Music, Code and Blog from Hibiscus @ Codeberg 2025-10-16T00:00:00+00:00 https://hibiscus.codeberg.page/blog/feed.xml 2025-10-16T00:00:00+00:00 2025-10-16T00:00:00+00:00 https://hibiscus.codeberg.page/blog/here-i-am/ <blockquote> <p>My niche is so small <br> If only I turn my head <br> I fall out of it</p> </blockquote> <p>I'm old. I started learning to play the oboe in 1978. I explored music ever since.<br> I'm old. I started learning to write computer programs in 1981. I explored computers ever since.</p> <p>Strangely enough, I have never written any computer code to create music before 2025, when I decided I should. This is where I am, now. I have started to write code to connect and control several digital components. I have a Mac and I have the internet. I will look into open source as well as proprietary tools and components. I will look into MIDI, sound creation, pattern generation. I will look into Python and Rust.</p> <p>I aim to share code I develop for my particular situation. A niche so small, I might well be the only occupant.</p> <p>I listened to music all my life. As an amateur I played classical music for over 45 years. As a software engineer I wrote computer code for over 30 years professionally. But before 2025 I have never tried to create something in a DAW, never tried programming a synthesizer, use a mixing console, PA or any form of effects. To be honest, they looked incomprehensible to me -- and still do -- both from a musician's and a programmer's point of view.</p> <p>So that is the niche.</p> <p>So small.</p>