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Introduction to Reverse-Engineering Vintage Synth Firmware
2024.03.18
A gentle introduction to reverse-engineering vintage synthesiser ROMs using the Ghidra disassembler.
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DX7
Musical Equipment
Reverse Engineering
Synthesizers
The Identity of The Sanctimonious Kid
2024.02.27
Exploring the historic background of Jack Black's 'You Can't Win', and investigating the identity of The Sanctimonious Kid.
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Non-Technical
How Far Back in Time Can I Take My Website's Design
2023.05.07
A look back through web-browser history, as I test my site against the browsers of the past.
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Programming
The Small Web
Hacking the Yamaha DX9 To Turn It Into a DX7
2023.04.10
A brief account of hacking the Yamaha DX9's firmware ROM to make its functionality more closely match the DX7.
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DX7
Musical Equipment
Programming
Reverse Engineering
Synthesizers
How the Yamaha FM Synth Cassette Interface Works
2022.09.28
A technical overview of how the cassette interface used in Yamaha's FM synthesisers encodes, and decodes patch data for external storage.
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DX7
Musical Equipment
Reverse Engineering
Synthesizers
Yamaha DX7 Official Technical Analysis
2022.03.20
A chance discovery on eBay has surfaced some of Yamaha's original technical documentation for the DX7 synthesiser.
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DX7
Musical Equipment
Synthesizers
Yamaha DX7 Firmware ROM Disassembly
2021.12.25
A brief update regarding the reverse-engineering of the Yamaha DX7's firmware ROM.
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DX7
Musical Equipment
Reverse Engineering
Synthesizers
Yamaha DX7 Technical Analysis
2021.04.23
An introductory technical analysis of the Yamaha DX7, detailing some of the known information about the synthesiser’s engineering.
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DX7
Musical Equipment
Reverse Engineering
Synthesizers
Giving Ada a Chance
2021.01.13
An in-depth look at the Ada programming language, its history, and what it has to offer developers today. As well as a fistful of my humble opinions.
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Programming
Casio CZ-101 Review
2020.09.01
A review of the Casio CZ-101 synthesizer, from the charitable perspective of someone with experience in ugly, digital noise: An industrial musician.
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Musical Equipment
Synthesizers
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