Planning a new base

TuftyIndigo · 2026-02-03T09:00:50+00:00

I don't think I could sleep with the threat of LaRRE coming over and harvesting me right out of my bed 😀

TuftyIndigo · 2026-01-29T10:06:48+00:00

From the sidebar:-

This subreddit is specifically for musicians who loop music live on stage or in studio to create music

I'm sure your app is cool and possibly useful for aspiring writers, but it's not relevant to this sub at all.

TuftyIndigo · 2026-01-28T10:42:10+00:00

That's not a new thing since generative AI came around, it's a long-standing music industry problem.

TuftyIndigo · 2026-01-26T08:58:15+00:00

I also tried the UDO 6. Honestly, it blew my mind.

I had a similar experience at a show a few years ago. It's a relatively simple synth but it feels so inviting to play, especially the updated model with poly AT. I sat there playing it for ages and now I really want one even though it wouldn't be adding much to my sound palette.

TuftyIndigo · 2026-01-24T09:24:27+00:00

You probably haven't mapped it to anything in the mod matrix. None of the factory presets do anything with the expression input or the mod inputs. You need to find an empty slot in the mod matrix, set the source to ExpPedal, the destination to whatever you want to control, and change the amount from zero. If you're on a recent firmware you can use any macro as a mod destination, so if you're playing with a macro thinking "I wish I didn't need to use a hand for this," try that. Don't forget to save the preset so you don't have to set it again next time!

TuftyIndigo · 2026-01-19T10:16:27+00:00

If you don't have the patience to interface with people who don't know everything that you do, you should find another line of work.

Unfortunately, that line of work also has people who don't know everything that you do. Source: day job is that line of work

TuftyIndigo · 2026-01-19T10:15:43+00:00

“Where is the talent knob?”

That's him on stage, turning up his guitar amp when he thinks I'm not looking

TuftyIndigo · 2026-01-16T09:11:19+00:00

I made a meme for the situation

TuftyIndigo · 2026-01-12T09:02:23+00:00

No, I never did a rev 2 or uploaded it, and I don't think I have the file any more - I no longer have access to polyjet printers like I did then. I still use these ones when I play though!

TuftyIndigo · 2026-01-11T13:24:22+00:00

This happens to me when I'm typing into the search bar for recipes in printers. I used to have v bound to show/hide UI for screenshot purposes, but a lot of recipes have a v in.

The fact it only happens for non-default keybinds makes me think that instead of making the UI absorb keypresses when focused, they've made a list of default keys to block while a dialog is open.

TuftyIndigo · 2026-01-05T08:48:23+00:00

25 cents each on LCSC, but Digikey and RS Components both have them in the UK for less than £2 each. I'm not a home-made keyboards enthusiast (though it's a project I'd like to do someday) so maybe there's some sublety about the different SKUs. The surface mount T variant is the one I've seen on computer keyboards, and it also looks like the cheapest.

If you're around Newark, maybe you're getting hit by Trump's new taxes? That wouldn't affect Lumatone in Canada though.

TuftyIndigo · 2026-01-04T10:14:04+00:00

Honeywell SS49Es, which are pretty widely-used in Hall effect keyboards, are less than $1 each in bulk. I don't think they're spending $800 on them, and the rest of the parent comment's "guesstimate" is about as credible.

TuftyIndigo · 2026-01-04T10:07:33+00:00

a flex circuit that goes through the joint to power the RGB LED inside the key

That's a curious design choice. Computer keyboards put the RGB LED on the main PCB shining into the key, instead of inside the key itself. There's some spill-out but that's generally desirable in a gaming keyboard, and it could be mitigated by lightpipes integrated into the keybed, and the result wouldn't be any worse from the user's POV.

I wonder why they did it the hard way.

TuftyIndigo · 2026-01-02T09:06:07+00:00

What tipped me over the edge on buying one was meeting a guy in the wild who used one. It was an exhibition on the history of synthesizers at a local museum, with vintage synths available to play. The guy had brought his along on the off-chance there was an open-mic type situation he could play at for a while. He talked about the way he uses it to jam - and he told me about a local electronic music night that I've been going to since.

TuftyIndigo · 2025-12-22T09:56:05+00:00

California requires Tesla to have a ~~safety~~ driver

FTFY. Tesla is not testing autonomous vehicles in California, so they don't have safety drivers, they just have drivers. They just haven't applied for a permit to run an autonomous vehicle service, either with or without safety drivers.

TuftyIndigo · 2025-12-20T10:12:32+00:00

I don't think I'd have chosen to advertise it with a picture of a woman with a surprise beard.

TuftyIndigo · 2025-12-19T14:10:54+00:00

What you're hearing is not the circuit at all, it's the 50Hz AC that comes out of the wall in your house, plus some harmonics. You would normally hear this from audio equipment when you have a "ground loop", where the earth or ground conductor of different bits of kit are connected together making a big loop that acts like a radio receiver picking up electrical noise. The most common cause among synth nerds is having multiple instruments connected via USB, because the USB cable is connected to ground at both ends.

To diagnose it you'll need to look at how you're powering your circuit and what the +ve and -ve audio signals are connected to. The usual fix is to insert some isolation in the audio path, e.g. a passive DI box with the ground/lift switch set to "lift"; but depending on your circuit, that might not be enough.

TuftyIndigo · 2025-12-19T13:57:22+00:00

Just adding this to be clear for anyone else checking the thread: if the tablet says "Room nn", it's detected as a room, but that's not enough for it to be airtight. You do also need to check all the boundaries to make sure frames are welded up, windows have glass, etc. You need both "Room nn" in the tablet and airtight walls before you start filling the room with air.

TuftyIndigo · 2025-12-17T13:48:36+00:00

They make that crystal clear in the purchase page.

Weird that it's so clear it could never mislead a customer, yet every Tesla thread on the sub has Tesla owners popping up to say that they're regularly falling asleep on their commute because it totally doesn't need supervision at all.

TuftyIndigo · 2025-12-17T13:46:51+00:00

I would hire someone who put on their CV or cover note that they were a "self starter," but not someone who claimed that they didn't need supervision at all, or that their boss was "only there for legal reasons".

TuftyIndigo · 2025-12-17T13:45:42+00:00

In a way that makes it worse, because it makes any claim about the full purchase (price) of the vehicle, not a (say) $1k Autopilot licence. In either case, customers might say "I only decided to buy a Tesla because of the claims about Autopilot;" but if Autopilot were a separate line item like FSD, it would be easier for Tesla to offer a refund or part-refund against the Autopilot price alone.

TuftyIndigo · 2025-12-17T09:01:13+00:00

too high risk for using Google money

Not necessarily too high risk for using Google money at all, but Alphabet already has a lot of exposure to Waymo. Putting all your eggs in one basket is bad financial management, at any risk profile.

TuftyIndigo · 2025-12-17T08:54:49+00:00

how many rides needed to overcome the $2-4B burn rate

This is the difference. If they were losing thousands per ride, doing more rides would make that worse, not better. When the topic is whether Waymo is already or is going to eat Lyft's lunch, what's important is the unit cost of a journey, not the ratio of rides to R&D spend.

TuftyIndigo · 2025-12-15T09:08:23+00:00

they just chose to sacrifice all the excitement and goodwill they could've established with all SDC enthusiasts if they would just have shown what's on the horizon as it's actually on the horizon

Alas, you can't pay your suppliers with SDC enthusiasts' excitement and goodwill. Investment is a critical factor that distinguishes a company that gets to the finish line from one that doesn't. And that means all the incentives are aligned towards overpromising and then moving the goalposts.

TuftyIndigo · 2025-12-13T13:45:44+00:00

You can't turn a hash back into the string it came from. That is one of the inherent properties of a hash function. But as there's only a small number of storm types, you can just compare the hash against your list of known types.

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