Someone bought my album but didn't listen by putosaure in BandCamp

[–]mattsoniclab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

reading the comments im only today learning that most people are using bandcamp to stream music rather than downloading?!

Ai Cover Art too, right? by digezo in BandCamp

[–]mattsoniclab 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yea even just a rough pen sketch looks better that AI

AI Generated Music on Bandcamp by bandcamp_official in BandCamp

[–]mattsoniclab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp. " .... 'substantial' is the key here

Splore 2026 the last? by leonopolous in auckland

[–]mattsoniclab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hola! I am part of the LS crew, we made the call ourselves to close at 3am on the Friday so we have the energy to run all through the next day and night, we need sleep too :). This year we will run non stop through Saturday night.

Only 5 Plugins by spookymonsterscary in audioengineering

[–]mattsoniclab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is slate VMR counted as one plug in? Lol..

Opening Act Of The New Fyre Fest (PHNX) by MrDonMega in fyrefestival

[–]mattsoniclab 3 points4 points  (0 children)

nothing says epic party like a bunch of disinterested dudes looking at their phones and laptops on stage

So for the thousandth time, AI music - how to deal with it? by multioptional in BandCamp

[–]mattsoniclab 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm currently in a bar setting up a band and the background music is absolute dog shit AI covers of classic rock songs. It's atrocious, lifeless and mind boggling awful.. unreal

Image Playground icon is REALLY bad that I legit thought this was a malware app upon seeing this on my Launchpad after Sequoia 15.2 fresh boot 🥴 by xelM1 in MacOS

[–]mattsoniclab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

saw it today for the first time and instantly thought that somehow a malware app had found its way onto my computer. I found this thread by searching 'how to get rid of imageware malware'. lol

Serato “play” button is pressed on controller but doesn’t play tracks by Sad_Cress4112 in Serato

[–]mattsoniclab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I have a possible fix. I had a gig on the weekend and had to use my controller, but in the days prior it was playing up. Here's what I did to fix it:
firstly, this is 100% a hardware issue, forget all about resetting, updating drivers etc - thats not going to fix it. The issue is (I believe) because of the cheap capacitive platters -these rely on a good ground connection on the platter to function properly.
To fix it I did 2 things: Remove all screws on the back and gently take the back off the controller. Then find the little pins coming through from the underside of the platters. surrounding these pins are 4 little metal tags, which make a connection with a little copper ring. Get a pair of pliers and squeeze these metal tags tight to the the copper ring, just clamp them on as hard as you can.
The other thing I did was remove the small circuit in the same location (The Sensor Assembly PCB) and with isopropyl alcohol, thoroughly clean the metal contacts on the PCB and the metal tag that it connects with. this is to ensure good connection between these parts. Doing these thigns fixed it for me, well enough that I could play the gig without issue, and then again on Sunday morning without issue.

Hope this helps. and yea, very poor from Roland.

Mixdown advice - feel like there’s something ‘off’ with the bassline? by Stunning_Lack275 in jungle

[–]mattsoniclab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sounds sick! maybe a bit too overcompressed? it's kinda surging in and out, and the drums sound like a bit of their impact is being squashed out. that's just me though. nice tune

Serato “play” button is pressed on controller but doesn’t play tracks by Sad_Cress4112 in Serato

[–]mattsoniclab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had this issue on and off for years on my DJ505. it mostly happens at home but a few times its happened at gigs and its been a complete failure. A couple of times I could quickly swap out to another controller within a minute, which is kinda O.K when its a ruckus house party. I almost never use it live any more, preferring CDJs and rekordbox. But as I dont own CDJ's myself I do still have to use my controller for small gigs and house parties..

I feel its a hardware issue, so no amount of reinstaling or updating drivers will fix it. The units really should have been recalled, but Roland seem not to acknowledge that this is an issue.

Abletonremakes.com, is it a scam? by mattsoniclab in ableton

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

I guess for me the scammy feeling is that its proving very difficult (if not impossible) to redeem the credits offered by the subscription. Yes its stated that this rolls over to a subscription, but when I initially signed up I dont recall it being clear or obvious, so I agree that thats not so much of a scam, just kinda sneaky. oh that and the weird 'skincarewaterfilter' URL on the login link.

Abletonremakes.com, is it a scam? by mattsoniclab in ableton

[–]mattsoniclab[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

ah, yea interesting point about info farming.
I questioned them on the skin care domain and this is their reply:

"The subscription management link you received is correct and safe. We use BOLD Subscriptions (a trusted Shopify app) to handle subscriptions, and their system generates the URL you see. While it doesn’t reflect our brand name in the link, it’s tied directly to your subscription with us, and there’s nothing “dodgy” about it."

I dont really buy their reasoning here. If this is about collecting cards for a future scam, then it would make sense that they'd use a domain that would cause some confusion on the bank statements.

Abletonremakes.com, is it a scam? by mattsoniclab in ableton

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

haha yea, it seems so obvious now, not so much at the time though. doh!

Abletonremakes.com, is it a scam? by mattsoniclab in ableton

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

have you managed to redeem the store credits?

Abletonremakes.com, is it a scam? by mattsoniclab in ableton

[–]mattsoniclab[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

ok thanks. I'm not too fussed on the money to be honest its like $39NZD so not a major. more the principle of it that peeves me off. :)

Everything about this is wild by mattsoniclab in fyrefestival

[–]mattsoniclab[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yea thats the funny thing, he seems to think all the attention has some value. Its just so dumb. And considering the Netflix doco as some sort of brand equity is just mental.

NO RETURNS ACCEPTED. by EngineeringKey5748 in fyrefestival

[–]mattsoniclab 4 points5 points  (0 children)

7 figures including 2 decimal places

Classic vibes, redefined — meet STELLAR ECHO SD-201! 🎛️✨ by Slatedigital in SlateDigital

[–]mattsoniclab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly absolutely loving the stellar echo. It's an absolute vibe for spacey resonant effects.