Author: Ben
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Formatting a thumb drive from the command line in Linux
There are many ways of formatting a thumb drive in Linux. This tutorial will outline the primary method I use. Identify the disk Without the disk plugged in, run sudo lsblk -f and observe the output. Plug in the disk. Run sudo lsblk -f again. This time you should see a new entry or entries.…
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Trigger VCV Rack with TidalCycles
The YouTube channel of the creator of TidalCycles:https://www.youtube.com/user/yaxu The TidalCycles Documentation: https://tidalcycles.org/index.php/Userbase
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[GNU Stow] – Dotfile management
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[bmon] – Terminal bandwidth monitor
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[fff] – Terminal file manager written in bash
Get fff from Github.
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BTK – Again and Again Music Video
My band Big Time Kill has released our latest music video for the song Again and Again. Get the album on BandcampListen on Spotify
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[Reaper] – Guitar tone with stock plugins
Did you know that you can use the stock plugins that come with Reaper to create a usable guitar sound? I use this method for all my guitar recording. It’s also a great alternative if you are on a budget and can’t afford any of the commercial guitar FX plugins or hardware on the market.
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[VCV Rack] – Cheops patch performance and explanation
A short performance and overview of a VCV Rack patch. Download the patch here
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Linux Beat Mastering
This is the process I use when mastering beats for a platform such as Airbit. I’m running Kubuntu 18.04. All sequencing/recording/arrangement is done in Reaper. Mastering is done in Ardour using the Calf Audio plugins.
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Caccia – Bot Lord
Made in Linux with Reaper, ZynAddSubFX, TAL-Noisemaker, Guitarix, and some Nintendo samples.
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Caccia – Action Waxin
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Use aliases for faster BASH shell navigation
The BASH shell is very powerful and allows an experienced user to get things done quickly. One area that new users find frustrating is directory navigation. Coming from a GUI environment, it would appear that one is able to navigate around a file system much more quickly in their GUI file browser. As an example,…