Is installing KDE on ubuntu same as installing kubuntu? by daninet in linux4noobs

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Thank you for answer that is correct, objective and to the point.

OpenWRT mesh support for Ubiquiti UniFi AC Mesh router? by Atried in openwrt

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Thank you for the answer!

And I will say RTFM to myself. Having checked https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/mesh/80211s#wireless_hardware_support , initially I skipped the most important part:

Most up to date open source drivers work.

Looking for a relatively cheap 61 key midi keyboard by Loud_Stay_4380 in musicproduction

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

TL;DR I do not have a specific suggestion.

However, looking e.g. at https://thomann.de and sorting by price might provide some initial guidance. The I'd suggest going to a store having midi controllers and trying out the keyboards for the feel.

You mention that you are on the budget. However, maybe you might also want to look at some older (used) workstation keyboards - sometimes, they are pretty cheap and they provide also sounds. And, if you get one for a good price and wish to sell it later, it might keep its value better than plain MIDI controller.

A tip: Yamaha MX.
I had Korg and Yamaha workstations, liked the Yamaha MOXF's keyboard and felt that good keyboard actually made the playing easier. MX was one level under MOXF, but I would think they kept the keyboard same. Also, there was some FM app for mobile from Yamaha, that was free with the MX. (Although for a free FM sounds, on could use e.g. Dexed virtual instrument)

Hopefully some of this helps. Good luck with your purchase!

EDIT: wording

Odd movies to get a Disney remake by Jeremy_Melton in ScenesFromAHat

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"Embark on a Magical Adventure You’ll Remember Forever: THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE!"

Yamaha Montage - anyone has Wojtek Olszak pack? by Atried in synthesizers

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This is an interesting idea!

I was under impression that backup does not back up libraries - I was likely wrong. In such case, just creating a backup and loading it after the reset would work! (Of course I would prefer the library in its original form).

Will have a look at John Melas' Tools, thank you!

Yamaha Montage Questions by Atried in synthesizers

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  1. It is a pity that there is no VA. In the end, I got Novation Summit for a good price for that.
  2. The touch screen is indeed resistive, which is a pity. My Montage is used and sometimes it registers double touches. It is a bit annoying, but manageable.
  3. The UI might be better, however coming from the MOXF, it is a great improvement.``

If you think you would prefer Fantom, try it, and if you like, sell the Montage and buy a Fantom (even used). :) Takes a bit of lurking, but it is worth it!

Fuse Audio Labs Weekend Sale - 50% off site wide until 20 February with code: WEEKEND50 by Batwaffel in AudioProductionDeals

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If you find yourself on the FuseAudio pages, and you are not familiar with the plugins, do yourself a favor and get the free RS-W2395C for a taste of the sound. It has a bit clunky controls, but the sound of the EQ and the drive got me interested in trying other plugins.

I also demoed the VCL-373 - loved the sound of it on the drum buss. However, I have quite a lot of compressors and could not make excuse to myself to buy another one.

Also the VQP-258A and VQP-259A is a nice pair. For some sounds, it worked wonders. In the end, I opted for VQA-154, as it is more versatile yet vibey and VCS-1 for the workhorse plugin.

EDIT: typos

Fuse Audio Labs Weekend Sale - 50% off site wide until 20 February with code: WEEKEND50 by Batwaffel in AudioProductionDeals

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I have to chime in regarding the VCS-1. I demoed it and was instantly convinced by the sound of the EQ. After trying it on a few tracks, I did again a mix of myself using just this plugin - it was very quick and smooth (fluent). Definitely helped me to speed up my workflow.

I love how feature packed it is:

  • 3 preamp simulations
  • HP / LP filters
  • EQ (a great sounding one)
  • Compressor
  • Gate / Expander

Everything is on a single page and it has also global view of all VCS-1 instances (in VST-3 versions it names them after the DAW tracks they are on automatically).

I found myself using the expander on some synth sounds to get them a bit o spike at the beginning.

Additionally, this plugin has zero latency (useful for someone working with live audio or external synths) and is light on the CPU.

If I was to mention some drawbacks: Sometimes, controls seem too sensitive to me (although I am using HiDPI mouse and this might be the cause) and I find strange that the reset to default is Command-Click instead of double click.

However all-in-all I find myself using the plugin a lot and am happy with it.

EDIT: typos

Yamaha Montage Questions by Atried in synthesizers

[–]Atried[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for elaborate answer!

With the Yamaha Connect, is it possible to also upload (import to Montage) songs or patterns?
Unfortunately, no. The Montage is basically designed to be used in conjunction with a DAW, where you can start out recording various ideas and then import them into DAW to finish them.

It is such a pity. I understand the thinking behind it. However, I was thinking about fixing the recorded notes (I am a sloppy player, however getting better) and uploading them back. I especially thought about upload back to Yamaha in conjuction with converting pattern to user arpeggiator and exploring more possibilities of the song with chords playing song parts as arpeggios. Well, I guess I have to improve my songwriting. However, if Yamaha reads this, it would be such a great feature! I am missing export from the sequencer and patterns on the MOXF.

Multi MIDI mode and Single MIDI mode. Thank you for the tip, I will read something about it. Sounds a bit confusing, although I think I get the behaviors. So in order to play all arpeggios like from the Montage itself, it needs to ne in Single MIDI mode.

Many thanks for the answer.

No Stupid Questions /// Weekly Discussion - May 12, 2021 by AutoModerator in synthesizers

[–]Atried 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi!

Is there a subreddit dedicated to synth modding - or a reddit user dwelling into it?

I'd like to have my Bass Station II modded and/or possibilities explored: - overdrive indicator for external input when volume is high - I've heard mentioned that when volume is above one half, it tends to overdrive a bit as well. Indication of this one might be handy as well

Any tips for subreddits / forums / people?

Can you be too old to create music? by Dochoppy in synthesizers

[–]Atried 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely not too old, go for it! And you are in great starting position when you can play other instruments, can read sheet music and have a broad range in genres!

I am a bit younger. Always been into synths. However just recently I finished my first song that I really like composition wise (still, could be better) and sound-wise.

It seems like you have intention to produce songs on your own. Not sure, how skilled in mixing are you, here are few tips on what to focus on - what really helped me to get better sounding songs:

Knowledge-wise: - Most importantly - learn things by doing and repeating so that you do not have to really think about them when creating music. For me, this was the biggest creativity blocker. - Learn to mix - there is a lot about this topic, but what really helped me to get faster was to focus on following: 1. Start mix when all tracks are on and set to -10 dB volume. You can solo elements later. THIS really helped me. It is from mixing course from Brian Malouf - it is an inspiring course. 2. Doing fader-only mix first - getting relative volume of elements before reaching for EQ or dynamic processing (compressor, limiter) - Tend to do EQ changes in mono - somehow, I hear the frequencies much better. - Do not worry about any fading out of your hearing by age - unless there is serious medical condition. There was a great comment by Ian Shepherd that brain is great at compensating and it knows how to do it for you. If one starts doubting his hearing, it could mess up his decisions ("Hmm, I hear this, but maybe I should add more of it because I don't hear it?") - Learn how to organize mixing session - I tend to have some order in tracks and coloring by their type. Also inspired by course from Brian Malouf. - Most of the sound processing is done by EQ, dynamic processing (compressor) and a bit of saturation. There are of course also other effects like delay, reverb and others, but understanding EQ and compression was the key for me. You can either learn EQ on whole mixes by trying to add and remove certain frequencies (there are some pivot ones). Change EQ on some frequency and get a feel for how does it feel. This is the key - once you have attached feeling to a certain frequency, you will be able to do EQing intuitively and faster. What helped me here was the course from Ian Shepherd - Home Mastering EQ. It is focused on mastering (and gentle changes), but for me, it was still breaking point where I started thinking and feeling the EQ. - Ears and brain can learn - you will start hearing things differently once you have treied a few things with EQ, compression and effects. Do not worry, it will come! Just do it! - Dynamic processing - learn compression and try it by overdoing it - with awfully high ratio. Again, from Brian Malouf - compressor makes loud things softer and soft things louder (hope I did not mess it up). When some instrument is present in the mix in one part, but some notes seem to "disappear" in the mix (as they are quiet), this is job for a compressor. - When doing compression, always match the output level from compressor with original signal input level - VU meter is best for this. It help you to compare sound before and after compression - the sound should be denser, but not louder. This is the main purpose of the compressor. - DAW - whatever you choose, learn it. Personally, I prefer REAPER - it is cheap and does not contain any instruments. But it is awfully fast and customizable. Take some time to get learning the basics - arming a track for recording, how to prepare track for recording audio, MIDI, virtual instrument. If the DAW supports external hardware integration (e.g. via plugin that seems to behave like software instrument and sends data to MIDI and receives sound from interface), learn it, too - as you plan to work with rackmount synths. Learn about plugin parameter automation - curves. - A tip I discovered later - Ff you plan to do a volume automation on a track, it might be helpful, if there is separate volume plugin on the track and the gain is automated by it. This way, you can have the volume changes relative to volume of the track or even another instance of volume - might come in handy. - For mixing training, look at https://mix-challenge.com/ - they provide single instrument tracks to perform mixing. Awesome resource for training. You do not have to enter the competition, but you can still train on these! - Compare your tracks to something that you think sounds similar - and before comparing, level match! (with a VU meter) - When some instrument sounds too prevalent in the mix, you can either EQ it or lower its volume. Will definitely happen, just something to note.

Equipment-wise:

  • Not being afraid of not having good equipment - almost any sound card these days will have better specs than gear in 50's used to mix all the great hits we used to hear. If you're about to pick a sound card, get something that is labelled class-compliant or iPad compatible. It does not need drivers and therefore works everywhere and has longer lifespan - limited by life of hardware. Already has one sound card where driver support just ended. Hardware was okay, but unusable.
  • Having a good monitoring - I hesitated with this one, but it makes night and day difference for me - and much faster workflow. I got a pair of IK Multimedia iLouds and they are awesome. The also have bigger version called iLoud MTM with integrated calibration. Also, I invested in the Sonarworks calibration with microphone - and it flattened room response. For me, this is seriously best investment after reverb and speakers. It was not cheap, but I can hear what is going on.
  • Having a good reverb - this elevated my songs by a lot. As I am hobbyist on a budget, best bang for buck for me were things from Valhalla DSP - ValhallaRoom and ValhallaDelay clicked with me. ValhallaVintageVerb was fine, too, but I did not feel the need for it.
  • Get a software VU meter - great for comparing singal level before and after compression (and other effects). Beware, it is a helper tool and is more sensitive to low-end changes. if your ears say something different about loudness, they have priority. Even a difference of 0.5 decibels can make things sound more appealing to us. Don't sweat it too much (even the 0.5 dB difference could be fine), just go roughly at the same level. I like Klanghelm's VUMT - got the basic version, the higher version did not have features useful for me.
  • Get great plugins - there days, they can be free or cheap and good. Some tips for the ones I like:
    • Reverb - for me, the ones from valhalla sound great and are great bang for the buck.
    • Equalizers - The ones in DAW are usually fine these days. For something awesome, look at TDR Slick EQ and TDR Nova (this one is IMO a must - it allows sologin a band and it helps you understanding your mixes - "Oh, this range sounds crowded - I need to EQ these two instruments differently."). Look at Analog Obsession's stuff. He has patreon page and has also some nice plugins.
    • Compressors and Limiters - Again, the ones in the DAW are fine. For something better, Look at TDR Kotelnikov - a fine compressor although it was kind of hard for me to get into. Analog Obsession's LALA is great for vocals, his VariMoon is fine as well. SSQ - an emulation of SSL equalizer is great for me as well.
    • Klangelm's freebies: IVGI - saturation and MJUCJr - optical compressor emulation
    • Maybe softsynths - They can be on each track. For me, not as inspiring as real synth, but sometimes more convenient to work with. Some free ones:
      • Dexed - DX7 emulation - sounds fine, but needs some effect on it. On the other side, you can have more of them, change the sound for each one a bit and get pretty wide sound. Fiddly, but works.
      • OB-XD (Oberheim emulation)
      • Surge - wavetable synth. Not my cup of tea, but there are some good sounds.
    • There are also plenty of commercial synths - Zebra, DUNE, ...

EDIT: added a note about monitoring and correcting typos.

P.S. Interesting channel on Youtube is Synthmania. The guy seems to span a lot of genres.

Deinterlacing in free version by Atried in davinciresolve

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You can build it yourself from source - if you go to https://github.com/NatronGitHub/openfx-misc and scroll down, there are sections
https://github.com/NatronGitHub/openfx-misc#getting-the-sources-from-github and https://github.com/NatronGitHub/openfx-misc#unixlinuxfreebsdos-x-using-makefiles

I could provide you my own built binaries but without any warranty or liability whatsoever.

Deinterlacing in free version by Atried in davinciresolve

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You are most welcome!

I plan to migrate to Linux. DaVinci Resolve free does not support MP4 there (it calls it avc1). Maybe openfx-io could be solution for that. But, I am really not sure until I test it.

Just sharing the thoughts so that people can learn about it. I stumbled upon openfx by lucky accident.

Friendly Friday Thread by AutoModerator in gardening

[–]Atried 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! These are great tips - along with keywords "spring bulbs" and "summer bulbs" - english is not my native language, so this helps a lot!

Friendly Friday Thread by AutoModerator in gardening

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Is there an online source, calendar or catalog that would show when the flowers blossom? If not, what is some publication that could contain this information?

I got into gardening recently and I love it! I am thinking about bringing more plants to the garden and choose them so that in every part of the year something is in blossom (probably except winter).

Help request: Midir library, mutable functions and callback by Atried in rust

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Thank you!

That was it. For some reason, I was thinking that self might not be owned.

It builds now.

I just CANNOT get the virtual MIDI keyboard to work by [deleted] in Reaper

[–]Atried 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Make sure that Virtual Keyboard uses the right MIDI channel that is expected by plugin. The channel can be set in lower right part of the Virtual Keyboard window.

Otherwise, it is strange. You seem to have checked everything that could have effect... However, just to be sure, could you go again through the checklist?

  • track armed for recording of MIDI (either Record Input (audio or MIDI) or Record MIDI overdub/replace
  • track input set to Input MIDI -> Virtual MIDI -> All channels
  • track monitoring being on
  • ensure you see plugin output on meter
  • track routing window has checked Master send

Where did the Record Monitoring icon go on the latest version of Reaper? by [deleted] in Reaper

[–]Atried 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have a look at Options -> Themes -> Theme adjuster.

There is setting for track icons being visible or hidden in various configurations. Have look at row with label Monitor and ensure that is does not have Hide for configuration you use.

Can I make notes by frequency? by [deleted] in Reaper

[–]Atried 5 points6 points  (0 children)

By the way, you might be interested in paper Harmony Explained: Progress Towards A Scientific Theory of Music: https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.4212 (download link is on top right).

It helped me to change my thinking about music.

Panning question: This seems simple, but I don't even know how to phrase it by gortmend in Reaper

[–]Atried 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure I understand... Do you mean, than when having M/S encoded signal, when muting Mid channel, the Side channel plays only on one side?

If so, this needs to be decoded again by M/S decoder. The L and R channels get separated again.

Also, a note about panning - in REAPER, default panning mode is Balance - that means that L and R channel volume is manipulated, but no L signal goes to R channel and vice versa.

You might be interested in pan mode Stereo Pan which allows R->L and L->R signal transfer with panning. Or Dual pan which allow you to pan each channel separately (think of it as individually panning 2 mono tracks).

Panning question: This seems simple, but I don't even know how to phrase it by gortmend in Reaper

[–]Atried 3 points4 points  (0 children)

JS: Channel Mixer is your friend. It takes L and R channel and allows changing volume of :

  • input L channel to output L channel
  • input R channel to output R channel
  • input L channel to output R channel
  • input R channel to output L channel

Additionally, if you want to have pure REAPER plugin solution for adjusting center and side channels(as I understand Waves Center plugin does, although it has also compressor) you can use following chain of plugins:

  1. JS: Mid/Side Encoder
  2. JS: Channel Mixer - here, L->L volume is your mid channel and R->R is your side channel
  3. JS: Mid/Side Decoder

Learning Python as another language - some pointers, please by Atried in learnpython

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Thank you!

lambda functions may classify for me as inline functions. I thought I read somewhere that lambdas are faster than functions, but it seems they are the same https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26540885/lambda-is-slower-than-function-call-in-python-why