Retiring Sonogram — and keeping the part that mattered
I'm retiring Sonogram, my WebGL music visualizer. The audio analysis underneath it — waveforms, EBU R128 loudness, key and tempo — lives on in 1-bit. What I kept, and what I let go.
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The product that lives here is 1-bit, a bit-exact DSD & hi-res audio player for iPhone and iPad. The blog is where I write about how it — and other things — actually work.
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Bit-exact DSD and hi-res playback from your NAS or bridge straight to a USB DAC — no transcoding, no account, no tracking. Free on iPhone and iPad.
Sonogram Retired
My WebGL visualizer that turned a track into an interactive 3D “sonic fingerprint.” I’ve retired it — but kept the audio analysis underneath and folded it into 1-bit.
Why I retired it →Recent Posts
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1-bit has a new home
1-bit — the bit-exact DSD and PCM player for iOS — now has its own site at 1-bit.app. Here's what moved off ars.md, what stayed, and why the split made sense.
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Cable or 2Go? Two ways to feed a Hugo 2 from an iPhone
Two ways to play music from an iPhone into a Chord Hugo 2 — a USB cable, or UPnP to a 2Go bolted onto it. Both are bit-exact. Here's what actually differs, and which one is optimal.
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Setting up a Chord 2Go with an iPhone
How to play music from an iPhone to a Chord 2Go over your own network — bit-exact, no transcoding — using DLNA and a self-hosted 1-bit bridge. Plus the security caveat nobody mentions.
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How to play DSD on an iPhone
iPhones don't play DSD out of the box, and most apps quietly convert it to PCM. Here's what actually playing DSD takes — a USB DAC, DoP, the right file, and a player that gets out of the way.