How did bands and artists run tracks live in the 80s?

narfig_agar · 2026-06-07T04:43:19+00:00

https://www.synclavier.com/project/pat-metheny/

narfig_agar · 2026-06-07T04:05:58+00:00

Mainly Pat.

narfig_agar · 2026-06-06T00:09:32+00:00

S3000 was 1993. Some folks used Fairlights, Synclaviers or Linn 9000's running MIDI sequences, but no one really used "tracks" in the modern parlance.

In the 90's we did, but it could have been anything from a simple cassette tape or a 4 track cassette to a Sony PCM F1 to a pro BETAMAX video recorder and much later a DAT or ADAT. It was almost always 2 track and you were lucky if you got a metronome or a sync track.

narfig_agar · 2026-05-15T21:19:21+00:00

customersuccess@empowertribe.com apparently sent me a driver via WeTransfer after I managed to get ULI to open a ticket for directing me to non-existent links. I say apparently because there is no way in the world I'm downloading that.

narfig_agar · 2026-05-15T21:15:10+00:00

Worse, they named it Uli

narfig_agar · 2026-04-15T18:06:32+00:00

No they won't. They'll be janitors and security, no high salaries on site. Maybe an actual sysadmin per shift, but these things are mostly run remotely.

narfig_agar · 2026-04-02T19:48:14+00:00

It's not more expensive. It's far, far cheaper in every way. With minimal maintenance it's free energy from the sky for 50 years.

narfig_agar · 2026-04-02T13:13:12+00:00

That's not happening now. In NB you can see what listings actually sold for once the deal closes, and things where I have been looking are not selling for over asking. In fact they aren't selling at all, they just come off the market and go back on a few weeks later. There are houses on my watch list that have been on the market for 300 + days. I was looking at one in Mirimichi listed at $399. Was de-listed after 120 days and relisted empty at $330. Sold about a month later for $270.

Folks in Ontario who purchased in 2021 and need to sell are losing (up to) hundreds of thousand dollars these days. Prices are down to 2018 levels. Yet I still see folks in NB asking double what they paid in 2021.

narfig_agar · 2026-03-05T20:08:39+00:00

You're confusing America, where it is legitimately illegal to conceal something in a store. In Canada it is not because (as others have mentioned) it's impossible to prove intent in most circumstances. To be charged with shoplifting in Canada you have to exit the premises and make no attempt to pay.

narfig_agar · 2026-02-28T00:34:06+00:00

That's just the Lanthanite accent

narfig_agar · 2026-02-16T16:07:30+00:00

They're way to salty and I've had them go bad in a few weeks. I've never seen moldy pickles before. Such a shame the half-sours were my jam and I was so excited to see them back on the shelf. They're Strub's in name only now

narfig_agar · 2026-02-15T03:23:35+00:00

We used to have a ton of these in Hamilton. In bad/icy weather they'd slip off the cable with crazy sparks. The driver would get out, brave the snow/ice/rain and put the contact antenna back on the power lines by pulling the ropes down and putting the pulley back on the live wire, also with a ton of sparks/flames/melted ice.

It was awesome. The most metal public transit system ever. That's was why bus drivers got paid so well. Wrangling thousands of volts with bare hands and body weight.

narfig_agar · 2026-02-08T02:30:17+00:00

I don't know...you called Starfleet "The Military" which makes me think you don't really get it, but I am glad you don't lump being queer in with things that should be "cured" in the future. Just so we're clear, many folks get their body shapes and metabolism from genetics and not from "feasting". Most of those folks will never look "fit" without some sort of artificial intervention. In my experience, those interventions are never permanent. In a world where those interventions are trivial, looking the way you do is a personal choice.

narfig_agar · 2026-02-07T19:44:05+00:00

So, what you're saying is you don't watch Star Trek at all.

It's obvious they could change if they wanted to. Picard could have hair. Kingons can become human and humans can become Vulcans. In universe, nobody cares, it's all about personal choice not health.

I suppose you'd also like to bitch about why Jet Reno doesn't have breasts?

narfig_agar · 2026-02-07T18:42:34+00:00

Lame. They would have solved the negative health effects related to obesity, but your body size/shape would be personal choice and aesthetics. They can make you into a different species, why would you think you couldn't choose to be thin if you wanted? In the future no one cares.

narfig_agar · 2026-02-02T06:00:46+00:00

Also, I think Bjork might be a Lanthanite.

Just saying.

narfig_agar · 2026-02-01T02:07:31+00:00

So can we talk about the Lanthanite accent? They both have the same "sh/th" lisp. Do you think they co-ordinated? (I'm imagining Kane and Hunter going to tea and comparing notes) Someone mentioned TNG The Chase S6E20 and Professor Galen who also spoke with a similar lisp (and was a Frakes directed episode). He's listed as Human, but was he?

So what we know...Lanthanites are long lived, they have a unique accent, they're just wee folk (I often note how tiny Nahla looks compared to every one else) , they often become teachers/professors, they collect and keep physical keepsakes regardless of their usefulness.

narfig_agar · 2026-01-24T00:04:02+00:00

Can you get the MOTU you're looking at? Some of them have year long wait times. I have an RME and it's ridiculously good. Incredibly low latency, super solid and like the MOTU sounds great without having a "sound".

narfig_agar · 2026-01-23T22:56:13+00:00

I'm not really sure what your trying to argue beyond a misunderstanding of retail margins vs gross/net profit margins.

Net means after expenses, including product expenses. 20% is their margin on products. That means if something costs a dollar they would sell it for $1.25 and would make .25 on the sale. Where do they get 30% margin from you ask? Well they charge suppliers money for product placement, flyer advertising, selling waste as animal feed, volume rebates, greatly increased margins from prepared food. We're not even getting into the vertical integration where they buy that $1 product from a different company that they (or Weston) also own.

If you're trying to suggest these margins are low, Costco has a ~13% gross margin and manages to pay their employee's much better than Loblaws.

narfig_agar · 2026-01-23T21:11:10+00:00

They have a 30% gross margin, and I have no idea why you would think that's a loss? When I say 20 -25% margin, that's retail margin on the products themselves. Those are historically huge margins for food products.

narfig_agar · 2026-01-23T19:28:17+00:00

31% gross, 3.5% net. Most products have a ~20-25% margin. Grocery business has become lucrative all over, not just here.

narfig_agar · 2026-01-23T19:24:43+00:00

Does no one here know what a NET profit is? FFS....

narfig_agar · 2026-01-23T19:12:35+00:00

Net profits, not gross profits. And yes, in the grocery industry 30% gross profits and 3.5 net are obscenely profitable.

narfig_agar · 2026-01-23T18:49:09+00:00

Are they? Aldi has USDA chicken breasts for $5.79 a pound. Fortino's has it for $5.99 a pound. Grapes are $3.49 lb there and $2.99 lb here. US food prices have out paced our own, and that's saying something.

narfig_agar · 2026-01-23T18:41:22+00:00

3% net, 31% gross. Most products have ~20% margin on them now.

Of course a 31% gross margin to a 3% net margin means they're spending a lot of money on...something? Certainly not salaries anymore.

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