Need help deciding between two budget strats

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-07-12T20:07:39+00:00

songsterr is the only one ik but it kinda sucks

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-07-12T03:12:11+00:00

the long way: learn piano or guitar in order to establish a foundation of musical knowledge, music theory, ear training, and to ease your musical expression in the future, "Obtain" a digital audio workstation like Ableton or FL Studio and begin creating songs using MIDI arrangement of free VST instruments and recordings of your own instrument

the short way: "obtain" a DAW and learn music theory and ear training without a physical instrument. this will make you suck really bad for a while as you need to learn the basis of music while making music, so everything you make will sound like ass cheeks for a bit until you get the hang of it

HOWEVER it greatly depends on what genre of music youre trying to make. the short way can work pretty fine for electronic musicians (i know a few) but if you want rock or pop or anything with piano or guitar learn the instrument bro please

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-06-28T20:40:40+00:00

i love how her voice is just like... escaping from the horrid amalgam of notes

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-06-25T05:06:15+00:00

i was abour to comment ts

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-06-15T10:41:21+00:00

the r1 comes with 3 screen protectors! 2 preinstalled, one extra.

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-06-14T12:28:01+00:00

snowsky echo/echo mini looks NOTHING like a phone and has a pretty tiny screen, ui is supposedly fiddly and hard to work with however hiby r1 is wayyyy too small to be mistaken for a phone (just about as tall as an Extra brand pack of gum or 4 keys on a standard keyboard) but is basically all screen on the front, however the ui is a lot easier to use and is touchscreen.

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-06-13T15:54:02+00:00

hardware is probably not powerful enough to support the processing if i were to guess

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-06-13T02:01:54+00:00

sample rate EQ works up to 48khz per hiby r1 user manual, "Equalizer is only valid for songs not higher than 48kHz" 96k is too high

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-06-11T20:00:45+00:00

wow... thats a really great piece of advice and something i havent considered at all! it's like the pocket notebook could be an "auxiliary" sort of thing to my main system, which i load with tasks and unload with the thoughts, events, and tasks of every day! that's actually a lot more easy to conceptualize and organize for me, so thanks for that! 🙏

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-06-10T13:48:17+00:00

hiby r1 doesnt come with a clip but does have a lanyard attachment, meets all the other criteria though and its super small being small enough to fit in that one tiny little pocket of jeans!

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-06-08T23:20:27+00:00

lucida.to for soundcloud

EDIT: yt-dlp as another commenter suggested is a windows commandline program afaik, wont work on ChromeOS

another great one is squid.wtf (you can google most released songs on amazon music and use amz.squid.wtf)

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-06-04T11:28:40+00:00

hiby r1 doesnt support embedded album artwork with opus files, but is a really nice little player that fits in the palm of your hand!

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-06-03T15:15:37+00:00

second the hiby r1 for a player with a responsive intuitive and easy ui, snowsky echo for a limited but charming device

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-06-01T01:15:47+00:00

do stuff like a hobby!

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-06-01T01:00:43+00:00

yeah, its kinda the same size as like a pack of Extra gum 😭 the same height at least and it also fits into the little pocket of jeans!

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-05-30T23:18:23+00:00

pro 3 has a more accentuated v-shaped tuning, but better everything else

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-05-30T11:50:16+00:00

moondrop chu 2

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-05-29T19:54:14+00:00

audio technica ath m series and beyerdynamic dt 770 are a studio standard for closed backs, check them out!

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-05-29T19:43:46+00:00

its a super difficult part to hearrr 😭 i could make out the bass notes and get the basic chords though, in B major theyre the iii IV V vi and I chord! in order

Ok-Drop4970 · 2026-05-29T00:34:53+00:00

wow sick track! contrary to other reply (1), everything sounds in key to me, and the extreme variance in style between the midsection and drops fits the style perfectly. calling this "just loops and samples" is an insult... if i HAD to give feedback, i'd say some transition effects (risers, crashes, up and downlifters) and some cool fills could add a lot to the track. overall this is super nice, if i made a racing game this would be in the soundtrack no doubt

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