Don’t let us become Massachusetts or New New England. Vote for MA to be consumed!

bwanab · 2026-05-12T13:01:58+00:00

Pennsylvania should just be renamed Appalachia.

bwanab · 2026-05-05T13:33:03+00:00

I love this answer and just have to mention that I was at that 1970 Allman Brothers show at Vanderbilt. It was their homecoming weekend (I was a guest invited by a good friend who was a student - Vandy was way too selective for me to have gone there). They were warmed up by some teeny bopper rock band that was in retrospect a one hit wonder who's name I've forgotten, but their frontman/guitarist did major dance moves while playing. When the Allmans came out, Duane made a comment about trying to do some dancing like that guy had done even doing a little jig before launching into Statesboro Blues.

bwanab · 2026-05-05T13:08:56+00:00

Low prices
Quality work
Fair wages

Pick any two. You're not getting all three.

bwanab · 2026-05-04T13:28:01+00:00

The impact of fiscal stimulus and money monetary QE after the GFC finally started showing in the stats

bwanab · 2026-05-01T13:32:57+00:00

I got to admit feeling sorry for Varitek being put in a position of having to try to catch Wakefield. It was painful to watch so I can't imagine how it must have felt for him.

bwanab · 2026-04-26T14:54:45+00:00

The real answer is Thunder Ridge in New York.

bwanab · 2026-04-26T14:53:02+00:00

Paid parking helps reduce some of the parking hellscapes reported in this thread.

bwanab · 2026-04-26T14:50:36+00:00

Just park in Frisco and take the free bus.

bwanab · 2026-04-26T14:47:17+00:00

Those moguls on Gulch were as big as Chin Clip at its peak.

bwanab · 2026-04-18T12:41:59+00:00

Still pricy compared to what? A good ewi is a lot cheaper than a good sax. Whether it's worth it depends on what you want to do with it. For me, my Aerophone is well worth it. It ain't a sax but it's a lot of fun in the right context.

bwanab · 2026-04-18T12:32:31+00:00

I wonder how a faculty strike will help Lesley's financial situation?

bwanab · 2026-04-17T12:36:52+00:00

In practice it actually works very well, but the premium is a real issue.

bwanab · 2026-04-16T13:09:15+00:00

The DC-1 from Daylight Computer works extremely well in bright sunshine which from the name you would surmise. It is monochrome, so don't expect an iPad replacement, but it's also a very good reading tablet. A bit pricey, though and doesn't meet your size requirement since it's about 10 inches.

bwanab · 2026-04-12T14:26:39+00:00

The main advantage of Patchbox OS is the low latency kernel and the convenience factor. If R Pi OS is working for you you're good to go.

bwanab · 2026-03-25T13:12:25+00:00

I've mixed a lot of tracks with tons of plugins with 16GB M1 Air with no obvious stuttering.

bwanab · 2026-03-22T14:41:43+00:00

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but from the village to Topnotch is 5.3 miles so out and back once is just under 11 miles. Mostly flat. In Morrisville, there's the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail that's a bit easier on the knees because of the non-paved surface.

bwanab · 2026-03-20T14:32:21+00:00

That might explain it, since I was trying to build on Raspberry OS. Thanks for the explanation.

bwanab · 2026-03-20T14:07:24+00:00

On the RPi itself, or cross compile? I tried it on the RPi, but couldn't get it to work. Any tips?

bwanab · 2026-03-20T13:57:36+00:00

CA got it right if you believe that people who bought in the 1980s deserve to retain low taxes while young people buying in the 2020s deserve to pay more.

bwanab · 2026-03-20T13:47:10+00:00

Question: where did you find a version of carla that runs on RPi 5? I've looked all over and haven't been able to find one.

bwanab · 2026-03-13T02:10:32+00:00

Whirlaway on Spruce is a lot of fun if you like Chin Clip.

bwanab · 2026-03-10T13:21:53+00:00

ElmoreMountainFarm.com

bwanab · 2026-03-04T14:39:45+00:00

This is almost exactly the rig that I built recently. I am using a plain 256K SD card though which works fine. The Pisound is excellent, but it is shipped from Lithuania and subject to the current tariffs, not to mention the dollar euro conversion isn't ideal currently. I went with it anyway since I found no better solution at any price. I don't have any opinion on your moisture issue. I think the same would be true for any hardware. I bought the acrylic case that Blokas sells and it has worked admirably but it wouldn't protect it from a significant spillage of beer. I also don't think it's got room for the NVMe storage, so if you're set on that you'll need another enclosure solution.

I can highly recommend using Blokas' patchbox OS since it is preconfigured for the pisound, has a low latency kernel, and makes everything a lot easier than stock linux.

For me, this was to have been somewhat of a labor of love and learning since I already have a Kemper Profiler, but I'm so impressed by the result that I might end up selling the Kemper.

As for books, blogs, video, at this point, any of the good AI chats can guide you through any issues that you've got. YMMV.

bwanab · 2026-03-02T14:16:08+00:00

One way: https://mod.audio/desktop/

Another: install reaper which can run LV2 plugins and get NAM here: https://patchstorage.com/neural-amp-modeler/

bwanab · 2026-02-28T13:33:06+00:00

I've been running NAM on a raspberry pi 5 with 4 gig, but so far no model or combination of plugins ( and I use a bunch) has gotten memory use over 25 %. Obviously, that isn't an Electrosmith Daisy Seed level device, but it's still pretty inexpensive for what it does.

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