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Programmer, writer and musician; author of the Learn Code the Hard Way books and of Mongrel, the Ruby web server.
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REAPERSoftware
For post-production though I use REAPER which is seriously the best $60 bucks I ever spent. The REAPER forums alone are worth that much with all the advice they have.
His Uses This interview, mostly about the guitar and recording rig he writes and plays with.
2011-10-21·usesthis.com ↗
Boomerang III LooperHardware Boomerang
That feeds into a Line 6 M5 for extra arbitrary effects. Those then feed into a Boomerang III Looper which is the most awesome looper ever.
His Uses This interview, mostly about the guitar and recording rig he writes and plays with.
2011-10-21·usesthis.com ↗
G&L ASAT Classic SHardware G&L
My favorite guitar is a G&L ASAT Classic S, but it has single coil pickups so it's hard to record with it.
His Uses This interview, mostly about the guitar and recording rig he writes and plays with.
2011-10-21·usesthis.com ↗
DexySoftware
Dexy is also the bomb, since it lets you write "code books" in a literate style without carving your code base into tons of chunks.
His Uses This interview, mostly about the guitar and recording rig he writes and plays with.
2011-10-21·usesthis.com ↗
MacVimSoftware
For programming I use mostly vim with MacVim on the mac.
His Uses This interview, mostly about the guitar and recording rig he writes and plays with.
2011-10-21·usesthis.com ↗
awesomeSoftware
I use awesome for my window manager on Linux since it's mostly keyboard based.
His Uses This interview, mostly about the guitar and recording rig he writes and plays with.
2011-10-21·usesthis.com ↗
Carl Martin QuattroHardware Carl Martin
I've got a Carl Martin Quattro pedal, which is my primary effect chain.
His Uses This interview, mostly about the guitar and recording rig he writes and plays with.
2011-10-21·usesthis.com ↗
H4NHardware Zoom
Now I record everything into an H4N or DP-008 then do post production later.
His Uses This interview, mostly about the guitar and recording rig he writes and plays with.
2011-10-21·usesthis.com ↗
G&L ComancheHardware G&L
I then have a G&L Comanche that has stainless steel frets as my main recording guitar.
His Uses This interview, mostly about the guitar and recording rig he writes and plays with.
2011-10-21·usesthis.com ↗
SphinxSoftware
I first used Sphinx but it was too hard to get good PDF typography out of and really only works if you document projects the way the Sphinx authors do.
His Uses This interview, mostly about the guitar and recording rig he writes and plays with.
2011-10-21·usesthis.com ↗
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