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Volker Weber’s conclusion concerning the N900

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Voker Weber concludes that it’s better to wait for the N900’s successor, except »you really want a computer that is also a phone«. A less surprising conclusion. That’s what the N900 is. And that’s how Nokia advertise the device.

Synth Programming – Audio Synthesis & Physical Modeling theory

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Korg Z1 - Parameters of the Bowed String Model

Korg Z1 - Parameters of the Bowed String Model

I’m currently reading the master thesis of Henri Hagenow (2001). If you are capable of reading german and interested in that matter, it’s a very interesting read (attention: some maths ahead :) ). It gives me a much better understanding what happens inside my beloved Korg Z1 synthesizer.

In the next live, I’ll become a physicist and write cool audio software.

Public Transport Workshop//ÖPNV-Werkstatt in Karlsruhe

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

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If you haven’t noticed yet, a workshop about mapping and using public transport data will be held on Sat, 2009-05-16 at Scheffelstraße 17a, Karlsruhe, Germany. Anyone interested is invited to drop by, though “registration” is appreciated.

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Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Finally I run a blog. I started one ages ago, but I never felt comfortable about commiting data to a blog service outside my sphere of influence. But as my (well elaborated and well maintained) web pages (including frames, which means that those really were out of date) became more and more dated, I really needed a replacement. So here it is (drumroll): Yet another useless, though important, while innocent blog about stuff that matters – IT, free software, openstreetmap, gadgets, synthesizers, and anything else.

C++ programming

Sunday, May 8th, 2005

I finally decided to learn some C++ so I can help improving existing free software and to be able to create own helper applications.
In fact, C++ seems to be a language difficult to learn. Having some knowledge in Basic and shell scripting, C++ is more complex and abstract.
The problem is not to start writing some C++, the problem is to get enough knowledge to understand existing code.
I fear it will last a long time until I can read code written by others, and I’m curious if I will continue learning C++.

Eric Ross playing the Theremin

Sunday, May 1st, 2005

Yesterday there was an event in the »Badischer Kunstverein« where Eric Ross played the Theremin. I was not convinced about the music, but the Theremin was really an interesting instrument. I already knew and heard it before, but never live.

Eric also played an Roland XP 80 and the guitar.The Theremin was connected to an guitar effects processor and he used a lot of reverb and delays. The Theremin was manufactured by Big Briar, the new company of Robert Moog who originally invented the analog synthesizers in the middle of the last century.

Linuxtag Papers

Sunday, May 1st, 2005

Due to the fact that I needed to write the two papers for the Linuxtag, I still haven’t had the time to write down my thoughts about the Linux Audio Conference last weekend. Friday in the evening hours I submitted the papers, so this task is finally finished.

LAC just over…

Sunday, April 24th, 2005

…and the guys already have put the videos online.
I’m impressed. Thanks Jörn et al. for your hard work.