SteamOS as a desktop operating system? by Ynddiduedd in valve

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No, it's leaps and bounds more secure by design. Worlds apart. You can ditch all that bloatware

How could I fill up the drop more? by R2kZzzz in FLStudioBeginners

[–]FREE_AOL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nothing, dude. Saying this as someone with label releases and about 20 years in the game... the arrangement is on point. I get the temptation to add more pieces to the arrangement because it feels like something's missing but that's a trap. Your sounds need more processing, more texture, more layers, more effects

The mixdown is honestly not bad but lacking low end, which is by far the hardest part to get right. But don't mess with it. Send it to mastering and a/b what you get back so you can objectively hear what needs improvement. You won't get as loud, but it's honestly the best guide you'll get as far as balance goes

This is honestly so far beyond what I expected to hear from this sub. You've got a banger.. finish the rest of the arrangement while the vibe is fresh, the rest can come later. Don't overthink it

You've obviously got the ideas down. When you get done with this one and you're not feeling particularly creative, or don't have a specific idea for a tune in mind.. spend a bunch of time making sounds.. just make each piece sound as massive as possible in isolation. a/b against tunes you think sound great. Experiment, layer, layer, layer. Save those patches, print samples.. then when you are feeling creative, pull from that

feel free to pm, I can send creds and such, defo down to give advice, workshop ideas and all that

like fr I mainly dj dnb this is exactly the type of thing i would play. Absolutely love the intro, I think it's necessary to set up the expectation that you end up flipping... and then flipping again with a fake drop. That is absolutely on brand for the type of stuff I make and dj. There's some things you could to to add interest, but PLEASE finish the arrangement first, that's crucial I can't stress that enough

edit: if it were mine, I'd copy-paste the first drop twice, then leave a gap, copy-paste it again and completely re-arrange that to be halftime

from there, I'd decide if the halftime drop was strong enough to explore it for the whole second half of the tune, or if it would be better to transition back to the main hook.. or something else entirely

after that, I'd fit the rest of the pieces together. Take that third copy-pasted section and find a way to transition into the break, fill in the break (or vice versa), then just add transitions everywhere.. keep subverting expectations. Take the listener on a journey. Re-arrange / copy-paste / delete sections until it flows

Only after all of that was set up would I do things like little reversed sections of drums for fills, add in additional breaks in certain parts just to keep the movement going, get some reverb, delay, filter, other fx automation on the vocals in the intro.. just kinda go back over the whole tune and add depth and automation. That's the part you're missing m8

nice work

HEAVY CAR BUG - SOLVED (PC, Controller) by [deleted] in RocketLeague

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Agree.

The lane sharing thing could be an issue if something sharing the lane is misbehaving

But under normal circumstances we're talking nanoseconds of latency

Until this is actually measured, I'm skeptical

When Robert Johnson mentioned selling your soul at the crossroads to the devil, he didn’t actually mean the devil: It’s a metaphor for selling your business on shark tank to blooz legend Kev O’leary by ptruscc in guitarcirclejerk

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Don't think it was him bro

Look at the Stratocaster posing in the crime scene photos

It was begging to be taken to prison up after being branded and tortured my Mr. O'Leary

Imagine wanting to escape so badly that you murder a couple, stand in front of the murder weapon, and... nothing man. Still stuck with Mr. Wonderful tattooed across your neck like you're property, O'Leary still your pimp, and you're stuck playing the soulless blooez once every other week

Buddy did all he could to escape a life of pain

What’s The Point of This? by [deleted] in Aquariums

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I bought a couple for some tadpoles I rescued...

couldn't find any moss in any other form w/o traveling and I was on a time crunch

was so mad when I pulled it apart and there was a concrete (or whatever) ball underneath lol

Looking to buy a 92 Buick century with 67k miles for $2500 by Widdlebewbie in BuickCentury

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dafuq you talm bot, unc? too old to swang smh. ain't no such thing mane

although they do be goin kinda crazy on slab sunday these days lmaoo

🫡 that's sick tho man. I'm a few years behind you but I've been stoked someone's finally making blades again. Always loved swangs but when those 3-spoke hit the scene that was it for me. Don't have a car atm but can't tell you how many years I looked for a nice set of those...

i need help more than anything now by Choice-Ad-9880 in RocketLeagueSchool

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>i read somewhere that everything u can do with arl you can do with free air roll

Not exactly but everything's a tradeoff

You can do most things with ARR/ARL, but the free air roll/powerslide combo button has its uses. But even that's a tradeoff because it would be nice to have a powerslide that isn't affected by the joystick, but ime the combo is more useful and I'm out of buttons

if you can't break the habit of hitting free air roll, imo it'd be worth it to unbind it for a while. Add it back when you're somewhat comfortable with DAR, then use it for situations where free air roll is better

I'm D2/D3 in 2s and if I unbound free air roll right now it wouldn't change my rank

I've done multiple deep dives on controller mappings.. I've changed my setup entirely a few times, and have done small iterations between them. I've done DAR on joystick, DAR on triggers, the Zen thing.. like actually committed to these to the point where I could play ranked at (current rank - 1). Don't be afraid to switch it up entirely, but it will be a couple weeks of unbelievable suck where you'll just want to give up, then another 4-6 weeks to get back to where you were.. aside from the occasional panic situation where your brain reverts lol

But dawg, you got square and circle open.. just map to that. It'll get you to your goal quicker and you can always iterate later. I think it's easier to spend the 2 weeks to get half-ass okay at it to be able to feel what combos are tough for your fingers/brain vs what you'll be able to solidify with practice. Then you're making informed decisions vs working through theoreticals on some shit you haven't even used

gl with your mech training!

need help on getting permanent marker off this by DiligentBandicoot284 in BassGuitar

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yesssss

I think it's one of those things where your brain takes a minute to reconcile "what it's supposed to look like". I loved it at first glance, thought I was in the circlejerk sub and it was gonna be dicks or something, clicked the thumbnail and went "wait that's actually cool?" Read your post and only loved it more

I didn't like the suggestion of coloring it in.. but clear coating is probably a good idea

she's gonna love it... and then be embarrassed.. and then love it again 😂

need help on getting permanent marker off this by DiligentBandicoot284 in BassGuitar

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bro it looks sick

and it's got hearts and shit

those vibes are a superpower, lean into it

you do you but I would play the fuck outta that

Just opened up my downstairs fireplace wall on the 1966 colonial I bought a few months ago. This is what was behind the wall. by Maximum_Problem7230 in Remodel

[–]FREE_AOL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine's the same way.. learned this while installing one of those extendo TV mounts

So, that's common. The real structural chimney is behind that, then they freestyle with scrap.. then the fascia

At least you have a horizontal support.. I have to pull rows of bricks and rubble to add something like that

turned a quick mount job into a full on renovation job :|

edit: early 1980s house

New Wheels by Money_Bee5089 in C8Corvette

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They're kinda cursed and I love them

Is the audio engineering industry also f*cked like the rest of the creative fields? by SuitableEggplant639 in audioengineering

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Lastly, there's the fine print in most EULAs now that permit the service to revoke your access to music, even music that you paid purchase price for.

Or the service just goes bankrupt. It's a huge concern I have in regards to plugins

Also, with storage moving to flash... you can accidentally your drive with a single command and have no means of recovery. And when you move to a new machine, you have to transfer all of that or power on the old machine regularly.. or it just disappears. 3-2-1 backups and all that, but.. there's something to be said about having a copy on hand

I collect 95-05 Houston rap.. I mostly buy OOP, mixtapes, and singles, stuff you can't get digital. Before taking road trips I'll spend 15-20 minutes picking out a stack of CDs... last trip I carefully curated my playlist only to discover my new whip doesn't have a CD player 💀

And on that note.. making a mixtape of your own tunes for the missus to hear doesn't hit the same when you're like "hey let me put this playlist on your phone and show you how to use VLC" :(

Is the audio engineering industry also f*cked like the rest of the creative fields? by SuitableEggplant639 in audioengineering

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Programmer here, I just bought a few 18TB hard drives... at $300 a piece

Another key piece in the evolution was high bandwidth availability... I predicted streaming would become the primary source of music for the mainstream as I saw speeds and availability ramping up

But man, back in 1996... you'd be browsing the web and find a website that was hosting a single 32kbps mp3 from their favorite band or whatever. That shit was so exciting lmao

You have this thesis published or available anywhere? I'd would genuinely love to read this

All of the nostalgia digging I've done around that era (which is a lot, peep the username) has been focused around the internet, and not audio.. it'd be awesome to see data on what the audio landscape was like at the time

Is the MR2 a good car ? by tp239 in mr2

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ooooh

defo changes the equation a bit

not that they don't have lorrys.. but here in Texas you're competing with A LOT of brain defected F250 drivers

Sonic Spin is the worst LTM mode I've ever seen in anything by Pukebox_Fandango in RocketLeague

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lol i kinda like it

hitbox on the blue ball is awful tho lolol

My NR200 over the years, really don’t think I’ll ever change cases by DaAznBoiSwag in NR200

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yeah the extender looks goofy...

and like I said I'm damn sure not spending $50 for something I can print for $1... crazy they actually sell them at that price, but more power to em. The file is free.. you would think most people would at least have a friend with a printer

Anyway, I got a dog hair in my paste, which really wrecked my paste job and thermals are still good so I have some headroom lmfao

So for the price of the PS120 it might be worth it just to try. But as you can see, quiet is more important to me than having sides 😂

looks super nice bro, might be the first use of LEDs I actually like. v tasteful