underground garden

more DIY printables in the back catalog

em@halleylabs.com — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:10:00 -0500

some new printables have been added to the back catalog, including: BECAUSE MAYBE, WANDERLUST, NERVE'S ENDING, More Adventures, Adventures With Tweesee, and Monarch of Death Rave

blog post: the nigh-impossibility open art in the age of shit

em@halleylabs.com — Sun, 9 Aug 2026 22:02:00 -0500

recently, i got an email asking about why i don't use a creative commons license for my work. the answer is the current day. let's talk about the limitations of CC licenses and why i don't agree with them... among other things.

music use guidelines update

em@halleylabs.com — Sun, 9 Aug 2026 21:02:00 -0500

new guideline added: my music is not to be used on tiktok apart from tiktok being a mind-destroying force, every time something of mine gets used on their i get stuck in bullshit legal back and forth as people upload it to distributors, get it put on spotify, etc. this isn't just a pain in my ass, but it prevents people from using my work freely in the future, as they will face claims on their work. this is what is ultimately unacceptable about this. there are always going to be shitheads, but to infringe on so many other peoples' free use of the things they enjoy is absolutely bullshit.

new back catalog feature: album streaming

em@halleylabs.com — Sat, 8 Aug 2026 22:10:00 -0500

the backcat now allows for streaming of (almost) everything on it! just go to an album's page and click play or click a track. if you want to share a track with somebody, just right click the name, copy it, and paste the link. the shared link will automatically highlight the track when visited, and will play that track upon pressing play. i'm not satisfied with YT being the easiest way to share my stuff with a friend quickly, since you have to deal with YT's everything (ads, bandwidth, resource usage, having to find a good upload, etc). everything on here is ~96-112kbps OPUS format - so your browser does need to support that (most currently do) - which is perfect for quick streams, low-bandwidth background music, and so on. there may be errors. they'll get sorted over time. also, a number of albums weren't indexing properly prior (omicron complex and others) - they are now indexing properly.

some DIY printables now available!

em@halleylabs.com — Sat, 8 Aug 2026 15:20:00 -0500

the back catalog has been updated with a "HAS DIY" checkbox. the DIY PDF download links are under each album. if you click the ? next to that link, you'll be brought to a page with some simple instructions, a template you can make your own with at the bottom, and so on. currently, 25 albums have DIY patterns for printing, and i'll be adding more in the future... please have fun!

end of starchild v1.13

em@halleylabs.com — Wed, 8 Jul 2026 15:25:00 -0500

final eos update for now, addressing a couple minor issues. thank you for checking the project out if you have! i think the RSS feed should also work again as i've excluded it from anubis.

end of starchild v1.11

em@halleylabs.com — sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:00:00 -0500

naturally, the previous patch introduced a couple very silly issues. those and a few other little problems should be resolved in v1.11 and i should also hopefully be able to stop messing with this for a while. thank you!

end of starchild v1.10

em@halleylabs.com — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:35:00 -0500

this is hopefuilly the last major fix patch and comes with a bunch of fun rebalancing now that i've been able to observe how people play. dynamic difficulty adjustments mean that it should be slightly more accessible for beginner players, while people playing on the hardest difficulty will be brutalized in exciting ways. this update will clear some of your game stats but WILL NOT erase any of your actual progress!! only per-level records will be wiped due to the amount of changes made. the game will warn you when you visit "home."

end of starchild v1.8

em@halleylabs.com — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:40:00 -0500

there have been several updates to eos over the past couple days, fixing issues that didn't reveal themselves in testing. it's recommended that you update! you can carry over your "save" and "cache" folder to the new install to keep your progress.

end of starchild 1.4 quick fix

em@halleylabs.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:50:00 -0500

this fix addresses an issue specific to certain hardware configurations causing the game to crash on death.

game release: end of starchild

em@halleylabs.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:50:00 -0500

my DOOM-mod-turned-standalone-game, "eos," is now available for download. the soundtracks are also out and available on my bandcamp. thank you for waiting if you have been!

album release: PCM.SCREED EP

em@halleylabs.com — Mon, 8 Jun 2026 13:08:00 -0500

i've got a new EP out - it's quite abraisive. enjoy it!

bandcamp holiday discount

em@halleylabs.com — Mon, 1 Dec 2025 10:30:00 -0500

as is tradition, if you'd like to add my entire bandcamp discography to your collection for easy streaming from wherever, you can use the code 0506holidayz to get 90% off on a discography purchase, available from any page on my bandcamp!

three plugins added

em@halleylabs.com — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:26:56 -0500

three plugins have been added to the plugins page, which include: CT-P01H (a hihat synth), subBuddy (a sub bass synthesizer with harmonic phase offset control), and fm-mod-demod (an fm modulator-demodulator i put together for Unrealistic Project Roadmap's mastering work).

back catalog updates: it's all free, and more.

em@halleylabs.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:26:56 -0500

what it says on the tin. every last bit of it is available for free. making all of this freely available would not be possible without the ongoing support from patreon, bandcamp, and youtube, and i appreciate said continued support beyond words. i figure some people don't want to deal with bandcamp, or really any friction between themselves and having some files on their computer, and this is the best way to accomodate that, as well as be incluse of those that cannot afford downloads, live in countries where they are inaccessible. etc. as new paid albums come out, there will be a window in which they will only be on bandcamp, youtube, etc. after that, the downloads will be freely available here. a file handling update has also been rolled out: downloaded files will now be formatted as "Alias - Album [Format].zip" rather than the short filenames used previously. if you still need the short filenames, you can right click and copy the download links. thank you, and enjoy.

album release: 000000 000004 000000 000004

em@halleylabs.com — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:31:33 -0500

a new EP under a new-but-not alias, lowerNorfair (one of L0N6N3CK's aliases listed on the KIDNAMEDFINGER project page). very dark, loud stuff, generally speaking. check it out via the Allsop-Lancaster site.

album release: KIDNAMEDFINGER

em@halleylabs.com — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:27:59 -0400

a new collaborative project between myself and rowan. please check it out via the Allsop-Lancaster site!

blog post: adderall / parallelization

em@halleylabs.com — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 13:23:13 -0400

somebody i know has been having a transformative experience in having their ADHD treated via adderall. a part of me wondered: how would i, today, respond to it? i think it would be interesting to find out. so, i did. the verdict? it's simply not for me. [read more]

blog post: trying to find the spark again

em@halleylabs.com — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:08:11 -0400

one of the most challenging and unexpected aspects of quitting alcohol compared to other substances is that although i feel healthier in every way, especially socially, creativity has been much harder to tap into, and much more fleeting. [read more]

vertical mice

em@halleylabs.com — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:05:39 -0400

added a section on vertical mice

blog post: an extreme act of sobriety

em@halleylabs.com — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:15:08 -0500

blog post: returning to the source

em@halleylabs.com — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:18:14 -0500

"album" release: greenhouse - they found a complexity in me and cared so deeply

em@halleylabs.com — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:32:50 -0400

currently only available through my site and on patreon, a collection of sketches, alternate versions, unused works, and so on from the past couple years of greenhouse work.

album release: K² - Unrealistic Project Roadmap

emma@halleylabs.com — Sat, 11 May 2024 22:04:14 -0400

the rat returns!... bandcamp: https://halleylabs.com/album/unrealistic-project-roadmap / itch.io: https://halleylabs.itch.io/upr / youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gboG-2E0xjI

thank you for waiting!!!!

blog post: pop speedcore rhythm theory: something for everybody

emma@halleylabs.com — Thu, 2 May 2024 11:16:57 -0400

new plugins: pseudopolygon and more

emma@halleylabs.com — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:46:04 -0400

four new plugins are now available:

CT-FC01 pseudopolygon: a reverse engineering of the Ricoh 2A03/2A07 triangle wave generator

CT-U04 spplay: a playable steiner-parker filter that breaks up at high amplitudes.

CT-U05 pwmvol: a PWM encoder/decoder.

CT-U06 bitout: a bit reducer that outputs only the difference between the input and quantized signal

new tools: dvn8, soup

emma@halleylabs.com — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:47:57 -0400

added a couple new tools to the tools page: dvn8, a single-cycle waveform generator with some fun functions, and soup, a supersaw/square/sine sample generator. the former is great for funky chiptune-ish wave generation (and more) and the latter is just a bunch of fun in general, especially for machines that can't do realtime synthesis due to lack of processing power.

backcat update

emma@halleylabs.com — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 17:36:22 -0400

a couple backcat fixes and changes: - fixed the era selector options, they no longer clear when using the page navigation - added lots of cassette and vinyl releases. for cassettes, only MP3 is offered (there is nothing to gain from FLAC here lol), and for vinyl, i've only put up select records, and rather than recordings of them i'm offering the original digital masters. missing ones are either very close to their digital counterparts, or the digital counterparts are still for sale at my bandcamp. you can also elect to use "physical" as an era selector.

blog post: lots and lots of waves

emma@halleylabs.com — Fri, 1 Mar 2024 19:55:56 -0400

weird tech is excellent

impulse tracker instrument collection & more

emma@halleylabs.com — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 03:14:07 -0500

added a link to my ongoing impulse tracker instrument collection on github (found under the "resources" drop-down in the navigation menu, just click the "+"), as well as "today's stab", a page that serves one new rave stab sample every day for at least the next couple thousand days (available on the "etcetera" page). a "changes" page has also been added under the "updates" header, which details smaller changes that aren't worth an RSS update for. check there for more info on various tiny site changes that often mean nothing.

blog post: passing of the pede

emma@halleylabs.com — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:45:58 -0500

as well, a few site changes. a "changes" section has been added under updates to keep track of general small changes that won't get full RSS feed updates. check in every now and again there to see if some little stuff gets added.

new year, new me, new fuckin site

emma@halleylabs.com — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 21:21:53 -0500

it finally happened! way too much to talk about re: updates. i'll make a blog post eventually. in the mean time, enjoy the new heckscaper.com... or rather, msx.horse.... or even msx2plus.com... they'll all work. happy new year. <3