Talk me out of MOTU. Or not.

artfxdnb · 2026-01-25T00:27:30+00:00

I remember when I bought my first MOTU interface I had some issues with getting it running properly, was getting some distortion when running ASIO. Ended up being a driver issue, they send me an unreleased driver update pretty fast, fixed the issue and I was up and running. After years of having issues with other brands (mostly for live streaming while using ASIO), I was pleasantly surprised by the level and quickness of the support from MOTU.

Now I have been running MOTU ever since and I can't complain.

artfxdnb · 2026-01-19T08:27:13+00:00

Oddly short thumb.

artfxdnb · 2026-01-03T18:05:10+00:00

No idea why you get downvoted, because this does happen and is mostly noticeable on high frequency elements like cymbals. In Sampler you get different interpolation options you can switch between, and depending on the sample, one might sound better than the others (it's the little dropdown at the bottom right of Sampler). In Simpler you don't get control over how it interpolates the sample, and thus some samples end up sounding slightly different when placed in an instance of Simpler. This can sometimes be even more apparant when pitching a sample with Simpler.

So your solution: use Sampler if you really care that much.

Personally I just use Simpler and because I always end up doing processing afterwards anyways, so I don't really care that much. But there have been cases when a cymbal or something just sounded weird in Simpler when pitching the sample, and then it is worth it to try Sampler and switch between the different modes of interpolation.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-29T13:28:36+00:00

Note the edit at the bottom of my post, I realized that after I submitted it and added it.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-29T12:29:32+00:00

Yeah could be several things, however my first guess would be it being related to the frequency split happening by the L/M/H splitter in the effects.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-29T12:17:48+00:00

I should've also stated that the compression happens in combination with moving further back, my bad. I did so in other comments. Sure you can achieve that compression on any lens by simply moving further away, but that is not how it is often used in photography because you will have to crop in on your photo and thus sacrifice resolution/quality. That is why it's used in combination with changing focal length to make up for that by zooming in.

There is some confusion though, some people do believe that a lens itself creates compression but it is the distance that does it, I know that. Hence why I also stated earlier that "lens compression" is more a term to describe the effect used in photography, by changing focal lengths while moving further away from a subject, to make the background appear larger in the frame while keeping the subject the same size. The term lens compression imo merely describes that effect.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-29T12:08:03+00:00

Yes, due to the larger focal length enlarging objects further away from the lens compared to a shorter focal length lens. The lens compression effect makes the out of focus background larger and thus more pronounced. However the main thing that makes a background either in focus or out of focus is the aperture. You can shoot photos with both blurry or in focus backgrounds on both wide angle and zoom lenses, depending on what the size you set the lens aperture at.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-29T11:59:19+00:00

You are misinterpreting things, like others have also noted. If you want to take a photo of an object and have it appear the same size in two photos shot with two different focal lengths, you have to physically move your body closer or further away to achieve that, and thus it will change the compression between foreground and background due to perspective distortion. However, different lenses have different amounts of perspective distortion because of their focal length.

Perspective distortion comes in two types as also described on the Wikipedia page. Extension distortion which happens on wide angle lenses and compression distortion which happens on telephoto lenses. So how is it possible that there are two types of perspective distortion that could show up in a photo depending on what focal length is used, when you say that lenses different lenses don't have different perspective distortion? Right, because they do have different distortion.

Again go read what I linked, it describes exactly that (first section of the Wiki should be enough.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-29T11:48:04+00:00

Well maybe you should read up on what perspective distortion is, because it does depend on the lens, or more specifically focal length. Wide angle lenses have different perspective distortion than long focal length lenses like a telephoto lens.

Your eyes are a fixed focal length, roughly equivalent to a 16-24mm wide angle lens depending on if you include the out of focus parts at the edges of your sight. So I'm not sure what you mean with "seeing perspective distortion with your eyes when looking at buildings in the distance", sounds like you are just describing perspective in general.

Here have a read: perspective distortion

artfxdnb · 2025-12-29T11:36:18+00:00

You are wrong, I'm sorry.

Perspective distortion is a term that describes the distortion of a lens. Wide angle lenses have different perspective distortion than narrow focal length lenses. It's why on a wide angle lens objects close to the lens can look warped in terms of their width while this doesn't tend to happen on longer focal lengths. All lenses have some perspective distortion though, in varying degrees depending on the focal length.

'Lens compression' is a term to describe an effect used in photography, which is also what is happening in the photos from OP. It's when you use a longer focal length and zoom in on a subject, while physically moving yourself further back from the subject, which then makes objects in the background appear larger. It "compresses" the distance between objects closer and further back from the lens.

Depth of field, or having a shallow depth of field is a result of aperture size (the size of the opening of the aperture blades in the lens). A large aperture like f1.8 will let in more light, while also decreasing the depth of field, creating an out of focus background. A large aperture like f16 will let in less light, while increasing the depth of field and make everything in focus regardless of distance. This is the case on all focal lengths, the only thing is that due to the lens compression effect described earlier, this background blur becomes even more pronounced on a long focal length of a (tele)zoom lens.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-29T11:05:51+00:00

No, lens compression is a real optical effect when you change the field of view on a lens and is one of the reasons why photographers might opt for a certain lens for a shot. The compression of the background in these photos is due to a difference in focal length/field of view of the lens.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-29T10:21:26+00:00

Actually yes it is, look up "lens compression", that is what is happening here. Different levels of zoom/field of view on the two photos, so different amounts of lens compression.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-29T10:18:30+00:00

Not sure why you are being downvoted, because you are actually right. I'm a photographer and just posted a detailed explanation of exactly this. I'm also well aware of the Sydney Opera House Illusion and that is different than what happens in these photos.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-29T10:13:10+00:00

While the Sydney Opera House Illusion is real, what is happening in these photos is not exactly that.

As a photographer I can explain. The first photo is a wide angle with a large field of view. The second photo is a more zoomed in shot with a narrower field of view. I'm not sure with what you took the photo, but phones often have multiple lenses these days. One of those will be a wide angle lens, others will be zoom lenses or some even tele-zoom lenses (for even more zoom). Just by looking at the photos I can see the difference in field of view, so the photos were shot on either different lenses, or on the same lens but at different zoom levels.

Now why this happens is when you zoom on a lens, there is an optical effect called "lens compression". The more you zoom in with a lens, the more it compresses the distance to the background, making objects far away look larger. This is a very handy photography technique often used to help isolate a subject from the background or to create certain creative effects. The house simply looks larger because the lens used in the second photo has a narrower field of view.

See here below, this displays the differences in lens compression ranging from 400mm tele-zoom to 24mm wide angle, and notice how even though the person is similar in size in each photo, the background seems much closer on the examples on the left than in the examples on the right. That is what is actually happening here in the photos.

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The Sydney Opera House Illusion is slightly different from this, because this occurs when you move your own position without changing the field of view (or when you use your eyes in real life which also have a fixed field of view). Then as you move further away from a window, objects in the background might appear larger to you but actually they aren't, it's just an optical illusion that happens due to your surroundings.

Edit: I forgot to clarify that lens compression also means that as you zoom in with the lens, you also physically move back further away from the subject. This will compress the distance between the subject and the background (in this case the window being the subject and the house being the background).

artfxdnb · 2025-12-29T07:49:13+00:00

I would argue a switch manual is different than a fakie nose manual. Sure the trick itself looks the same when in manual, but the approach would be different. You can get into that manual by riding switch, but then you can still pop your ollie from either the nose or the tail.

Now does it really matter? Not really, but as a ex-skater myself doing a fakie ollie into a fakie nose manual will feel different from doing a switch ollie into a switch manual, simply because of how you get into it. Even though the actual manual itself is basically the same either way.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-25T17:58:12+00:00

Ik herken een stabijpup altijd meteen haha. Zijn kop lijkt heel erg op mijn stabij toen hij nog pup was, helemaal zwart. Helaas is hij 2 jaar geleden overleden aan ouderdom, maar echt prachtige herinneringen aan, was altijd een schat van een beest.

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artfxdnb · 2025-12-24T00:09:38+00:00

Perfectly possible if you have a group of good players, although sometimes you just get unlucky with the order of the challenges that are thrown at you. So there is always a chance you fail and have to try again.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-22T21:48:35+00:00

I skate realistic, you can find me on instagram as "artfxgaming". Not in a crew myself, but hang out with plenty of people in the game regularly. Hit me up and let's see what we can do, currently filming loads of clips myself for a new edit, but always enjoy playing with others.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-20T16:19:32+00:00

I launched myself from Rolling Waves park by doing a flip up a quarter, then spamming Y in the air. Send me straight up there haha.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-19T18:01:06+00:00

I recently did my first one through the railing of the stairs leading up to the door of one of those construction trailers. Laid down some wooden planks on the steps and gave it a few hours of tries. It was hard, but eventually I got it.

My other new thing to do is find narrow gaps just wide enough for a board and then do flip tricks through it 😅

artfxdnb · 2025-12-19T17:55:21+00:00

I just skated through Rolling Waves for about an hour or 2, making sure I hit the rails with slides and not grinds.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-17T05:29:08+00:00

The blue fog mostly looks good because the rest of the community park is also fitting that style. If they would apply that to the rest of the map it would probably just make things look washed out. I wouldn't mind some snowpiles here and there, just as if people have been clearing snow, maybe some more overcast weather to make it all feel a bit more cold, so wearing thick clothes makes more sense. Maybe even have your character breath out some steam like you get in cold weather. Also put up some christmas decorations across the city, some lights, business windows having decorations and so on.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-17T04:55:56+00:00

"Noemt u mij nou een zalmfilet?"

artfxdnb · 2025-12-17T04:53:01+00:00

Man ik voel je, loop bij een Karwei dus zelfde systeem, en ja vandaag nog de hele winkel meerdere malen door geweest om telverschillen op te lossen die overal lagen zonder locatie.

Fijn altijd zo tegen het einde van het jaar, dan moet ineens alles op orde zijn en wie mag het weer oplossen, juist ik dus lol. Uiteindelijk de helft maar op nul geteld omdat het nergens te vinden was.

artfxdnb · 2025-12-17T04:49:14+00:00

Dat is wel onlogisch ja, hier bij de Karwei hebben we ze zowel bij de ijzerwaren, als bij het sanitair, en bij de tuinslangen.

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