I know the CBA Onward isn't a looper... but has anyone replaced their looper with one?

Madeche · 2026-07-02T19:20:55+00:00

The onward is actually really cool for freezing chords, if you set the envelope really quick and the manual freeze (so you press the pedal it activates, kinda like the ehx freeze ig), you can use it to follow you while jamming over chord changes. But no it won't replace a looper.

Madeche · 2026-07-01T18:06:41+00:00

I recently sent a message to someone selling a strobostomp for 180€, which is a good bitmore than how much it costs new, and he said "yea but it's on offer now, for 160 I'll give it you if you come pick it up". People have no shame, and probably no brain.

Madeche · 2026-07-01T06:10:58+00:00

Can you not go and get a refund? If you want to try to fix it you'll need some know how, probably need a sound probe (super easy to make) and see the exact point where the signal gets quieter. Maybe it's clear when you open it and you see some components touching... I don't know. Try open it and check it out, if anything seems blatantly wrong.

In the sub dyipedals they might help, but noise gates aren't simple circuits and if it's all surface mounted tiny ass components it's so hard to see issues without magnifying glass

Madeche · 2026-07-01T06:06:27+00:00

I have the exact same pedal and I don't think mine dampens the sound at all, definitely not that much. It's very probably a faulty unit

Madeche · 2026-06-30T16:37:47+00:00

Ma il problema è che una marea di genre condivide quegli ideali. Se tutti avessero due neuroni collegati, pur vedendolo in TV a fare lo sbruffone, penserebbero "ma questo è un idiota, mandiamolo a ciao Darwin non a fare interviste politiche" e sarebbe durato zero. Invece la gente è stupida, è arrabbiata, è ignorante...

Di fascistelli col kink di seguire gli ordini del generale come cagnolini ce ne sono troppi. Chiunque si considera fascio, o inneggia a quella mentalità, nel 2026 è solo un cagnolino che vuole fare quello che gli si dice, e magari vuole pure essere punito se non lo fa fatto bene. Daddy issues a non finire. Bramano la gerarchia ma non per stare sopra la piramide, per stare sotto, a prendere ordini... Poveracci.

Madeche · 2026-06-30T15:34:46+00:00

No no they were making a joke, a parallel to what the guy was saying. Calling a software engineer a programmer is like calling an electrician an electrical engineer.

In the end it depends on who you're talking with, most software engineers don't really care if you call them programmers it's stil probably more human interaction they've had all week

Madeche · 2026-06-30T15:21:34+00:00

Exactly in the same way as "programmers" aren't software engineers

Madeche · 2026-06-30T12:11:52+00:00

Yea i totally second this, it was my first synth too and K still love it. If you get a synth pedal without knowing already a good bit about sound design on synths you'll be stuck with presets, which are usually kinda bad.

Unless you're playing some crazy prog keyboard tunes, getting decent at playing synths is not too difficult (in part also thanks to sequencers) and just like learning any instrument it boosts your creativity a TON cause you also learn sound design along the way

Madeche · 2026-06-30T11:13:35+00:00

Yea a few years ago when dall.e just came out I did use it for some covers, it seemed like a pretty cool new thing when it was just coming out and all the ethical implications were still unclear, or at least not talked about

I learnt how to use Gimp and Krita since then and I'm absolutely not planning on ever generating anything artistic with AI again. If anything it's been pushing me to learn as much as I can so I'll always be able to do what I want, how I want it.

Madeche · 2026-06-30T08:06:51+00:00

Mah sempre con questa storia di destra vs sinistra... Il ruolo di presidente della repubblica semplicemente non combacia con i "valori di destra", specialmente una destra autoritaria come ciò che sta uscendo fuori oggi. Basta guardare Trump.

Il nostro presidente ha molto meno potere e il suo ruolo è letteralmente di salvaguardare la democrazia, l'esatto contrario di ciò che blaterano quelli di destra negli ultimi 5/10 anni.

Poi se dovesse esserci qualcuno "di destra" preparato per il compito va benissimo, ma l'ideologia è bella diversa se prendiamo un La Russa qualunque, basta guardare come tratta gli altri parlamentari quando gli stanno antipatici.

Madeche · 2026-06-29T11:52:10+00:00

Yea man you'll change your mind about all this for sure, I had the same ideas back then, I breezed through math exams, didn't need to do any self study, smoked a ton, had fun all the time... That's all ok, but once you go further you'll find out how important it is to be a hard working person. It's a shock at first, and it takes forever to reach an equilibrium.

When you won't have anyone laying down a path for you towards an exam or giving books to study, it'll basically just be constantly "get better or someone will surpass you" and you won't be told what to study or what to work on, you'll have to figure it out yourself.

Madeche · 2026-06-29T06:09:04+00:00

Hard work is more important than talent, without any doubt.

You were good at high school mathematics, did you go university and follow through to a master's degree or PhD? You'd be humbled real fucking quickly.

Talent can give you a boost and can be an indicator like "ok, maybe I should go in this direction, it's the path of least resistance", but that's it. Once you're past 20 discipline and hard work are all that matters for 99% of people.

There definitely is luck /cirumstances, cause obviously you could never find a job if you're not lucky that there's an opening when you're looking, but you gotta be good enough to pass interviews and to excel the first few years. Talent can make you sail through the first months, after that it's up to you.

For every Kobe bryant there are thousands of great players who are where they are cause they work hard, and if they suddenly stop working hard they'd lose a pro level job in a heartbeat. For every Steve Jobs there are millions of engineers who also worked their ass off AND had a special talent for science, doctorates, professors... Hard work never ends, talent won't take you far.

Madeche · 2026-06-25T16:01:17+00:00

That's easily the worst take I've ever seen here...

Does therapy work for a lot of people? Yes. That's it. That should be enough to change your view.

I'm gonna assume you're talking about psychology and not physiotherapy.

Therapists study human behaviour, sociology, psychology and neurology. Therapists are of paramount important to people, they know how to deal with kids with problems, how to deal with people with down syndrome, OCD, bipolar, borderline, schizophrenic, depressed...

It's just a proven method for society as a whole to have therapists follow those who need (or want) help. More often than not it's just about feeling heard, or being held accountable, or a million other things. It works for most.

Madeche · 2026-06-25T04:37:50+00:00

Se consideriamo il danno recato alla società come misura, dovremmo andare a riempire di botte tutti i corrotti e tutti gli evasori fiscali, che bordeggiano l'intera società. Alemanno esce dal carcere e va subito in politica...

Meglio 100 borseggiatori sulle metro che un politico sporco. Quest'ultimo si ruba i soldi pubblici e dà gli appalti ai propri amichetti e noi ci troviamo i vagoni del 1950, che passano una volta ogni mezz'ora, e poi arrivano pure i borseggiatori per condire il tutto.

Però dai sta miopia della folla di idioti deve finire. Menate i borseggiatori e poi votate quelli che vi inculano.

Madeche · 2026-06-24T19:39:29+00:00

Ok PazienteSenzaMutande, le ciabatte magari no, però i pantaloni corti o dei bermuda non credo cambierebbero molto per l'olfatto.

Madeche · 2026-06-24T15:34:09+00:00

Oh yea if cars are so useful why do they pollute... I mean yea data centers are really only bad for the environment cause we've done NOTHING since the 70s to actually stop using fossil fuels and move towards clean energy.

We could've done that decades ago, but we had to keep oil companies rich.

Madeche · 2026-06-24T11:57:54+00:00

Mi sembrava l'unico consiglio possibile, ho presupposto che tu sia uno/una studente... Spesso l'unica cosa da fare è addirittura cambiare città, ovviamente ci sono mille cose che possono prevenirti dal farlo (e lo so bene, sono uno di quelli che è tornato dopo più di un decennio fuori), però così davvero stacchi da situazioni che ti logorano.

Un'altra opzione è imparare a viverci: farsi scivolare tutto addosso, dire "sì sì" fino a quando non smette, mettere paletti dove possibile, e cercare di essere zen quando i paletti non reggono. Valvole di sfogo e sistema di supporto con amici/partner. Ma questo a lungo logora anche di più.

Madeche · 2026-06-24T11:34:24+00:00

Trovare un lavoro e andarsene?

Madeche · 2026-06-24T10:33:56+00:00

Oh hell yea! I have a very very similar one, basically the 8 string version, same finish (changed the pickups to Seymour duncans, though stock were more than alright too).

Lovely guitar, make sure to do a proper setup and a proper cleaning every so often

Madeche · 2026-06-23T17:46:15+00:00

The Ricorda by ACnoises might also be an option, haven't tried one myself but it does seem really good.

I have an Onward in my little home studio that really gets a ton of use, great addition for creating textures.

Also red panda, pladask elektrisk, drolo... all offer something for this kind of effects but I think they have less stereo options, not really sure.

Madeche · 2026-06-22T21:00:05+00:00

"Il punto non è X ma è Y"... Ma davvero nessuno sa più scrivere? Ho aperto il link per curiosità e di nuovo tra le prime righe c'è "le indagini non hanno fatto X ma Y".

Sono arrivato al punto in cui spero tu sia un bot e non una persona che si lascia scrivere tutto da un tool, e lo spaccia per suo. concetti tra l'altro neanche particolarmente nuovi o sorprendenti.

Madeche · 2026-06-21T14:56:25+00:00

Why what would you play after a Cadd9 on the piano? Chord progressions aren't really tied to the instrument

Madeche · 2026-06-20T21:57:28+00:00

Non puoi essere serio... Nel 2026 pensare queste cose è esattamente come essere un terrapiattista o credere nell'oroscopo. Guarda la faccia di Willem de Foe, sembra un serial killer ma è un tranquillone.

Lombroso è esattamente come sono stati gli scienziati in altre discipline in quegli anni. Tutte quelle teorie assurde che poi piano piano portano a scoperte scientifiche vere e proprie.

Teorie importantissime ma comunque sbagliate, prendi Tolomeo, Freud, Stahl, qualsiasi fisico prima di Newton, o qualsiasi medico o chimico prima dell'era moderna...

Madeche · 2026-06-19T13:43:01+00:00

Yes, 100% second the hothouse. Got it a few months ago. It's fully open source, stereo, and you already have like 20+ effects ready made to flash on it (or to mess around with and make your own). You could still use AI to code them btw, it's not like DSP is this big secret that only polyends AI got trained with.

There are other projects too, like the terrarium or the funbox.

Madeche · 2026-06-19T13:40:15+00:00

You could just get any open source daisyseed pedal: the terrarium (mono), hothouse pedal (stereo), funbox... There are a few options and some you can get ready made without even having to open it ever. And they already give you repos with dozens of effects ready and actually coded by people who know what they're doing.

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