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Did you know that the human ear can detect movements of the eardrum that are smaller than the width of an atom? Or that every sound in the universe, from your partner’s snore to your favorite rap album, be recreated exactly just by summing up the right combination of sine tones?

Learning about audio can be exciting, amazing, and revelatory. However, the internet doesn’t have robust explainers on every topic (yet), so to help fill in some of the gaps, I sometimes write tutorials and informational articles. As I do, I will post them below. Feel free to reach out to me via email if you have any questions, or suggestions for a research topic!

How to Speak MIDI
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How to Speak MIDI

Translating and assembling your own MIDI messages might sound daunting at first, but it's actually really easy, and I think it's an important skill for any modern composer to have. It's akin to knowing how microphones work as a recording engineer.

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