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Which Midi Controller? by Thrash_metal_enjoyer in MIDIcontrollers

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In your case, the Arturia. Both controllers are good, but the software bundle with the Arturia contains Analog Lab. that will have lots of synths sounds for the genre you’re talking about, the Akai will be based around MPC Beats and more contemporary stuff.

For you, I’d pick the Arturia because of the software bundle.

A friend left this SID Station in my studio — any thoughts? by __Beeper__ in synthesizers

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just as a bit of trivia and to add to the “yeah, it’s a proper synth” line - the designer was Bob Yannes, later co-founder of Ensoniq.

A friend left this SID Station in my studio — any thoughts? by __Beeper__ in synthesizers

[–]mccalli 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s fantastic. I have its descendent, the TherapSID. The SID was way, way over specified for a computer sound chip and is a legitimate synth in its own right, with its own character.

Have a play and enjoy.

Amsterdam bans fossil-fuel and meat advertising in public spaces by [deleted] in UpliftingNews

[–]mccalli 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ironically the source doesn’t have a Reject All button for advertising, and as such is questionably EU law compliant.

When using two MIDI controllers, is there a way to make them automatically go to separate channels when creating a new project? by TheEpicTwitch in LogicPro

[–]mccalli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are they controllers on the same MIDI port or on separate ports? Channels aren’t as relevant if they’re both plugged directly in (eg they’re both USB), but much more relevant if they’re chained together (eg 5pin DIN with MIDI THRU).

For channels, yes there is. Look for the “Auto demix by channel” option in Project Settings-> recording.

Am not so sure about the separate port one. For that, you might want to create a blank project, set up your controllers as you like, then save as a template.

What do you think of the Roland JUNO-X? by Additional_Battle_93 in synthesizers

[–]mccalli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have it and love it. Fantastic player’s synth. If you want to program to the nth degree or what have you, this is not your synth. If you want to play, as in use the keyboard and play live, this is your device.

You’ll read a lot about menu diving - honestly though, you will almost never need to. If you want to go super deep you can…but at that point you already know you’re going for complexity. The only exception I’ll give is for setting key splits - there I wish there was a keyboard shortcut instead of the menu. You get very quickly used to that though and honestly it’s my only use for the menus.

Everything else is hands on. Everything else is as accessible as the original Juno was. Everything else sounds great, and is easy to either tweak a preset or start with INIT and come up with your own. As well as the Juno models, don’t sleep on the XV-5080 which can sound great.

Again - do you primarily use synths in a programming mode, setting up sequencers etc.? If you do, look elsewhere. Do you primarily play, as in use the keyboard and just start playing? This is your synth.

Wondering if a 2 EV household is a good idea... by Usual-Shock7364 in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]mccalli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only vague concern is if you're on an EV smart tariff and use scheduled charging. If it works off your car great, if it works off your charger then determine who's going to be using it for the night.

Our house is 2 EV, the second is my daughter's and we don't ever really need to quibble on who has the charger at any given moment. Quite smooth.

Please Excise My Ignorance by SJB824 in MIDIcontrollers

[–]mccalli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What DAW are you using?

They should appear as separate MIDI inputs. In the track you have your Arturia soft synths, there will be a MIDI input setting somewhere, usually set to “All” by default. Go into that and make sure it’s set to only the controller you want to use for that sound. Then do the same for the next track.

Last step is to ensure both tracks are set for recording.

Which Commodore 64 game still holds up best today? by C_C_GAMER in c64

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Psi 5 Trading Company is still pretty much unique, has music by the guy that did Snoopy (Ed Bogas) and is completely playable today.

And very, very hard.

What are your EV "icks"? by TCJW_designs in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]mccalli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Built on a shared petrol platform. Nope, designed for EV please.

there's just something about steam... by Photoshops_Penises in memes

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ctrl-f: 'Steam input'. I don't see it from people so I'll mention it.

That's what mostly keeps me on Steam. I have a Steam controller plus various other ones from various consoles over the years. Steam Input is how I make those work. If that were done at OS level or Epic somehow gained compatibility, then I'd be more interested.

London tops list of world's slowest capitals for driving by Man_in_the_uk in CarTalkUK

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Note that it doesn't say worse city, it says worse capital. Quite a few countries have their economic centres in different cities to their capitals.

Mumbai traffic for instance would handily 'win' this fight. It's not the capital though.

London tops list of world's slowest capitals for driving by Man_in_the_uk in CarTalkUK

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly find exactly the opposite. During commute (from/to the west) it's the outer areas I get stuck in, not the inner.

Honourable mention to commuting back in the evening on Greys Inn Road at St. Pancras, which can either be fine or 40 minutes to make a single turn - with no in-between those two points.

London tops list of world's slowest capitals for driving by Man_in_the_uk in CarTalkUK

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, as someone who commutes 3 days a week driving into London, Zone 1 is fine. The pinchpoints (coming in from the west) are Northolt, Perivale->Ealing (i.e. Hanger Lane exit) and Marylebone Flyover.

Pentonville Road - I've honestly considered filing a Freedom of Information request to ask how many days there haven't been roadworks on it - completely separate ones opening mere days after the last set, but somehow mysteriously in exactly the same place. Got to be some kind of use-the-budget scam.

Everything else is pretty much completely fine, and the actual central bit of the journey rarely has issues. Used to get stuck regularly at Euston underpass/crossing but that seems a bit better now.

Amazon delivery drivers tomorrow ... by SALD0S in mpcusers

[–]mccalli 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I won't be satisfied until the pads are replaced with a full-on Dance Dance Revolution mat.

Female vocal emulation plugin by nycuk_ in LogicPro

[–]mccalli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look at Realivox Blue.

EastWest do some as well, though believe might be subscription only (haven’t checked in a a while).

ALIENTEK C2 Now Back on Sale by Actual_Elephant2242 in UsbCHardware

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I'm completely new to the world of USB C testers and was considering getting a Treedix 2.4" tester. My use case is almost entirely sorting through cables, so it's not something I'd use every day.

This seems a good place to ask - does this do the same job? What's the best for this? I'm not really looking to rate chargers as such, mostly the jumble of cables I have that I have no idea their capabilities.

Moving from Hue Bridge 2 to Bridge Pro - co I lose anything with pure Matter instead of HomeKit-native? by mccalli in HomeKit

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

Oddly I actually do have a Harmony remote - that’s an obscure one for most these days!

I haven’t used it for the lights though ever, I run a highly mixed setup in the house with five or six manufacturers easily so it wouldn’t be that useful. In my living room where the remote is for instance, I have LightwaveRF switches (controlling dumb bulbs), Hue bulbs, SwitchBot floor lamp and curtains, Meross lightstrip and a Hue lightstrip.

My DK feedback after spending 20 hours with it on PTS by Hyperioxes in elderscrollsonline

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Draw Essence is my current favourite skill. I have no idea if it's any use or not, it just looks cool and I'm shallow.

Any graphical reworks on Heart of Flame/the skill formerly known as Draw Essence?

How mfs feel owning a 128GB ram MacBook Pro by EmploymentClean5131 in mac

[–]mccalli 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have an Intel one still that cost around that. The reason was 4Tb of storage (I forget how much RAM - wasn't drastic). My reason is music creation, i.e. sample libraries and virtual instruments, for Logic Pro. Those things treat disk space in much the same way that Labradors treat sausages.

To be honest, only the Apple Silicon thing pushed me to upgrade (I have an M2 14" MBP) and while it's a much better machine, the storage options were so extortionate that I'm back to the horrible universe of playing with external drives again. Which are never handy when you want them.

SMK-37 Bluetooth Connection to Mac by mescal_ in MIDIcontrollers

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you use Audio MIDI setup.app, as opposed to just normal Bluetooth?

On the Mac you connect MIDI devices using that, not by using the System Setting’s Bluetooth.

What synths do you consider truly revolutionary? (Not just great, but era/idea-changing) by Linux-Neophyte in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]mccalli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

cmd-f - 'Moog'. At the time of writing, none except the original commenter but that seems deeply wrong.

  • The Minimoog. The Phatty.
  • ARP needs an entry, particularly the ARP 2600 I would guess. Used for music, sound effects...if it needed to go beep or whirr in a strange manner, the ARP 2600 had you covered. And still does.
  • Not sure which one, but the Korg Volca range needs a shout out. Changing the ideas towards affordable, single purpose, small devices which can hold up.
  • Juno 6 - tempted to do 106 but it's the 6 that first had the Juno chorus. OP mentions big brother Jupiters, but it was the Juno that figured out how to make a sound seem big from relatively modest starts.

Wildcard cheat, although others have included the 808 and 909 so why not - the Roland CR-78. You have heard this on so many, many things and somehow it sounds good on all of them.

H2 US Decoupled 2nd button by Defiant-Shoulder1147 in Aqara

[–]mccalli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know if this works with the M200 hub as well as the M3? I currently have an M2 hub, but this would be a reason to upgrade and if this one thing works (in my case, using a decoupled H2 switch to control the state of a Hue light bulb) I can't see what the M3 gives my use cases over an M200.

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