bsd.network/@cev/109680117032235462
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Tags:
freebsd,
hardware.
I am happy to report that the MSI PRO B550M-VC WIFI motherboard works nicely with #FreeBSD 13.1.
All the board functions I've tested so far have worked. Both SATA controllers (chipset and additional ASMedia ASM116x), ethernet (RealTek 8168/8111), sound (RealTek ALC897). I believe the WIFI is supported by iwlwifi(4) though I haven't tried it. Bluetooth appears to be unsupported.
bsd.network/@cev/109667337812244865
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Tags:
1990s,
books,
collection,
hardcover.
Finished "Rum Punch" by Elmore Leonard today. My second Leonard after Get Shorty. His books really fly by, they read like they've been skillfully reduced to the bare essentials. Great dialog of course. I enjoyed it but I don't think I'd want to read his books quickly, one after another.
bsd.network/@cev/109648638381086259
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Tags:
freebsd,
software.
Upgrading to FreeBSD 13 in preparation for hardware upgrades in the near future. Been putting it off for months.
This means I have to say goodbye to the bktr driver (and my old PCI Hauppage WinTV), it was removed from 13. I'm sad to see it go.
MTT 306 / Wedged Against
85-95 downtempo, IDM, and tracker music. Starting with a slow set this month, reversing the trend. Five tracks from Tokyo Dawn (still excited at having found so much good music in that catalog), a few from Most Valuable Playaz, old pieces by DJ Wally, Michna, Pete Rock, and more.
Right-click save-as here or on the spectrogram above to download this mix.
MTT 305 / At The Root
Tracker drum & bass for the final mix of 2022. Eight (!) tracks from Tokyo Dawn Records, two from Most Valuable Playaz, and four from Language Lab, plus one old non-tracker favorite by T.Power.
Right-click save-as here or on the spectrogram above to download this mix.
MTT 304 / Break Position
Tracker mods! The sixth annual Movement Through Thought tracker music show. This mix features recent pieces from the Assembly 2022 and Revision 2022 tracked music competitions as well as a bunch of tunes from Tokyo Dawn and a few old favorites.
Right-click save-as here or on the spectrogram above to download this mix.
bsd.network/@cev/109525958728878855
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Tags:
2020s,
collection,
downtempo,
dub,
music.
Afternoon sounds
Legowelt & Mystica Tribe in dub
MTT 303 / In Silver Boxes
Acid (mostly house, a little breaks) for number 303. A couple of tracks from Creme Organization, a couple from Mantra's Second Age EP, a couple from the Swishcotheque Acid Cuts 1 compilation, a couple from Chris Moss Acid. Pretty energetic stuff.
Profanity warning for this one, there's some swearing in here (somewhere).
Right-click save-as here or on the spectrogram above to download this mix.
bsd.network/@cev/109503165420735156
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Tags:
collection,
tracker music.
Love having miscellaneous .com and .exe files hanging out in my music archive.
(They're sometimes part of demoscene and tracker music releases. I keep 'em because I doubt they'll hurt anything.)
bsd.network/@cev/109491175770418450
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Tags:
freebsd,
software,
tracker music.
I'm pretty dissatisfied with OpenMPT's playback and rendering of .mod files so I went looking for an alternative today and found this:
A ProTracker 2 clone listed for use on Windows/Mac/Linux. It compiled and runs fine for me on FreeBSD. Sounds better than OpenMPT (IMO).
MTT 302 / Held Together
An easy selection of breaks & electro in the mid 120s. Good tracks - three from CPU, two from Graded, and a couple recent pieces from Magic Box Engine and Móatún 7.
Right-click save-as here or on the spectrogram above to download this mix.
bsd.network/@cev/109463244361680209
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Tags:
collection,
meta,
music,
tracker music.
starting on the tracker group/label iLLoGiK today. 92 .zip files in this directory I got from scene.org. Renaming today, rendering tomorrow.
A lot of this looks like it's going to be techno or trance but there's a few '96 / '97 drum & bass tunes in here that I want in my library.
bsd.network/@cev/109457452489634546
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Tags:
meta,
website.
I've spent the weekend avoiding rendering tracker mods to .flac.
Instead I wrote a little python script to convert the public non-reply toots from my old mastodon accounts into a format my static site generator can read. Fun and not too complicated but time consuming.
MTT 301 / From Spare Parts
bsd.network/@cev/109427894728141249
// / 109427894728141249
Tags:
collection,
meta,
music,
tracker music.
After about five hours that's Tokyo Dawn rendered to .flac & tagged. Did about 90 releases today, tdr-090 thru tdr-180.
My hands are tired. No more typing for the rest of the day.