Building An 8-Color Automated Filament ChangerMulti-filament printing can really open up possibilities for your prints, even more so the more filaments you have. Enter the 8-Track from [Armored_Turtle], which will swap between 8 filaments for you!
The system is modular, with each spool of filament installed in a drybox with its own filament feeder .The dryboxes connect to the 8-Track changer via pogo pins for communication and power. While [Armored_Turtle] is currently using the device on a Voron printer, he’s designed it so that it can be easily modified to suit other printers. As it’s modular, it’s also not locked into running 8 filaments. Redesigning it to use more or less is easy enough thanks to its modular design.
The design hasn’t been publicly released yet, but [Armored_Turtle] states they hope to put it on Github when it’s ready. It’s early days, but we love the chunky design of those actively-heated drybox filament cassettes. They’re a great step up from just keeping filament hanging on a rod, and they ought to improve print performance in addition to enabling multi-filament switching.
We’ve seen some other neat work in this space before, too. Video after the break.

[Thanks to Keith Olson for the tip!]

Startups Weekly: Drama at Techstars. Drama in AI. Drama everywhere.Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje‘s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Well, folks, it looks like Techstars’ drama just got a new plot twist. CEO Maëlle Gavet is making her exit, leaving co-founder David Cohen to swoop […]
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Get Firestarter Cinematic SFX for only $9 until May 26th!
Flame Sound offers the Firestarter SFX ($59 value) cinematic sound effects library for only $9 until May 26th, 2024. Regular BPB readers already know about Flame Sound – it’s my sound design label that offers free cinematic sound effects and premium SFX collections. Firestarter SFX, one of the best-selling premium packs, is currently available at [...]
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Hackaday Podcast Episode 272: Desktop EDM, Silence of the Leaves, and the Tyranny of the Rocket EquationWith Elliot off on vacation, Tom and Dan made a valiant effort to avoid the dreaded “clip show” and provide you with the tastiest hacker treats of the week. Did they succeed? That’s not for us to say, but if you’re interested in things like non-emulated N64 games and unnecessarily cool filament sensors, this just might be one to check out.
We also came across a noise suppressor for a leaf blower, giant antennae dangling from government helicopters, and a desktop-friendly wire EDM setup that just might change the face of machining. We waxed on about the difference between AI-generated code and just pulling routines from StackExchange, came to the conclusion that single-stage-to-orbit is basically just science fiction, and took a look at the latest eclipse from 80,000 feet, albeit a month after the fact.

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Interesting Hacks of the Week:

NetBSD Bans AI-Generated Code From Commits
Betta Aims To Bring Wire EDM To The Desktop

Powercore Aims To Bring The Power Of EDM To Any 3D Printer

Static Recompilation Brings New Life To N64 Games
Students’ Leaf Blower Suppressor To Hit Retail
This WiFi Filament Sensor Is Unnecessary, But Awesome

Flexures Keep This Printed Displacement Sensor In Line

Filming The Eclipse From 80,000 Feet

Quick Hacks:

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Trying To Build A Communications Device With A 1-Pound Laser And A 7805
[Scott Manley] Explains GPS Jamming
Amber Compiles To Bash

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How To Lace Cables Like It’s 1962
Ribbon Cable Repair Saves Touch ID
Pi Pico Helps Restring Badminton Rackets

Can’t-Miss Articles:

Single-Stage-to-Orbit: The Launch Technology We Wish Was Real
Peeking Underground with Giant Flying Antennas

AKA Design reveal ProVoice V4 podcast desk Studio furniture specialists AKA Design have just announced the launch of the forth-generation version of their popular ProVoice studio desk.

Linda Audio releases Digimorph, a FREE experimental synth VST for Windows
Linda Audio has released Digimorph, a free experimental synth VST for Windows. Synth VSTs are often heavily inspired by existing hardware instruments and, in some cases, directly emulate them, like Vavra, a Waldorf MicroQ emulation. It’s not just free synths that often venture down the emulation path; releases like Baby Audio’s BA-1 are the same. [...]
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New version of Juicy Loops brings FL Studio’s step sequencer into Ableton LiveYRAKI’s original Juicy Loops M4L device was a game changer for FL Studio lovers shifting over to Ableton Live. The emulation allowed users to feel more at home, dragging FL features over to their new DAW of choice.
Now, YRAKI has worked on a new version of its helpful M4L device. Juicy Loops 2 recreates yet another much loved FL features for Ableton Live – FL’s nifty, intuitive step sequencer.

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FL Studio’s versatile step sequencer is famously simple to use. With its six tracks, each with individual settings, the DAW makes it simple to create polyrhythms and carve out interesting sonic patterns. Thankfully, YRAKI has entirely recreated the familiar UI – as well as adding a few extra perks.
The polymetric Juicy Loops 2 MIDI sequencer also allows users to toy with the velocity of each track, as well as tweak velocity deviations with percentage dials. Track length can also be varied individually, while the direction of play can also be reversed.
YRAKI have also made it so Juicy Loops patterns can be directly exported as MIDI clips, allowing users to drop them into Ableton channels, meaning you wont lose your pattern in the process.

A few reviews are already in, with one reading: “Love this! It’s like a magic box packed with infinite sequencing ideas. Glad I can finally program beats this way on Ableton.”
Another reviewer suggests a potential way of making the sequencer even more useful than the FL original. “Adding a chance per step feature and BPM sync/free mode would make it even better,” they write.
Juicy Loops is currently available for £20 on Gumroad.
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Tim Exile’s collaborative music-making platform Endlesss to shut down next weekEndlesss, the fun-focussed app for collaborative online music-making, is shutting down next week, a new statement has revealed.
Helmed by electronic music producer Tim Exile, the mobile and desktop app launched in 2020 and proudly embraced emerging technologies, such as Web3, in its development.
READ MORE: Endlesss Studio review: live improvisation has never been this easy and fun
Endlesss was revered strong emphasis on fun in music production, with a workflow designed for easy online jamming with loops. The Rifffs feature would let you lay down sequences to rapidly upload and share with other users, who could add to the Rifff in real-time.
On 31 May 2024, the app’s servers will close. In a statement, the UK-based startup says:
“We announce today, with heavy hearts, that Endlesss Ltd will cease operations at the end of May.
“In what ways will this affect the apps you use and the music you make with them? Servers and apps are live until the end of the month. These services will cease to operate on Friday, 31st May. Endlesss’ apps will no longer be accessible after this date.
“Due to this, we strongly recommend that users begin archiving their music immediately. Rifffs can be downloaded from the app using the ‘share’ function and selecting to export stems or video output. These options can also be found in the Rifff journal.
“We want to extend our sincere thanks to all of you. There was a huge passion behind this project that many of you shared, creating a community rich with talent and friendship.
“Endlesss has produced incredible moments and lifelong connections, both online and in real life. We feel honoured to have contributed to the development of an app that has gathered such a loyal following.”

MusicTech reviewed the app upon its release during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying ‘There was no way Exile could’ve known how 2020 would pan out but it just so happens that his app might be the perfect way to make the best of a bad situation – by kickstarting your creativity and connecting with a world on lockdown.”
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Deadmau5 trolls Grimes for Coachella technical issues during his EDC setdeadmau5 poked fun at Grimes’ infamous Coachella performance during his set at Las Vegas’ Electric Daisy Carnival last weekend. During the show, he played clips of the synth-pop artist talking about the technical issues she experienced during the first weekend of the festival before going into his track, Maths.
Deadmau5 performed on the last day of EDC (Sunday 19 May) on the Cosmic Meadow stage. The festival also hosted sets from David Guetta, Benny Benassi, Peggy Gou, Dom Dolla, Four Tet and a whole load more.

READ MORE: Diplo shows off his analogue library and home studio on his 62-acre private estate in Portland, Jamaica

Footage of Deadmau5’s set has since been shared online, where Grimes is displayed on big screens explaining how her tracks were playing at double their speed. According to those who were there Coachella, the issue occurred about 20 minutes into her DJ set on the Sahara stage. The technical blip was seemingly a result of Rekordbox incorrectly analysing her tracks.
As the footage of Grimes plays out, the sound of a metronome can be heard before the clips show her saying “it’s hard to explain”. The beat then drops for Maths. Take a look below:

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Most people have since moved on and the incident is a thing of the past, though at the time opinions from artists and fans on the internet were divided. Grimes returned for the second weekend of Coachella and her set went just fine. She even poked fun at herself by playing a ‘Breaking News’ style video featuring masked characters mocking the incident with comments like “she can’t DJ.”
DJ and producer Morgan Page also shared a range of tips and advice to help fellow budding DJs avoid the same error afterwards. These were tips such as “never update to the latest OS or Rekordbox on your touring laptop. Test on another machine”, and have “a redundant double laptop setup in parallel, or 15-minute chunks of your DJ set for an emergency”.
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From Spotify’s battle with music publishers to the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
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How strong is the case against Live Nation? An anti-trust attorney weighs inWill the Department of Justice be able to force the breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster? How strong is its antitrust case filed yesterday.....
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MIDiA Global Music Projections 2024-2031: On the road to $100 BillionDiscover how the rise of the Global South is set to revolutionize the music industry through 2031. Here are MIDiA Research's projections and insights into the future of global music.,,,,
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“No matter where I lived, I was still an insecure, anxious little weirdo”: Moby says money from Play success did little to change his personalityElectronic music legend Richard Melville Hall aka Moby has reflected on the unexpected success of his breakthrough album Play and the effects (or lack thereof) of all that money on his personality.

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With the release of Play in 1999, Moby’s life was forever changed — along with the public’s consciousness of a genre referred to at the time as “electronica”. Despite its slow commercial start, Play would go on to become the biggest-selling electronica album of all time, with over 12 million copies sold globally, and all 18 tracks licensed for commercial use.
Asked about how the windfall from the record had changed things for him at the time, Moby tells Billboard: “When I started licensing music and making money from it — and it’s tricky because it might sound self-serving or even self-aggrandising — the deal I made with myself was, ‘Make money so you can do something good with the money.’”
“So It seemed creepy to draw too much attention to that, so I’m very hesitant to mention it. But my idea was, ‘if I have money, I can try and use it to a good effect.’”
The musician credits his upbringing for his relationship with money, having grown up in “in the world of hardcore punk rock in and around New York in the early ’80s”, where one of his favourite bands, “like everybody’s”, was Minor Threat.

“One of my musical and spiritual heroes was Ian MacKaye from Minor Threat who famously would only charge $5 for a show,” he explains. “As you know, the straight edge punk rock scene of the early ’80s was aggressively non-capitalistic.”
That said, Moby concedes that there were some “very selfish, stupid things” that he’d spent money on, though he soon realised that “no matter where I lived, I was still an insecure, anxious little weirdo.”
“So I was quickly disabused of the idea that buying a giant house was going to fix any of my problems,” he says. “Rather, I said, okay, I’ve made some money. Let me figure out how to live a comfortable, simple, life then ideally use the money to sort of move the needle away from this current, terrible status quo, this current terrible system regarding food production, environmental destruction, attacks on democracy, voter suppression. In my way, I’ve been trying to stay true to that.”
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Take the ‘State of Data in The Music Industry’ Survey & Get a Free ReportWater & Music is furthering its mission to be the most comprehensive source of data for the music business with a new survey about how the industry collects and uses data.....
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Sonuscore update Best Service The Score The new update for The Score gives users more control over the behind-the-scenes technology behind the instrument while still keeping the focus on creativity rather than technical details.