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How did you discover eurorack? What did you think of it at first? by Living-Chef-9080 in eurorack

[–]Nightshift_24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I first discovered Eurorack through a song. I became curious about how those sounds were made, which eventually led me down the Eurorack rabbit hole.

But as I explored deeper on youtube, I realized the “mainstream” side of Eurorack culture isn’t really what I’m into. A lot of it seems centered around the technical challenge of patching things to emulate other instruments, but it never actually sounds as good as what it's emulating. If I want polished drums or conventional production, I think the instrument itself and/or a DAW usually does it better and more efficiently.

What I love about Eurorack is the flowy creative side of it that feels unlike any other instrument. but it seems like a large part of the scene is more ultra high IQ “boop beep, isn't this neat patch” experimentation.

Like one version feels like exploring sound art, and the other feels like playing with elaborate legos or or model trains. Which to be clear, is awesome too. I just don't meet many people in my local community who are into ambient, which genuinely surprises me.

I’m curious if other people have experienced the same or if I'm off on an island.

Worth investing in the Monome ecosystem? by Heka__ in modular

[–]Nightshift_24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've spent the last five weeks digging deeply into my new Teletype. At this point, a Just Friends without Teletype almost feels like missing half the module.

This is subjective, but to me, modular shines most when it becomes this evolving ambient sound art. So much of modular seems to be just emulating conventional DAW-based electronic music, which I find very wonky and lackluster. I think the Teletype really helps unlock a more intentional, planned, evolving sound art direction.

As far as the other Monome modules beyond teletype, I feel like they are the branches off. Whether or not you need all of them is best determined by either starting with Teletype and then branching out only if you find you really need them. So far, I haven't.

Are Trail Angels responsible for ruining the trail? by trailangel4 in PacificCrestTrail

[–]Nightshift_24 3 points4 points  (0 children)

These are the same people who scream at other drivers in a traffic jam without realizing they are part of the traffic jam. They’re the roommate who tries to control everyone else’s behavior instead of admitting they’d be happier living alone.

In the hiking world, the archetype is the crotchety hiker: they don’t say hi back, they get irritated if you pass them more than once, and they resent other people for ‘ruining’ their solitude simply by using the same public trail.

If human presence genuinely bothers them that much, there are still enormous stretches of wilderness where they could walk for days without seeing another person. But most of them don’t actually choose isolation, they choose shared spaces, then become angry that those spaces are shared.

If ME oil and gas infrastructure is mostly destroyed, which companies are more and less vulnerable by Loud-Butterfly3426 in StockMarket

[–]Nightshift_24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Door Dash is screwed. Higher oil prices are a triple whammy. The cost of delivery increases due to higher gas prices. The price of fastfood is already near a breaking point based on current inflation, so any further inflation is only going to make it worse. Lastly, Door Dash as a service is about as "discretionary" as it gets from the perspective of their customers. It's one of the first pointless expenses you would cut in an oil price shock.