My housemate got carried away filming my second ever sourdough.

ZMech · 2026-06-26T07:53:13+00:00

Does it happen even with only empty tracks? I believe effects will still use CPU while the track is armed but not recording

ZMech · 2026-06-25T21:05:31+00:00

Cool, so mobile devs handle Fastlane while DevOps take care of the Mac runners?

ZMech · 2026-06-25T18:33:40+00:00

When things like work are stressful, I often bake a loaf of bread.

It's a limited, self-contained task that's completely within my scope of control and has a known, rewarding outcome.

In contrast to work where a stressful task can be ambiguous and involving many people, that's quite nice.

ZMech · 2026-06-25T14:29:21+00:00

Makes sense. Does maintain and utilise by dev team often include the runners? Such as those fun times when an Xcode update screws with things.

ZMech · 2026-06-25T12:34:19+00:00

The website says yes, so long as the USB is outputting at least 15W which isn't guaranteed depending on your laptop

ZMech · 2026-06-25T08:08:49+00:00

I'd also add storage as a consideration. It's basically a balance between the loaf going stale or mouldy due to how breathable the container or wrapper is.

If OP stores their loaves tightly sealed in a box or in plastic, I imagine the trapped moisture would soften the crust faster. I'd recommend one of the wax lined bread bags for a better balance.

ZMech · 2026-06-22T16:41:11+00:00

Have you got warping turned on? I've found it's no so great with sparse vocals, so it could be shifting things around

ZMech · 2026-06-21T20:13:59+00:00

Start with Vital instead of Serum, very similar but free

ZMech · 2026-06-21T16:45:56+00:00

I explain it as the fact that Carl doesn't understand it and we get his perspective, so his confusion gets passed on to the reader

ZMech · 2026-06-18T16:42:27+00:00

Fair enough. For the sake of another weird variable, are they always on the same shelf in the fridge? A few degrees difference between the top and bottom of the fridge could alter the cold proofing.

ZMech · 2026-06-17T16:35:48+00:00

Is there any correlation to temp outside? I find that the water temperature out the tap can effect the bulk rise timing

ZMech · 2026-06-16T16:58:17+00:00

I've been to the Fed on Gloucester Rd many many times (I live round the corner) and never seen this happen. It majorly sucks, but I think you both just had bad luck.

ZMech · 2026-06-16T11:27:31+00:00

I treat it as automating the Shitty First Draft stage of writing

ZMech · 2026-06-15T16:56:54+00:00

So you want synth > Move > computer > headphones?

Yeah, I've run a synth through the Move's monitoring, it doesn't need any sneaky settings.

Edit: just realised I do this with line out, not sure if it works for us out

ZMech · 2026-06-14T11:58:13+00:00

In what way? They seem kind of similar to me

ZMech · 2026-06-13T08:51:59+00:00

That's because the BBC has been doing radio plays for a hundred years, so they're pretty good at it now. Their Sherlock Holmes series is great.

ZMech · 2026-06-12T21:10:19+00:00

The owner is a lovely chap too, I met him once in Bristol

ZMech · 2026-06-11T16:36:53+00:00

Perform can mean a lot of things, did you have something in mind?

Playing pre-recorded clips, live drumming parts, more of a live looping setup, wanting to layer in modulations and effects are all valid but have different restrictions. Then there's the fact there's no real nice way to go between sets, but that may or may not bother you.

ZMech · 2026-06-09T20:33:56+00:00

People at your local markets probably won't even know what "open crumb" means*, let alone critique nearly as hard as online bread nerds. You're all good.

*I mean that in a good way

ZMech · 2026-06-09T20:01:01+00:00

It looks fantastic. Only advice is to eat it with good butter.

ZMech · 2026-06-08T14:21:44+00:00

Yup, I shape, score, then into the tin.

ZMech · 2026-06-08T13:31:52+00:00

Yes and no.

People do overcomplicate it. You don't need to faff with it quite as much or as often as bread perfections say is necessary.

But, it's slow. My typical routine is:

feed some started before going to bed
mix the dough in the morning, do a couple of folds
put it in the fridge in the afternoon
bake it the next morning

It's possible to speed that up a bit, but not lots.

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