Sound Byte Labs
@soundbytelabs.net
Engineer. Artist. Dog dad. I love all things music and circuits! I keep it positive.
The Music Never Stops 🎸🎶🥁
RIP Bobby Weir 😔 I feel so blessed to have been able to attend Grateful Dead 60 last year for his final performance with D&C. Today is a tough one for a lot of people 🥺
RIP Bobby Weir 😔 I feel so blessed to have been able to attend Grateful Dead 60 last year for his final performance with D&C. Today is a tough one for a lot of people 🥺
January 11, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The Music Never Stops 🎸🎶🥁
RIP Bobby Weir 😔 I feel so blessed to have been able to attend Grateful Dead 60 last year for his final performance with D&C. Today is a tough one for a lot of people 🥺
RIP Bobby Weir 😔 I feel so blessed to have been able to attend Grateful Dead 60 last year for his final performance with D&C. Today is a tough one for a lot of people 🥺
So weird to me Flying Lotus has been putting out music for 20 years! 🤯 Can we mention him next to Dilla and RZA in the 🐐 conversation yet?? #flylo #idm #goodmusic
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
So weird to me Flying Lotus has been putting out music for 20 years! 🤯 Can we mention him next to Dilla and RZA in the 🐐 conversation yet?? #flylo #idm #goodmusic
I second guessed acquiring a QPAS for exactly 3.4 seconds, then I started turning the knobs 🤩 This thing sounds insane! I'm kind of obsessed rn with creating vocal formant sounds by patching envelopes into the "radiate" inputs 🤯 #modular #makenoise
January 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I second guessed acquiring a QPAS for exactly 3.4 seconds, then I started turning the knobs 🤩 This thing sounds insane! I'm kind of obsessed rn with creating vocal formant sounds by patching envelopes into the "radiate" inputs 🤯 #modular #makenoise
If there's one piece of gear I would actually love to hate, it's the Korg SQ-1 but I can't quit it 🤣😤
Sync is broken out of the box but if you're willing to repeatedly scour the internet for a solution, you'll eventually find out about the hidden sync mode setting that unbreaks it 🤷♂️
Sync is broken out of the box but if you're willing to repeatedly scour the internet for a solution, you'll eventually find out about the hidden sync mode setting that unbreaks it 🤷♂️
January 7, 2026 at 4:14 PM
If there's one piece of gear I would actually love to hate, it's the Korg SQ-1 but I can't quit it 🤣😤
Sync is broken out of the box but if you're willing to repeatedly scour the internet for a solution, you'll eventually find out about the hidden sync mode setting that unbreaks it 🤷♂️
Sync is broken out of the box but if you're willing to repeatedly scour the internet for a solution, you'll eventually find out about the hidden sync mode setting that unbreaks it 🤷♂️
Excited as always to get to the prototype manufacturing stage & wait impatiently for my purple PCBs from @oshpark.bsky.social !
Gatekeeper is coming alive in 4HP! #modular #synthsky #eurorack
Gatekeeper is coming alive in 4HP! #modular #synthsky #eurorack
January 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Excited as always to get to the prototype manufacturing stage & wait impatiently for my purple PCBs from @oshpark.bsky.social !
Gatekeeper is coming alive in 4HP! #modular #synthsky #eurorack
Gatekeeper is coming alive in 4HP! #modular #synthsky #eurorack
One method for getting unstuck when you can't decide what to work on is to get distracted and start practicing Flight of the Bumblebee on electric guitar 🐝🎸 At least it feels productive 🤷♂️
January 4, 2026 at 7:39 PM
One method for getting unstuck when you can't decide what to work on is to get distracted and start practicing Flight of the Bumblebee on electric guitar 🐝🎸 At least it feels productive 🤷♂️
All I want for Christmas is thousands of dollars worth of Make Noise modules and that new @intellijel.com Performance case
December 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
All I want for Christmas is thousands of dollars worth of Make Noise modules and that new @intellijel.com Performance case
Oh hello, Warps 👀 Some days you go to the music store for a MIDI cable and there is a beautiful Mutable Instruments module calling your name from the modular room 🤩 They look so happy together! #modular #mutableinstruments #synthsky #plaits #warps
December 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Oh hello, Warps 👀 Some days you go to the music store for a MIDI cable and there is a beautiful Mutable Instruments module calling your name from the modular room 🤩 They look so happy together! #modular #mutableinstruments #synthsky #plaits #warps
I usually avoid menu diving like the plague, but I cannot put down the Dirtywave M8 👀
This thing is insane. I must master it to gain its power. #dirtywave #synthsky #chiptunes
This thing is insane. I must master it to gain its power. #dirtywave #synthsky #chiptunes
December 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I usually avoid menu diving like the plague, but I cannot put down the Dirtywave M8 👀
This thing is insane. I must master it to gain its power. #dirtywave #synthsky #chiptunes
This thing is insane. I must master it to gain its power. #dirtywave #synthsky #chiptunes
I promised diagrams, so here!
Gatekeeper is a utility module with 2 buttons, CV in, Gate out, and status LEDs. The module is in one of 3 application states: Init, Perform, or Menu. While in Perform or Menu, the CV input controls the gate output.
In the Perform state, you also get 2-button control
Gatekeeper is a utility module with 2 buttons, CV in, Gate out, and status LEDs. The module is in one of 3 application states: Init, Perform, or Menu. While in Perform or Menu, the CV input controls the gate output.
In the Perform state, you also get 2-button control
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I promised diagrams, so here!
Gatekeeper is a utility module with 2 buttons, CV in, Gate out, and status LEDs. The module is in one of 3 application states: Init, Perform, or Menu. While in Perform or Menu, the CV input controls the gate output.
In the Perform state, you also get 2-button control
Gatekeeper is a utility module with 2 buttons, CV in, Gate out, and status LEDs. The module is in one of 3 application states: Init, Perform, or Menu. While in Perform or Menu, the CV input controls the gate output.
In the Perform state, you also get 2-button control
github.com/mjrskiles/ga...
Introducing Gatekeeper! A reference project for DIY Eurorack and/or embedded development with AVR microcontrollers.
I am still working on rev2 hardware, so there will be bug fixes and updates to the firmware, but it is pretty stable in the simulator now!
Enjoy 😊
#diy
Introducing Gatekeeper! A reference project for DIY Eurorack and/or embedded development with AVR microcontrollers.
I am still working on rev2 hardware, so there will be bug fixes and updates to the firmware, but it is pretty stable in the simulator now!
Enjoy 😊
#diy
GitHub - mjrskiles/gatekeeper
Contribute to mjrskiles/gatekeeper development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
github.com/mjrskiles/ga...
Introducing Gatekeeper! A reference project for DIY Eurorack and/or embedded development with AVR microcontrollers.
I am still working on rev2 hardware, so there will be bug fixes and updates to the firmware, but it is pretty stable in the simulator now!
Enjoy 😊
#diy
Introducing Gatekeeper! A reference project for DIY Eurorack and/or embedded development with AVR microcontrollers.
I am still working on rev2 hardware, so there will be bug fixes and updates to the firmware, but it is pretty stable in the simulator now!
Enjoy 😊
#diy
Just wanna shout out Raspberry Pi for being real af.
I love their place in the embedded ecosystem. Pico is such a well done product line. We need more dual core micros!
But I love that they can be the canary on bleeding edge features as part of their business model 👌
I love their place in the embedded ecosystem. Pico is such a well done product line. We need more dual core micros!
But I love that they can be the canary on bleeding edge features as part of their business model 👌
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Just wanna shout out Raspberry Pi for being real af.
I love their place in the embedded ecosystem. Pico is such a well done product line. We need more dual core micros!
But I love that they can be the canary on bleeding edge features as part of their business model 👌
I love their place in the embedded ecosystem. Pico is such a well done product line. We need more dual core micros!
But I love that they can be the canary on bleeding edge features as part of their business model 👌
Alright so now that VS Code is trying to out Cursor Cursor, who's gonna fork it and un-slop it?
I say this as a Claude Code user.
I just want a text editor.
I want to choose when to interact with AI tools.
pls
I say this as a Claude Code user.
I just want a text editor.
I want to choose when to interact with AI tools.
pls
December 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Alright so now that VS Code is trying to out Cursor Cursor, who's gonna fork it and un-slop it?
I say this as a Claude Code user.
I just want a text editor.
I want to choose when to interact with AI tools.
pls
I say this as a Claude Code user.
I just want a text editor.
I want to choose when to interact with AI tools.
pls
People who work directly with Makefiles... why?
December 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
People who work directly with Makefiles... why?
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Still plugging away on the EP project! Also cooking up a firmware snack for your learning pleasure! Details soon.
Anyway, here's a sketch I'm developing!
on.soundcloud.com/SpsyX0eYgJdu...
Anyway, here's a sketch I'm developing!
on.soundcloud.com/SpsyX0eYgJdu...
London Bus sketch
Listen to London Bus sketch by Michael Skiles #np on #SoundCloud
soundcloud.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Still plugging away on the EP project! Also cooking up a firmware snack for your learning pleasure! Details soon.
Anyway, here's a sketch I'm developing!
on.soundcloud.com/SpsyX0eYgJdu...
Anyway, here's a sketch I'm developing!
on.soundcloud.com/SpsyX0eYgJdu...
After 10 long years I finally have a new electric guitar! Naturally had to lay down a modular + electric track 🕺🎹🎸
EP-40 Riddim on drums
Rings>Beads>Morphagene on modular
Electric guitar on electric guitar
on.soundcloud.com/qJT62fGJbPvG...
EP-40 Riddim on drums
Rings>Beads>Morphagene on modular
Electric guitar on electric guitar
on.soundcloud.com/qJT62fGJbPvG...
Brain Invaders demo
11/23 nite cut
soundcloud.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
After 10 long years I finally have a new electric guitar! Naturally had to lay down a modular + electric track 🕺🎹🎸
EP-40 Riddim on drums
Rings>Beads>Morphagene on modular
Electric guitar on electric guitar
on.soundcloud.com/qJT62fGJbPvG...
EP-40 Riddim on drums
Rings>Beads>Morphagene on modular
Electric guitar on electric guitar
on.soundcloud.com/qJT62fGJbPvG...
MIDI makes me grouchy, but mostly because of the historical 8 bit-ness of it. I also think it's too tied to western keyboard conventions, but mostly everything has decent fixes or workarounds these days.
I'm having a lot of fun controlling the 0-Coast with a combo of MIDI and CV! #modular #synthsky
I'm having a lot of fun controlling the 0-Coast with a combo of MIDI and CV! #modular #synthsky
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In the AI era, I keep coming back to books. You don't gain book-level knowledge without processing a book's worth of information!
It's nice to outsource some cognitive load (full disclosure: I use Claude Code often). But you can't outsource actual learning and understanding. Keep reading, kids!
It's nice to outsource some cognitive load (full disclosure: I use Claude Code often). But you can't outsource actual learning and understanding. Keep reading, kids!
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
In the AI era, I keep coming back to books. You don't gain book-level knowledge without processing a book's worth of information!
It's nice to outsource some cognitive load (full disclosure: I use Claude Code often). But you can't outsource actual learning and understanding. Keep reading, kids!
It's nice to outsource some cognitive load (full disclosure: I use Claude Code often). But you can't outsource actual learning and understanding. Keep reading, kids!
Okay, the EP-40 Riddim is just straight up fun! 🕺🎹 It has some really nice upgrades over the KO 2, although I wonder if some will trickle down. I love the new synth engines and the improved looper!
Btw this was my "portable" set up down at my parents' farm 🤣 #modular #synthsky #teenageengineering
Btw this was my "portable" set up down at my parents' farm 🤣 #modular #synthsky #teenageengineering
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Okay, the EP-40 Riddim is just straight up fun! 🕺🎹 It has some really nice upgrades over the KO 2, although I wonder if some will trickle down. I love the new synth engines and the improved looper!
Btw this was my "portable" set up down at my parents' farm 🤣 #modular #synthsky #teenageengineering
Btw this was my "portable" set up down at my parents' farm 🤣 #modular #synthsky #teenageengineering