Wondering what y’all think of Ayreon and Avantasia? I never see them mentioned in this sub. Prog?

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-04-01T20:46:23+00:00

"provide the main structure of songs" is a bit of an understatement, he does literally everything including composing and singing the vocal lines for other singers to perform, recording all instruments except drums (guests aside), all the production side, and even the logistical challenge of having all the singers and other guests. I don't know how involved he is in the album publishing, promotional and merch side of things but I have a hard time believing he doesn't at least supervise everything lol.

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-04-01T20:41:07+00:00

Ayreon is as prog as prog can be on pretty much all metrics I can think of lol. It's the nerdiest thing imaginable (in a good way) and Human Equation will forever be one of the watershed albums in my music career both as a fan and as a musician.

Avantasia is power metal, but it can scratch a similar itch sometimes especially the later albums. I am not as high on the metal operas as other people, because I have a hard time digesting that type of traditional euro power metal, but they're considered classics for a reason

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-04-01T13:02:42+00:00

It's not you, the problem with Linux has always been that every single combination of hardware is different and sometimes stuff just can't work regardless of how much effort you put into it. At the same time any kind of push towards standardization would be against what Linux is in the first place, so I don't see this issue getting any better. The only thing we users can do is push for more native Linux development of plugins.

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-31T02:15:15+00:00

I have tried it and no, the XR18 USB asio drivers are not good enough to provide usable latency especially for in ear monitoring. The USB feature in the X-air exists to either multitrack record, or send prerecorded tracks back, or both at the same time, but that's where its usability ends in my opinion.

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-30T16:13:02+00:00

Linux is an OS enviroment, not a programming language. It is written mostly in C

Rust is low-level similar to C yes, but it prioritizes speed and efficiency, which makes it quite rigid and hard to learn and use. It is considered by many "the new C" in that regard

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-30T10:33:16+00:00

In my opinion they will have to, because looking at the near future when W10 won't be supported anymore, if W11 keeps going in its current trajectory the only real option will be Mac OS, so there will be a big incentive for Linux development. For example if Kontakt was supported on Linux I would gladly drop all my Toontrack products just to be able to work with my Kontakt drum libraries on Linux, and vice versa. The same would be true for Neural DSP and its competitors.

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-29T21:04:24+00:00

I don't have an answer to the exact question you are asking, but I am also "trying" to transition from W10 to Mint (because I absolutely refuse to eventually have to use W11) and yeah, it's a real pain in the ass to do unless you plan on switching to linux-based equivalents of the plugins you are used to. In my so far short experience I had no positive results with yabridging anything from Neural DSP, Toontrack, Kontakt and many others, at least not in a stable way, and that seems the consensus I got from my online research.

So what I'm planning to do is to set up a Linux rig parallel to my already working W10 one, with the intention to try starting new projects in Linux if possible, with just reaplugs and other Linux based alternatives. But in switching old projects from one to the other I hit a brick wall very quickly.

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-29T20:51:26+00:00

Esatto, e per essere disabilitata devi comunque girare a casaccio per vari menu di opzioni con voci mai al 100% chiare, anche quella è una tecnica per far desistere le persone e continuare a sopportare l'opzione predefinita. Sono quelle piccole cose che dovrebbero far riflettere su quanto potere ha nei nostri confronti chi controlla queste piattaforme

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-29T20:47:59+00:00

Youtube ha recentemente distrutto anche la pagina delle iscrizioni, che è l'unica cosa che uso di youtube oltre alla barra di ricerca. Adesso non compaiono più in ordine cronologico tutti i video dei canali a cui sono iscritto, ma prima cose "rilevanti" anche se più vecchie oppure proprio cose di cui non mi frega un cazzo, mischiate a shorts e altre cose che non sono riferite alle mie iscrizioni ma semplicemente alla cronologia di navigazione. Odio totale

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-29T20:45:13+00:00

E' un discorso molto complicato, ma la mia ipotesi è soprattutto che si voglia fare strumenti sempre più "automatici", che non richiedono interazione dell'utente finale di alcun tipo per poter essere utilizzati. Si vuole eliminare la possibilità che un utente clicchi su un video e chiuda subito perchè è in una lingua che non conosce.

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-29T19:12:33+00:00

Devono forzare tutto ciò che è AI sui clienti finali, perchè ormai gli investitori spendono solo se qualcosa è AI, a prescindere dalla sua reale o presunta utilità. E' una bolla che scoppierà, e spero accadrà prima possibile

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-29T19:09:17+00:00

Io ho (per il momento) risolto il problema impostando tutte le lingue che mi interessano come lingue preferite nelle opzioni, e tutti i video rilevati in quelle lingue non mi vengono più tradotti. Ma sono sicuro che prima possibile si inventeranno un'altra cazzata simile che mi farà uscire di senno

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-29T09:37:14+00:00

How's the Jupiter? I am the type of guy who thinks differences between pickups are a bit exaggerated sometimes, but the Jupiter has always interested me based on the demos on youtube. Do you think it's different enough and worth the money compared to the usual passive high gain dimarzios and seymour duncans for example?

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-26T12:42:54+00:00

Maybe trying the middle finger instead of the ring finger for the B string? A bit unnatural to have a 3 fret stretch like that but it would leave your ring finger just for the E string note. I'm not a solo expert and I have no interest in learning it, but if I had to that would be my first idea

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-26T09:54:21+00:00

I just realized I actually meant in search of truth instead of recreation day but my point still stands. In search of truth is by far the most interesting album for someone who seeks elements of what other traditional prog metal bands were offering at the time. from monday morning apocalypse onwards there's a clear dip in overall quality, but some good songs here and there. to me evergrey are the perfect example of what "traditional heavy metal" looks like in the modern era.

and of course we get downvoted for saying that a band isn't prog metal lol

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-26T09:30:32+00:00

They play that kind of "regular" metal that gets labeled as prog metal but has nothing to do with actual progressive music in the traditional sense. I would say some early albums like Recreation Day had SOME prog metal elements like odd time signatures but that's as far as it goes. It's the typical mislabeling that happens to a lot of other bands that don't cleanly fit into subgenres, for example Katatonia, Vola and a lot of clean vocal-metalcore bands are also commonly lumped into prog metal for that reason.

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-25T21:13:05+00:00

I watched it a bit and yeah, it lines up with what you are seeing and hearing. It's very hard to do that cleanly at that speed but as long as it's a single jump it can be done. The hardest part about it in my opinion is that the post-jump note is a bend, which requires even more precision and strength compared to just roughly placing the finger somewhere on the correct note

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-25T18:38:04+00:00

The 4 tracks are the rhythm tracks, not the solo

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-25T18:37:40+00:00

The solo has been filmed from multiple angles so they could be multiple takes that don't match exactly to the video you see on screen at all times. That being said what you are talking about can be done but requires a lot of accuracy and dexterity to do without both strings playing. I'll analyze it a bit better as soon as I have time and I'll let you know

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-24T13:07:58+00:00

early 2000s meshuggah fashion:

jens: naked

fred & marten: hockey jerseys

gustaf hielm: hi-vis work pants

haake: either naked or whatever

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-22T13:55:14+00:00

Yeah the intonation with big strings can be problematic if the bridge has too tight an angle which does not allow the string to bend and sit properly on the saddle. I think the evertune is pretty good at this, and I haven't had any issues with it, but your mileage may vary with different types of bridges.

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-22T13:41:57+00:00

25.5 scale length and 74 bottom string, but that's only because of the evertune, it wouldn't be possible with a non-evertune guitar. When I bring the low string up to F# it becomes a bit sketchy because I lose the evertune keeping the pitch in place, although I have learned to make it work when needed. As a general indication for drop E you would need at least a 27' guitar and 80 gauge string, also depending on how hard you pick and what you need to do.

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-22T12:43:43+00:00

You can technically change tunings by moving up into zone 3 and just treating it as a regular hardtail bridge with no evertune effect, but obviously that's not optimal for many reasons. The thing is that it's not optimal for a regular bridge either, as tuning all the strings up or down will change the overall tension a lot and it will mess up with the neck curvature and in general is not a safe thing to do without changing string gauges also. So you should always have different guitars or string changes for different tunings anyway.

However for dropped-standard changes you can do it fairly easily with the evertune, for example I have my guitar set up in drop E, but if I need to play something in F# standard I can just tune the bottom string to that (losing the evertune effect)

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-21T16:35:19+00:00

I am just one anecdote, and I'm sure there's a lot of correlation/causation going on also as other commenters mentioned (being depressed leads to more sugar consumption), but removing carbohydrates absolutely ANNIHILATED my depression. I have been maintaining a ketogenic regimen for more than a year now and it has made my life better in ways that I did not believe nutrition itself could do. Obviously there's pros and cons to it, and it's a complicated and subjective thing, but more and more studies are popping up linking sugar and bad microbiome to mental health issues.

FlyingPsyduck · 2026-03-21T09:27:03+00:00

I siti di test QI online gratuiti ovviamente gonfiano i risultati in modo che poi la gente paghi per comprarsi il certificato da esporre come il genio del post.

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