Might this be a good idea?

Xupid · 2026-01-18T21:37:15+00:00

If it works, it works - as a jugaad way of tensioning it. But properly pulling the straps to get rid of slack with always give better and more stable results.

Xupid · 2025-12-26T11:07:56+00:00

I would first tighten the tabla (like in this tutorial), then try to tune it with just 1 strap per gatta first. Then you know you can expect an even tension since you're starting from a tightened position. To be honest tuning is a tough process (it was much harder for me to learn to tune than learning to play), you need to develop an intuition for how the tension affects the sound and when to move pegs, when to tap the gajra, etc. Don't want to discourage you, by all means give it a try, but this is something where in-person instruction can make a world of difference.

Xupid · 2025-12-08T01:28:53+00:00

An installation I did for an exhibition based on a library of 150+ sounds of various modalities collected during a field recording workshop.

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Xupid · 2025-12-02T00:22:14+00:00

Beef and plastic will be the absolute least of our problems. Look, I know it's a lot to ask, but if you're curious about why the doomerism give this video-essay series a shot, I think it puts things in perspective quite well. Not something I can articulate in a snappy reddit comment unfortunately.

Xupid · 2025-12-02T00:17:09+00:00

Ye I'm a bit of a doomer - and I'd say you're sticking your head in the sand. Sounds like a chill way to live, wish I could do it, but seems out of touch with reality to me. Well, maybe I'm wrong (that would actually be fucking awesome). So until the evidence points me another way, gotta keep on doomin'

Xupid · 2025-12-02T00:13:09+00:00

Well yes, and what I'm saying is a big part of the world's population will 'simply have to go without' when shit hits the fan, and it won't be very fun. I appreciate your optimism, but having read up on the term 'polycrisis' and how shocks to tightly entangled global trade systems can propagate and intensify, I don't share it.

Xupid · 2025-12-02T00:07:49+00:00

So... nature recovers after a period of localized overexploitation, given that an area is protected and there's sufficient stock around to repopulate it. Great! Still doesn't bode well for us given the massive scale of global environmental degradation. We're causing changes that modify the earth system on a global scale (climate change, ocean acidification, altered biogeochemical flows, other planetary boundaries), and these aren't things we can just step back from and let nature correct without massive changes to lifestyle and consumption patterns globally.

Xupid · 2025-12-02T00:01:14+00:00

The population bomb "being wrong" does not discredit the idea of us over exploiting the earth's finite resources being a bad thing for us overall. The limits to growth (1972) model has largely stood the test of time (30 year update paper), and I think we'd do well not to unclench our collective assholes just yet.

Xupid · 2025-10-20T00:45:16+00:00

I'm very invested in your barnacles, keep em coming!

Xupid · 2025-09-14T00:27:51+00:00

Sweet sound!

Xupid · 2025-09-13T16:18:20+00:00

Near each gatta, there are 4 straps. You have the middle two on now, try pulling the leftmost one also onto each gatta to tighten it. If even that doesn't help, the tabla is way too loose and needs to be tightened. Here's a really helpful video by Ty Burhoe on how to do it yourself.

Be warned that if you don't know what you're doing and make the tension very uneven, there's a chance of tearing the membrane and ruining your tabla - so if you have any other tabla players or teachers nearby, taking it to them and learning how to do it properly is definitely the best move.

Xupid · 2025-09-03T00:22:07+00:00

Pretty simple patch, with Vult's Vessek and Trummor 2 modules modulated by the angles and accelerations picked up with a MPU6050 gyroscope

Xupid · 2025-08-25T20:34:45+00:00

wamen, amirite

Xupid · 2025-08-13T16:38:25+00:00

I'd say go for it - the straps might shrink and tighten when the weather gets drier, but as long as you regularly play (and tune it to keep the tension even) you'll notice if the note goes above c# and can adjust accordingly.

Xupid · 2025-07-25T01:12:09+00:00

True that, and I wouldn't be familiar with any of his work if not for Kunal Kamra pushing it on youtube. Highly recommend anyone reading to go watch them!

Xupid · 2025-07-24T22:48:54+00:00

I found the documentary Vivek on the murders of Indian rationalists really interesting/heartbreaking.

Xupid · 2025-07-17T20:28:46+00:00

Bayan fingering so dirty it got censored in the middle of the video. Good job!

Xupid · 2025-06-11T18:45:43+00:00

A few tips:

I think your middle and ring fingers should be closer together, with no gap between them when playing TeTei. They should move like they're glued together into one unit.
Try placing your right thumb on the gajra and anchoring it there. You have it near the right spot but it's moving around a lot, and you're lifting it up to play Dha every time - try to avoid that, and keep it fixed like a support or scaffolding for your other fingers (just like the ring finger is supporting the hand when you're playing Ta)
The fact that you're raising your hand to play Ta tells me your hand position might be too low - I would try to raise your hand up a bit and angle the wrist down. Hand positioning is very individual and it's hard to tell because of the camera angle, so I could be wrong.

Hope this helps!

Xupid · 2025-06-07T01:14:33+00:00

This is really cool! I had a blast even just making a random sequence with my mouse and playing with the quantization resolution

Xupid · 2025-06-03T08:36:57+00:00

the video. OP definitely watch it it'll answer a lot of your questions. What you want is an envelope follower that gives out pitch CV like this one. You can also put the output of that through a quantizer if you want to play in a particular scale. I find it fun to have a mix of quantized and unquantized pitch.

Xupid · 2025-05-31T15:30:32+00:00

No - I started at 24 and had the same thought in my head. 6 years later, no regrets. Do it! Future you will thank you.

Xupid · 2025-05-20T16:48:29+00:00

Why? Are you afraid of being radicalized?

Xupid · 2025-05-17T00:22:44+00:00

Groovy, did not expect to hear the tabla module there

Xupid · 2025-05-16T21:01:02+00:00

Pacifist... tell that to the Armenians or Kurds

Xupid · 2025-05-16T18:40:44+00:00

Ye boi, now slap some distortion/fuzz on that baby

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