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Tried a couple new AI services tonight.  Supposedly Sonauto gives you more control, and lets you name an artist you want the output to mimic.  It sort of works, but often sounded garbled, like a backwards played record.  Maybe it was just the way I was using it.

Then I stumbled upon Udio and generated this song:

Canvas Reverie

Similar to Suno, it generates pairs of output in small chunks, and you have to add sections to extend it into a full song.  It seems to have more allowance for free use, and the output sounds less compressed than Suno.  Generated lyrics can be just as bizarre though.

Somehow I got 50 more credits.  Here's a few more songs for your listening pleasure


Gaming All Day - Energetic Rock


Foggy Brain Glues - Aggressive Delta Blues


Lonely Soul - Motown


Soundwaves of my Soul - Guitar-driven Alternative song about the joy of playing guitar, ironically has no guitar in it

In just a couple minutes, using Replay, I was able to hear what it might sound like if Johnny Cash sang I'll Stand By You by The Pretenders.

Often I find a need to format a USB stick with the FAT32 filesystem.  For example, the A500 Mini (half size Amiga 500) requires it.  Windows can format a USB with FAT32 natively, but only if it's a small size.  For anything usable you need to turn to alternatives.  The folks at Retro32 have a solution, and fear the utility may someday disappear.

For that reason I have attached it here.  The zip file contains both a GUI and CLI version of the fat32 formatting tool originally from Ridgecrop Consultants

It's Halloween in Diddlycraft.  As always, find the jack-o-lanterns for treats and XP!