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Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?

1901 points l2silver | 3 comments | 27 Apr 23 15:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.628s | source

Maybe you've created your own AR program for wearables that shows the definition of a word when you highlight it IRL, or you've built a personal calendar app for your family to display on a monitor in the kitchen. Whatever it is, I'd love to hear it.
1. skwosh ◴[28 Apr 23 07:32 UTC] No.35738537[source]▶
I make my own digital synthesis algorithms using (relatively, w.r.t. the field) esoteric mathematics. [1]

At some point (e.g. once I obtain patents) I hope to commercialize the processes involved as software/hardware instruments, but for now it's solely for my own practice. [2]

[1] https://soundcloud.com/thetanull/1to1-220409-03 [2] https://soundcloud.com/goomtrex/condenser-12-54

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2. rsstr ◴[28 Apr 23 07:48 UTC] No.35738644[source]▶
This is intriguing. If you can elaborate more, are you synthesizing something closer to waveshapes found in traditional synths or more towards totally novel sounds?
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3. skwosh ◴[28 Apr 23 08:49 UTC] No.35738985[source]▶
The project started a few years ago adapting generating functions to Complex waveshaping, with the waveforms correspond to certain constructions in optics, celestial dynamics, etc.

This has since been extended with an algebraic/modular approach to building more complex textures and rhythms. So the aim is to create totally novel sounds, but the traditional waveforms tend to pop-up from time to time!