The Smalley Creative Blog

Note: Other than for illustrative purposes, no LLMs were used in the creation of this content.

Note: When writing this post, I made a deliberate decision to remain as politically neutral as possible.

In the tech industry, we’re often driven by a relentless pursuit of innovation, efficiency, and more recently, growth.

I am pleased to share that Modartt has released the long-awaited Pianoteq 8 for iOS (iPhone/iPad).

If you’re a jazz or blues guitar player, there is a good chance you’re not interested in much distortion in your tone.

Understanding how to perform the visual study of vacuum tubes can enable you to readily identify the unique characteristics and applications of a given tube.

In the last week of 2021 I purchased the above Rhodes electric piano (or EP for short), a 1975 Rhodes Mk.

This story starts in an unexpected place: In mid-February, Clavia Digital Music Instruments of Stockholm, Sweden teased the imminent release of the Nord Stage 4, the long-awaited update to their flagship stage piano, the Nord Stage 3.

I was recently fortunate enough to get my hands on a workhorse vacuum tube tester, the EICO Model 667 Dynamic Conductance Tube and Transistor Tester.

I feel ashamed at the thought that thousands of years from now our descendants may discover what I refer to as Artifacts of Unbridled Consumerism.

This blog is now 13 years old, certainly a relic by Internet standards.

Today we’re going to build a router.

To celebrate Halloween I’ve decided to put together a guide that will show you how to install Raspbian Jessie, the (as of this writing) most current version of the Debian operating system for the Raspberry Pi.

Yesterday evening I posted a detailed tutorial that explains how to flash/update the IPMI firmware on the X9DRW-iF server from Supermicro.

I recently tasked myself with bringing IPMI up to date on a Supermicro X9DRW-iF server.