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Stefan Powell
@spduchamp.bsky.social
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Guy who makes things that make sound and then makes sound with those things.
Electoral Reform advocate.
Community Collaborator at RE/Lab@TMU.
Co-founder of Common Sort.
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Movie reco: Triangle of Sadness.
I don't want to spoil it but I've never had so much gleeful enjoyment watching people vomit.
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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This near future is weird and terrifying.
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
Canadian military will rely on an army of public servants to boost its ranks by 300,000
Federal public servants would be trained to shoot guns, drive trucks and fly drones, according to a defence department directive.
ottawacitizen.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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An IIR filter implemented on a microcontroller tracking the amplitude of vibration of a plucked guitar string.(RE/Lab for DSF and BAMM)
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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We received the signal conditioning circuit from Dakota Melin for work on the Kellycaster Mk2 at RE/Lab. (DSF and BAMM). IT WORKS PERFECTLY!
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Testing audio signal conditioning circuit for reading directly on microcontroller ADC
YouTube video by Stefan Powell
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November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Rhythm&Robots. Experiment at RE/Lab for of DSF and BAMM.
October 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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MIDI Chopstick with rhythm synthesis on a rubber band and cardboard box. (Project at RE/Lab for DSF and BAMM)
October 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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MIDI Chopstick with rhythm synthesis
October 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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MIDI Chopstick gonna take your finger off. 👈
October 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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When installing Debian Linux, I'm able to select the timezone "Canada/Eastern" 🇨🇦, but when installing Ubuntu Linux, that option doesn't exist, and I have to select "America/Toronto" 🤮

Perhaps IANA should not be holders of the TZ database.
October 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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I'll be teaming up with Bryan Walker Bray (AKA Cetacea) for the late night slot for TEMOM on Monday.
October 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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MIDI Chopstick is working!
October 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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🤣
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report
Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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This is an epic and beautiful album
youtu.be/_LJi5na897Y
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee (2024) Full Album HQ
YouTube video by REALISTIK
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October 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Here ya go. Enjoy stoner metal covers of Gordon Lightfoot.

gordonheavyfoot.bandcamp.com/album/gordon...
Gordon Heavyfoot, by Gordon Heavyfoot
6 track album
gordonheavyfoot.bandcamp.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Here is the World of Commode presentation on C64 drone music
youtu.be/UcnK9KRiHQg
Stefan Powell: Experience deep listening through beat frequency compositions on the Commodore 64
YouTube video by TorontoPETUsersGroup
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September 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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It's a Hamilton thing.
A 21" Roma pizza box being carried down a grocery isle. The box reads "TASTE THE DIFFERENCE" ROMA PIZZA THE ORIGINAL BREAD PIZZA
September 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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At MUTEK hearing some pretty good music but the AI slop visuals kinda ruin it.
August 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Close up of place mat show illustration of how to eat lobster. A pair of hands hold a lobster and the instrustion "1. Twist off the claws." The word "Excellence" in red script in lower right corner.
August 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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The Alan Lamb technique for wire music compositions.
ALAN LAMB - RECORDING METHODS 1) Recordings: about 20 hours over a period of about 10 days. Primal Image recordings November 1981, Beauty April 1983. 2) Catalogue and memorise recordings. Cataloguing involves matching pitch, melody, harmony, "mood", timbre etc. 3) Selecting passages which have potential for including in composition. 4) Laying down stereo tracks of selections in order chosen by the "feeling" of where the sound is going, ie. a section of the recordings sounds as if it should lead to the next section (very subjective) In Primal Image there were about 15 sections used for the 1988 version. 5) Finding the correct order of sections 6) finding ways of bridging sections to make the composition "seamless". Various methods eg. overlaying end of one and beginning of next or using bits of recording from elsewhere in the 10 day recording session to make the join. 7) Heavy use of EQ to balance harmonic densities one section to another and within sections eg. up to 12 dB boost or attenuation on occasion using both parametric and graphic equalisers. Also to try to get rid of noise especially hiss (due to ancient equipment I was using at the time). 8) Experimenting with different possibilities until it sounds right (never ending) 9) 4 track master on reel to reel (Tascam 44) 10) Play down onto 2 track stereo adjusting EQ, loudness continuously for final version. To give you an idea of length of sections in Primal Image, the 1st four minutes is one intact section of recording with no breaks or addition. The climactic section about 2/3 way through is about 7 minutes unbroken (just using EQ for balance) etc. Same in Beauty. I use very little overlay except to make transitions, one section to another. Octave drops and jumps don't work so I don't use them. I do not use any other kind of manipulation.
July 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Just bookmarking this here so I can send messages to Carney every f'n day.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/connect/c...
July 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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This is how to do a soundtrack for electronics demo videos. youtu.be/QLJi049V1eA
Heltec LoRa32 v3 communicator
YouTube video by Bobricius
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July 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Last night I got to experience a new wonderful feeling that I'm still processing. A charming fella named Rohan won one of my SolarPedals at the June TEMOM fundraiser raffle, and last night I got to see his first ever musical performance. Rohan rocked that SolarPedal. Pure delight to witness.
July 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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I'll be playing a set at TEMOM. 8pm Monday July 14 at Handlebar. It will be an electroduochord set.
Green silhouette of guy wearing glasses playing a black stick wireless controller with a large projection in the background showing a knob labeled CUTOFF
July 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Some awesome heavy drone from Ben Grossman and M. Mucci. So good!
www.65hz.com/snake-church/
Cover of Snake Church album - Grey scale image of what appear to be 7 vertical rectangular lights with the words SNAKE CHURCH in scratched lettering.
July 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Just passing this along for folks who do music things using a Mac. www.nanassound.com/products/sof...
AirBending - Gesture-based MIDI Controller | Nanas Sound
Transform your hand gestures into expressive MIDI control with AirBending. Using your Mac's built-in camera, it tracks hand movements in real-time for a new level of musical expression.
www.nanassound.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM