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Stardate: 20221125.2211 | |
Location: xiled rumination concentrator | |
Input Device: xrc pc | |
Audio: SBR (replay) | |
Visual: xrc console | |
Energy: 40% | |
Mental: 40% | |
Emotional: Content. | |
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I didn't buy anything today. I didn't work today either. I usually | |
work on Buy Nothing Day [1] since I do not participate in Black | |
Friday. This year, I did not work. What I did was meet with some | |
friends, ate leftovers with the family, went on a couple walks in | |
the park, hung out here and there on aNONradio, and did some domestic | |
chores. | |
I also cleaned out the roomba and changed some of its parts out. | |
I find it funny when I use the shop vac to clean out the Roomba. | |
It's kinda like cannibalism. Not really. But I chuckle. It needed | |
new filters, whiskers, and battery, which had been sitting on a | |
shelf for about 3 weeks now. Cleaning the roomba led to cleaning | |
the upright vacuum and the handheld vacuum. Now our interior vacuums | |
can really suck! | |
The UPS for the xiled rumination concentrator[2] was also swapped out. | |
The old unit's battery was toast so I swapped it out with a | |
reconditioned Cyberpower UPS I got for cheap. The old UPS is an | |
Eaton branded one that I've been using for years. I've swapped out | |
the battery multiple times and I'll probably do the same again and | |
put it back into circulation. That reminds me, I have another UPS | |
that has a battery that needs replacing, but I don't think I have a | |
spare right now. | |
This evening, I participated in another Synth Battle Royale[3] on | |
aNONradio, hosted by SDF. Tonight's participants were gef, ldbeth, | |
me, x2180, and smj. I brought the Moog Werkstatt-01, KeyStep 37 and | |
Pocket Operator PO-12 (rhythm) into the xiled rumination concentrator | |
to see how well that would work. It's a bit cramped with all the | |
gear. I had the karaoke machine hooked up to the Werkstatt-01 via | |
VCF AUD IN to see how that would go. Here's a picture I took from | |
the web cam inside the concentrator.[4] I sometimes use concentrator | |
for video conferencing. | |
Again, I used 2 headphones (earbuds and over the ear) so I can hear | |
from aNONradio and from my mixer. The delay makes it sound weird. | |
I need to find a better configuration. This should be called awkward | |
synth config battle royale for me since I keep having challenges with | |
my configuration. | |
First round, I got dinged for singing a cover during my setup. No | |
covers during Synth Battle Royale! Once I got it going, I sang, | |
a goofy rendition of "Moon River" while messing with the knobs on | |
the Werkstatt-01. My round 1 is around 30:30. | |
Round 2, I still used the karaoke mic, but didn't dial in a song. I | |
added the KeyStep 37 to GATE IN and VCO EXP FM IN on the Werkstatt-01 | |
and used the clock from the KeyStep for the PO-12. My levels were | |
all off and for awhile only going through the right channel. I also | |
messed with the arpeggiator on the Keystep, which still puzzles me. | |
I should probably read the documentation. I think I will call this | |
piece, "She said she wasn't where she was." It's around 01:30:45. | |
The SBR M E M O R E X [5] can be found in the aNONradio archives. | |
I hope to some day get to a point where my configuration isn't so | |
burdensome and can actually focus m0ar on the music. Right now, it | |
is not really happening and just so awkward, but I am still enjoying | |
the shared experience and listening to the creative synth sounds of | |
the other members of the aNONradio/SDF community. | |
Originally, I wanted to spend time (ha!) on Buy Nothing Day to | |
exercise my #RightToRepair by fixing my 1U Raspberry Pi NAS. That | |
has not happened yet, but it will. I think I am content with how | |
this day unfolded. | |
[1] Buy Nothing Day | |
[2] xiled rumination concentrator | |
[3] Synth Battle Royale | |
[4] xrc interior pic | |
[5] SBR M E M O R E X 20221126 | |
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