> Though I do feel the author ran out of steam with respect to the lovely, quirky artwork in the book.
Definitely true. I was hoping to write the book in two years and it took me six. By the end (which was also during the pandemic) I was pretty fried and it was hard to summon much energy for whismy. I tried to pack as many illustrations in as I could, but by later chapters I was really just trying to get it done.
Also, pragmatically, I found the chapters on the bytecode VM really needed a lot more useful illustrations for things the execution flow so that left less space for the fun ones.
> I'm disappointed Bob, I want my money back.
Sorry, all sales are final. I've already spent the money on whiskey and synthesizers. That's what you get for not scrutinizing the later chapters on the free web version first to ensure that they were up to your standards.
Bob, your continued love of synths gives me hope we will see you take a real leap of faith and give us a ‘Crafting Real-time Audio via custom digital Synthesizers’. I would genuinely love a beginner friendly guide to audio programming in the style you developed for Crafting Interpreters. Help me get my friends into digital instrument programming Bob, it’s not like it would take that long!
I would love to write about audio programming. I've done some and am slowly learning more, but it's a real uphill battle. I get a lot of it, but the math behind filters is really hard for me.
If you can find a copy of Computer Music by Charles Dodge and Thomas Jerse, it's a relatively low-math high-practical walkthrough of lots of stuff including filters.
> I've already spent the money on whiskey and synthesizers
You know, after reading Game Programming Patterns years ago I knew I'd get CI eventually, and have only delayed because I know I don't have the time to give it what it deserves just yet (two kids under three, fulltime Senior Eng, yada yada you know the drill), but this line hits so close to home that it's getting purchased right now.
Everything I've taken the time to read on your blog has stuck with me Bob, but knowing you're a whiskey and synth lover too just makes it all the better. Crafting Interpreters will still wait though, I've got a bottle of JW Gold and my barely touched Dirtywave M8 to attend to first.
I've got a Digitakt that I've gotten good mileage out of but know I haven't really scratched the surface of, so I haven't even let myself watch anything about the Syntakt. The M8 I got for all those times I need real portable groovebox, you know, working from home and all.
Definitely true. I was hoping to write the book in two years and it took me six. By the end (which was also during the pandemic) I was pretty fried and it was hard to summon much energy for whismy. I tried to pack as many illustrations in as I could, but by later chapters I was really just trying to get it done.
Also, pragmatically, I found the chapters on the bytecode VM really needed a lot more useful illustrations for things the execution flow so that left less space for the fun ones.
> I'm disappointed Bob, I want my money back.
Sorry, all sales are final. I've already spent the money on whiskey and synthesizers. That's what you get for not scrutinizing the later chapters on the free web version first to ensure that they were up to your standards.