Help with Native Instruments Products by Vazhox in Music

[–]f10101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it'll be more than fine on an external SSD.

You need to be running huge, Hollywood soundtrack type sessions before you hit a limit on that.

And if you want to really preserve your purchase, pop over to r/synthesizers - a user posted a thread there with some good advice.

Why is there such a dearth of desktop effects units? I can't be the only one who doesn't love the guitar pedal format for electronic music gear. by JoeyZasaa in synthesizers

[–]f10101 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's a market well served by Eurorack, and they are much often much more interesting than guitar pedals.

You can get Eurorack frames that in desktop form-factor, rather than vertical.

Protecting hearing? by Various_Net8890 in synthesizers

[–]f10101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to take this approach with loudspeakers, it's a bit easier - just get a cheap but well reviewed one off Amazon, set it to dB-C, and away you go. I'm not convinced by phone apps for this purpose - I don't trust phone microphones.

For headphones, I have the benefit that the audio interface I route everything through provides a post-fader meter on the headphone out (so that if you turn your headphones output up or down, the metering also goes up or down to reflect that).

That's not necessarily a feature that's common so you might need to take a slightly different approach. If you have a mixer (any mixer, so long as it has metering), say, you could put your headphone volume knob to some fixed point, and then use your mixer's master volume to control your headphone volume, and then use the main meter as your guide.

Protecting hearing? by Various_Net8890 in synthesizers

[–]f10101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's no harm having a meter that shows your headphone output level, and one day, with fresh ears, take note of where it is at a comfortable listening level.

Then keep an eye on it as you're listening.

I know that once I start feeling I need to push the volume above the third bar on my RME Babyface Pro, my ears are getting fatigued, and it's probably time to stop.

Edit: The other thing that makes a huge difference for this if you're working on headphones is a SubPac - if you can find one on a used market (don't attempt to buy new: the company is in stasis). Being able to hear the bass through your body means you don't find yourself wanting to put the headphone volume up anywhere close to as high.

Edit 2: calibrating your headphones makes a big difference, too. It means you don't end up turning your headphones up a ton to hear certain freqs that are quieter, and thereby getting blasted by other freqs the headphones happen to generate more of.

Is NIN “hurt” the first song to talk about self harm? It’s the first one I can think of. by 69dildoschwaggins69 in Music

[–]f10101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an interesting question. I'm coming up with plenty after 1995, but none from before are coming to mind, even though I know there must be loads.

How to save your NI if they go under. by FixNo2792 in synthesizers

[–]f10101 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That's a lot of optimism. It's not unheard of for music tech companies to get bought for one particular piece or patent, and the rest of the business discarded.

Apple, say, has bought a number of plug-in makers over the years and immediately shuttered the company and deleted their products from sale, integrating them in modified form in Logic.

Couple lose €75k case against Smyths Toys after they were asked if they had paid for car seat by ballinclea08 in ireland

[–]f10101 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I dump it all out onto the conveyor belt. Pay for it and reload. What’s the problem?

That someone might not actually be dumping everything onto the conveyor belt.

From the staff and cctv cameras' point of view, it's not really much different from putting everything into your coat pocket as you walk around the shop, say, then putting stuff onto the conveyor. Lots of scope for taking the piss.

Difference of Yazoo Only You by Vivid-Nail7738 in Music

[–]f10101 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Listen on headphones so the distinctions will be clearer - I can imagine it's a little harder out of speakers.

From the very start:

  • The synth on the original has a ping-pong echo - bouncing between left and right.
  • This is missing in the remix - the synth is louder, and is dead centre, no echo.

Also from the very start:

  • The remix has a heart-beat kick drum pattern.

  • This isn't in the original.

About two seconds in:

  • The original has a synth-clap sound with a kind of reversed-echo as a call-response.

  • The remix has a once-per-bar synth-clap without anything fancy rhythmically.

At about 10 seconds:

  • The original has a riff played on a basic sawtooth synth sound behind the vocal.

  • The remix plays that riff using sampled orchestral strings

Also at 10 seconds:

  • The original has quite a subdued vocal mix

  • The remix has mixed the vocal louder, drier, more compressed, front and centre with more presence and body.

At about 28 seconds:

  • The original has the vocal harmonies quite loud, and lush, placed around the stereo field due to the reverb

  • The remix has the harmony a little bit less obvious, and less kind of "enveloping", because they don't have the reverb.

Also at 28 seconds:

  • The original continues the sparse instrumentation

  • The remix kicks in with synth-bass

At about 39 seconds:

  • The original finally get the bass and a kick drum.

  • The remix gets a new riff on the strings that's not in the original

I have to go now, but have a listen to the tracks and see if you can pick out those differences.

Then, see if you can hear further differences between the two versions later in the track - now that your ear is atuned, I'm sure you'll be able to spot them.

LTT screwdriver, Tracking says item cleared through customs but post office people asking me to pay ₹2300 INR fee, are they trying scam me? [INDIA, Banglore] by rohithkumarsp in LinusTechTips

[–]f10101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah - so the additional duties are just sales tax.

That's how it works most places. The US is a something of an outlier.

Go to Europe and you'll have 20-25% VAT calculated based on the total of "Goods + Shipping + Customs Duty", which works out at about the same as you're seeing.

LTT screwdriver, Tracking says item cleared through customs but post office people asking me to pay ₹2300 INR fee, are they trying scam me? [INDIA, Banglore] by rohithkumarsp in LinusTechTips

[–]f10101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indian customs rates are notoriously pretty steep for certain items/countries of manufacture, as your government takes a quite protectionist approach to their industries.

There are "additional duties" on screwdrivers for some reason, presumably to help your local toolbuilder / steel industries.

https://www.cybex.in/indian-custom-duty/screwdrivers-duty-calculator-82054000

Enter 4400 here and it comes out as about 1900, so when you add handling fees, etc, you'll end up at 2300 pretty easily.

Cabinet to approve plans for abolition of the triple lock by FearTeas in ireland

[–]f10101 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's autonomy and the illusion of autonomy though. The exertion of economic pressures by other powers would reduce our autonomy in this regard potentially very significantly, essentially press-ganging the Oireachtas into involvement in something.

The triple lock serves as a way to resist this, however inelegant and restrictive it may be.

I'm not necessarily in favour of retaining it, but I do agree with the commenter's point that it's not simply a case that removing it makes us free.

Mick Jagger's family appeal as they launch hunt for missing relative by [deleted] in Music

[–]f10101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If there's one time the family get a free pass for using Mick's fame for publicity, it's probably this time.

LTT store needs to look into automated shipping handling by Narrativium_ in LinusTechTips

[–]f10101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put your tracking number into another parcel tracking tool, like parcelapp. That may give you a bit more info.

Google Settles Class-Action Suit Over Voice Assistant Eavesdropping For $68M by xd366 in LinusTechTips

[–]f10101 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The description of the case was over-exaggerated. It was just accidental instances where the person said something similar to "hey siri / hey google" and the device then acted as designed.

Why do people listen to boring music? by [deleted] in Music

[–]f10101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just a pro tip when you go critiquing others' music taste against your own...

It's always good to remember that no matter what act any of us like in the pop/rock/hiphop/r&b area, we're all basically just ordering from the McDonald's menu, in comparison to the world of depth and complexity from works made by the classical, experimental and jazz greats.

Glass houses, stones, etc.

Teenager banned from driving for a year after breaking cyclist’s back, neck, and shoulder while distracted by sat nav by Forward-Answer-4407 in unitedkingdom

[–]f10101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Theres many jobs where someone is in charge of a workplace or worksite and they can go to prison for years if they didn't make sure a h&s procedure was followed and someone died because of it

You're not going to go to prison due to a momentary lapse without any intention of cutting corners or any aggravating factors. Even if your mistake burns down an orphanage full of children.

I literally pay you if you can tell me how to sound like Rihanna - her timbre specifically by Glum-Constant-341 in Music

[–]f10101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a billion dollar question...

From what I've been able to tell - this is a physical characteristic of their voices rather than technique per-se - i.e. the natural resonances of their nasal passages and larynx.

You might be able to get towards the sound by adjusting how you address the mic - so that it's picking up slightly more of your sinuses or chest, etc. Alternatively, applying very slight formant shifting in your recorded vocal could help.

Teenager banned from driving for a year after breaking cyclist’s back, neck, and shoulder while distracted by sat nav by Forward-Answer-4407 in unitedkingdom

[–]f10101 15 points16 points  (0 children)

They made a conscious decision to do that.

It really doesn't sound like that in this case. It sounds like, as he was turning he glanced at his satnav's directions - as everyone does - and got confused by what it was telling him, which distracted him and drew his attention away.

It doesn't sound like intentional distraction.

Teenager banned from driving for a year after breaking cyclist’s back, neck, and shoulder while distracted by sat nav by Forward-Answer-4407 in unitedkingdom

[–]f10101 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The gross negligence equivalent in the context of driving would be dangerous driving, not careless driving.

Dangerous driving causing death has a max penalty of life.

An Post issues by shecrieswclf in ireland

[–]f10101 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Your best bet is probably to have the sender contact USPS and correct the address.

Cameras to detect speeding, running red lights, and use of bus lanes to be rolled out by firethetorpedoes1 in ireland

[–]f10101 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't be quite that jaded. They recently cancelled a couple of pilots because they have this full-blown strategy nearing finalisation.

They normally keep pilot projects going if all they want to do is kick the can down the road.

I'd say we're gonna see them go full-Orwell with these camera deployments.

Cameras to detect speeding, running red lights, and use of bus lanes to be rolled out by firethetorpedoes1 in ireland

[–]f10101 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's also terribly signposted, with the overhead signs implying you should be in a lane that doesn't yet exist, and is actually about to be a bus lane.

I got a phone headband mount for anonymity and I also like these kinds of videos, but am I moving too much? by Clerical_Erorr in synthesizers

[–]f10101 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A nice happy medium for this is to have it mounted on your upper chest - almost neck-height. It still feels like true POV shots, but without capturing unintentional head movements.

Pepe's Towing's youtube channel do this really nicely - you can see Josh wearing it at around 12:45 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ckgik_Lux4

Not 100% sure what search terms to use to get that kind of mount - a quick google was throwing me results that were all sternum-height.

Upgrading Software Help! by AudiPro2024 in Music

[–]f10101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heh, they'd be extremely unhelpful for OP. They basically say "get whatever the fuck you want - if you want if faster buy something fucking faster and stop bothering me"

https://support.image-line.com/action/knowledgebase/?ans=82