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I am Muirén, and my specific focus is on leveraging the untapped potential of the MIDI 2.0 specification, now that real-world development tools and products are finally making their way into the hands of grassroots hackers, makers, and artists.

It is an extension of 🧙🏾‍♀️TınyMaker.Space™ Project, the organizing, evangelizing force, and funding source for my goal of establishing a permanent home and makerspace that is self-supporting through its own efforts, primarily through sales of my uniquely crafted, tangible fusions of art and tech, as well as performing arts.

Starting with JamOrigin MIDI Guitar 3 • Things you need to know

With our host, Thorleif “LoFiLeiF” Markula
This video is meant to serve as a starting point for anyone unfamiliar with the JamOrigin MIDI Guitar software in general, or the MIDI Guitar 3 software in particular. The first part of this series is intended to go into detail on topics like tracker settings, a (perceived) latency/tracking concept, and signal chain questions.

The Mother of Vengeance: Grendel’s Mom • Monstrum

Written and Hosted by: Dr. Emily Zarka
The big baddie in Beowulf isn’t actually the monster Grendel, but Grendel’s Mother. Who maybe isn’t a monster at all? Often depicted in adaptations as a hideous beast or an alluring seductress, her true nature is debated. Despite appearances, she’s described in the original text in warrior terms, challenging traditional gender roles.

Exploring MIDI 2.0 with Microsoft’s Pete Brown

MIDI (Music Instrument Digital Interface) is a system for connecting musical instruments and has been around since the early 80s. The MIDI 2.0 specification marks the most significant change to the protocol in its lifetime, and Pete Brown’s team is working to introduce a new MIDI stack into Windows.

Pete explains what MIDI is and delves into the reasons behind the necessity of MIDI 2.0. He discusses Microsoft’s decision to rewrite the MIDI stack on Windows, making it open source, and highlights the benefits this will bring, and treats us to live demos showcasing the new MIDI 2.0 functionality in Windows 11. Here are links to the Windows MIDI Services GitHub https://aka.ms/midi,Windows MIDI Discord https://discord.gg/a9wxVTsA, and The MIDI Association https://midi.org

Single vs Dual Drive Extruder

Because Galileo 2 and Orbiter V2 extruders have the same mounting points it makes this comparison “apples to apples” as much as possible.

Terrence Howard Comments • Neil deGrasse Tyson Response

I’m an advocate of citizen science, of free, federally subsidized education, decoupled from laissez-faire capitalist culture, and democratizing the organizational architecture of academic institutions.

My not being obsessed with credentialism unfortunately convinces the Joe Rogans and Terrence Howards of the world to mistakenly presume a common cause.

Neil deGrasse Tyson responds to comments made by Terrence Howard, reveals parts of his treatise, and explores the nature of scientific discovery.

— Muirén Ní Sídach (she, her)

#Science #CitizenScience

MIDI 2.0 UDP Network Panel April 2024

In April 2024, the MIDI 2.0 Transport Working Group of the MIDI Association held a meeting to record their progress towards a new Transport specification. This specification will define the mechanisms and the message format for exchanging Universal MIDI Packet messages via a local area network. This enables the transport of MIDI 1.0 Protocol and MIDI 2.0 Protocol. This also defines discovery of available Network MIDI devices and Hosts, and management of Network MIDI Sessions.

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