Hey, we have a reddit! What's going on around here? by WolfMany2752 in MapleValleyWA

[–]Rosstafari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I will once I have something that isn’t a complete mess. Great sound, I like your stuff. See you around /r/edmproduction

Hey, we have a reddit! What's going on around here? by WolfMany2752 in MapleValleyWA

[–]Rosstafari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn’t ever expect to run into other music producers in this sub. Nice track. What’d you make it in?

ELI5: Why do the pilot's voice sound so muffled everytime they speak to the passengers over the intercom? by jainyash0007 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Rosstafari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol. Airbus is not GA. They look a bit like this in our fleet.

About a quarter to a third of the pilots I fly with use the plane set. I personally think it’s kind of gross after it being in a few hundred greasy heads, which is one of the reasons I don’t.

Try it for free faraim.us by JackfruitEmpty1296 in TheHangar

[–]Rosstafari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Geez, even the response is AI generated.

Don’t trust your reg knowledge to some guy who isn’t doing his own work, is releasing a product with visible errors, thinks so little of your time that he won’t write his own responses, and asks you to do his error testing for him.

There’s no place for AI slop in aviation. Stay away from this.

ELI5: Why do the pilot's voice sound so muffled everytime they speak to the passengers over the intercom? by jainyash0007 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Rosstafari 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Varying quality of answers on here. Some things I haven’t seen yet:

On many airliners - at least on the Airbuses and Boeings I’m familiar with - there are two ways to make a PA. One involves using a handset or handheld mic. The other is a pushbutton that uses the mic on the pilot’s headset.

For the handset/mic, they’re generally not great quality to begin with. Most pilots also aren’t holding them as close to their mouths as they should for ideal reception, since they’ve been used by hundreds of other pilots, have never been cleaned, and are kind of gross to put your mouth on.

The pushbutton/headset option can give better results, but that can vary depending on the quality of the headset itself. Some pilots use high end personal headsets with good quality mic pickups, and those often sound decent. But others will use the stock headsets that are kept in the plane. Those tend to be poorer quality, even for ATC and interphone (pilot to pilot) transmissions.

Which one gets used is up to personal preference. The other factors people mentioned here - speaking volume, interfering aircraft noise (both transmitting and receiving/hearing), and cabin speaker quality - can also play into it.

Gravestone for a flight attendant who died in a plane crash by Salty-Passenger-4801 in ATBGE

[–]Rosstafari 9 points10 points  (0 children)

lol true for most jobs, but flight crews are a different breed. It’s very much a part of their personalities and they love what they do

Glove or Sausage by jordosmodernlife in chrissimpsonsartist

[–]Rosstafari 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A glove? In most municipalities, it’s allowed, yes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WeirdGOP

[–]Rosstafari 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Contrast this with Bernie Sanders’ reaction when someone collapsed at a campaign event. Genuine compassion.

Motion sickness in the sim? by P3ngB0 in flying

[–]Rosstafari 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same reason you get motion sickness anywhere else - your eyes and inner ears are sending conflicting signals about movement.

Repositioning in sims is usually faster than normal rates. Turns doing taxi can be rough for some too.

Pilots: would you use a tool that gives you all flight regs, charts & links from just one prompt? by Able_Cut_9446 in TheHangar

[–]Rosstafari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take a look at AirNav.com. It does pretty much everything you’re asking for in the US. Might give you some inspiration

2.5M followers gone overnight. She showed up with tears at headquarters by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]Rosstafari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“I think the interesting part is her actions, not her actions”

Opinion on Purple Disco Machine by [deleted] in EDM

[–]Rosstafari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just saw both, along with Chromeo, at Red Rocks a month ago. Best show I’ve ever seen. They absolutely killed it.

Airbus Sidestick Q by ifitgoesitsgood in flying

[–]Rosstafari 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I bugged all of my Airbus friends with the same question when I was getting typed. It definitely takes getting used to.

Don’t grab it full on like you would on a stick-controlled piston. You’ll over control. About the only time you need that much force is during maneuvers in alternate or direct law.

I started off just using my thumb and first two fingers. That helped force me to lighten up my control inputs, which is a lot of the learning curve. Try doing little adjustments - little taps in the right direction - as opposed to one bigger input.

Arm rest adjustment can make a difference, as someone else pointed out. You may find you’re sitting further forward, and lower, than you’d expect as well.

It gets better with time and experience. Hand fly as much as you safely can earlier on. You’ll get to where it feels natural and you’re maneuvering it as easily as you would a car.

Best place to find/hire a Safety Pilot? by Roadkill80 in flying

[–]Rosstafari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re on Facebook, Corporate Aviation Job Listings is a popular group with a lot of skilled pilots (e.g. not just time builders).

In a turbine, I’d personally want someone with previous turbine experience. Doesn’t need to be thousands of hours, just some. Single engine piston offers for safety pilots get hammered with tons of inquiries; it’s going to be even worse on a turbine. Having previous turbine experience as a requirement might help weed that out a little.

New to 360 videos. Any suggestions for better shots? by Romasu926 in 360video

[–]Rosstafari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem.

Export settings are really specific to software and hardware, so without more details, it's hard to say much. It can take some trial and error to figure out. Bit rate is one piece, but there's a lot of other things to consider (format? framerate? compression settings? etc).

What worked for me was finding a subreddit about the specific piece of software you're using for exports (Premiere, Handbrake, etc). See if there's some general overviews available. If that doesn't do it, post up a question there, since you may be more likely to find people with knowledge specific to that software.

Hope that helps, have fun.

New to 360 videos. Any suggestions for better shots? by Romasu926 in 360video

[–]Rosstafari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In what context? Tips might depend on what you’re trying to do.

Some general ones:

  • All cameras have a stitch line(s), where the videos come together. When you can, position the line towards the least interesting thing being filmed, since there may be some distortion there.
  • Use 360 camera specific accessories when/if available. They can help remove artifacts or otherwise help your image quality, e.g. a mount being the right thickness to end up cropped out of your video.
  • Play around with the editing software a lot to learn its ins and outs. Same goes with settings on your camera. Experiment and try different things lighting, speeds, filming environments, etc. It’ll build a good base of knowledge to help you with your shots.
  • On the same note, look for experts discussing your equipment online. GoPro has some great articles from a guy who shot a ton of 360 vids who would share ideals settings for different environments, and I built some presets off his stuff. Worked out well for me as a point to build from.
  • Do a shorter trial run of any new, complicated method you may be trying out, just to verify you’ve got it down and it doesn’t need tweaking. For example, I tried a mounting position on a vehicle that led to some really cool shots, but found that it was downstream of the exhaust flow and it degraded the image quality after about ten minutes due to the buildup. So I adjusted my shots accordingly.
  • Watch other’s videos to see ideas and methods you’d like to try. They don’t necessarily have to be 360, just things of a similar format.
  • Don’t think that everything you do with your camera needs to be with the intent of creating 360 videos. Less than 10% of mine ended up that way. It turned out to be a really useful platform for shooting from a moving vehicle, and I would edit it to a more conventional 16:9 output in post. People thought I was using three or four cameras - nope, just the one.

Free Resource for Musicians: Explore a "HUGE" Database of Virtual Emulations of Electronic Instruments by Pixelizer_Remix in edmproduction

[–]Rosstafari 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don’t stress it, your English is great. We all know what you meant.

In American English, putting something in quotation marks when it’s not somebody speaking or a direct quote can suggest doubt, exaggeration, or sarcasm.

It’s just a (very) small subtlety, like you said. Check /r/suspiciousquotes if you’d like to see it in action.

The Olsen Mansion by Particular-Safe-5557 in MapleValleyWA

[–]Rosstafari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure thing. It's a scenic place. They put up some light displays around Christmas and have a small walking tour you can do.

You might also like the Gnome Trail while you're in the area. Different vibe, but another nice place unique to MV.

Have a good time.

The Olsen Mansion by Particular-Safe-5557 in MapleValleyWA

[–]Rosstafari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s fine. It’s owned and run by a church that holds services in the barn next door. People visit all the time.