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If you take a sine wave which is a pure tone with no harmonics and start fucking with it, say turn it into a square wave, it produces a bunch of harmonics that didnt exist before.
I was curious why this happens, the answer is actually quite satisfying.
This video does a good job of explaining it
I was curious why this happens, the answer is actually quite satisfying.
This video does a good job of explaining it
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December 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If you take a sine wave which is a pure tone with no harmonics and start fucking with it, say turn it into a square wave, it produces a bunch of harmonics that didnt exist before.
I was curious why this happens, the answer is actually quite satisfying.
This video does a good job of explaining it
I was curious why this happens, the answer is actually quite satisfying.
This video does a good job of explaining it
Me, a real hero, updating the street WhatsApp group to let people know when the bins and recycling will be collected. They better build me a statue.
December 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Me, a real hero, updating the street WhatsApp group to let people know when the bins and recycling will be collected. They better build me a statue.
I am absolutely blasted on Shloer. Can’t feel my face.
December 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I am absolutely blasted on Shloer. Can’t feel my face.
I’m having a lovely day ☺️
December 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I’m having a lovely day ☺️
@mariafranciska.bsky.social got me socks with our cats faces printed on them ♥️
December 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
@mariafranciska.bsky.social got me socks with our cats faces printed on them ♥️
God bless you uncles and aunties who gave your nieces and nephews a noisy gift today then bounced, leaving your sibling to enjoy a hellscape cacophony of your making.
Doing the lords work.
Doing the lords work.
December 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
God bless you uncles and aunties who gave your nieces and nephews a noisy gift today then bounced, leaving your sibling to enjoy a hellscape cacophony of your making.
Doing the lords work.
Doing the lords work.
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
I have actually been sticking to my piano practice (I’m as shocked as you are) and today I’m re-learning this lovely song.
What’s nice about the songs in these books is they are written in the 40s so there is some delicious jazzy chord choices and voicings.
What’s nice about the songs in these books is they are written in the 40s so there is some delicious jazzy chord choices and voicings.
December 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I have actually been sticking to my piano practice (I’m as shocked as you are) and today I’m re-learning this lovely song.
What’s nice about the songs in these books is they are written in the 40s so there is some delicious jazzy chord choices and voicings.
What’s nice about the songs in these books is they are written in the 40s so there is some delicious jazzy chord choices and voicings.
The harmonic series really tickles my nipples. The fact math and physics is the reason we find music pleasing is just so lovely.
It’s precisely why we love perfect fifths and major thirds (and all the rest), and why the dominant V chord is so important in music.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmoni...
It’s precisely why we love perfect fifths and major thirds (and all the rest), and why the dominant V chord is so important in music.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmoni...
December 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The harmonic series really tickles my nipples. The fact math and physics is the reason we find music pleasing is just so lovely.
It’s precisely why we love perfect fifths and major thirds (and all the rest), and why the dominant V chord is so important in music.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmoni...
It’s precisely why we love perfect fifths and major thirds (and all the rest), and why the dominant V chord is so important in music.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmoni...
I completely forgot I had a micro KORG lying at the back of a closet. I immediately had to take it out and start playing with it.
When I bought this 16 years ago I had no idea how to use it, and now that I do it’s so much more fun!
When I bought this 16 years ago I had no idea how to use it, and now that I do it’s so much more fun!
December 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I completely forgot I had a micro KORG lying at the back of a closet. I immediately had to take it out and start playing with it.
When I bought this 16 years ago I had no idea how to use it, and now that I do it’s so much more fun!
When I bought this 16 years ago I had no idea how to use it, and now that I do it’s so much more fun!
I was just reminded that secondary dominant chords are a thing you can use, and boy are they tasty.
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I was just reminded that secondary dominant chords are a thing you can use, and boy are they tasty.
I fucking LOVE a trip to the dump. There’s something so cathartic about ridding your home of shit and it fills my soul right up.
When I retire I’m going part time at my local recycling centre.
When I retire I’m going part time at my local recycling centre.
December 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I fucking LOVE a trip to the dump. There’s something so cathartic about ridding your home of shit and it fills my soul right up.
When I retire I’m going part time at my local recycling centre.
When I retire I’m going part time at my local recycling centre.
I bought myself a new toy 🤓
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I bought myself a new toy 🤓
I wish I had this drive for learning about audio production back when I was in uni doing my degree on it. Would've been useful instead of just being drunk and eating fried chicken most of the time.
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I wish I had this drive for learning about audio production back when I was in uni doing my degree on it. Would've been useful instead of just being drunk and eating fried chicken most of the time.
Closing your eyes when you’re in the gym, lying on a comfy bench, and feeling sleepy is a dangerous game.
December 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Closing your eyes when you’re in the gym, lying on a comfy bench, and feeling sleepy is a dangerous game.
I’ve started teaching myself the piano again, and it’s nice coming back to it because re-learning something is SO much easier than trying it for the first time.
Today I’m brushing the cobwebs off everyone’s favourite: The Entertainer 💃🕺
Today I’m brushing the cobwebs off everyone’s favourite: The Entertainer 💃🕺
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I’ve started teaching myself the piano again, and it’s nice coming back to it because re-learning something is SO much easier than trying it for the first time.
Today I’m brushing the cobwebs off everyone’s favourite: The Entertainer 💃🕺
Today I’m brushing the cobwebs off everyone’s favourite: The Entertainer 💃🕺
I only realised the other day that the black keys on a piano make up a pentatonic scale, which is why playing absolutely anything on the black keys tends to sound pretty good.
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I only realised the other day that the black keys on a piano make up a pentatonic scale, which is why playing absolutely anything on the black keys tends to sound pretty good.
Just caught myself thinking “I wonder why <thing> exists, I should ask chatGPT”
That’s fucking depressing.
That’s fucking depressing.
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Just caught myself thinking “I wonder why <thing> exists, I should ask chatGPT”
That’s fucking depressing.
That’s fucking depressing.
The fact exercise makes you feel better is so annoying. Like those times when Piers Morgan says something remotely agreeable and you have to give him credit for not being a dick.
November 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The fact exercise makes you feel better is so annoying. Like those times when Piers Morgan says something remotely agreeable and you have to give him credit for not being a dick.
TIL adding a high pass filter can cause the output signal to increase on a track. Makes sense, cutting low frequencies will change the shape of the waveform meaning some previously phase cancelled frequencies could come through which results in higher dB output.
www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice...
www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice...
Q. Why does using a high-pass filter make things seem louder?
Why does applying a high‑pass filter to a sound sometimes result in the output being noticeably higher than it was before?...
www.soundonsound.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
TIL adding a high pass filter can cause the output signal to increase on a track. Makes sense, cutting low frequencies will change the shape of the waveform meaning some previously phase cancelled frequencies could come through which results in higher dB output.
www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice...
www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice...
The problem I've been facing when trying to get back into writing music is I have no idea what kind of music I want to write. I've contented myself by having goals like make a pretty synth patch, or create a drum loop I like.
Today's the first day I've written something I think I want to continue 😊
Today's the first day I've written something I think I want to continue 😊
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The problem I've been facing when trying to get back into writing music is I have no idea what kind of music I want to write. I've contented myself by having goals like make a pretty synth patch, or create a drum loop I like.
Today's the first day I've written something I think I want to continue 😊
Today's the first day I've written something I think I want to continue 😊
I’ve been selling a lot of the music gear I have held onto over the past 12 years from my old chiptune days. That sounds like the end of an era but I’m using the money I’m getting to buy equipment I’d actually use today!
Sold my KRK Rokit 5s for more sensible Yamaha HS4s for example.
Sold my KRK Rokit 5s for more sensible Yamaha HS4s for example.
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I’ve been selling a lot of the music gear I have held onto over the past 12 years from my old chiptune days. That sounds like the end of an era but I’m using the money I’m getting to buy equipment I’d actually use today!
Sold my KRK Rokit 5s for more sensible Yamaha HS4s for example.
Sold my KRK Rokit 5s for more sensible Yamaha HS4s for example.