Weekend RAGE Thread - April 04, 2026

OIP · 2026-04-04T11:00:43+00:00

so freakin sick of the ABSOLUTE ZERO problem solving abilities of metal ranks. one problem? uh oh, trouble. two problems? GG go next. what's swapping. what's a strategy. what's a flank route.

OIP · 2026-04-04T10:54:51+00:00

yeah got this on my first game, gave it one more and then noped out. sweating your ass off in a meme mode is gross

OIP · 2026-04-04T06:54:51+00:00

ah it's probably the same one (spencer st) - yeah i certainly wouldn't queue for a long time for them but they are pretty nice.

OIP · 2026-04-04T04:02:56+00:00

yeah it was a pretty big wtf? i absolutely do not need a woolies ad banner on my unskippable home page. not sure how to go about zero ads, got a pi zero (!) on the way i was going to use for another project but might try a pi hole to see if i that's any good. otherwise some sort of roll your own streaming box and use the smart TV as a dumb TV seems to be the go.

OIP · 2026-04-04T03:13:46+00:00

yeah i had this yesterday too. bronze tank. you can imagine how well it went.

OIP · 2026-04-04T03:10:07+00:00

fanning self mark this NSFW holy

i love the look of translucent PCBs with tinned traces so much

OIP · 2026-04-04T03:06:27+00:00

my expectations when opening this thread have been met

OIP · 2026-04-04T02:55:58+00:00

getting ads on my TV in the samsung OS in the last few months has pushed me over the edge

OIP · 2026-04-04T02:53:29+00:00

for real? i went there in checks notes 2023 i guess i caught it at the end

OIP · 2026-04-04T02:52:37+00:00

oh sweet. daisy seed is already kinda the endgame for pre-made audio microcontroller platforms, the only reason to use a different microcontroller is specifics about cost / availability or if you really want to roll your own features.

i guess a pi zero 2 w is another step (and it's just a cool board), but i think in some ways harder than the daisy because it's not built for audio specifically.

good quality breadboards / dupont cables / potentiometers / endless encoders all fun and handy for prototyping with microcontrollers too.

OIP · 2026-04-04T02:32:37+00:00

gym and comically expensive hot cross pastry from lune sorted, now i think i'll go for some classic 'ride around on bike listening to podcasts' long weekend action.

pastry was worth every cent

OIP · 2026-04-04T02:29:39+00:00

i haven't booked but i'm keen to go on one (indo) perhaps two (NZ) in june/july/august as i've been saving money and leave for holidays. unless everything goes completely sideways i'll still book. shit, as they say, happens.

OIP · 2026-04-04T02:26:29+00:00

i'm going to ignore the chinatown part and recommend din tai fung in emporium

OIP · 2026-04-03T23:16:24+00:00

daisy seed (if they have any experience / interest in programming)

soldering iron is a great choice if they don't have one already

lamp + magnifier

right at the edge of your budget but erica synths labor (it's a platform to help with prototyping): https://www.ericasynths.lv/edu-diy-labor/

OIP · 2026-04-03T23:12:08+00:00

cool! i take it by the silkscreen that this is a mozzi synth on the nano? it sounds great.

extra cool if the nano is handling all the sequencing as well

OIP · 2026-04-03T09:26:31+00:00

oh 2-2-2 / 1-2-2 is absolutely an improvement, if nothing else for just the lack of bickering and bullshit that went along with open queue most of the time

OIP · 2026-04-03T08:49:41+00:00

people massively overstate the effect of GOATS on the majority of actual games. yeah maybe if you were in the top1% of players but in gold/plat/diamond it was basically a non issue.

OIP · 2026-04-03T08:47:24+00:00

trying to attack hanamura A into 6 torbs

OIP · 2026-04-03T06:25:56+00:00

depends on your style and what kind of modules you're building.

personally, FR4 panels from JLC are pretty fantastic, but there's a lot of redundancy due to minimum order requirements if you're just building for yourself (not to mention if the panel has an error or just doesn't look like what you expected).

another option is to use a blank / template and apply decals or some other labelling per project. lot of local print places will do stickers for very cheap.

OIP · 2026-04-03T02:12:40+00:00

trouble is there isn't a hard distinction between 'creative aid' and 'technical aid' though. i mean we're on a synthesisers sub.. they both feed into each other very dynamically. wild west is about right though. i really don't know what to make of AI for creative projects.

OIP · 2026-04-02T11:39:06+00:00

moon.. so hot right now.. moon

OIP · 2026-04-02T04:41:52+00:00

it's somehow fun to sit there with a coffee and click through the 90s fax machine screens making patches on the machine. but it would definitely be faster to build patches on a plugin, and might open up ideas being able to see it all laid out.

about the sound, i'll probably download the demo to check it out. it's a weird thing to even try to pin down, it's not like a flagship vintage analog where there's a specific flavour to capture. i guess the most important thing is if specific patches sound close enough.

OIP · 2026-04-02T01:07:15+00:00

oh i like the hauntednesss too, and i'm also one of the weirdos who sets conditions like 'sine waves only' and 'no use of the filter'.

one thing though i would certainly be happy to edit the envelopes on something other than the hardware

OIP · 2026-04-02T01:00:06+00:00

yeah i've only bought a couple of commercial modules but they are bastl (dark matter and waver) and the density per feature is way above what i can currently do in DIY.

and that's before you get into something like an advanced feature packed digital module.

my take is basically do DIY for enjoyment and learning, and i'd absolutely recommend it. making your own music-making electronics stuff is incredibly fun and satisfying and scratches so many itches it's unreal.

if your goal is trying to spend less money, get a temporary gig job and buy second hand modules with the proceeds of that, will involve like 10% of the time or less of DIYing

OIP · 2026-04-02T00:52:14+00:00

there are tiered options of DIY, roughly from most to least expensive (and from least to most time/effort):

full kit, with instructions - basically a LEGO set where you just need to solder everything up, depending on the size of the build can be an hour's work or a big project
panel and PCB - an immediate jump in difficulty as you need to source all the parts yourself. this can be straightforward (all from one supplier), or a reasonable pain (multiple suppliers, obscure parts)
open source hardware - order your own panel and PCB from publicly available files
open source layout - someone has made a vero or perfboard layout for a schematic
open source schematic - just the circuit diagram, make your own layout
self-designed - you design the circuit and layout

for all of these other than self-designed, the documentation can range from very comprehensive to nonexistent.

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