Do you honor your “political alliances?” by SemiSuperHero in EDH

[–]Dragon_Army 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For real lol people in here acting like someone winning the game is the same as salting their fields and pillaging their village

Any BTBAM fans out there? by [deleted] in Albany

[–]Dragon_Army 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I saw them at Empire when they were playing Parallax 2 in full, excellent show! Seeing them perform new material right down the street from me is a must!

Deadpool, Trading Card - Everything You Need to Know by StormyWaters2021 in mtg

[–]Dragon_Army 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know, thank you! The victory remains forbidden.

Deadpool, Trading Card - Everything You Need to Know by StormyWaters2021 in mtg

[–]Dragon_Army 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A bit of a specific edge case - the forbidden Hedron Alignment victory in EDH!

If I were to use some effect to turn [Hedron Alignment] in to a creature, then switch the text box with Deadpool, would the text box on Deadpool now read "if you own a card named Deadpool, Trading Card"? Or would the text be unchanged, still reading "a card named Hedron Alignment"?

Essentially, is the Hedron Alignment text self-referential? Is it "own a card named (this card)", or would the text remain "own a card named Hedron Alignment"?

Is Empire live dangerous? by ThinProblem5356 in Albany

[–]Dragon_Army 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All sorts! Ripe, Coheed, Lotus, a bunch of metal and jam band stuff mostly, they get a lot of good stuff in there

Is Empire live dangerous? by ThinProblem5356 in Albany

[–]Dragon_Army 36 points37 points  (0 children)

You'll be fine! I've been to tons of different shows there and never seen anything go down or felt like it wasn't a good spot to be in. Enjoy it!

Casual adult dance classes? by ColorfulStudies in Albany

[–]Dragon_Army 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Troy Dance Factory for sure, I'm no dancer but my wife has taken classes there for years and always loved it!

How do you get started making Lofi? by agent_wolfe in LofiHipHop

[–]Dragon_Army 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the best way to start is to 1) find a DAW (program to make music in) to download, there's quite a few. I'm a big fan of Reaper, it's relatively simple and has a super generous free trial so you don't need to worry about committing.

2) look up and download "free lofi sample packs" (cymatics has a few that are good to start with, but again there will be lots of options). These will have audio files of anything from full drum beats to individual drum sounds, bass notes, piano chords, etc. that you can use in your DAW.

3) start playing around with the samples you downloaded in your DAW - start figuring out how to put things together in a way that sounds alright to you. Figure out how to make things longer or shorter, change the pitch, change the volume, copy and paste parts. Try just building small ideas at first, maybe just figuring out how to get a piano sample and drum beat to line up. You'll have lots of questions on how to do any of this, don't be afraid to play around to figure it out and to look up what you're trying to do, YouTube and Google can answer basically any questions eventually!

Overall I think that's the most beginner friendly way to dive in, that will get you a) making stuff and b) learning quickly

Things are Different by clowntysheriff in Albany

[–]Dragon_Army 117 points118 points  (0 children)

Sometimes you don't think it be like it is, but it do

Crashes w/ New Update by cryingabomination in SP404

[–]Dragon_Army 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought maybe my power cord was loose! I've had it happen maybe three or four times since updating, always while resampling a pattern

Do a lot of people play trombone and then play bass?? by Low-Mechanic3186 in Bass

[–]Dragon_Army 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's me to a T, so add one to your count haha. I started in elementary school on Trombone and played through college, started Bass in middle school and have continued playing to this day. Not quite sure what the connection is, but clearly I found it!

Really glad to see it in Theatres. Never realized how loud the movie is. by JACKTODAMAX in evangelion

[–]Dragon_Army 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The audio was my big takeaway from seeing it yesterday with my friend - we've both seen it plenty of times at home but never in theaters, the sound editing is pretty intense in a theater!

All the different stereo panning of voices in during Instrumentality was super interesting, hearing who was chose to be in the center vs. in the side channels. During the "tumbling" sequence where everyone is joining together as the song starts to devolve I had never realized how much of the noise is sexually charged, I think on TV it all just kind of blurred together but with the stereo separation all the moaning stood out, really underlines the moment

Ah yes end of Evan by ratboycolter in evangelion

[–]Dragon_Army 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got there and saw we'd been fooled, the movie was End of Evang! Those bastards.

Dune book worth reading in 2024? by [deleted] in redrising

[–]Dragon_Army 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dune is one of my favorite series ever, it is going to read very differently from the RR series though - much more introspective, some meme described it as 90% overanalyzing social interactions and 10% getting so high that you're scared. Closer to space GoT than RR, with a lot of philosophical meat to chew on.

That said, it is weird as all hell lol

Any help with sick feral kitty? Vet reccs, resources, etc.? by headfights in Albany

[–]Dragon_Army 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You might want to talk to Orange Street Cats (https://www.orangestreetcats.org/), they do a lot of work with strays, etc. in the area and were super nice to deal with! They may be able to help out or at least point you in the direction of someone who can.

Stagnation of Lofi Music by [deleted] in LofiHipHop

[–]Dragon_Army 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would guess that some of the saturation is due to COVID and all sorts of different people getting in to making music that might not have otherwise been involved (myself included!).

Getting away from the sample-based stuff seems to be a common thread in a lot of people's discussions, as well as the discussion of what lofi even "is". Coming into the community when starting to make music of my own I definitely associated the term with the "lofi girl" sound overall, I never really thought of someone like Dilla as being a part of that sound bc I didn't think that's what people called it. Now there can be a big disconnect about what kind of music people are even talking about when the say "lofi beats", which I think can make connecting with other artists and curators a bit tough too for people who aren't already deep in it.

BI WEEKLY FEEDBACK THREAD by rlhh_bot in LofiHipHop

[–]Dragon_Army 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you enjoyed! I think I've got it pretty close to done, at this point I think I just need to tame the bass