He was the multimillionaire software visionary that created the Zip file format still used almost universally to this day. And now, at the age of just 37, Phil Katz was dead. His life came to an inglorious ending in a lonely hotel room somewhere in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. He had a home nearby, and the cops had been summoned to it at least once before when neighbors complained of odors, insects, and mice infesting the neighboring luxury apartments. Once inside, the police were confronted with knee-deep garbage, decaying food scraps, and much more. When they later found his lifeless body slumped against a nightstand in that dingy south side hotel room, he was still cradling an empty bottle of liquor. A half dozen similar bottles littered the room. He was completely alone now, having long since been estranged from his family and now virtually a stranger even to the employees of his own company. His body could no longer sustain the abuse from years of chronic alcoholism, and he died alone that night of acute pancreatic bleeding. The Dark History of Zip Files: you might already know that I wrote the Zip file support that's been in Windows for about 30 years... But I had nothing to do with the creation of the Zip format, which goes back to Phil Katz. This is his tragic and cautionary tale... as told by me. I never met Phil before he died. I'd like to think that before he started his descent into darkness, we'd have a lot to talk about.

After 2.5 years in the making... This might be the best synth app I've ever made. It will be hard to top

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These two and a circuit bent Speak & Read. 🤣 The @Akai_Pro MPC Sample pad effects are fun to mash.

These two trippin 🤣

The performance effects on this little beast can get super glitchy. Loaded some stuff I collected with Koala into it and made this beat on the way to Vegas a couple days ago.

this is such an ill watch

Old meets new. Welcome to the family.

I just wanna make one of these before I die! salute @HieroAPLUS !!!!

Man this Laps pedal is good at making glitchy textures. All sounds from the OP-1 and tracked in Ableton Live.

Check out the sample pack I made 7 years ago for iMPC Pro. Pretty sure this format will load in your MPC Sample too. I haven't had a chance to test it yet. There are multiple kits. This is just one of them. @Akai_Pro MPC Sample. #mpcsample

The homie @darealdibiase on @guitarcenter doing tutorials for the new @Akai_Pro MPC. youtube.com/watch?v=CMX21Grv…

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Happy 60th birthday to DJ Premier!

Wow The 1979 Pioneer Blue Line Tower

Still playing with this. Love this machine!!! MPC500 is the truth!

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Y'alls want to sample this?

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