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Pixel Scaling (Nearest Neighbor, Scale2X, HQX)
I decided to get HQX to compile on Win64, so it can be used by sprites. The author didn’t reply to my email, so I just decided to hack it up. It’s open source, after all. It wasn’t too bad, just a...
View ArticleMay 2012 Electro House Mix
Caustik – May 2012 Electro House Mix [ Download MP3 ] 01. Hirshee – Bang This (Original Mix) 02. Hypster – Nitro Party Music (Heren Remix) 03. Neologic vs Beat Hunters – Logical Beats (Darth &...
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Trance Evolution 001
Here’s a mix with some older trance tracks (2006-2009) Trance Evolution 001 [Listen] 01. Chris Corrigan pres Velvet Skies – Uplifter (Mike Koglin Re-edit) 02. Catching Dreams – Timeless (DJ Ray Remix)...
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Node.js w/1M concurrent connections!
I’ve decided to ramp up the Node.js experiments, and pass the 1 million concurrent connections milestone. It worked, using a swarm of 500 Amazon EC2 test clients, each establishing ~2000 active...
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AIM bookmark bot
I coded this AIM bot, quite a while ago, which lets you add/remove/search bookmarks. It was written using the C interface to Amazon’s SimpleDB and the AIM SDK. It’s pretty basic. Just send an IM to...
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Crucial SSD firmware bug, crashes/BSOD
Recently, I left for about a week on vacation. After coming home, I noticed this PC had crashed. After restarting, it crashed again an hour later. After restarting, it crashed again… an hour later....
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Half-dome hike in Yosemite, CA / cables lottery
Recently, myself and a friend did the Half-dome hike in Yosemite, CA. Half-dome summit The last bit of this hike requires the use of cables, to reach the summit. In the past, this area has become very...
View ArticleGuild Wars 2 + F.lux
There’s an awesome utility called F.lux which automatically tweaks your monitor colors throughout the day, to make your display easier on the eyes. The problem is, it doesn’t work with fullscreen...
View Article2012 Trance Mix
http://soundcloud.com/caustik/2012-trance-mix 01. Neptune Project – Aztec (Original Mix) [Armada Music] 02. Henix E-Motion (Dito Groovespot Remix) [Phoenix Recordings] 03. Rapha & Reminder – Beyond...
View ArticleSet Theory – Complement
There’s a concept in musical set theory called complement, where the set of notes is given as the set of all notes which are not included in the original set. Applied to a musical mode, there may be...
View ArticleSet Theory – Parallel Interval
This is probably the most common harmonic mixing transition – corresponding to one counter-clockwise rotation on the circle of fifths. In this case, the first track is in Bb minor phrygian, and the...
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VST for automating MIDI program changes
There’s a piece of functionality missing from Ableton Live. Say you’ve got an external device who’s knobs and other controls you’re using as input to Ableton Live through the MIDI learn functionality....
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Sound Level Meter for Music Production
For all the time I’ve been spending in the home studio messing around with music production, I really haven’t written any blog articles about the topic in a very long time. So let’s start out with one...
View ArticleMarch 2016 Trance Mix
01. Boom Jinx, Daniel Kandi – Azzura (Juventa Vs. Willem de Roo Remix) 02. Juventa – Like These Eyes (Answer42 Remix) 03. Bakke – Birds (Atmos Remix) 04. Solarstone – Twisted Wing feat. Julie Scott...
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Music production plug-ins
Oh wow it has been a very long time since I’ve created a new blog post. Does the internet still have blogs? Well, anyway here goes. Let’s see if I remember how to type words. I’ve been working pretty...
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AIM bookmark bot
I coded this AIM bot, quite a while ago, which lets you add/remove/search bookmarks. It was written using the C interface to Amazon’s SimpleDB and the AIM SDK. It’s pretty basic. Just send an IM to...
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