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Reilly Spitzfaden is a composer, audio programmer, and educator with interests in noise, code, electronics, and nostalgia.

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This post discusses advanced reverb algorithms implemented in a reverb plugin, focusing on nested allpass filters and allpass rings to create a more natural-sounding reverberation. It explains how these techniques increase echo de...
The author explores using Lilypond with a customized Neovim setup and Audacity for efficient music score creation and playback, sharing scripts to enhance the workflow.
A reflective journey through the clouds leads to existential questions about identity and the self in the face of external experiences and near-collisions.
The blog post discusses the author's journey in developing C++/JUCE audio plugins, focusing on the process of compiling them for multiple operating systems (Linux, macOS, and Windows) using the JUCE CMake API and GitHub Actions. I...
The author shares a method to use Tidal Cycles in Neovim without plugins, emphasizing a self-sufficient setup with Lua for live coding music.
January's IndieWeb movie club features 'Alien' (1979), focusing on its sound design and musical influences while celebrating community discussions around the film.
The blog post discusses Arnold Schoenberg's 'Farben' from his 'Five Pieces for Orchestra' and the concept of klangfarbenmelodie, or 'tone-color melody.' The author reflects on their own compositions, particularly their Nonet and a...
A Bash script is shared for sending webmentions from the terminal, including updates for current standards and future enhancement ideas.
A personal reflection on music listened to in 2025, featuring new finds and revisited favorites, showcasing a diverse range of artists and styles.
The author shares their recent discovery of how to use ruby characters in HTML, which are phonetic annotations placed above kanji to aid pronunciation. They explain the structure of the HTML markup for ruby characters and reflect ...
The text explores the experience of a pervasive sickness that subtly affects daily life, contrasting it with moments of connection to nature. The author reflects on the beauty found in urban environments, such as plants growing th...
The author announces their engagement to Eli and shares excitement about their upcoming marriage. They mention a preference against a traditional engagement photoshoot, instead providing photos from their outdoor adventures togeth...
Nick Simson is hosting this month's IndieWeb Carnival on the theme “take two.” The author discusses his experience with composing and the challenges he faces. He talks about his struggles with creating rhythmic backbones and the p...
The text discusses the algorithmic reverb, Freeverb, and how it works. It explains the feedforward and feedback delays, allpass filters, and the Classic Schroeder Reverberator Series Allpasses. It also describes the parallel combs...
The text discusses the barriers to joining the IndieWeb and explores ways to make it easier to become part of a small web community. It covers topics such as website ownership for non-developers, existing low- and no-code options,...
The author prefers to listen to audio offline and decided to make a web scraper to download MP3s from a textbook. They used Cheerio to parse the page and download the files. The author is self-taught at coding and finds it helpful...
The post discusses the VOX or Dialogic ADPCM format and how to translate raw data into audio. It explains how to change the sample format in which data is imported and how to incorporate these formats into a Rust tool. The post al...
The author discusses the process of converting data into audio using a Rust tool, aiming to make the process less tedious and get practice with the Rust programming language. They explain the process of importing files, converting...
The text discusses the author's struggle with the desire to constantly renew and tinker with their website, and the impact it has on their writing and leisure time. They also talk about the difficulty of starting new projects and ...
The text is a review of the Australian comedy movie The Castle (1997) by the IndieWeb Movie Club. It discusses the plot, characters, and the author's personal reaction to the film, as well as a comparison to other similar shows. T...
The author added a 'grimoire' section to their site to hold shell scripts and other short pieces of code. They were inspired by a blog and wanted to automate the process of converting photos to a more efficient format. They also w...
The text is about glitching MP3 files with Python. The author describes the process of glitching MP3 files and provides a Python code to automate the process. The code loads the file as binary data, converts it to a hexadecimal st...
The author discusses bringing in webmentions from other people's personal sites and from Fediverse/Bluesky interactions and displaying them on their posts. They were able to figure out making their own code to fix the issues they ...
The post discusses databending and hacking MP3s. It explains how MP3s work, how to hack MP3s in a hex editor, and the process of glitching MP3s. The author also shares their results and plans for improving the process.