Gelebelr
@austingelber.bsky.social
Composer, Multi-instrumentalist, Software Engineer
Opinions are my own
Pyrenees best breed
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Opinions are my own
Pyrenees best breed
www.austingelber.com
www.austingelbermusic.com
The urge to write up authors and artists and just say "Hey I like and appreciate your work". It's not one of those veiled, faux-sincere networking things, I just think it's a nice thing to say to people that make things. It is an objectively strange thing to say to somebody unprompted though
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The urge to write up authors and artists and just say "Hey I like and appreciate your work". It's not one of those veiled, faux-sincere networking things, I just think it's a nice thing to say to people that make things. It is an objectively strange thing to say to somebody unprompted though
Using my laptop heat exhaust to keep my coffee and tea warm
October 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Using my laptop heat exhaust to keep my coffee and tea warm
Finally managed to get this bare-metal usb device working. So far it's just a push button that sends off-on, but I'm happy with it, I really wish STM's libraries were documented though, a 5 word description in arcane firmware stuff gets old
October 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Finally managed to get this bare-metal usb device working. So far it's just a push button that sends off-on, but I'm happy with it, I really wish STM's libraries were documented though, a 5 word description in arcane firmware stuff gets old
Even though I've played through Subnautica a couple times now, the vibes are still immaculate. How does a game with almost no mysteries left still make you jump at spooky sounds and murky water
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Even though I've played through Subnautica a couple times now, the vibes are still immaculate. How does a game with almost no mysteries left still make you jump at spooky sounds and murky water
I thought I could make a little midi control surface with some faders as a weekend project, and you CAN if you use arduino but I want to learn STM32 and do it with more portability. Definitely not a weekend project (for me at least), USB has so many moving parts
October 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I thought I could make a little midi control surface with some faders as a weekend project, and you CAN if you use arduino but I want to learn STM32 and do it with more portability. Definitely not a weekend project (for me at least), USB has so many moving parts
I stg They Are Billions straight cheats and it's totally fine to save-scum a a single player game that cheats at you
October 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I stg They Are Billions straight cheats and it's totally fine to save-scum a a single player game that cheats at you
Finished book 4 Wheel of Time, it's getting good. Though, the constant thing where one storyline is getting to its climax and then the next chapter is somewhere completely different, kind of frustrating. Jordan is really hitting us with "Next time on shenanigans with Rand" every 100 pages
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Finished book 4 Wheel of Time, it's getting good. Though, the constant thing where one storyline is getting to its climax and then the next chapter is somewhere completely different, kind of frustrating. Jordan is really hitting us with "Next time on shenanigans with Rand" every 100 pages
Blade and Underworld are timeless. True pillars of modern cinema.
October 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Blade and Underworld are timeless. True pillars of modern cinema.
OK serious question, how do people bake in Japan? I've been jonesing for some proper biscuits or cornbread, and my apt has a little fish broiler, not really suitable for baking. I thought of a dutch oven but I don't really have space for something that big :(
biscuits are being cooked in a skillet on a stove with the word biscuits written on the bottom .
ALT: biscuits are being cooked in a skillet on a stove with the word biscuits written on the bottom .
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October 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
OK serious question, how do people bake in Japan? I've been jonesing for some proper biscuits or cornbread, and my apt has a little fish broiler, not really suitable for baking. I thought of a dutch oven but I don't really have space for something that big :(
Forget the rest of things, I'm just going to sit down and write concert marches for the next month
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Forget the rest of things, I'm just going to sit down and write concert marches for the next month
I want to find the people making the art and join in the art making. Big team collabs and projects just hit differently, there's something magic when you've got all different disciplines and people firing on all cylinders even if it's to make elaborate shitposts. Sometimes even better. Often tbh
October 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I want to find the people making the art and join in the art making. Big team collabs and projects just hit differently, there's something magic when you've got all different disciplines and people firing on all cylinders even if it's to make elaborate shitposts. Sometimes even better. Often tbh
Had to drop down to win32 api for some USB stuff and now my day is sad
October 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Had to drop down to win32 api for some USB stuff and now my day is sad
At this point, I'm determined to finish the wheel of time books so I can safely watch 6 hour video essays and finally see what the show is doing without spoiling things
October 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
At this point, I'm determined to finish the wheel of time books so I can safely watch 6 hour video essays and finally see what the show is doing without spoiling things
Here's the writeup on the chip8 emulator experience. It was fun, and I ended up doing a whole bit on endian-ness. Fun project, next is some midi, wwise, and usb control stuff. www.austingelber.com/posts/emulat...
I'm still mad midi controllers are so expensive
I'm still mad midi controllers are so expensive
Making a Chip8 Emulator - Part 1
Will this become a Gameboy
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October 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Here's the writeup on the chip8 emulator experience. It was fun, and I ended up doing a whole bit on endian-ness. Fun project, next is some midi, wwise, and usb control stuff. www.austingelber.com/posts/emulat...
I'm still mad midi controllers are so expensive
I'm still mad midi controllers are so expensive
Something just seems wrong with midi controllers that cost $100+ for a fader or two or some encoders. I wonder if there's some magic difficulty in making those things or if it's just straight margins
October 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Something just seems wrong with midi controllers that cost $100+ for a fader or two or some encoders. I wonder if there's some magic difficulty in making those things or if it's just straight margins
I made a Chip8 emulator for fun and practice since I'll be on the job grind again once I'm back from Japan. Blog stuff soon, it was a fun weekend project. Next up, more DSP projects and JUCE. And finishing WoT book 4, it's definitely getting weird and I'm here for it.
October 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I made a Chip8 emulator for fun and practice since I'll be on the job grind again once I'm back from Japan. Blog stuff soon, it was a fun weekend project. Next up, more DSP projects and JUCE. And finishing WoT book 4, it's definitely getting weird and I'm here for it.
Reached the point of Book 4 Wheel of Time that's all the main cast staring dejectedly into the mid-distance while other characters say "what's wrong" and they reply "it's nothing...you wouldn't understand...😭". I hope it doesn't stay like this for 10 more books.
Actual gif of half the cast
Actual gif of half the cast
a woman in a blue dress and pearl necklace is looking at a man in a suit .
ALT: a woman in a blue dress and pearl necklace is looking at a man in a suit .
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October 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Reached the point of Book 4 Wheel of Time that's all the main cast staring dejectedly into the mid-distance while other characters say "what's wrong" and they reply "it's nothing...you wouldn't understand...😭". I hope it doesn't stay like this for 10 more books.
Actual gif of half the cast
Actual gif of half the cast
Why isn't there more metal in opera. The opera singer -> metal singer pipeline is legit, classical nerds (self included) are often metalheads, and opera singers can straight up obliterate most theaters without amplification already. Gimme the Lucia mad scene with a sick breakdown
October 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Why isn't there more metal in opera. The opera singer -> metal singer pipeline is legit, classical nerds (self included) are often metalheads, and opera singers can straight up obliterate most theaters without amplification already. Gimme the Lucia mad scene with a sick breakdown
Can every piece be for trombone ensemble. What piece of music can't be improved with between 12 and 76 trombones. Surely nobody will regret between 12 and 76 trombones
October 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Can every piece be for trombone ensemble. What piece of music can't be improved with between 12 and 76 trombones. Surely nobody will regret between 12 and 76 trombones
As much as I've complained about some fights in Silksong, I was wrong to complain before. But THIS fight, this is worth complaining about. It's a good fight, I'm just hater-adjacent
October 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
As much as I've complained about some fights in Silksong, I was wrong to complain before. But THIS fight, this is worth complaining about. It's a good fight, I'm just hater-adjacent
who designed mt fey, i just wanna talk
October 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
who designed mt fey, i just wanna talk
I want to play more silksong and read more book 4 in WoT but there are thing to DO away from computer, which is a blessing of sorts. shaw
a cartoon character is flying in the air with a sword in his hand .
ALT: a cartoon character is flying in the air with a sword in his hand .
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September 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I want to play more silksong and read more book 4 in WoT but there are thing to DO away from computer, which is a blessing of sorts. shaw
Clarinet choir is such a great ensemble. Infinite range, infinite dynamics, infinite acrobatics, infinite clarinet types, it's just so much fun. If only I played clarinet
a man playing a clarinet in a locker room with a yamaha logo on his shirt
ALT: a man playing a clarinet in a locker room with a yamaha logo on his shirt
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September 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Clarinet choir is such a great ensemble. Infinite range, infinite dynamics, infinite acrobatics, infinite clarinet types, it's just so much fun. If only I played clarinet
I'd really like to get off windows entirely, but I'm deep in the steinberg ecosystem. Is there a way to get any of that working reliably in any linux distro?
I'll help write the drivers or port things over, pls steinberg, it's the only thing stopping me from going full linux 😭
I'll help write the drivers or port things over, pls steinberg, it's the only thing stopping me from going full linux 😭
September 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I'd really like to get off windows entirely, but I'm deep in the steinberg ecosystem. Is there a way to get any of that working reliably in any linux distro?
I'll help write the drivers or port things over, pls steinberg, it's the only thing stopping me from going full linux 😭
I'll help write the drivers or port things over, pls steinberg, it's the only thing stopping me from going full linux 😭
Finished WoT book 3 and loaded up a new run of BG3, got squad wiped in the very first chapel area. 4 critical misses from my team in a row, 3 critical hits from the enemy. Basically playing XCOM sword coast edition
September 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Finished WoT book 3 and loaded up a new run of BG3, got squad wiped in the very first chapel area. 4 critical misses from my team in a row, 3 critical hits from the enemy. Basically playing XCOM sword coast edition