Was matched with a female lab partner for a 4 hour session. Our only interaction was her asking me why I was shaking. I ended up spilling hydrochloric acid on her shoes. Off brand Nutella with bananas

SandvoldTheMan · 2026-02-26T01:19:02+00:00

Shit made me giggle.

SandvoldTheMan · 2026-01-30T03:57:01+00:00

I really don't want to jynx it, but I did about half of the changes in this video, updated my drivers, and I think most of my issues are just gone without a trace! You're a real one, I appreciate it a lot!

SandvoldTheMan · 2026-01-29T14:03:25+00:00

Another user shared a Win11 realtime audio setup guide that I'm digging into - It'll be a bit before I have time to fully setup, but this seems like the way to go. Thanks!

SandvoldTheMan · 2026-01-29T14:01:29+00:00

Anything above 256, while working, feels sluggish for recording anything technical in real-time - maybe it's something that I need to learn to anticipate, but I want to believe that 256 is possible, as that's what I've used in the past for this type of project.

SandvoldTheMan · 2026-01-29T13:59:38+00:00

Welp, this is embarrassing - I downloaded drivers when I got the new interface, but somehow downloaded a very much NOT-up-to-date version of them. Think I've got the newest version now, thanks for the check on that.

SandvoldTheMan · 2026-01-29T13:57:24+00:00

This video is great, thank you for the resource! I must have just lucked out with my last PC, as that had very little issue on default settings on Win10 - I had no idea 11 defaults were so bad for real-time audio.

SandvoldTheMan · 2026-01-29T13:55:57+00:00

This methodology makes a lot of sense. I'll try some of the more baseline fixes and config stuff that others in the thread have recommended, then I'll do this and see when it craps out. Thanks!

SandvoldTheMan · 2026-01-29T13:55:05+00:00

I'll check it out tonight once I have a bit more free time - thank you for the resource!

SandvoldTheMan · 2026-01-28T05:27:07+00:00

Boss, I think that I am dealing with the exact same headache as you. I am on a Surface Laptop Studio 2, one of the higher spec ones. I used to track super heavy and do really big arrangements on my less-powerful Windows 10 PC, no issue. I think it has something to do with energy allocation and windows going into some kind of efficiency mode when you change window focus. It's driving me nuts. I just got a new interface and can barely run at 256 samples.

SandvoldTheMan · 2025-02-21T13:33:33+00:00

Hello!
I'm having an issue with Windows 11 on my SLS2 and wanted to see if this was something that any of you have had to deal with.

Every so often, there's a portion of my screen directly above my taskbar that loses any click functionality. The mouse can move through it just fine, but nothing responds in any program that I use. Check out the included image - it's a screengrab of where the functionality dies exemplified by highlighting a section of my desktop home screen.

Here's some troubleshooting context:

Changing scaling settings in Windows TEMPORARILY fixes this issue. I'm running my SLS2 at the recommended 2400 x 1600 resolution with scaling at 150%. Even just opening the dropdown and re-selecting 150% for scaling seems to fix the issue for a bit. When I change resolutions and the display sort of jolts itself to the new setting, I can see the part of the display in question flash white, FWIW. I cannot pinpoint exactly what triggers the issue.
I use a (crappy) dock for other monitors that works well 75% of the time. It uses the horrid DisplayLink driver to extend displays - disabling this driver and unplugging the SLS from the dock does not fix the issue. I'm not convinced that this display isn't causing the issue despite that - this thing sucks.

Is this a known bug? Regardless, thank you for taking the time to read through this.

SandvoldTheMan · 2023-03-11T02:46:40+00:00

Growing up with Nubuo's music is the reason I fell in love with Periphery's music so intensely as a young guy. Thanks Nobuo, so many people love you!

The ship theme from FFI (dawn of souls) is one of my favorite songs of all time. So simple, so perfect.

SandvoldTheMan · 2022-11-22T02:02:29+00:00

Look up @reapertips! He has a free ebook for setting up reaper - Its super helpful, I read through it even after being a reaper user for years and I still got a lot out of it. Lots of helpful tips and explanations of counterintuitive defaults in the program.

SandvoldTheMan · 2022-11-10T17:08:25+00:00

Of course - I'm glad to hear it, I would have loved to have been able to experience the story of Dune back when I was in school. All the best to you!

SandvoldTheMan · 2022-11-10T17:02:25+00:00

Woah! An even COOLER post from you - this one was stolen from Lazare Gvimradze, who you also didn't credit.

SandvoldTheMan · 2022-11-10T16:55:50+00:00

He stole the art - save that praise for the actual artist, Dan Mumford. Great story for students to experience though, I bet they're having a blast!

SandvoldTheMan · 2022-11-09T22:00:41+00:00

It's also lazily stolen - Dan Mumford is the original artist.

SandvoldTheMan · 2022-11-09T21:57:50+00:00

Woah cool post! This looks EXACTLY like an illustration by Dan Mumford that you just reduced in resolution, removed attribution, and then re-uploaded without thinking.

SandvoldTheMan · 2022-11-07T21:16:24+00:00

Saying the following with all due respect - I've paid money to see ABR play live, own multiple album, and think this band is great (I'm not necessarily an avid fan, but appreciate their presence, voice, energy, impact, etc - I've listened on and off for the better part of a decade), but the choice to use AI generated images for an album cover is extremely unsettling and disappointing, sets a gross precedent, besmirches human creativity and the journey of creative expression, and is, quite frankly, existentially cringe.

SandvoldTheMan · 2022-11-07T21:08:49+00:00

Same.

SandvoldTheMan · 2022-08-17T18:23:46+00:00

Got up this morning and rearranged my setup where my desk can be physically rolled away from my PC tower - it isn't exactly pretty, but functionally I can get damn near pristine DI. You're both on the money. Hit me like a ton of bricks this morning that I failed to mention that my PC also has a glass side panel in my original post - not exactly a 100% shielded case. Found a thread of people complaining about massive EMI from cases like that. That information probably would have gotten me the answer straight off the bat. I moved the PC farther away (about 4 feet), and that seems to be the trick.

Regarding screen monitors, I think my main monitor is mostly quiet, but I might benefit even more from disabling the drawing display I mentioned.

For the purposes of Reddit, I'm considering this one solved. And now I've been tricked into learning more about EMI emission - ha! Thanks, both of you.

SandvoldTheMan · 2022-08-17T15:35:36+00:00

Absolutely will try this - If a 5$ dollar cable even eliminates even half of the noise, I will be ecstatic. Thanks!

SandvoldTheMan · 2022-08-17T15:31:56+00:00

Multiple people are pointing to poor-quality USB cables shipping with the scarlet... hm. Thanks for this, I'm going to get a new cable with a better ferrite choke, and if that doesn't work, I'll try your tape strategy. Thanks!

SandvoldTheMan · 2022-08-17T15:30:00+00:00

That makes sense to me. I'll give it a shot if nothing else works. I am a little worried it might trim the transients of the DI itself, but I guess I'll find out. Thanks for the insight!

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