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My latest track, "The Only Sane One", is now available at my site: http://www.zoeblade.comIt's another slab of '90s style...

My latest track, "The Only Sane One", is now available at my site: http://www.zoeblade.com

It's another slab of '90s style breakbeat acid house, with some appropriately dystopian ranting about current politics.

In Knives Out, Marta played Go to build a beautiful pattern.

In Knives Out, Marta played Go to build a beautiful pattern.

Losing in a novel way is a *good* thing, because you learn how to win that way for future reference.At this rate, I don't think people...

Losing in a novel way is a *good* thing, because you learn how to win that way for future reference.

At this rate, I don't think people being emotion-led is ever going to be intuitive to me.

Today I learned that "chess is often an emotionally intense game, as people's egos are targeted. For many people, the objective of...

Today I learned that "chess is often an emotionally intense game, as people's egos are targeted. For many people, the objective of the game is about crushing the egos of their opponents just as much as it is about checkmating their opponents' king". I play it in a much more "Aww, you got me! Very cunning, well played!" kinda way.

https://lichess.org/@/miseryisabutterfly/blog/psychopathology-in-chess-research-study/KX8iGSTQ

So I got a very specific idea of a Network "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" style spoken word vocal...

So I got a very specific idea of a Network "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" style spoken word vocal that this track calls for, and today I got the vocal and slid it into place. It's perfect! I keep listening to the workprint, surely a good sign!

My patrons at https://www.patreon.com/zoeblademusic can now hear my latest demo!

My patrons at https://www.patreon.com/zoeblademusic can now hear my latest demo!

New very short video: stereo analogue sequencing!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTV7R8HYKcQ

New very short video: stereo analogue sequencing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTV7R8HYKcQ

If I get this right: take someone you beat at chess 3/4 of the time, and someone who beats you at chess 3/4 of the time, and so on. ...

If I get this right: take someone you beat at chess 3/4 of the time, and someone who beats you at chess 3/4 of the time, and so on. There's more than ten such people between the weakest and strongest players out there. That's quite the dynamic range of skill!

http://notebook.zoeblade.com/Elo_rating_system.html

Synthesis tip: try using an analogue sequencer to affect the patch's brightness. Record two takes, and for the second take, change the...

Synthesis tip: try using an analogue sequencer to affect the patch's brightness. Record two takes, and for the second take, change the starting step of the sequencer. Pan them apart. You get a nice stereo effect not quite like a delay.

On chess: http://notebook.zoeblade.com/Chess.html

On chess: http://notebook.zoeblade.com/Chess.html

Got the flu right now, but I've crawled out of bed for five minutes to release my latest single, Microplastics:...

Got the flu right now, but I've crawled out of bed for five minutes to release my latest single, Microplastics: https://zoeblade.bandcamp.com/album/microplastics I hope you like it!

Reading about Kraftwerk. It's kind of charming to read about an era when people pretended to be machines, instead of now, when machines...

Reading about Kraftwerk. It's kind of charming to read about an era when people pretended to be machines, instead of now, when machines pretend to be people.

It's been a while since I took a photo of my studio (or myself), so here's a new profile picture. It's not great, but at least...

It's been a while since I took a photo of my studio (or myself), so here's a new profile picture. It's not great, but at least it's got some nice lighting.

Releasing a new single for digital downloads and streaming next week. Includes remixes by QVAMOBREM and @JyotiMishra.

Releasing a new single for digital downloads and streaming next week. Includes remixes by QVAMOBREM and @JyotiMishra.

Since I learned phrases like "executive dysfunction", "hyperfocus", and "hyperfixation", these deep dive...

Since I learned phrases like "executive dysfunction", "hyperfocus", and "hyperfixation", these deep dive binges make a lot more sense...

(With my apologies to blind people -- it's too late for me to attempt to type up any of these articles, and I don't trust the OCR,...

(With my apologies to blind people -- it's too late for me to attempt to type up any of these articles, and I don't trust the OCR, which thought the presentation was by "Mog".)

Anyway, they're all at https://www.worldradiohistory.com/index.htm for anyone interested.

Heading over to the annual AES convention? Why not check out Bob Moog's presentation on his new voltage-controlled electronic music...

Heading over to the annual AES convention? Why not check out Bob Moog's presentation on his new voltage-controlled electronic music modules? Presided by Harald Bode, who I believe invented the concept in the first place just a few years earlier.

A year after that, RCA Victor likes the sound of vinyl records, and makes a smaller 45 RPM 7" format to replace single shellac records....

A year after that, RCA Victor likes the sound of vinyl records, and makes a smaller 45 RPM 7" format to replace single shellac records. Less brittle, less money, perfect for just two songs! They called this new format 'X'. The name didn't catch on.

A year later, Columbia are replacing whole albums of 78 RPM shellac records with single 'LP' 33⅓ RPM 12" vinyl records. ...

A year later, Columbia are replacing whole albums of 78 RPM shellac records with single 'LP' 33⅓ RPM 12" vinyl records. Albums will no longer come in actual album books.

The next month, here's someone from 3M describing their newfangled magnetic tapes. (Before this, magnetic tape had a pretty horrific...

The next month, here's someone from 3M describing their newfangled magnetic tapes. (Before this, magnetic tape had a pretty horrific past, but that's a whole other discussion.)