reilly Spitzfaden | All
Liked: monotony | Olu Online| Reilly Spitzfaden | All
Liked: play; ground | James' Coffee Blog| Reilly Spitzfaden | All
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I'm tracking airplanes by listening to their ADS-B transponders over the airwaves! I have dump1090 running on a Raspberry Pi, sending the aircraft data over my local network, and an RTL-SDR receiver (silver dongle in the Pi in the second photo) picking up the signal.| Reilly Spitzfaden | All
Liked: The Tyranny of Public Opinion| Reilly Spitzfaden | All
One way to get more variety when transforming data into audio is to change the encoding. Today I'm implementing the VOX ADPCM telephone codec—which I especially like—in Rust to accomplish this!| reillyspitzfaden.com
Manually importing data as audio in Audacity sounds super cool but takes a while and slows down my composition. Today I'm automating it in Rust!| reillyspitzfaden.com
I discuss how algorithmic reverbs work using the popular “Freeverb.” I give details on feedforward/feedback delays and allpass filters, and I include a Max/MSP patch to play with.| reillyspitzfaden.com