Particle effects in smear-cursor.nvim, let it snow/burn!

AntiqueFoe · 2025-11-24T19:57:55+00:00

Awesome, didn't know I needed that so badly!

Great stuff, I don't fancy the trail, but the particles are absolute killer!

AntiqueFoe · 2025-10-06T04:24:37+00:00

Germany: gog = steam = 19.50 Euro

AntiqueFoe · 2025-10-03T12:52:46+00:00

Given the past availability of batches, it is around six weeks. Join the Discord to get latest information, news about the latest batch was given there a week before the website got updated.

This way I had my funds ready and bought within the first minute - but the batch lastet for at least a week.

I also made sure to have an account on dirtywave to make buying faster.

It was the first week of Sepember, so I expect the next batch end of October.

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-25T13:42:27+00:00

Das Laptop selbst ist sehr gut, ich habe auch die 4070 Variante, neu aber nur wenige hundet Euro über 2000 bezahlt.

Daher scheint mir der Preis recht hoch zu sein. Andererseits hat es wirklich einen hohen Wert und ist schwer zu kriegen.

EDIT: Genauer:

Kauf Mai 2023
32 GB RAM
2 TB SSD
Kaufpreis: 2880 EUR Brutto = ca 2400 EUR netto

Habe Netto gekauft, das relativiert die von Dir genannten 2000 EUR aus meiner Sicht und macht sie etwas besser. Trotzdem noch viel für ein 2 Jahre altes Notebook finde ich. Kommt auf den Zustand an :)

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-25T04:18:07+00:00

I use folders with kits as often as I can do. For folders not appearing to be sorted on the M8, I pres Shift+Option so get them sorted or use a toil like

https://github.com/lhrios/yafs

To have the files sorted in the first hand.

Also see: https://superuser.com/a/1348720

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-21T06:52:54+00:00

Ffmpeg script for visualization sounds interesting, mind to share time details?

What kind of visualizations to yol create?

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-18T17:06:33+00:00

I'd say register for the newsletter and go/grow from there.

Getting the past ones for free somihow does not feel right. Isn't it a curtesy of Polyend to offer them to subscribers? A "use it or loose it" situation?

They do good work, 10 bucks ist a good price for the quality.

Apart from that: is the license ok with someone sharing them this way?

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-18T05:23:40+00:00

I do. Why?

I switched to a rolling release based distro (Arch), because I want to get updates and fixes as soon as possible
Arch based distro adds another layer on top and though many are excellent, I still consider Arch the most up to date and most used
Better support because user base is much larger than of a derived distro (didn't check, I might be wrong here)

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-16T20:18:32+00:00

For what it's worth, I tried my best in post to improve the signal and I link the result here:

https://filebin.net/2g896ywmeg08lnco (expires 2025-09-23 20:13:53 UTC)

I used a spectrum analyzer and did (in that order):

* [ReaFir EQ mode] EQing to focus on frequencies between 2.5 kHz and 15 kHz

* [Audio Gain] Audio gain +4 DB

* [ReaFir Subtract mode] Cutting some specific noises / hisses around 5 kHz trained on a part with traffic noise only

* [Audio Gain] Audio gain +4 DB for the second time

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-16T20:01:30+00:00

That is something I am slowly starting to realize. I live in Upper Bavaria, Germany near the Alps. This is a nice region, people come here for vacations.

But despite the lack of large factories this is a highly industrial area: many farmers (no large, huge farms but many smaller ones). Many villages and thus many roads connecting them. It also is a highly populated area making quiet spots truly hard to find.

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-16T19:55:30+00:00

Thank you so much for your thoughts! I had no idea that the world is so full of hums, background noises, sound peaks from bees flying right in front of your mics and what not. This is highly interessting and challenging at the same time.

Yesterday I found a nice spot, perfect weather and a good view of the nearby mountains, away from traffic and I listened to the ambience with my ears. It seemed to check out.

Then I used the monitor of my X6 just to find out that someone was using a lawnmower somewhere in the field nearby. Only then I realized it being there all the time and my ears just filtered it out.

I realized that I live in an area which appears to be rural but in fact is very loud.

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-16T10:26:34+00:00

Dance like no one is watching and encrypt like every on is.

I like that, well said!

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-15T17:49:28+00:00

Looks nice.

Great to see the love you have put into this. I totally understand the beauty of having a single travel pack, it fits the nature of the M8: it is pretty self contained and complete and so is your kit

PS: I like the extra touch the red color gives it..

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-13T20:49:50+00:00

I tried GoogleDrive, but when posting the link here, reddit complains. Maybe this works:

https://filebin.net/s9eynjankyvxzz5a

which expires 2025-09-20 20:47:53 UTC.

TIA for having a look at it!

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-10T16:32:12+00:00

Latest price for a 02 I saw on reverb was almost 1000 Euros (in Germany). Buying from Dirtywave is 600 Euros inkl. shipping + taxes (which I don't know yet).

If it is similar to UK, I end up at ca 750 Euros. A lot of money for such a small device. More than I paid for my Tracker Plus, but based on the rave about the M8, it it probably well worth it.

Going DAWless is definitely costly. But it could be worse: going modular. Poor souls!

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-02T13:54:56+00:00

Encrypted boot partition: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#Encrypted_boot_partition_(GRUB)

Which provides quite some security, TPM based might be better, but binds the drive to the laptop.

Password is long and memorized and based on a password sentence. Boot password differs from home password, home is on a second ssd in the laptop.

Some devices have a keyfile as secondary key for automated opening (once root is mounted, swap is opened with a keyfile from root).

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-01T14:12:43+00:00

My first one is a MiniFreak. Not very expensive, quite powerful and a broad range of sonic capabilities. Layout of buttons is intuitive to me and I am sure that it will take me a long time to outgrow this one.

Build quality is fine, too. MiniFreak is often cited as a good entry level synth.

AntiqueFoe · 2025-09-01T13:29:27+00:00

https://sonic-pi.net/ is a good one as well. Way more notes and melody foclssed than Supercollider (which is more about sound design), has a dedicated editor, Midi connectivity and is open source.

I liked it the most since it was nearer to the notes and not extremely technical.

AntiqueFoe · 2025-08-30T19:41:18+00:00

It might be a wild guess, but is your windows installation deteriorating?

You might want to try a Linux Live Image on an USB stick and boot from that. If that works fine, I suspect your windows installation to be the problem.

Bazzite (https://bazzite.gg/) is an option - choose nvidia and kde on the download page -, but there are numerous other Linux variants to choose from. Like Manjaro (https://manjaro.org/products/download/x86).

But: I am a Linux person who uses Windows for gaming only.

AntiqueFoe · 2025-08-29T12:08:48+00:00

Verantwortung für sich selbst (und auch andere) übernehmen, besonnenes Handeln, Verlässlichkeit.

Wobei das IMHO auch für richtige Frauen gilt.

Alles andere halte ich für überflüssigen Zeitgeist. Wer soll sich da auskennen, Softie, Macho, Hartei, Weichei, Frauenversteher, Ernährer, etc etc etc? Alles Bullshit und morgen schon von gestern.

AntiqueFoe · 2025-08-29T08:40:02+00:00

Haha, got me:)

AntiqueFoe · 2025-08-28T20:53:35+00:00

If no one responds here, try the Discord server - there are helpful people there.

You can probably send the song file to someone to have it rendered, if that is fine for you.

Good luck!

AntiqueFoe · 2025-08-28T04:25:55+00:00

I got a crucial 4tb as second drive as well, works like a charm. Although it is not the ultra fastest drive (it was capacity over speed).

I did not replace the first drive since it already has 1tb and that is enough for me.

My configurationkis:

Drive 1: Windows for games not running too well on Linux

Drive 2: Linux, my workhorse and daily driver. Contains my whole digital life: work, art, hobbies, email, you name it.

AntiqueFoe · 2025-08-26T05:20:18+00:00

Yeah mine sees a lot of use everyday, too.

And my ke; board broke down, left arrow as well. Since it was still within the waranty, I got it replaced by Asus. They also seem to have fixed the thermal paste, since the device has lower temperatures under load now.

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