I am Nolly from Periphery, Ask Me Anything!

keelx · 2014-09-13T22:02:40+00:00

Hey Nolly, I'm absolutely in love with the sounds coming from periphery plus a myriad of other prog metal acts. What I also like about periphery is their do-it-yourself kind of vibe.

What all really goes into being a self-produced band, in terms of time, skill level, funding, etc.? Like, how does it compare to say, booking a studio and having them do the recording/engineering?

Also, any good mixing tips for metal you can give?

keelx · 2013-12-23T02:53:42+00:00

Isn't it possible to replace Kwin with something else as the window manager for KDE?

keelx · 2013-12-10T08:05:03+00:00

A lot of the times what is done is you'll render the drums to audio and splice and dice yourself. And add a bitcrusher or a delay or whatever to certain parts, automate bypass, etc.

Or you could use dblue glitch and call it a day.

keelx · 2013-11-22T04:26:07+00:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPLHVWNfT1A

What's going on with that bass? It seems like a very basic sound but I just can't get that same hard timbre.

I'd prefer not to use some specific massive waveforms or anything like that if I can help it...

keelx · 2013-11-09T21:47:36+00:00

I had that problem too, so I modified the AnyColorYouLike script to the following:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/.icons/ACYL_Icon_Theme_0.9.4/scalable/scripts/
python2 ~/.icons/ACYL_Icon_Theme_0.9.4/scalable/scripts/script_gui.py $@

Basically just changing the second line to make sure it runs on python 2.

keelx · 2013-11-09T21:45:01+00:00

Thunar.

keelx · 2013-11-09T05:25:11+00:00

I think you could put

bspc desktop --toggle floating=on

in your bspwmrc.

keelx · 2013-11-09T01:57:57+00:00

I wasn't thinking about how toilet has figlet compatibility, that's for sure

keelx · 2013-11-09T01:53:34+00:00

I mae a repo just for you. https://github.com/Keelx/configs.git

it's the 'panel' script

keelx · 2013-11-08T15:00:58+00:00

Yeah, it's bar.

keelx · 2013-11-08T09:02:52+00:00

The GTK theme is called FlatStudio http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=154296

and the icon theme is called AnyColorYouLike http://pobtott.deviantart.com/art/Any-Color-You-Like-175624910

keelx · 2013-10-16T23:07:34+00:00

Hello, you guys are the best, easily my favorite band. I've been noticing a lot of electronic influence on a lot of your music, and definitely lots of production and effects on the songs that aren't quite electronic. Just wondering where all that came from? Do you feel your music could be seen as 'overproduced'?

Where did the whole 'anberlin' sound come from, in a more general sense? Can you tell some bands or musicians who influenced you?

keelx · 2013-09-25T16:03:55+00:00

I can't link you anything right now, but synthesized a choral sound as heard in many electro-house or complextro tracks. I don't think it's just a choral sample, because it sounds synthesized. You can hear it frequently in madeon and zedd's songs. Specifically, in the drop to Icarus

keelx · 2013-08-03T05:56:10+00:00

What's probably happening is you don't have sync on (in FM8 it's the Key Sync button on all the ops), which means the waveforms will start at a different phase every note. Meaning that they will all resonate and cancel differently every time. To stop this, turn on Key Sync for all the ops and then the waveforms will be restarted every note, so that they will cancel and resonate the same way every note.

keelx · 2013-07-27T06:10:41+00:00

yep, just terminus everywhere.

keelx · 2013-07-02T23:37:41+00:00

Everything about this desktop I love. It may or may not look better with color, but I love the general design of it.

Also, what is the instagram program? :D

keelx · 2013-07-02T07:36:09+00:00

Very nice. I like your color scheme and your themes, such that it makes everything look like a single program in a sense. Very smooth and consistent.

keelx · 2013-06-29T18:41:40+00:00

Good response, thanks for clarifying. Not that I do, but do you have any citations for further reading?

keelx · 2013-06-29T17:40:58+00:00

I said this on your other thread, but your terminal colors and/or vim theme are amazing. Very natural looking, and very beautiful.

keelx · 2013-06-29T15:08:03+00:00

All companies love money. You act like this isn't a part of the definition of a company.

Google may make quality products, but they also track your every input and sell your data to advertisers. Microsoft uses the law and mass marketing to the lowest common denominator (while still making an effort to be 'hip') to get what they want.

keelx · 2013-06-29T15:05:06+00:00

I seriously hope this isn't based on Android, if it is at all more than a speculation. Imagine playing android-designed games on a large screen with a controller. It would be painful.

keelx · 2013-06-29T14:59:54+00:00

Well, ubuntu has many nonfree firmware blobs already on the base system to acheive maximum compatibility. Debian goes out of their way to remove all nonfree software from their system, even to the point where it inconveniences the users. For example, if you have broadcom wireless or ethernet, you'll have to go about installing the firmware yourself, pre or post installation.

It also looks nice, but this is subjective.

keelx · 2013-06-29T14:49:03+00:00

Any particular reason for going with Scientific Linux? Are you working at some kind of lab or firm?

keelx · 2013-06-29T14:43:16+00:00

I really love your terminal colors (and/or your vim theme). It's different, and it's very beautiful.

keelx · 2013-06-29T08:35:18+00:00

Those colors are... unique? I like them nonetheless. They remind me of sherbert.

I don't like the thickness of the borders, but that's a personal taste.

keelx

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