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What have I been doing for the past month?

I am writing this just because it has been about a month since my last development update (either in the form of youtube video or social media post). I have been extremely busy but unfortunately there is not exactly much I can show off right now and say "look at this cool thing I added" or anything like that. So as a warning there is probably no...

Blockhead v0.44.1 alpha

Update Notes

• Update: Added "Enable smooth transitions for newly created blocks" option to the project settings panel.

• Update: The block creation buttons that previously appeared on the borders of a brushed block area have now been moved to under the search box.

  2025-02-26 15:46:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Blockhead v0.44.0 alpha

Update Notes

Update: The UI for creating new workspace blocks has completely changed and is described to the best of my ability in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI3r57Gj_O4
Update: An ...

Blockhead v0.43.3 alpha

Update Notes

Update: Added the "--no-maximize" command-line argument which will prevent Blockhead from automatically maximizing the window on startup.
Bugfix: Possible crash if a track is added or deleted while playback is active.
Bugfix: Audio engine is constantly i...

Blockhead v0.43.2 (macOS only)

This build should be functionally identical to v0.43.0 except it should resolve the crashing at startup on macOS. Thanks to Murat for helping me resolve the issue!

Blockhead v0.43.0 alpha

EDIT: macOS users please download this build instead: https://www.patreon.com/posts/blockhead-v0-43-118528127

Update Notes

Information for macOS users

•  The required mini...

  2024-12-22 14:21:13 +0000 UTC View Post

AMA answers

Here is a video of me in a field answering questions left on the previous post:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGvO3YN2yyw

Spooky scary update

As mentioned in the previous update, development has been a bit slow this month as a result of:

• Trouble getting to sleep due to noisy neighbours.

• Time spent looking for somewhere else to live.

• Time spent preparing for the move.

Despite all this, I'm quite happy with the state of the 2024-10-31 12:51:27 +0000 UTC View Post

October Update

I am writing this quick post just because it has been a while since the last one. Usually the individual things that I work on are small enough that there will be either an alpha build or a blog post every few weeks or so but all I have been working on for the past month is 2024-10-02 13:32:52 +0000 UTC View Post

Blockhead v0.42.2 alpha

Update Notes

Update: No longer show a parameters button if the CLAP plugin has no parameters or is in an unloaded state.
Update: Added some extra error-checking to try to help debug some more difficult to track crashes.
Bugfix: Several "seemingly random" crashes when...

Plugin Sandboxing

I have spent the past few days doing a bunch of research into plugin sandboxing. This is where plugins are run in a separate process from the DAW. The main advantage of doing that is that is so that if a plugin crashes or otherwise misbehaves, it doesn't take the entire DAW down with it. Instead, the sandbox process crashes, then the DAW can det...

Blockhead v0.42.1 alpha

Update Notes

Bugfix: CLAP plugins do not load on macOS.
Bugfix: "Smooth Transitions" option can't be re-enabled after disabling it, and shows the incorrect value in the context menu.
Bugfix: Flickering glitch sometimes occurs when blocks are created (notably after a ...

Blockhead v0.42.0 alpha

INFORMATION FOR LINUX USERS

You now need at least glibc 2.38 to run Blockhead. This is a bit higher than what you needed before (2.31). There is no good technical reason for this change. I just fucked up. For extended details on the fuck-up see below. If you are using Ubuntu 24.04 then it will work because that's what I us...

Textual update

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone, all the people who have stuck with me for the past 4 years, those who have come and gone, and to all the new subscribers recently. There has been quite a large influx of new people joining over the past few weeks which I think is due to a combination of the Youtube video by 2024-07-24 00:03:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Blockhead v0.41.1 alpha

Update Notes

Update: Some old PNG icons replaced with SVG versions:

• Amp parameter icon by jacob

• Pan parameter icon by fotisandstuff

• Pitch parameter icon by yankscally

• Sample offset parameter, and harmonics editor icons by Jishan524

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2024-07-04 17:17:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Blockhead v0.41.0 alpha

Update Notes

Note: The existing carnival synthesis node is referred to in-code as a 'Clod' and while this terminology doesn't appear anywhere in the interface yet, I will use it in these update notes to make things easier.
Update: New Berk carnival synth node. When you click on an empty...

Blockhead v0.40.1 alpha

Update Notes

Update: Added "Stereo Width" slider button to the sidebar when Carnival is open.
Bugfix: Possible crash (most likely on macOS) when doing anything in Carnival.
Bugfix: Possible hang or crash if the loopback buffer is open when Blockhead is shut down.
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Blockhead v0.40.0 alpha

Update Notes:

Feature: "Carnival" noise generator (next to the Input button at the bottom of the Blockhead window.)

This is a very early iteration of Blockhead's noise generator system. "Carnival" is a code name but I didn't manage to think of a better name yet. The sound and mechanics of this system...

Blockhead v0.39.0 alpha

Here is a video of me trying to explain the new keyboard shortcuts

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igi8naCJbv8

Update Notes:

Note: On macOS the 'Command' key is used instead of 'Ctrl' in all the default...

Blockhead v0.38.3 alpha

Update Notes

Bugfix: Possible crash when slicing a block while the envelope editor is open for certain parameters.
Bugfix: Crash when creating a macro from existing blocks, in certain corner cases (most notably when the selection contains a connected send/receive pair.)
B...