resources

music creation

DAWs that i use
- ableton: my main DAW these days
- fl studio: used primarily for ~5 years
music trackers i've used
- renoise: my main tracker, provides a more DAW-like experience
- fasttracker II (FT2) clone: fun little clone of a classic
- milkytracker: free and modern FT2 inspired tracker
vst plugins
- tweakbench plugins: lovely lofi and sometimes strange, plugins. i use some of these quite frequently! (only available in 32bit, so i use jbridge to be able to open them in ableton)
- analog obsession plugins: incredible analog-style plugins, all for free!
- codec by lese: super cool and dirty digital degradation; i adore this sound. free too!
sample packs
- seaweed factory sample packs: lots of toy keyboards, well-known synths, and spacey impulse responses, i use these a lot!
- studio brootle sample packs : lots of great free drum machine sounds!
- goldbaby free packs: bunch of recordings of gear, synths, and drum machines!
- and of course: some shameless self promotion :)

musicbee: wonderful player, i love it especially for its scanning, organising, and tagging features
winamp 5.666: simple and classic player, you can find a bunch of fun skins here!

deploy-to-neocities: what i use to deploy this site!
BEM: the CSS methodology i use
- (with a few concepts from SMACSS; i like this article on the mixing of different conventions/methodologies!)
- took some pointers from the BEM cheat sheet, super concise and helpful!
Sass: CSS extension language i use and has become essential to my workflow now!
CSS-tricks: a great abundance of CSS information!
this site loosely follows the tenets of brutalist design
Accessibility Developer Guide: valuable info on making your site more accessible!
a great article on spacing components in CSS!
super helpful guides on typography!:
- Butterick's Practical Typography
- Harmonious Typography and Grid
File Garden: simple, no frills file hosting site, i use it to host audio files and images!