std::future Let’s begin my presentation with a template of future promises I made to myself.
Fields of interest to pursue in the next future
- electronics applied to audio and music: amplifiers, filters, effects;
- standard and exotic musical tunings on acoustic and electric instruments;
- experiment, research and study of audio signals, interactions, psychoacoustics;
- Audio DSP, Max/MSP/Jitter, JUCE Framework, VST plug-ins;
more concisely I am willing to invest my time in
- perfectioning and expanding my actual knowledge
- learning by doing and/or benefit from a mentorship
After looking forward, we could read backwards in time; in the spoiler box below are some notes about my past and my present. After all I have more than 30 years of professional workmanlike background to offer.
Me, Myself and I...
- are very curious;
- observe patterns and spot connections;
- like software because it represent order and control;
- like audio and visual harmonies, aesthetical symmetries, and pleasant sounds;
- study piano and bass guitar;
- can play some other musical instruments like didjeridoo, flute and drums;
- really dig languages, ethymology, ancient remote cultures and folklore;
Since the early eighties I keep happily spending my time in front of monitors and keyboards and books and toolbenches. I really like studying, being in quiet environments and I enjoy outdoors activities away from cities like mountain hiking and bicycling.
Recollected in this very long and unabridged list below are names, trademarks and logos that played/play an important part in my professional life.
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- RaspberryPi
SOFTWARE ARCHITECT
General Purpose Programming Languages
I started very young reading and writing programs on an Apple //
- C/C++
- C#
- Python
- Java
- Kotlin
- Pascal
- BASIC
- Assembler
Web Development
For some time I worked as web-designer and full stack developer (see databases below).
- HTML5
- PHP
- JS
- NPM
- NodeJS
- CSS3
- CSS/SASS
- CSS/LESS
- Bootstrap
- Markdown
- GoLang
Development Tools
Estar preparado es la mitad de la victoria. Miguel De Cervantes
- Jira
- git
- vim
IDEs
- Apple XCode
- Android Studio
- IntelliJ PyCharm
- Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code
- Platform.io
DATABASE
- Filemaker Pro (since version 2.0)
- SQL, NoSQL
- Entity Framework, LINQ
APPLICATIVE SOFTWARE
Bitmap editing
- Adobe Photoshop (since version 2.0.1)
- Affinity Photo
- GIMP
Vector Illustration and Modeling
- Adobe Illustrator (since version 3.0)
- Aldus Freehand (since version 3.0)
- Affinity Designer
- FreeCAD
- Autodesk Fusion
- Inkscape
Desktop Publishing
- Aldus Pagemaker (since version 4.0)
- Adobe InDesign
- QuarkXPress
- Affinity Publisher
Video
- Adobe AfterFx
- Apple Final Cut Pro 7
- Apple Final Cut X
- Apple Motion
- ffmpeg
Music
- Ableton Live Suite
- Apple Logic Pro
- Steinberg Cubase Pro
ELECTRONICS
Foundations of analog and digital electronics
- Operational Amplifiers, Transcoductance amplifiers
- Passive filters, Transmission lines, analog modulation and demodulation
- Flip-Flops, Shift registers, mux/demux, digital memories
- CPU architecture (Von Neumann based), ALU, MMU, I/O
Microcontrollers, Microprocessors
- Arduino series
- Nordic semiconductors
- STM32
- PIC/ST6
- 6502
Embedded DSP
- Analog Devices Sigmastudio
- Qualcomm MAPX
- ST PurePathConsole
EDA Software
- Audio Precision
- Altium
- Digilent Waveforms
- KiCad
- LTSpice
HANDS-ON ATTITUDE
Power tools and machinery
- Hand soldering THT and SMD (down to 0402 gauge)
- Lathe (woodturning, metal work)
- CNC Routing
- 3D Printing
- Welding and more…
TECHNICAL LIBRARY
An unopinated listing of technical books I deem important not to say essentials
| author(s) | title |
|---|---|
| Abbott | Understanding Analysis |
| Adamson | Learning Core Audio |
| Alrasheed | Principles of Mechanics |
| Arndt | Matters Computational |
| Axler | Linear Algebra Done Right |
| Baldoni | Artimetica, Crittografia e Codici |
| Benedetto Castelli | Discorso sopra la calamita |
| Benson | Music, A Mathematical Offering |
| Bianchi | PLL Synthesizer Simulation |
| Bindal | Electronics for Embedded Systems |
| Blencowe | Designing Valve Preamps for Guitar and Bass |
| Blomqvist | Audio Programming in C++ |
| Borthwick | Introduction To Partial Differential Equations |
| Boscorelli | The Stompbox Cookbook |
| Boulanger | The Audio Programming Book |
| Burger | Digital Image Processing |
| Canuto | Analisi Matematica |
| Charles | A Tutorial on Spectral Sound Processing using Max/MSP and Jitter |
| Chiriví | Esercizi scelti di Algebra |
| Chivers | Introduction to Programming with Fortran |
| Chris Adamson & Kevin Avila | Learning Core Audio: A Hands-On Guide to Audio Programming for Mac and iOS (Richard Stout’s Library) |
| Ciare | Ciare Progetti |
| Cipriani | Electronic Music and Sound Design Volume 2 |
| Clarke | Inside Computer Music |
| Coltrane | The Music of John Coltrane |
| Consoli | The Zen and the Art of Radiotelegraphy |
| Copeland | The Turing Guide |
| Corey | Audio Production and Critical Listening - Technical Ear Training |
| Corke | Robotics, Vision and Control |
| Courant | What is Mathematics |
| Cousins | Logic Pro 9 Audio and Music Production |
| Datta | LATEX in 24 Hours |
| Davis | The Universal Computer |
| DeGreg | Jazz Keyboard Harmony- A Practical Method For All Musicians |
| Dekking | A Modern Introduction To Probability and Statistics |
| DeLaMotte | Manuale di Armonia |
| Donahue | Guitars. Design, Production and Repair |
| Drymonitis | Digital Electronics for Musicians. Build Intuitive Electronic and Electroacoustic Music Interfaces |
| Duffy | Advanced Engineering Mathematics with MATLAB |
| Embree | C Algorithms for Realtime DSP |
| Entsminger | Turbo Pascal for Windows Bible |
| Everest | Master Handbook of Acoustics |
| Fauvel | Music and Mathematics |
| Friedman | Synthesizer Basics |
| Gerou | Essential Dictionary of Music Notation |
| Glinsky | Theremin Ether Music and Espionage |
| Gopi | Algorithm Collections For Digital Signal Processing Applications Using Matlab |
| Graeme | Photodiode Amplifiers Op-Amp solutions |
| Gramaglia | Teoria, Armonia e Nozioni di Arrangiamento Jazz |
| Greene | Holst The Planets |
| Grundmann | The Physics Of Semiconductors |
| Guch | The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Organic Chemistry |
| Hallas | ARRL Basic Antennas |
| Hanon | The Virtuoso Pianist Part 1 |
| Hartley | Audio Design Handbook (1958) |
| Hartmann | Principles of Musical Acoustics |
| Hayes | The Art of Electronics Student Manual |
| Hayes | The Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course |
| Heumann | Introduction To Statistics And Data Analysis 2016 |
| Hewitt | Music Theory for Computer Musicians |
| Hood | The Art of Linear Electronics 2nd ed |
| Hood | Valve and Transistor Audio Amplifier |
| Horowitz | The Art of Electronics |
| Horowitz | The Art of Electronics The x Chapters |
| Horton | Beginning C 5th Edition |
| Horton | Beginning C++20 From Novice to Professional |
| Horton | Using the C++ Standard Template Libraries |
| Impedovo | Matematica generale con il calcolatore |
| Jaffe | Jazz Harmony |
| Johnson | Foundations of Diatonic Theory |
| Jones | Building Valve Amplifiers |
| Jones | Valve Amplifiers |
| Joseph | Sightreading Mastery For Bass Guitar Exercices |
| Josuttis | C++ Move Semantics - The Complete Guide |
| Josuttis | C++17 - The Complete Guide |
| Josuttis | C++20 - The Complete Guide |
| Josuttis | SOA in Practice |
| Josuttis | The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference |
| Kernighan | The C Programming Language |
| Kernighan | The practice of programming |
| Klein | Electronic Music Circuits |
| Knuth | Concrete Mathematics |
| Knuth | The Art of Computer Programming Volume 1 |
| Knuth | The Art of Computer Programming Volume 2 |
| Knuth | The Art of Computer Programming Volume 3 |
| Knuth | The Art of Computer Programming Volume 4a |
| LaMeres | Introduction to Logic Circuits & Logic Design with VHDL |
| Lancaster | Active Filter Cookbook |
| Lancaster | Apple Writer Cookbook |
| Lancaster | Assembly Cookbook for the Apple II |
| Lancaster | CMOS Cookbook 2nd Ed. |
| Lancaster | Enhancing Your Apple II |
| Lancaster | Machine Language Programming Cookbook |
| Lancaster | RTL Cookbook |
| Lancaster | Son of Cheap Video |
| Lancaster | The Cheap Video Cookbook |
| Lancaster | The Incredible Secret Money Machine |
| Lancaster | TTL Cookbook |
| Lancaster | TV Typewriter Cookbook |
| Latscha | Organische Chemie |
| Lerch | Audio Content Analysis |
| Levine | The Jazz Theory Book |
| Levitin | Algorithmic Puzzles |
| Levitin | This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession |
| Lupi | Armonia di Gravitazione |
| Lupi | Il Libro Segreto di un Musicista |
| Magli | Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy - From Giza to Easter Island |
| Marquesdesa | Applied Statistics |
| McPherson, Andrew, Reiss, Joshua D. | Audio Effects |
| Mehegan | Improvising Jazz Piano |
| Michael Faraday | Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 |
| Michael Faraday | On the various forces of nature and their relations to each other |
| Michael Faraday | The Chemical History of a Candle |
| Miranda | Computer Sound Design : Synthesis Techniques and Programming |
| Möser | Technische Akustik |
| Murach | Murach’s Java Programming |
| Musser | STL Tutorial and Reference Guide |
| Nahin | An Imaginary Tale. The story of the square root of minus one |
| Newmarch | Raspberry Pi GPU Audio Video Programming |
| O’Regan | Guide To Discrete Mathematics |
| Olson | Elements of acoustical engineering |
| Oram | An Individual Note |
| Papetti | Musical Haptics |
| Piazza | I capricci del caso |
| Pirkle | Designing Audio Effect Plugins in C++ |
| Pirkle | Designing Software Synthesizer Plugins in C++ |
| Pozzoli | Metodo d’Armonia |
| Presilla | Elementi di Analisi Complessa Funzioni di una variabile |
| Proakis | DSP |
| Proakis | DSP Solutions Manual |
| Puckette | The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music |
| Quarteroni | Calcolo Scientifico. Esercizi e problemi risolti con MATLAB e Octave |
| Quarteroni | Introduzione al Calcolo Scientifico |
| Quarteroni | Matematica Numerica |
| Quarteroni | Matematica Numerica Esercizi, Laboratori e Progetti |
| Quarteroni | Matematica si parte |
| Quarteroni | Scientific Computing with MATLAB and Octave 3rd Ed |
| Ratti | Introduzione ai frattali in fisica |
| Reiss | Audio Effects Theory Implementation and Application |
| Roads | Microsound |
| Roads | Musical Signal Processing |
| Robbiano | Algebra lineare |
| Robson | Using the STL The C++ Standard Template Library |
| Rosen | Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications |
| Roussak | Applied Chemistry |
| Salsa | Equazioni a derivate parziali Metodi, modelli e applicazioni |
| Salsa | Invito alle equazioni a derivate parziali Metodi, modelli e simulazioni |
| Salzer | Contrappunto e Composizione |
| Scargall | Programming Persistent Memory |
| Self | Audio Engineering Know It All |
| Self | Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook |
| Shaffer | Fundamentals of Power Electronics with MATLAB |
| Skiena | The Algorithm Design Manual |
| Smart | Cryptography Made Simple |
| Solis | C#7 Illustrated |
| Tabatabei | Reactive Power Control in AC Power System |
| Tanenbaum | Modern Operating Systems |
| Temperley | Music and Probability |
| Tomer | Getting the Most out of Vacuum Tubes |
| Trachtenberg | The Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics |
| Trench | Introduction to Real Analysis |
| Troelsen | C#7 Pro |
| Turing | Mechanical Intelligence |
| Turing | The Essential Turing |
| Urma | Modern Java in Action 2nd Edition |
| V. J. Manzo | Max/MSP/Jitter for Music |
| Vail | The Synthesizer |
| Van Hoey | Beginning x64 Assembly Programming |
| VanDerWal | Loudspeaker & Loudspeaker Cabinets |
| Vandevoorde | C++ Templates: The Complete Guide |
| Varma | SwiftUI for Absolute Beginners |
| Venturi | Crittografia nel Paese delle Meraviglie |
| Vistnes | Physics of Oscillation and Waves |
| Voss | C++ Parallel Programming with Threading Building Blocks |
| Wang | Systems Programming in Unix/Linux |
| Waring | Make Your Own Electric Guitar & Bass |
| Weinzierl | Handbuch der Audiotechnik |
| Will Pirkle | Designing Software Synthesizer Plugins in C++ |
| Will Pirkle | Designing Audio Effect Plugins |
| William Shotts | The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction |
| Wyatt | Harmony and Theory |
| Xenakis | Formalized Music Thought and Mathematics in Composition |
| Zano | Mechanics of Modern Music |
| Zölzer | DAFX Digital Audio Effects |
That’s all folks!!!
Thanks for reading!