Archive for the ‘proof-of-concept’ Category

DIY Cheap-o Looper Effect

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

... I'm surprised with what I'm able to do when I'm supposed to be doing homework. Here's my latest project, it's less than 24 hours old =) I've always wanted a looper effect, like the boss loopstation, mainly because the online demos were so neat. Being a bass player, I though it ...

Chopper Tremolo Effect

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

I've wanted to build this kind of effect for a long time. This was actually the reason I got my 4066 ICs half a year ago, when I visited my electronic components shop. A Tremolo is an effect unit that modulates the amplitude of the guitar signal, usually in a triangular ...

(Almost) Free MIDI Controller

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Well it's about time that I posted something. Two weeks ago, a friend of mine asked me for help. He wanted to create something that will allow him to control all sorts of effects in Fruity Loops, like many available midi controller products. He was, however, looking for the cheapest solution, ...

Amazon EC2 for Game Servers

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Amazon Web Services rock. They really do. I was first introduced to AWS about half a year ago, but only recently have I started to use them. I work at www.zshow.com where we use Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) for hosting all of our pictures. While exploring AWS, I also encountered ...

Translation through Wikipedia

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

Here's a small neat script that I coded yesterday in about 1.5 hours - Wikislate The script was created to simplify a process that I've been using for some time. Being a math&cs student, I've acquired the unique mathematical-technical jargon (and I keep doing so). The problem is that I live and ...