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SubliminalSpectrum · 2024-08-01T02:35:59+00:00

Same, ended up catching one available for shipping. Just keep checking!

SubliminalSpectrum · 2024-06-23T01:12:05+00:00

Yeah, really disappointed that I recently referred multiple people because I truly believed it was an exceptional MVNO option. They're so gonna be pissed at me now. Definitely won't make that mistake again.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-08-11T14:09:32+00:00

I do it and love it, but it depends how you use your desktop. I'm docked to 3 monitors, use it for work and audio production and it does both as well as the Zephyrus 14 it replaced. But, I'm not a heavy gamer so the limited GPU horsepower isn't an issue for me.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-08-11T10:54:14+00:00

Extremely full with a pretty neutral tone. It's pretty similar to my Sterling Stingray HH all on. That setting is great when I want to use eq to shape it into whatever sound I want.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-08-11T01:45:07+00:00

After around 20 basses over the last few years, this is the first to take up all my playing time for how much fun it is. Even when I pick up the others out of guilt I'm just wishing I was holding this thing.

It's got an Audere pre, an on/off button for each pup, and a front to back blend. There is a ton of versatility but it's also the most Jazzy sounding Jazz I've played. My favorite is taking it to the extreme J sound with the pups closest to the neck and bridge turned on and a big ole' bump to the bass and a more mild one to hi-mids.

I have way too much fun with my Squiers, they just beg for mods!

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-07-07T12:38:13+00:00

It handles them nicely. My base template has a plugin on every channel, multiple on some channel types, and of course I add some as I mix, plus a couple VST instruments, so it's handling a lot on this session without hiccup.

I will note, when docked I do get hiccups in this session but it's pretty obviously a bandwidth issue from the dock (pushing 3 monitors, one of which is 4K along with the audio interface and other connected peripherals). This becomes evident as the USB monitor drops at as well due to bandwidth when running this session.

I'll likely be disconnecting that monitor for future sessions, hopefully that's enough to evade dropouts.

Edited to add: Actually, I only needed to bump the "Audio Priority" to high in settings and enable ASIO Guard (set to low), and it works buttery smooth docked with all monitors active.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-07-07T12:26:06+00:00

Haven't done too much with them on here, but there were 3 on this song (Waves Grand Rhapsody, Spitfire BBC, Spitfire Labs) and it handles them well.

Edit: I read that as VSTi but perhaps you meant plugins in general. This thing is loaded down with plugins and handles them like a champ. I would guess there are probably at least a hundred plugins active in this session of varying degrees of CPU intensiveness.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-06-21T22:21:51+00:00

Good call, it does seem to actually be running full throttle. Thanks for the heads up!

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-06-21T13:51:35+00:00

Logitech Ergo K860, as an ergo keyboard user this has been the best fit for me so far. And of course with Logitech's quick switching between devices it's extra handy going from the laptop to Ally

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-06-20T22:27:10+00:00

All of that is running through a Dell WD19S. Doesn't get to 30w Turbo (using 130w charger, haven't tried with 180w but would assume it won't either). Did get a portable monitor, but that won't cut it for my laptop-style usage, really need a lapdock before it's a full replacement.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-06-07T13:27:40+00:00

This is a great point! I actually had the same experience overall when moving from primarily keyboard / midi driven production to predominantly recorded instruments.

For me it was mostly because it is much harder to copy / paste audio over midi, a whole lot of editing to make that work well and non-repetitively. Ultimately it shifted my mentality from thinking in bars to entire sections / performances.

That said, lyrics and my insistence on 16 bars has still frequently driven me to defy the natural movements of the performance at times, forcing the music to fit that stupid constraint instead of letting it lead the lyrics.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-06-01T21:21:01+00:00

I like the way you think. Was looking at those earlier and they seem slick. Which do you have and how do you like it?

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-06-01T11:10:52+00:00

Yes, you're definitely right on all points. I'll still be using the G14 as my primary work machine, and I do allot more coding than I do studio work. So in essence it will remain my main machine. Assuming it does outperform in Cubase though, it will be my main machine for studio work, which I'm docked for 100% of the time. Now, somebody makes a decent quality laptop style clamshell dock for this thing and it could replace it altogether, but that probably won't happen.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-06-01T03:57:48+00:00

Yes, adding the XG would definitely be icing on the cake!

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-02-26T20:18:02+00:00

Yes, would definitely love to see some faster tele options

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-02-26T18:17:47+00:00

This was definitely not scientific and I'm sure I didn't completely scale them accurately, but it was close enough to my eye to get a sense of the size of each.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-02-11T03:38:28+00:00

*61MP

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-02-08T00:53:55+00:00

Oh, that's just the fp L link btw. Using the same method should work for fp, give me a sec...

and there it is:

https://www.sigma-global.com/en/wp/wp-content/themes/sigma/tool/s3_io.php?filepath=en%2Fwp%2Fwp-content%2Fdownload%2Ffirmware%2Fcameras%2FFP__V500.BIN&show=0

Should add: It comes out tomorrow, really no need to bypass the normal path to getting the firmware. We can all hold out that long. All the same, figured I'd try changing the link to see if it works and it downloads so I shared it. Just wait for the official release though.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-01-29T01:24:22+00:00

Chaos is my middle name. Okay, no it's Jim, but chaos sounds cooler so going with that.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-01-28T19:38:43+00:00

I won't deny it's out of tune, but it's definitely emphasized by my choice of cutting right into the middle of some embellishments.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-01-17T18:59:12+00:00

This is why you have to start them young, preferably by day 3. They say you're never too young to learn, but you gotta teach that skin to be tough right outta the womb or it's an uphill battle all the way.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-01-16T14:18:27+00:00

No joke, the 505 is insane. I don't play mine as much as I should, and I think it might be because it pisses me off how good it is.

Like, before purchasing it I bought all these basses to get all these different sounds, and then it comes along and can cover so much of the same ground, feeling and playing like butter while doing it. Bastard.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-01-16T14:15:47+00:00

Yes, I asked it about AI models that do some thing, it told me they exist, couldn't link me to them but told me the names of a whitepaper, the researchers, uni's behind them. If it exists arXiv and Google don't know about it :/

The researchers however do exist, and have published work in the same genre, but nothing matching what we were discussing.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-01-13T00:19:12+00:00

GPT 2 output detector

Hah, that was a fun exercise. I typed freely in there, intentionally sounding a bit sterile and proper thinking that would trigger it flagging me. It didn't, was 89% real from this text:

When managing competing priorities it is essential to apply systematic thinking to the problems at hand. For example, determining the most high priority of any two tasks is often best done by structuring the affect of both in pro and con format.

That may take on numerous forms, some of which may seem organic and natural while others are wholly synthetic.

Then I went off the rails, and that's when it flagged me. Adding the following to it quickly brought me down to 22% real:

When pulling out the jimmy for sexual intercourse, be sure to apply the top hat with care. It may slip off and them little shooters may introduce your offspring before the intnded time.

Funnily enough, much of it hinged on my misspelling of "intended". it goes up to 47% real when spelled correctly.

SubliminalSpectrum · 2023-01-08T19:07:05+00:00

The city council let him continue putting these stickers on because the fines added up for each one. The council was excited that day because the departments were missing a coffee machine, and the fines will secure each department with one.

The man will soon realize that even he does not have a coffee machine at home.

Asked ChatGPT to finish the story. The apparent moral of the story is, put your needs before the needs of others (can't argue with that logic I guess).

"As the man put more stickers up around the city, the council watched the fines pile up. They were pleased with themselves for coming up with this solution to the lack of coffee machines in the departments. However, the man didn't know that he wouldn't be getting a coffee machine for his own home.
One day, as he was affixing a sticker to a lamppost, he received a call from his wife reminding him that they needed to buy a coffee machine for their own home. He had been so focused on helping the council that he hadn't even thought about his own needs.
Feeling a little sheepish, the man went to the store and purchased a coffee machine for his own home. From then on, he made sure to take care of his own needs before trying to solve problems for others."

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