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Cobalt

@cobaltmusic.fi

I swear a lot. Musician and DJ from Lahti, Finland. The SFW alt of @tommyswanson.fi Other interests include: linguistics, shitposting, amateur radio, electronics, photography, radioactivity, gaming, networking, technology, etc.

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Started working on this on stream today

04.03.2026 19:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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finnish culture (ostakaa makkaraa) meets indian culture (the bansuri flute)

28.02.2026 10:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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stop me if you've heard this one before

27.02.2026 16:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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original composition

(Cobalt - Home)

27.02.2026 16:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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anyway here's Alpha by Vangelis

27.02.2026 16:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

love the dichotomy of 2 folks standing around inside a metal tube whose insides look like it has devoured the bodies of at least 5 people haha

looking forward to the blu ray release! any info on if we'll get more cool behind the scenes stuff?

19.02.2026 17:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

looking forward to the blu ray release! can you tell if it's gonna have more sweet juicy behind the scenes content?

16.02.2026 16:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

one click and it works on windows lol

13.02.2026 14:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I click the installer exe in bottles (basically just a GUI for wine) and if that doesn't work I CBA to even try because from prior experience I know that even if I spend several hours installing every single dependency that it still probably won't work

13.02.2026 14:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a screenshot from the VM settings, showing the "3d acceleration" feature toggled on

a screenshot from the VM settings, showing the "3d acceleration" feature toggled on

it's just a normal option i can tick in the VM settings. but it's not like you really need 3D acceleration for FL. I use the VM exclusively for FL, everything else including gaming and video/photo editing I just do in linux

13.02.2026 13:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

after several years of trying to get fl working with wine, a week or so I just gave up and installed an airgapped windows 10 VM. like FL itself works fine but may god help you if you need to do anything else with it, for example install VSTs

13.02.2026 12:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

is two alien coins enough to get my bogos binted

12.02.2026 08:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

god i love granular synthesis. instant cool sound, just add sample!

10.02.2026 14:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ain't nobody use twitter anymore, and even though this place doesn't have the numbers it makes up for that in the quality of interactions. same with fedi, it has even less numbers but even though I have like 7x more followers on here than on there I get about the same amount of interactions on both

05.02.2026 08:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cobalt

31.01.2026 08:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

umm,,, u eat GLUE?? what a weirdo. my diet consists of human flesh

29.01.2026 13:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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now with preliminary vocals!

29.01.2026 08:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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wow I haven't touched fl since february of 2025 lol anyway here's a 30 minute rough sketch of some 303 acid rally house

26.01.2026 20:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

indeed, it came out to early access a month ago haha

as expected there are still a bunch of bugs and issues but so far I'm really liking it

25.01.2026 07:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My Winter Car on Steam My Winter Car is the ultimate challenge for project car owning, building, fixing, tuning and maintenance simulator. Sequel to My Summer Car, but with added challenge for those who can master the origi...

a couple of my songs can now be heard in My Winter Car!

24.01.2026 17:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a screenshot of the PDF, showing the electrical specifications of the transformer. way too much text to properly alt, sorry

a screenshot of the PDF, showing the electrical specifications of the transformer. way too much text to properly alt, sorry

not only did they get back to me, they sent me the whole 7 page PDF specifying EVERYTHING in the transformer from the tech specs to even the physical construction of the thing

mackie also has a publicly accessible archive of ALL their products' manuals free to download, discontinued or not

09.01.2026 09:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
the headstock of a Landola guitar, with fresh new tuning mechanisms and strings installed

the headstock of a Landola guitar, with fresh new tuning mechanisms and strings installed

a side view of the headstock, showing the new tuning mechanisms. they are rather ornate metal plates

a side view of the headstock, showing the new tuning mechanisms. they are rather ornate metal plates

the new nut of the guitar, it is a white solid piece of bone which the strings rest upon

the new nut of the guitar, it is a white solid piece of bone which the strings rest upon

the strings tied to the bridge of the guitar. as far as I know they're well attached and shouldn't be able to slip at all

the strings tied to the bridge of the guitar. as far as I know they're well attached and shouldn't be able to slip at all

baby finally got new tuning hardware, saddles, and strings. she sings beautifully now :) I haven't played in years so I'm very rusty but it's all coming back. I think I did a shit job with tying the strings to the tuning posts? but they hold and they work so I guess it doesn't really matter?

07.01.2026 19:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've emailed Mackie about the transformer, here's hoping they can help me. It wouldn't be a massive loss to lose the 50โ‚ฌ I invested on this but if the option to not do that instead is there, I'd rather do that

07.01.2026 07:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it's fucked up because as I said the rest of the system is in absolutely pristine condition. it's just this one singular component that is not working correctly which kills the whole system. if you have any ideas, feel free to let me know

06.01.2026 12:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hate to say it but this mixer might just be completely done for. I don't know what the outputs are supposed to be so I can't do anything about it. I can't rewind the transformer with new wire and can't replace the whole PSU with a switch mode one because I don't know what the system wants

06.01.2026 12:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ah, of course the transformer is some random brand I've never heard of and the markings on it produce no search results

the PSU board itself looks pristine and there is also a fuse on it which is unharmed, so it's most definitely the transformer

06.01.2026 12:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a blown fuse, the inside of the glass is coated in black material

a blown fuse, the inside of the glass is coated in black material

so I got a half-amp 250V slow blow like the chassis said, turned it on, and the fuse blew immediately. didn't even get a blink of a light on the front panel, so I'm thinking the problem is either in the power supply board or the transformer - I'm leaning towards the latter

05.01.2026 14:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

may have some exciting news coming in the next two weeks or so

05.01.2026 09:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember adding momentum mod to my steam wishlist like a couple of years ago and never heard anything about it since, are they still making it or

31.12.2025 20:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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thank hell that that is over with. but the thing is, I finally got the main PCB off and checked all the caps and they all seem to (at least visually) be brand new. I have no idea why this thing would keep burning fuses. maybe the previous owner didn't use slow blows like the chassis says?

31.12.2025 19:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0