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 There are extended notes, references, and links at [https://zck.me/emacsconf2020](https://zck.me/emacsconf2020).
 
 The source can be found at [https://hg.sr.ht/~zck/zmusic/](https://hg.sr.ht/~zck/zmusic/). 
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+-   Actual start and end time (EST): Start 2020-11-29T16:29; Stop 2020-11-29T16:46
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+# Questions (note that we don't have audio out from Zachary's computer in BigBlueButton, so any music demos will need to wait for a recorded video)
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+## Q9 : Any MIDI mapping possibilities?  (Sorry Q8)
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+## Q8: What were some of the challenges with writing a special-mode for Emacs? I'm interested in getting into this in the future, but I'm not really sure where to start.
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+### That'd be awesome, thanks! Will do
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+### I used define-derived-mode (<https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Derived-Modes.html>) to make this mode. It's really useful! For more information, I recorded a talk about making major modes (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk39mp8Vy4M>) a few years ago, at an EmacsNYC (<https://emacsnyc.org/>) meeting.
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+## Q6: Do you think would be possible to add a set of recorded sounds in order to use those?
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+
+### Yes! Part of zmusic is tooling to make wave files, so it should be possible to slice-and-dice input data, and output valid wave files.
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+## Q7: have you written any actual songs (in RRRM/WAVEing)?   Can you play one ?
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+## Q5: Are there any open source musical instrument sample libraries that could be used? E.g. "play A 440 on Piano sample 1" to provide better quality notes than built-in tones
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+### Experimentation would be fun. However, the nice part about Emacs is that it doesn't have any external dependencies, you only need a way to play WAVes.
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+## Q4: What is your musical background? Do you play any instruments?
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+### Random instruments, started with recorder, played cello for a long time, now playing guitar.
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+## Q3: Any chance for an Emacs tracker/mod player? (plays several samples arranged in the same top-down fashion with effects applied to them for chiptune and keygen music)
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+## Q2: Will you play us another song? (RIP ears — who needs 'em, this is awesome! it is!)
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+
+### UPDATE: can confirm, it was easy to play a song myself :-)  Very nice!
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+
+### However git clone <https://hg.sr.ht/~zck/zmusic> didn't work, I wonder if I'm doing it wrong
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+-   Had to browse to <https://hg.sr.ht/~zck/zmusic/browse/zmusic.el> and copy/paste.
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+-   It's mercurial! (I have Opinions about version control systems). Try \`hg clone\` instead, or copy/paste from the link directly.
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+-   BAM! hg clone works fine
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+    -   Hooray!
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+
+## Q1: Why do you go top-to-bottom for time progression and left-to-right for low-to-high in stead of doing it pivoted? (e.g. higher is higher tone, left-to-right is time progression). This is awesome by the way!(+1)
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+### The initial app (the inspiration) worked this way. It is definitely something worth looking into.
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+# Notes
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+## notes, references, and links at <https://zck.me/emacsconf2020>
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