Thrashing on a funky audio clocking issue when running the DAC in DMA.

Editing the next DevLog video. Found some funny old sketches from Zero’s development.

DevLog - Big SDK commit for Zero’s rendering system. It’s a nice, old-school, view stack API for managing a nested+layered tree of arbitrary front-end views.

DevLog - Settling into a few weeks of product backlog work. Eat. Code. Sleep.

New show devices…

Getting the gang ready to travel for Buchla & Friends this weekend…

UPS driver dropped off fun treats! Prototypes of the laser cut steel disc to be molded inside Zero’s jog wheel, and test-prints of the clear acrylic screen bezel from the folks at Ponoko.

DevLog 0006 - Working on containerizing Zero's OS build toolchain via Docker -- gets one's inner devOps-nerd all stoked. Critical for software releases and scaling of dev team too, so it's a relief to finally be doing it.

[rubbing hands together] Work begins on the live looper… who has a favorite setup? Add your feature requests in the comments. Let’s talk about it.

Pre-production update: This week is turning into an extended technical drawing adventure. Chasing precision in Zero's injection mold development phase...

Pre-Production Update: Designing the uv-printed markings on Zero's face.

Hot damn!!! Zero made MixMag’s best-of 2024 list! Super excited about this!!!

mixmag.net/feature/best...

DevLog 0005 - Handmade small-batch boot-up bitmaps. Giving the M7 core the ability to bring the display up before Linux boots. Power on will feel much more responsive.

DevLog 0004 - if you want to make a custom Linux distro for your product, you better love driver debugging…

DevLog 0003 - spicy tacos and Amaro shots for dinner = no sleep. May as well get some display driver debugging done…

Dev log 0002 - Cortex M7 co-processor is up and ready to work. Transitioning now to the Menu System revisions and beginning background work on the new zerod. zerod is a daemon which launches the other software on the device and will ultimately let you install and run your own software.

Pre-Production Update: Final plastic test complete. Approved for injection mold tooling. Time to cut steel! New features include moving the jog wheel a bit proud of the front face, to ease scrubbing. Also integrated thick steel washer to the jog wheel... adds VERY pleasant weighted feel.

DevLog 0001: Work continues on Cortex M7 co-processor bringup. This thing's weird... Simply booting it seems to break the SAI software reset cycle in the Cortex A Linux domain. Kernel panic. 🤷 Also working on the new menu system with accessibility + text-to-speech.