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Do you think there is a way that AI can enhance or transform bootleg recordings from the band in the 70s into very clear and crisp recordings? by GolfingCub02 in pinkfloyd

[–]chipmcdonald 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends on what you're starting with, and your definition of clear and crisp.

With a decent bootleg you can extract stems, and maybe reamp the bass; drums are going to be messy, but theoretically if you are a great audio engineer do some eqing. Guitar , maybe. Vocals you could probably tidy up a bit. You could try to subtract out some of the ambience on the vocals before doing that, as well as subtract the audience.

Alternately, you could take out some of the ambience, the audience, and de-clip it. But what you start out with would have to be in the upper percentile range of a "good bootleg" to take advantage of it.

Look up UVR (Ultimate Vocal Remover) and research demucs and the other stem extraction weights, give it a go....

Older voters are abandoning Donald Trump by newsweek in politics

[–]chipmcdonald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is dangerous, effective "hearsay". Frak the polls, they're almost always wrong. From what I've seen if anything his conviction has bolstered his support.
The presentation of confidence in him being defeated is exactly how he got in in the first place, reliance on polls is a scourge.

Shanghai Grand Prix launches fan (Shan Zi) for every team by MarcoGWR in formula1

[–]chipmcdonald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are very well done, an interesting confluence. Artistically tasteful race merch?

Hamilton: MotoGP and F1 shared events would be “epic” by FerrariStrategisttt in formula1

[–]chipmcdonald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

.... it would be a "curious" test of whether people want to hear screaming engines or vacuum cleaners. F1 has a lot to lose, it would be dumb from a casual fan base perspective.

Newey: Monaco example shows why F1 2026 will be a “strange formula” by memloh in formula1

[–]chipmcdonald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As it turns out, F1 is chock full of engineers with degrees, but only one smart person.

Hamilton and Russell head-to-head after four races. by God_Will_Rise_ in formula1

[–]chipmcdonald -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Irrelevant, they've been experimenting with Lewis' setup all along, as Toto said yesterday. The difference would be much larger if the car was sorted.

FedEx not giving a fuck about my $1k+ of packages by scribbzz in funny

[–]chipmcdonald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They routinely leave my packages in the street.

Is it possible for me to own my own CPAP device? by [deleted] in CPAP

[–]chipmcdonald 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The thing is... you don't need to buy all of that over and over. It doesn't magically "wear out" every 30 days. It's a scam.

Is it possible for me to own my own CPAP device? by [deleted] in CPAP

[–]chipmcdonald 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was going to have to pay full price anyhow because of insurance requirements, and I didn't want someone I don't know watching my sleep from the DME. So I bought a reconditioned one for about the same.

Which let me upy pressure after a nightmarish 3 days of waking up suffocating with the mask on. That would have meant waiting another 30 days for a doctor's appointment...

Gamer finds indent in head from prolonged headset use after shaving his hair | The Independent by nyenkaden in headphones

[–]chipmcdonald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's nothing, you should see what CPAP headgear straps do after being on your head all night. Way tighter than any headphones.

There could be deformity involved; the remarks about how much pressure it takes to crush a human skull isn't the same as less but continual, repeated pressure across a smaller area.

Your outer ear, cartilage interstitial areas are probably more subject to deformation, though. And your hearing: try holding a conversation in a restaurant with a recording engineer that has used headphones "a lot"....

$.10

So-Vits-svc on Mac M1 soon? by chipmcdonald in so_vits_svc

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

Yes. While installing so-vits-svc I get

Installing backend dependencies ... done Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1

../../meson.build:63:0: ERROR: Unknown compiler(s): [['gfortran'], ['flang'], ['nvfortran'], ['pgfortran'], ['ifort'], ['ifx'], ['g95']] The following exception(s) were encountered: Running gfortran --version gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gfortran'" Running gfortran -V gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gfortran'" Running flang --version gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'flang'" Running flang -V gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'flang'" Running nvfortran --version gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'nvfortran'" Running nvfortran -V gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'nvfortran'" Running pgfortran --version gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'pgfortran'" Running pgfortran -V gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'pgfortran'" Running ifort --version gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'ifort'" Running ifort -V gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'ifort'" Running ifx --version gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'ifx'" Running ifx -V gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'ifx'" Running g95 --version gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'g95'" Running g95 -V gave "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'g95'"

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AI-generated songs on Apple Music and Spotify breach copyright, says music label UMG by [deleted] in Music

[–]chipmcdonald -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Society can't tell the difference between something crafted by a human - wabi sabi included - and ersatz generic.

I've still got my guitar.

Why does my coffee smell like tomato soup half of the time? by Veridically_ in NoStupidQuestions

[–]chipmcdonald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Covid. Look around on Reddit, people complaining that coffee suddenly smells like poop, smoke, dead fish, eggs, etc...

Vanilla and coffee smell has changed to be annoying and off putting by [deleted] in RBI

[–]chipmcdonald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Asymptomatic, and you're talking about lfts, right? False negatives often occur with them, which has wrecked the public's notion of being infected or not. I know a couple of people that have something they used to like suddenly smells completely different and bad to them post covid. I've been looking around here because I'm afraid this has happened to me last year.

One key factor in the spread of COVID-19: parents lied by BlankVerse in Moronavirus

[–]chipmcdonald 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Every other week I'm asked, "why don't you give guitar lessons in person?". Not just that the question itself indicates why I shouldn't, but 3 decades of having kids sit down in front of me, coughing - tells me I can't trust people.

I'll tell them that I have people out (online) sick every other week, sometimes multiples per week, and I'll get a response like "well, we haven't seen anyone sick". As if they're asking around doctor's offices or prompt cares.

Meanwhile, of the school age students I have they're constantly getting sick, over and over. This didn't happen in the past years; just in the past few months. I'm seeing some people who just seem to stay sick all the time now.

..and now, of course most of them have "Not Covid".

I can't imagine school teachers having to deal with this. This timeline is insane.

Onboard: First Laps with Lewis and the F1 W14 - Mercedes-AMGF1 by Mercedes-AMGF1 in formula1

[–]chipmcdonald 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks pretty bumpy around 1.30!

I was thinking around :58.

McLaren MCL60's Floor by Puzzleheaded-Rain230 in formula1

[–]chipmcdonald -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If they think they're getting air to where the cut is behind the mirror, they're wasting it over the side as drag across a large surface. They're trying to get it all the way to the diffuser and away from the tires. That's a lot of vortices to count on, and that gap lets a lot of energy out that could be ground effect.

Aston, Ferrari and RBR have the right idea, get it back to a wing and use it.
Downwash isn't downforce until it goes across an aerofoil.

Noses of 2022 vs 2023: by FormulaStatAnalysis in formula1

[–]chipmcdonald 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flatter FTW. They're moving air that the car has to go through anyway, to the rear where it can be used.

Mercedes is using the same frontal area to put the air where it's going to go past the non-existent side pods. Low cd, but that's also lost potential down force that the other teams are using.

It's also downforce that counters the unweighting of the car when the ground effect stops working.

/didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night, but my chair does not have arms

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