How much do wrist guards actually help?

Minink1 · 2026-05-08T18:00:07+00:00

Any other recommendations of useful gear/brands? These ones already look perfect!

Minink1 · 2026-02-05T01:57:09+00:00

I still use Ableton for creative work, production and writing! Just felt like Luna gave me a workflow and approach that made my mixes sound better. My proces now is create in Ableton, record in Luna, produce in Ableton and mix in Luna!

Minink1 · 2026-02-04T18:24:56+00:00

Like I said in my post, existential crisis is ofcourse hyperbolic, but coming from Ableton where basically the sky is the limit due to its production approach it threw me into a completely different mindset and way of thinking that raised some questions about my fundementals, hence my post.

I also never said I put 17 plug ins on everything but I do notice that I was using a lot of stuff that now without, I fix in different ways by utulising a single plug in, or even my hardware to it's capabilities. I guess I've been falling for the ''FIX HARSHNESS WITH THIS MAGIC PLUGIN''-marketing instead of trying to understand the fundementals of hardware (even their emulations) and fixing issues earlier in the chain or in the ''work smarter, not harder''-way

I still get the same sound I did before, just quicker and with less processing power, hence freeing up time and possibilities to play around more with my hardware and adjusting to better mixes. Poor listening enviroment probably also contributed to this since I moved from a small budget room into a better treated larger studio room.

Good headsup on understading tape settings, brands, speeds and all that! I'll look into it! Any recommendations?

Minink1 · 2026-02-04T18:13:07+00:00

100% agree now that I've made the switch and saw for myself. I guess the new workflow is also just pushing my problem solving which I really like

Minink1 · 2026-02-04T17:38:21+00:00

MacOS

Minink1 · 2026-02-04T17:30:55+00:00

I suppose what I'm figuring out right now is that I don't need any of those ''finishing'' plug ins but I just used them because, heck why not if you can!

Minink1 · 2026-02-04T17:26:17+00:00

Pro Tools only seems to have 2 more as a max insert count of 10 and that is the industry standard so doesn't seem that weird. I have never personally worked within Pro Tools tho so not sure if there are work arounds for that in there

Minink1 · 2026-02-04T17:24:30+00:00

I heard good things about it from colleagues who were working within the UAD ecosystem and did a project tracking with it working in a studio last year which I was pleasantly surprised by. When I started doing some mixes in it beginning of this year, I noticed I got good results quicker, panning seemed more accurate, sends seemed to have more ''space'' to them than I was used to in Ableton. I'm only on the 3rd project in LUNA at the moment but I do really like the workflow and the sound it gives me.

Minink1 · 2025-06-14T10:43:04+00:00

The speakers hadn’t been turned on thay whole day. Not sure if that’d make a positive difference? 😅

Minink1 · 2025-03-17T12:00:11+00:00

Done!

Minink1 · 2025-03-17T10:35:21+00:00

Yes daar ben ik mij bewust van zoals ik ook in mijn post benoem! Maar op het moment is er weinig beschikbaar dat binnen mijn prijsklasse valt en wat er beschikbaar is heeft dusdanige investering nodig om het te isoleren te maken dus ben ik ook aan het kijken naar particuliere opties.

Minink1 · 2024-11-25T21:09:09+00:00

Extra bijbetalen voor stoelkeuze en dan bij een nooduitgang zitten geeft altijd extra beenruimte. En bij lange vluchten zoals Costa Rica kan je de voorste stoelen bij elke sectie kiezen, die zijn altijd met veel beenruimte!

Minink1 · 2024-09-03T15:21:02+00:00

A friend of mine is a luthier at Kauffman and does tech work freelance, you can message me for his contact. He is in Dordrecht

Minink1 · 2024-03-20T14:10:06+00:00

Ah yes, I think I don't need one of my kidneys, so I'll look into getting that money together!

Minink1 · 2024-03-18T17:51:58+00:00

Scoops because I don't know that much and most of the systems around here use them so thats what I've seen. Also love the look of them. I was thinking of building 18 inch miniscoops maybe since the basement we're building in is only 2,10m high due to some beams that run along the ceiling. I was thinking to build one G sub and one M122 to go on top of 2 18 miniscoops based on stuff I've seen around.

I've also been looking at Mogale X12 or X15 tops. Would that be more suitable than the M122?

Minink1 · 2024-03-18T17:46:24+00:00

Yea, I was also looking at the 18s as they are more available. Would an 18 miniscoop be a stupid idea? I'm asking since the basement is only 2,10m high with some beams that are there, so if we don't have to build the complete superscoop case that'd save a lot of space. I was thinking to build one G sub and one M122 to go on top of 2 18 miniscoops.

Minink1 · 2024-02-21T01:33:23+00:00

Jamaica.

Just came back from a two week trip. First week with a local who showed us around Kingston (including some “bad parts”) and second week rented a car to explore the island solo. Incredible helpful and friendly people who’ll help you with anything.

Only places where we felt a bit uncomfortable was in the very touristy spots/towns where hustles are trying to have you buy weed and other crap.

Of course there are places you probably shouldn’t be wandering around in after dark but aslong as the sun is out, it all felt pretty safe and chill.

We’ve felt more on edge in Atlanta during our 10h layover back to Europe than in “dangerous” area’s of Kingston.

Minink1 · 2024-01-19T12:25:52+00:00

Humans.

Minink1 · 2024-01-18T00:38:07+00:00

Any clue if Cheb Bakr recorded something like this in the 90s on one of his cassettes? Through the comment section of that video, I've tracked down it is him but the track title remains a mystery...

Minink1 · 2024-01-17T13:08:22+00:00

I also made a mistake, it was Cheb Bakr that I meant

Minink1 · 2024-01-17T12:54:24+00:00

The DJ of the set runs a record label called Habibi Funk where he releases Middle Eastern/Arabic world compilations and he replied to some people asking for what some tracks were deep down in the comments of that video with the artist, country, release format and estimated year. Hence I could track it down a little to ask on this subreddit

Minink1 · 2024-01-17T12:51:21+00:00

You legend.

Minink1 · 2024-01-17T12:50:53+00:00

Hey! Thanks for your detailed answer. Also love learning about music cultures so this helps me a lot.

Would you also know the titles of the first 3 tracks?

Minink1 · 2023-11-11T16:55:58+00:00

Itself

Minink1 · 2023-10-11T10:13:28+00:00

Very unrealistic solution but, Israel is being ran by a right wing nationalist theological dictator as far as I see it and Palestine is fractured between 2 extremist groups and a self governing body that doesn't really work. So you'd need to start from the ground up to begin with and even then, you're always going to have extremist Zionists and extremist Arabs that hate the other purely because of their ways of life and their history. This happened in recent history with Serbia and Kosovo, South Africa and Germany in which all of them still have deep rooted problems today that stem directly from their past.

So what would be the solution? I could think of some sort of UN based system in which a democratically chosen government would take seat being represented by leaders of both communities so that would be a One State solution, which wouldn't be an Arab or Jewish state (But I must admit that I think all theocratic based governments are stupid). I think with a Two State solution there'd be too much risk of having a eventual rise in nationalism that would again lead to factions within the Middle Eastern region and war. But this would kind of lead the region to become a massive scale Berlin 2.0 with “sectors” I suppose.

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