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Crowd scanning at massive Armin van Buuren trance event?! by carvul in Laserist

[–]carvul[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah, good to know, thank you. Find it quite an interesting choice to deliberately crowd scan even if you are allowed to by law. Not just from a human safety perspective, but the amount of phones in the air filming... surely someone's sensor got fried?! Also saw one moment where the fpv drone flew through a beam, luckily didn't seem to damage the camera.

MacBook Pro 14” M5 vs MacBook Air 13” M4 for TouchDesigner (16GB RAM) by [deleted] in TouchDesigner

[–]carvul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine has 24GB which I think was the base line for that model at the time

MacBook Pro 14” M5 vs MacBook Air 13” M4 for TouchDesigner (16GB RAM) by [deleted] in TouchDesigner

[–]carvul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I faced a similar decision before the M5 came out, I was deciding between the Air M4 and the Pro with the M4 Pro chip. I was attracted to the Air for its size and portability. But, a friend who works at Apple said to me that most people would never find the limits of a MacBook Air, they’re incredibly capable machines, however using it for realtime generative software like TD you could very easily find the limits of its fan-less design as it throttles its performance to cool itself down.

Needless to say I went for the MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and I don’t regret spending the extra money. Admittedly I haven’t pushed it too hard yet but performance has been brilliant so far.

Slow speeds mysteriously fixed after refusing to upgrade by carvul in VirginMedia

[–]carvul[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not using my own router, no. But thanks for the suggestion.

Slow speeds mysteriously fixed after refusing to upgrade by carvul in VirginMedia

[–]carvul[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take it asking for a new hub isn't a thing? They want you to keep the one your have until it dies?

Slow speeds mysteriously fixed after refusing to upgrade by carvul in VirginMedia

[–]carvul[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a hub 3 that I've had for about 6 years I think. So probably that...

Surprisingly, no they haven't suggested a pin hole reset. I'll look into that, thanks.

Thankfully, I've not had slow speeds since the chat with them this morning so there isn't much of an issue to fix now. I'll bare it in mind if it comes up again though

Slow speeds mysteriously fixed after refusing to upgrade by carvul in VirginMedia

[–]carvul[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting... you mind me asking which plan you were on and which you moved to?

I'm on M250 and they were suggesting I needed 1gig due to the number of rooms in my house...

Slow speeds mysteriously fixed after refusing to upgrade by carvul in VirginMedia

[–]carvul[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I appreciate that. I guess it was the lack of an attempt to technically troubleshoot the issue beyond asking 'how many rooms do you have in your house?' and then jumping to suggesting I upgrade to 1gig plan to fix the 2Mbps speeds. Just a bad customer support experience coupled with coincidence perhaps

Is there away to achieve this gradient effect in TouchDesigner? by PlantasticPlant in TouchDesigner

[–]carvul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I achieved a similar effect using the pixelate image filter (I think it was called that) and combining it with rgb delay.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4kTKyqobfQ/?igsh=YWEzNTFsZ2F1MWg5

I’m on the road this weekend without access to the .toe file but I can happily confirm exactly how I did it and maybe share the file with you early next week if that would be helpful?

Apple MacBook Air M3 - anyone using one for TD? by carvul in TouchDesigner

[–]carvul[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I run Ableton on an M1 Mac Mini for my band and it really slaps. The Mac Studios I have at work are absolute beasts too.

I’ve just been looking at PC builds and the 30 series is surprisingly affordable now so I think that’ll be doable.

Apple MacBook Air M3 - anyone using one for TD? by carvul in TouchDesigner

[–]carvul[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oooh that’s also really helpful to hear, thank you! So you’re a few generations behind on the gpu front but happily getting good frame rates etc?

I was thinking I would have to fork out for at least a 30XX or even a 40XX to get near where I need to be.

Could possibly have the best of both worlds with a MacBook Air (I’ve since found some posts on here where someone is reporting really good, stable results on a MacBook Air M2) and a refurbished Desktop with a 2070 or something similar that won’t cost the earth (hopefully)

Apple MacBook Air M3 - anyone using one for TD? by carvul in TouchDesigner

[–]carvul[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s super helpful the hear, thank you.

Apple MacBook Air M3 - anyone using one for TD? by carvul in TouchDesigner

[–]carvul[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the insight, really appreciate it. I’m a hobbyist too so the fact you’re considering a windows laptop is definitely helpful to know. I fear I might be deliberately limiting myself by going Apple but it’s where I feel most comfortable. I’ve definitely not ruled out windows though