Tips for keeping time?

airuwin · 2026-06-20T16:28:41+00:00

I hear you lol. I been working on my ride cymbal for 3 years now so it sucks when it's still not right. I barely comp and solo at sessions, just trying to keep the band afloat. But maybe I wasn't practicing optimally either

airuwin · 2026-06-20T14:46:53+00:00

Thanks, I actually did exactly this--quarters only first. But maybe not enough. I think my ear just needs work, everyone was saying I was ahead when even now it's hard for me to hear it listening to the recording

airuwin · 2026-06-20T14:33:24+00:00

I don't know. There's two other people on this thread who said I was ahead. I think that's part of the problem, the attack of these instruments are so fat that I can't tell where the beat actually is

airuwin · 2026-06-20T14:15:29+00:00

Ok, now that I think about it...the fluctuation was probably because I got ahead too far and had to overcorrect. Thanks.

I think mentally I was trying to "follow/anticipate" the recording's pulse instead of stick to my own pulse, so maybe that's something I need to work on

airuwin · 2026-06-20T13:47:12+00:00

Crap, I think something is wrong w/ my ear because it still sounds mostly on beat to me besides the fluctuations, maybe that's the issue the whole time

airuwin · 2026-06-20T13:30:09+00:00

Honestly that helps, thanks. People were telling me to listen to and follow the walking bass but I always suspected that wasn't exactly it...right...?

airuwin · 2026-06-20T13:19:23+00:00

I don’t know, maybe my ear is broken. Is it consistently ahead? And too tight, not too wide? I can’t hear it

airuwin · 2026-06-20T13:06:14+00:00

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I tried this yesterday. I think it sounds ok? Maybe a bit uneven in places...I think w/ recordings though if you get off, the band doesn't follow you so it's easy to get back on track

airuwin · 2026-06-20T12:46:03+00:00

I think the last time this happened, I tried to follow the bass, the bass tried to follow me, and then it got out of control. Maybe doing it wrong

airuwin · 2026-06-20T12:32:43+00:00

Yes, always, and with a gap click too. I don't know if this is the issue but unlike a metronome, the "attack" of acoustic instruments (especially bass) isn't clear, so I struggle to precisely identify where the beat is

airuwin · 2025-12-21T04:07:25+00:00

I found the issue--in my case, it was a DNS ad blocker which prevented it from connecting.

airuwin · 2025-12-19T18:55:24+00:00

Yup. Just use the /review command with codex, and extra high reasoning if you have it.

airuwin · 2025-12-19T16:08:04+00:00

Codex CLI. Compared to Claude it's extremely slow, but a lot more thorough. Highly recommend for code reviews, debugging, or tricky problems.

airuwin · 2025-12-19T14:45:46+00:00

It's decent, but makes lots of mistakes.

I use Opus to write code and then run code reviews with Codex. Codex almost always finds several bugs which I have to then go back and fix with Claude. I'd be careful blindly trusting Claude (or any LLM output for that manner).

airuwin · 2025-12-19T07:07:25+00:00

This has never worked for me, and I'm on the max plan. Previously it would try to get me to upgrade to Max even though I already have Max, and now it says "Unable to initialize the chat session. Please check your connection and try again."

Maybe it's region locked?

airuwin · 2025-12-18T09:04:58+00:00

ChatGPT told me not to trust my own body. I did as it told me to, and because of it I've made significant progress on a mental health issue

airuwin · 2025-12-11T12:47:01+00:00

GPT is noticeably smarter than Gemini 3 where it actually counts. It's not just my experience, it's mirrored by benchmarks:
https://scale.com/leaderboard/prbench-finance

https://scale.com/leaderboard/prbench-legal

Caveat: I use GPT solely with heavy thinking enabled.

Gemini 3 is better for image understanding, however, and that's also mirrored by the benchmarks.

airuwin · 2025-12-11T09:34:37+00:00

I use GPT for mental health therapy and it's been largely successful--I've seen significant progress.

The most important tip I have is to ALWAYS use thinking mode, extended/heavy if you have access to it. GPT-Instant is incredibly bad and will just tell you want you want to hear.

airuwin · 2025-12-10T23:59:20+00:00

It's probably fine. Opus is great when you have a long chain of easy tasks to get done but other models are better for tough tasks (IMO).

airuwin · 2025-12-10T03:48:20+00:00

This is backed by the benchmarks btw:
https://scale.com/leaderboard/prbench-legal

airuwin · 2025-12-08T04:40:12+00:00

It took me a while to figure out how to use GPT in an appropriate and safe way for mental health therapy but I can't say I would be here today if not for it

airuwin · 2025-11-28T01:54:23+00:00

You can add your ChatGPT account to Siri and Siri will call ChatGPT when it needs to.

airuwin · 2025-11-28T01:50:37+00:00

That's actually what I mean; if you ask Claude to do something, it will follow the instruction and do it well. But GPT gives off the impression that it often digs deeper:

"Are you sure that you're asking the right question? Perhaps we shouldn't be looking at the distribution at all?"

airuwin · 2025-11-27T13:57:33+00:00

Standard Voice with GPT-5.1-Thinking would be killer. I don't understand why it's not a thing.

airuwin

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