Sound Space

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From a page of notes from the 1st Sound Space stream on 2025 November 26

Music improvisation in real and virtual soundscapes most weekdays starting ~10:00am Eastern at YouTube.com/@hypertexthero/live ✨

Past sessions, and sessions not yet come to pass:

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Atmospheric landings in Elite Dangerous soon? ✶

I hope so. The Radicoida Unica community goal at HIP 87621 seems to be the beginning of something big in Elite. Here’s the full stream, in 1440p, and in behind-the-stream news, YouTube livestream tests are on the horizon, too.

Friday, 21 November 2025

Numa compact digital piano notes

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My second keyboard,1 the Studiologic Numa Compact X SE made my love for piano blossom. I turn it on first thing in the morning, turn to it to play and practice throughout the day, and turn it off before going to bed. It’s in my first published songs.

The instrument has 88 semi-weighted piano keys that are around a centimeter shorter than full-sized keys, internal sound banks with good piano and synth among other sounds, built-in effects like drive, delay, and reverb, and can also be used as a MIDI controller.

I have the SL P3-D pedals to control sustain. Press the right pedal and the vibrating waves from the keys you played keep ringing into the ethereal space where music lives.

Here are the full specifications and the user manual.

Many thanks to Studiologic’s Gianni Giudici for technical support.

Notes

Buzz in Organ sound bank sounds

If you don’t like the buzz in the initial attack when pressing keys in most of the Organ drawbar modes, go to Global settings (press and hold [Global] EDIT button) and set both Click Key On and Off to 0.

You can also use the last Pipe Organ sound bank which doesn’t have the buzz, if you don’t want to change the global settings.

Can’t hear effects

Stick 2 controls effects, so if you’re not hearing your Delay, for example, make sure Stick 2 is set all the way to the right.

Slider programming to control DAW via MIDI

  1. Press MIDI button.
  2. Press [Global] EDIT button.
  3. Use Encoder knob to select Zone Edit [14] CC Slider 1.
  4. Click Encoder knob and select the desired control such as 111-Undefined.
  5. Physically move the next slider so it appears in the menu (CC Slider 2), repeat 4 and maybe select 112-Undefined, and so on.
  6. Click [Global] EDIT button.

  1. My first one was a little 25-key Akai given to me by Matt DeVer). ↩︎

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Thursday, 20 November 2025

A cartoonist’s advice ✶

To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.

—Bill Watterson

Wednesday, 19 November 2025

♫ E44 Stream End Piano Synth Improvisation

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The cover for this single shows HyperTextHero playing keyboards in space with the Milky Way in the background.

My second song is out on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, and soon Bandcamp, Soundcloud, etc! It’s an improvisational piece inspired by Elite, a video game art work that has helped me immensely in both calm and difficult periods. Thanks to Yootsvik for the encouragement and for flying in space with me. Stream & download links.

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Monday, 17 November 2025

Synth-assisted takeoff from Radicoida Unica site at HIP 87621 ✶

From Episode 43 of my Elite Dangerous stream series, where I’m currently participating in the exobiology initiative community goal.

Sunday, 16 November 2025

Solar-powered coffee brewing ✶

The latest lovely project from Low-tech magazine.

Friday, 14 November 2025

Experimenting with sound in the 19th century ✶

Lucas Thompson, writing at The Public Domain Review:

While, in our own time, scientific understanding is usually thought of in terms of detachment and objectivity, here beauty and knowledge were often intertwined. Finally, and perhaps most unexpectedly, these books prompted readers to reflect on questions of spirituality and transcendence, since they positioned the science of acoustics as a fresh avenue for moving beyond the material plane.

Reminds me of Jane English’s Fingers Pointing to the Moon, that I had the pleasure of reading this year.

Thursday, 13 November 2025

Arc Raiders

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The lovely, colorful Arc Raiders logo.

HyperTextHero Arc Raiders gameplay videos originally streamed live on twitch.tv

Reasons I’m trying Arc Raiders:

  • The River Raid, NASA, and Rebel Alliance-like graphic design.
  • Impressive sounds that entered my ears while watching Twitch streams of the game.
  • I like combat versus mostly robots in video games currently.
  • It feels good to support video games promoting a wider perspective of humanity.

Reasons for concern:

  • PvP’s burned me out after a few chicken dinners and too many battle royales with cheese in Plunkbat. Will it be balanced so that most work together against the AI, or will it become another deathmatch player-killer-cheater festival?
  • Excessive inventory management.
  • Too many other good games to play.

So this may be a few streams, or many.

Lets see!

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Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Steam Machine ✶

Yes, Steam Machine is optimized for gaming, but it’s still your PC. Install your own apps, or even another operating system. Who are we to tell you how to use your computer?

Here’s RPS’ first look. I like the wood panel in front.

Monday, 10 November 2025

New calligraphic logotype ✶

The new HyperTextHero logotype that mysteriously appeared below the sun here is now available for purchase on a variety of merchandise including hats, t-shirts, and hoodies. Get it now, in the beginning of a musical journey.

Sunday, 2 November 2025

Better living through Beowulf ✶

A blog by an English teacher about how great literature can change your life, or save a society from tearing itself apart.

Thursday, 30 October 2025

Hi, it’s me, Wikipedia, and I am ready for your apology ✶

McSweeney’s on point.

Thursday, 23 October 2025

Song stretcher ✶

Slow down or speed up any audio file. Useful for learning fast passages, or sequences of notes, like Stevie Ray Vaughan guitar licks.

Saturday, 11 October 2025

Songs I like in each key

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Songs I like in each key to help practice piano chords and scales during livestreams. Nota bene: Verify and transpose chords as needed. Use ears. Eventually write or print the score of each song, or at least note down the chord progressions.

Major Key Song
C Imagine (chords), Prelude Op. 11 No. 1, Sonata No.21 in C Major, “Waldstein”, Allegro in C major, K.5a, Don’t Look Back In Anger
C# Db I Just Called to Say I Love You, Sweet Child O’ Mine
D Planet Hunter, Carry On, Harvest Moon
D# Eb Pain (chords), Heathens, Superstition, Stay Faraway So Close (D for 🎸)
E My Favorite Things (chords) E Dorian & Ionian, One More Kiss, Dear, What About That Day
F Love, Try Not To Let Go (chords), Bird Hits Its Head Against The Wall
F# Gb Music is Mine, Undone - The Sweater Song, Girls Just Want To Have Fun
G All Blues, Pais e Filhos, Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay, Mississippi Goddam
G# Ab I Wanted To Leave, The Man Who Sold The World
A Three Little Birds, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, Over Everything (chords)
A# Bb Purple Rain, Chameleon (keys)
B The Boxer, Africa, Prelude Op. 28 No. 11 in B major
Minor Key Song
Cm All Along The Watchtower, Blues in C Minor
C#m Dbm Suspirium (chords), Echoes (chords), So Did We, 18 and Life
Dm Istanbul, Sultans of Swing, Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565, Hear The Bells, Reindeer King, Like Exploding Stones, Killing In The Name
D#m Ebm Étude in D-sharp minor, Society is My Friend, Earthbound
Em Peace Trail, Come As You Are, In The Moment, Sara, Planet Caravan, Sin City
Fm Before (chords), Yes, It’s Me, The Goldfish!, In The End, Captain Kennedy
F#m Gbm Blade Runner Blues F#m7 & D (D6/9) F#m scale, Baltimore, Electrical Storm, Bang
Gm Shine On You Crazy Diamond, The Upper Peninsula, Überlin, G Song, Downbound Train, Pyramid
G#m Abm First Light (backing track), New Year’s Day (Am for 🎸)
Am Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor (Für Elise), Carbon, Love Theme from Spartacus, Thirteen Days, Exodus, Cadillac Assembly Line
A#m Bbm 29 Years, Nocturne op. 9 no. 1 in B flat minor, Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 (Cho)
Bm Walking in the Air, Pass the Mic, Dreams, Counting Blue Cars 
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