I recently bought myself a Digitone because I wanted to experience the capabilities of FM sound synthesis. Being a 80s disco funk and soul fan, I tried to play around with the retro synth sounds, also having in mind old synthesizers used back then like the DX-series. If one compares the Digitone with the classic…
AI and Machine Learning in Rhythmic Drum Compositions
Using machine learning in music and especially in drum composition is a very broad topic and I picked out only a few examples of algorithmic approaches that either imitate or innovate human rhythmic drum creation and that help to find suitable drum patterns for played instrumental chords. Rhythms Rhythmic knocking and drumming are probably the…
How to Create a Sudo User on Ubuntu
I wrote this post because I wanted to simplify the setup of sudo users, and because I always have to look up the exact commands too.There we go: Prerequisites: Log into the system as root either via ssh or locally. In this example I use ssh, replace the ip address 192.168.0.xx by your server address…
How to Synthesizer on Raspberry Pi with Akai MPK49 in 5 minutes
Have you ever wanted a low-budget, easy to use Synthesizer that produces ambient Retrosounds without lacks in sound quality? Then this guide will show you how to achieve this in no time and only with the use of affordable equipment. This solution really works out of the box and is very easy to implement. What…