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For the longest time I was considering to start playing the drums. A few years ago I finally did buy a cheap electronic drum set. This review I was supposed to write already two years ago, but better late then never I guess. Check it out to learn how a cheap drum set works for a beginner!
| 2023-12-06 | Add instructions for macOS and MidiPipe. |
Every now and then I bump into things which I find highly annoying. To make 2022 a better year, I decided to flush the buffer of annoying things right away. Read the article to discover some things that would be different in a better world.
If some of your favourite songs happen to be originally tracker music, you must have wondered what would be the best way to convert them into bitstream format. I did an empirical study about it. Read on if you, too, sometimes bang your head to a power plant techno.
| 2020-05-11 | Add case study: Unreal Tournament soundtrack. |
As new motherboards don't have a PCI bus anymore, finding high-quality, low-latency audio devices that work in Linux might be hard. Released in November 2019, the Motu M4 promises class-compliance, low latency and superb sound quality. How does it measure against its specifications in practice? Read the article to find out.
| 2020-12-21 | Add Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS and RT audio info; some tidying up. |
| 2020-08-31 | Add note about fixed duplex sound support. |
| 2020-06-06 | Add note about systemd and realtime audio. |
| 2020-04-13 | Add more Linux compatibility tests and notes. |
| 2020-03-31 | Add note about switching the sample rate. |
Ever since Bluez dropped support for Bluetooth audio using ALSA, people have been using PulseAudio to connect audio devices in Linux. However, there's a project called BlueALSA which supports high-quality cutting-edge codecs such as LDAC, and it works with pure ALSA. Read the article to see how to use it.
For a long, long time I've been thinking of modifying my original Austrian-made AKG K701 headphones to have a detachable cable. After owning the headphones for eleven years, I finally did it. At the same time I kind of made them wireless using the new FiiO BTR3. Check out the article to see how they fit together.
After finally buying a tablet computer I realized I'm missing a certain type of earphones to use with it. I bumped into the Urbanears Sumpan on sale and decided to try them out. Check out the article for a comparison between the AKG K701 headphones, the Shure SE215 LTD in-ear monitors, the Sony SBH70 Bluetooth earphones, and the fancy Urbanears Sumpan earphones.
In a previous article I discussed KVM and its audio capabilities. As of now there still isn't a nicely working emulated audio device for Windows 10 guests let alone a working Skype for Business client for Linux. In my day job I have to attend Skype for Business (formerly Lync) meetings quite often but it was impossible using my work laptop, which has Linux. I finally took the time to check out how USB passthrough works in KVM and solved the problem. Read the article to see how.
| 2018-09-08 | A note about a new work laptop. |