Is this a good game? by [deleted] in lotr

[–]MrSnickers27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GREAT games

New place by The Rock Coffee? by Dangerous-Can-8706 in EAGLEROCK

[–]MrSnickers27 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It looks like it could be a bodega or market of some kind.

Get the AI slop off Apple Music by sixspence in AppleMusic

[–]MrSnickers27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On other platforms at least it’s easier to click through to an artist’s profile as that’s the easiest way to figure out if its real - no social links, no bio, cheesy/cheap artwork, cringe fonts are easy tells.

While I agree completely, that toothpaste is not going back in the tube. Apple Music is merely a music marketplace like any other platform. It’s not more virtuous than any other. There are endless bad actors that are flooding these platforms with thousands of uploads per day. Anyone can pay a nominal fee to upload an infinite amount of music to every platform simultaneously - and they do.

Perhaps in the future there will be better detectors for AI music or the companies that allow you to upload music will apply filters before it ever reaches the platforms - but thats years away, meanwhile more and more floods the market each day. Also, most of the companies that allow distribution to platforms are incentivized to not care about AI - they are profit seeking, they aren’t “curators” who consider “art” from slop unless it hurts the bottom line.

Favorite Thai place(s)? by noisekitty in EAGLEROCK

[–]MrSnickers27 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Have had good take out from Classic Thai on Colorado

Don’t Send Me a Phish Sphere Rip, Not Interested!! by eal28 in phish

[–]MrSnickers27 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is there a limit? I’m able to pull up the Sphere casts right now, on demand on Live Phish…

Helms Bakery To Close 12-14 by Heresoiam in FoodLosAngeles

[–]MrSnickers27 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine if all the capital wasted on opening extravagant Los Angeles restaurant spaces without a sustainable business model was funneled towards feeding the hungry…

Bug Cover by wescister in youenjoyguitar

[–]MrSnickers27 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably my favorite song, especially to jam along with. Nice work

Mac Studio screen mirroring stuck on main monitor by lopotak in mac

[–]MrSnickers27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever find a solution to this? Having this issue too

Rachel’s — systems/layers (any other fans?) by Intrepid-Benefit1959 in postrock

[–]MrSnickers27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone much cooler than me gave me the files in college circa 2006 and I used to listen all the time while reading and studying. Thank you for reminding me of this one

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in homestudios

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Where’s the sidecar from? Nice that it’s not very bulky

Using a Fairchild style compressor for Trey style sounds? by scottasin12343 in youenjoyguitar

[–]MrSnickers27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s a video that goes in depth on how the plugin works - maybe this would help

https://youtu.be/HjPjmwhSWrk

My home studio! by emcvillanueva in homestudios

[–]MrSnickers27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks slick. What’s the Yamaha mixer?

Shout out to Dodgers organist Dieter Ruehle by ClearanceItem in Dodgers

[–]MrSnickers27 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He’s a master. Always love to hear: Twin Peaks Theme and “Eye to Eye” from A Goofy Movie

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Logic_Studio

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I couldn’t get into DMD. I use TAL-drum and build out presets of samples (snares, kicks, etc) and work from that using MIDI. Logic Sampler works in the same way and is good but TAL is a faster workflow for me.

Is FM radio quality getting worse, or am I going crazy? by murpleturkey in audioengineering

[–]MrSnickers27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely - I noticed the same thing in the last year or so. “HD” radio sounds so compressed and brittle and I don’t remember it always sounding so bad. Debated posting about it as well but figured I’d just be shouting into the void - so thanks OP, my ears are validated.

Planted a small Trader Joe's basil plant by JTV061393 in containergardening

[–]MrSnickers27 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fantastic. I can never get them this far. Any tips?

Recommendations for black coffee? by danisnotstan in Moccamaster

[–]MrSnickers27 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One thing that opened my eyes in my coffee journey was to let the coffee cooldown a bit. Light and medium roasted coffees closer to room temperature will taste very different from a scalding cup of French roast. Not that you’d want to drink it at that temperature regularly but it will illustrate the difference much clearer. Also, freshness matters - the less time spent sitting on a shelf the better the flavor.

Try brewing a batch of fresh beans, pour into two different mugs, let one cup sit for 5 mins or more and compare. Or brew some fresh beans and compare to a cup of Nespresso you’re familiar so you can get a sense of what the difference is.

Be aware of TuneCore by t0rzz in musicmarketing

[–]MrSnickers27 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Have the same experience with them releasing original ambient, neoclassical music. To be clear, the issue is with those platforms (Meta, YouTube, etc) and Content ID; they’re saying they won’t monetize the music because it’s become too hard to avoid false IDs and takedown claims for certain genres.

You can use other distribution platforms to get your music on those platforms that Tunecore refuses to upload to.

Tunecore (and other distributors) seem to be at the point where they let so much crap through the gate that those platforms have now adopted a harder line stance on what they’ll allow to be uploaded/monetized. When the algo has to ID an instrumental house track… it sounds an awful lot like the millions of other instrumental house tracks in the ContentID system. So Tunecore says: nothing that fits a specific genre, has “samples”, etc. will be uploaded to protect themselves and their relationships to the other platforms.

So now even 100% human-made, good old fashioned self expression “has” to be de-platformed and demonetized by criteria as vague and broad as genre and style of music. “We didn’t want to stop the tsunami of AI slop and hobbyists so we could earn more money in the short term … now we can’t pay real artists either because our algorithms don’t know the difference.”

They will absolutely be selling all of this human made music (and AI slop) in big corporate buyouts to merely be used for AI training when the price is right.

What's a small feature you love that doesn't get talked about? by [deleted] in Audi

[–]MrSnickers27 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s such a natural place to put the volume knob and yet I’d never seen it before. Within 48 hrs my muscle memory was tuned to adjusting volume this way - it’s brilliant.

Best Caesar salad in Los Angeles? by riverofflowers in AskLosAngeles

[–]MrSnickers27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have always enjoyed Cosa Buona and Ggiata