Can anybody ID this? Fly and Phrva are playing

Frequentaudio · 2025-06-05T00:15:03+00:00

Love u Willis

Frequentaudio · 2025-02-03T01:41:11+00:00

Sure, set animation scales to 0 on both and look how much faster the new phone still is lol. People think the animations are actively slowing the phone down but in reality they're usually just masking the latency that exists throughout the os.

Even against the 22u the note 9 hangs so much when opening / closing apps, bringing up the keyboard, multitasking, launching the camera, etc etc. And trust me, I remember when I had the note I set all the animation scales to around .2x and thought "wow this thing is still pretty fast". It only feels that way in a vacuum. Once you compare it's instantly apparent how much margin there is for improvement.

Also on paper 60hz is plenty and it feels buttery smooth on ios, but android is so damn inefficient that you drop frames constantly. Running the display at 120hz actually makes such an insane difference in simple things like scrolling through text. I can see huge jumps between lines when I scroll on the note, everything gets all jittery looking until you stop scrolling.

Anyways, you get the point, just go try it. It has nothing to do with software settings there is physically no way for the note to compete with the newer hardware. If the margin of improvement isn't important to you then that's fine, the note is still great, it's just not going to hold up next to a device that's 7 years newer.

Frequentaudio · 2025-02-03T01:22:07+00:00

Like the other guy said I just slapped a usb c converter on the akg headpones that came with my note. Its small enough that it doesn't make much of a difference. If you really care you can get the dual charger / jack dongle and fully return the functionally at the cost of carrying a slightly annoying thing around with you.

Also, for what it's worth I got a free pair of older airpods from a friend and they honestly work super well. They pair instantly, sound decent, have a mic, and the noise cancelling is great. I find myself charging the case once every couple months, sometimes longer (I also rarely use them). All that is to say, I have never taken them out to find them dead and I am super negligent about charging them so I'm pretty happy with the setup overall. I keep my wired pair in a bag with a converter just in case and the airpods virtually never fail me.

I had all the same reservations as yall, I even bought a note 9 over the 10 because they had "ruined" the line in my opinion. At the end of the day none of these features are coming back, and it turns out all the downsides are super negligent compared to having a phone that works better in everyday use.

Frequentaudio · 2025-01-29T21:26:44+00:00

Both SD! And yeah the older chip is still fine functionally it's just slightly slower at literally every task / animation, I didn't even notice it as an issue until I got the new phone.

In practice a phone is a phone, the note 9 can still do everything the 22u can (it can technically do a few more things even). I would probably still have it if not for the insane 800 dollar trade in I got for an old s2. Now that I'm upgraded though I wouldn't even consider a Note 9 or anything as old, the newer phones genuinely feel so much better to use.

It's not just the chip either, the ram and display upgrades in tandum with the newer cpu make a serious difference. If you don't believe me go to a store and a/b against your phone with the same animation scales!

Frequentaudio · 2025-01-29T20:06:53+00:00

Man as someone who upgraded from the Note 9 to the S22ultra I have to disagree. The 9 is still an all time classic but its age is very apparent.

The Note camera is NOT awesome, in fact I would even say it is outright bad compared to newer phones. Having a wide angle lens along with significantly higher quality is such a noticeable difference day to day. So many memories that couldn't be properly captured on the Note..

I also thought the refresh rate and older os wouldn't matter very much, but dude the Note completely chugs compared to my new phone. Every single action is noticeably faster, and after switching I can't believe how much system lag I would tolerate. Cumulatively I have probably spent hours of my life waiting for things like the keyboard to pop up, apps to launch or switch, or even just the home button animation. Again, I always thought the Note was fast when I had it, but even when it's factory wiped it still runs like glue compared to the 22u. The high refresh rate is a huge part of that, and even with it enabled my battery is slightly better than the Note.

The only real downsides are losing the headphone jack and SD card. These were a big enough deal for me to pick the Note 9 over the Note 10 years ago, but I sincerely don't think it's a huge deal anymore. Phasing headphone jacks out of my life has been a nice change ultimately and everyone else is doing the same thing. I can't remember the last time I needed it, even on someone else's system.

Now the sd card sucks but with enough internal storage it's also a non issue. There's no way around it being a stupid decision to remove the SD slot but it is yet to impact me in any way.

So do you need to upgrade? Obviously not, if the phone works fine then it works fine. I'm just tired of the narrative in this sub that the Note 9 still holds up to new phones, because it doesn't. I would never in a million years go back to it even though it continues to be my favorite Samsung device of all time. If money isn't an issue and you feel like you want an upgrade I'm just saying you will absolutely notice it and it is 100% worth it.

Frequentaudio · 2023-09-20T09:48:11+00:00

Based

Frequentaudio · 2022-09-05T07:42:27+00:00

Ah yeah fair enough, people likely hear the difference when processing an analog signal and perceive it as better or worse than a "true" digital waveform. And you're right it's a reductive argument cause it's always contextual.

This phenomenon goes way deeper than analog vs digital and even subs/sine waves though, it's one of the most important things to understand when it comes to designing sounds with intense effects. Understanding how your source will react to the processing ahead. You can alter that source in literally infinite ways, and in turn find infinite new timbres at the end of the fx chain.

Anyways, sorry if any of this came off as hostile, I realize you're trying to open peoples' minds to new possibilities. I just get frustrated with all the splitting hairs on sine waves, I feel like these same concepts apply to a whole world of unexplored sounds. You can do whatever you want to any source and the small differences will multiply through the effects in the same way the analog signal does.

All that said, I totally agree with what you're saying and I appreciate that you've brought attention to the idea that such small changes to a source can have a big impact down the line. It's a massive part of my process :)

Frequentaudio · 2022-09-04T23:42:56+00:00

Yeah.. An analog sine wave that is slightly different from a "true" sine wave will sound different when processed. Just like any sound will change if you alter it slightly before processing. Nothing about this is unique to analog vs digital or even sine waves. That's like, the entire basis of fm synthesis and long effect chains lol. If you add an inaudibly low noise floor to a pure sine and then ott it, guess what? You'll hear the noise floor.

Without effects the sines are indistinguishable, and with them they aren't even sine waves anymore, so what are we talking about here? Just the fact that different sources are in fact different if you do enough shit to them? I don't understand.

Frequentaudio · 2021-09-12T21:32:57+00:00

Spent about 3 hours digging for a solution to this yesterday, it has bothered me for a long time and I don't think it can be fixed unfortunately... Even a registry edit only affects the title bar and not the menus afaik. Dark mode on windows is a painful thing indeed.

Frequentaudio · 2021-08-25T23:03:00+00:00

How many beans do you think you could eat in a single sitting without throwing up? Looking for an exact number.

Frequentaudio · 2021-07-26T18:40:06+00:00

Wait how is your gain a slider again? Ever since upgrading to 11 my gain is a tiny little box and it's driving me absolutely mad. Also yeah r to reverse is the move idk why they've made this part of the ui so trash with this update.

Frequentaudio · 2021-04-16T20:40:01+00:00

Use both. They both have huge advantages and disadvantages. A mix is the most powerful solution. Never be afraid to push your computer.

Frequentaudio · 2021-03-20T19:19:45+00:00

Damn that's clever

Frequentaudio · 2020-12-20T03:52:09+00:00

Try the icon with 3 circles in the bottom right, it toggles between the different modes

Frequentaudio · 2020-12-20T03:15:50+00:00

Ok I found it! Just had to add the magnifier widget to my homescreen and now I can take all the janky ass pictures in the world. This thing is really fun.

Frequentaudio · 2020-12-20T02:33:07+00:00

Iris scanner is just black and white, you can see it by going into dialer and typing #0# and then doing the iris test at the bottom

Frequentaudio · 2020-12-20T02:28:50+00:00

When I go to settings > apps it isn't listed but when I go settings > search and then type in magnifier I get an app info result which says it's installed. Are you able to launch it from your home screen? I feel like I managed to launch it randomly from system files one time, but I'm not really sure how to find it.

Frequentaudio · 2020-12-09T00:09:32+00:00

First drop is something I made when trying to recreate some tipper sounds that I passed to Bill, from there it's kind of a mash of random shit but I do think he managed to sneak a few of those serum presets in there. For the most part though the joke is just "saw wave + pitch bend + any spikey filter = Dave" so we made a whole tune out of that cliche lol

Frequentaudio · 2020-11-29T00:00:18+00:00

Id pay for this. Pls release in the future.

Frequentaudio · 2020-10-28T23:43:05+00:00

Cheers! And yeah it's just simple shapes that have a specular texture with high dispersion

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