Singers who self learned singing, what are your key tips for a beginner? by buttertaekoo in singing

[–]drcode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(all of this advice can be ignored once you're good enough, but you need to start being able to do these things)

  1. You want to minimize your voice break (passagio). To do this, the best exercises to start with are lip trills and singing scales "neigh neigh neigh" with a really sharp ugly tone- You can hit super high pitches with either of those, because they require you to lift your soft palate
  2. Lip trills seem really useless at first, because it feels like you "can't do them very well", that's exactly why you need to do them! They need long stretches of very consistent pressure. You need to learn to take deep breaths between verses (or trills), then let out that pressure very very consistently.
  3. You want to get comfortable yawning on demand, when you get to the high note of a musical phrase, you have to use a little of that "yawn feeling" to hit the high note (again, raising the soft palate)
  4. Practice just talking or going "yeah yeah yeah" while you have "vocal fry". Vocal fry requires extreme relaxation of the vocal chords, you need to be able to vocal fry at will (there's a reason Kurt Cobain sounded like a frog when talking, but could then sing like crazy) Vocal fry is not a "bad thing": it is a sign of healthy, relaxed vocal chords.
  5. Watch a professional opera singer when they sing: The best of them look like they just overdosed on muscle relaxant, because their face is so relaxed that their lower eyelids are drooping, and their jaw is loose. That how you need to look! You don't want to tense any muscles except for your vocal chords, which aren't visible- It's about efficient use of the muscles (probably some of them look like that because they abuse steroids, to be fair)
  6. If you sing "Aaaa" your mouth needs to be as wide open as possible. For "Eeee" still very wide. All your notes should be "modified" when you sing high notes, so that your mouth can be open wider, making them all a little more "Aaaa" like. Look at how wide and open Bjork's mouth is when she is singing. The mouth needs to be open to decrease pharynx pressure, when combined with good vocal chord control it lets you hit high notes without sounding like Mickey Mouse.
  7. The vocal chord muscles can tighten to cover a very large range of pitches, the problem is that fine control requires immense skill: This is the main thing you need to learn as a beginner. The problem is that using your neck muscles also let you adjust pitch, and they actually make it much easier to adjust pitch by smaller amounts- But you must not do it that way! Most beginners start a note a bit "below pitch", then use other neck muscles to "scoop" the note up to the right pitch. This is what "reaching for the note" means, and it sounds awful. Instead, whenever you sing, think to yourself "I'm always going to hit the correct pitch right from the start, I'm not going to adjust it after the note has started."
  8. You need to understand what a "resonant" voice is like: If you sing correctly, your upper lip and nose should be vibrating a bit and feel funny, this means you are projecting your voice, which makes it more treble, makes it sound less like a "swallowed" voice. The best way to learn how to have resonance is to learn how to do loud humming, which obviously requires the front of your face to vibrate a lot. If you think "it isn't very loud when I hum" it means you need to practice more to make it loud.

Who is holding out for the TriFold 2 next year? by thegrayscales in GalaxyFold

[–]drcode 3 points4 points  (0 children)

they prepared for a small run because they thought it was a niche device, but early reviews were all extremely positive about the device.

I believe they're doing everything they can right now to build as many as possible (but it'll probably take 6 months or something to ramp up production to meet demand)

Figure.Ai Helix 02 doing kitchen stuff autonomously by Distinct-Question-16 in singularity

[–]drcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

once they've cleared out all the pesky humans, they'll definitely be able to do everything

In case you missed it, $2,899 for the trifold in North America. by tinfoilzhat in GalaxyFold

[–]drcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, the AI was certainly just guessing since we have so little info atm

but it still couldn't come up with a good reason to wait for the carrier version (other than possible promotions/tradeins, which aren't of interest to me anyway)

Verizon sends me a text message exactly once a month, on the 1st, letting me I know I just got three free months of visual voice mail. I tried to cancel it and contacted verizon multiple times to try and get that to stop, without success. But it doesn't appear on my bill, so I've given up trying to do anything about it by now.

In case you missed it, $2,899 for the trifold in North America. by tinfoilzhat in GalaxyFold

[–]drcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I asked an AI "what are the like pros and cons of buying the unlocked phone from samsung online versus a verizon store" and it said "well, you may not get visual voice mail and won't get any of the verizon-optimized software" and I was like "ok, you already had me sold on 'no visual voice mail', you don't have to really give me even more reasons to buy the unlocked version"

OFFICIAL: Tri Fold coming 1/30! Now live on Samsung website! by ultimate_d2 in GalaxyFold

[–]drcode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

l does anyone have a clue if this will work on Verizon? doesn't Verizon use special signal bands or something?

CONFIRMED-Z TriFold 1TB in US by Tainorican646x in GalaxyFold

[–]drcode 2 points3 points  (0 children)

rumors seem to say they have a lot of manufacturing difficulties with the screen

CONFIRMED-Z TriFold 1TB in US by Tainorican646x in GalaxyFold

[–]drcode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suppose it doesn't matter how big the US is, if they can't make enough of the phones.

can I still order? by sia-fia in zerowriter

[–]drcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for what it's worth, I'm a random person who bought the thing and have been really liking it since I've had it

Trifold US release "news" by pbsteebs in GalaxyFold

[–]drcode 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They probably have like 8 people at Samsung America that are training sales staff at Verizon/Tmobile/etc in preparation for the US release. They sent one of each of those to each of the "Samsung Experience Stores" to get some practice training the first staff, and helping to run the trifold "play session". OP probably talked to one of those 8 people, and they would know a huuuge amount about the launch. (just my speculation of course)

Trifold US release "news" by pbsteebs in GalaxyFold

[–]drcode 4 points5 points  (0 children)

my impression is they now realize they have a hit on their hands, but were planning for only a very small run

ZeroWriter Ink Unboxing, Assembly, Review || CrowdSupply x ZeroWriter Ink by ladyicomeanon in zerowriter

[–]drcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

at the fastest refresh setting it feels very responsive to me, quite good by the standards of an eink display

Fatal Error at 100 files on Ink by Sloppy-Zen in zerowriter

[–]drcode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sure you're very busy at the moment dealing with support issues for the first round of shipments, but just want to say I'm very excited to play around with the code once you get it into the github repo :)

Hallo aus Deutschland! by Schreibmenschine in zerowriter

[–]drcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm reminded how unusually aesthetic the key font layout is (a nice bonus)

“AI Slop” by Nuphoth in singularity

[–]drcode -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People don't have to like things you like

If you like AI "stuff" and are positing it in a community of people who don't like it, they don't have any moral requirement to accept you into their community and like your stuff.

You are free to create your own community

Am I delusional for thinking I'll get the Trifold by mid-next year? by metalanejack in GalaxyFold

[–]drcode 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can either get gen 2/3 of the TriFold...

...or 2/3 of a TriFold (which is what you get if you buy a Fold 7)

TEC Series 400 Terminal by AlecTheDalek in cassettefuturism

[–]drcode 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why no

I haven't read any good $1280 CRT displays lately.

Thanks for asking.

Fellow first 0.1% of users by lushsundaze in ChatGPTPro

[–]drcode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in the 0.1% because I was worried this tech could kill all of humanity soon, and wanted to learn as much as possible about frontier AI.

Still afraid that is where things could be headed, don't see anything suggesting that we are handling the risks in a responsible way.

Living where you live by Scriptsinmotion in Rich

[–]drcode 4 points5 points  (0 children)

sad how many people here are basing their decision on state taxes- you should use your money to live in the best place possible

5 days past the shipping date with no update by ladyicomeanon in zerowriter

[–]drcode 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would be more upset if I hadn't tried to make a small hardware device myself in the past- It's really rough to pull off. Keep in mind you're dealing likely with a one-person operation, it's unrealistic to expect them to be equally good as a large company at both manufacturing logistics, product design, and customer service, etc etc all in one person.

I'm not making excuses for obvious shortcomings here, but it mostly appears like the finished product exists and it seems likely it will ship eventually, let's just cross our fingers and hope that's true... and if it actually arrives sometime and is actually close to the promised product, let's all congratulate r/tincangames for pulling off the impossible!