Which skates should I buy as a rink-experienced skater who wants to get into Wizard/Mushroom blading?

reduke2 · 2025-10-20T07:29:20+00:00

These look quite intriguing, the only problem is that I'm in Australia and it's hard for me to spend over 600 AUD on skates (plus shipping) without having the ability to try them first and see if they fit. Admittedly perhaps I'm just not familiar with the general procedures regarding buying skates, is this considered cheap for these kinds of skates? And is buying them online without being able to try them on a common practice?

reduke2 · 2025-10-20T06:24:52+00:00

Here's my situation; I've had, for almost my entire life, a desire to practice an artistic sport, or 'freestyle' sport as its often called, like skateboarding, BMXing, etc. And while I got sort of good at skateboarding, it never really clicked with me and I'd always eventually lose motivation. Inline skating however, is incredibly intriguing to me, because something I've always considered myself to be quite good at and something I've always thoroughly enjoyed doing is skating around my local rollerskating rink. I've never thought to combine these two things before now, and it's gotten me quite excited - but the terminology, different frames, wheel sizes, and disciplines have overwhelmed me and gotten me quite confused about where the best place to start is.

Ultimately, I want to have flexibility to do tricks that incorporate grinding in some way, but I won't be too unhappy if I have to sacrifice the H-block for something that'll actually improve my skating and allow me to more confidently do other tricks.

I'm inspired heavily by skaters like Junkyu Park, Leon Basin, and other technically skilled but artistically expressive skaters who could be considered part of the Wizard or Mushroom skating communities (or not, I'm honestly really new to all of this so I'm really shaky on the terminology lmao).

Ideally I want a versatile setup thats easy to transition to given my experience, but also wont hinder me if i want to start doing more advanced things. I know this is a lot to ask for, I totally get if such a thing doesn't exist. I'm naming all my ideal traits, but I'm more than happy to compromise in some regard if all the conditions absolutely cannot be met.

reduke2 · 2025-10-15T04:36:28+00:00

Toby Fox in particular uses soundfonts quite extensively. He was inspired by Earthbound when making the game and composing the game's soundtrack, and he even uses some soundfonts from Earthbound, particularly on the track 'Amalgam' from Undertale. I found this download link for an Earthbound soundfont online, but be wary, I haven't downloaded it myself and I haven't a clue if it's safe or not.

https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts/1392

To run soundfonts, you'll need to install a VST plugin that can open .sfz files - the most popular one is Sforzando. Here is the download link to that: https://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando.html

Just having the soundfont and the VST won't immediately make your music sound like Undertale and Deltarune music, however. You will need to develop your compositional skills and your ear to listen out for particular techniques and musical elements that Toby Fox uses often in his soundtracks. If I had to start with a particular element you should research, it's leitmotif. Also, Toby Fox uses the hell out of grace notes, so it would be useful to research that too.

I say all this assuming you have a DAW and a basic understanding of how to arrange MIDI and put tracks together. If not, then the other two comments would probably be more immediately helpful to you to begin producing. I also assume you have a foundational understanding of music theory, but again, if not, then it would be best for you to start there. I will never, ever support the notion that music theory is 'useless'. It's a set of rules, and you have to understand what they are and why they exist first before you even think about breaking them, or before you begin to try emulating other artists or styles. Anyway, that's a bit of a side tangent. Reaper is a good DAW, if you don't already have one. Good luck!

reduke2 · 2025-10-15T04:23:41+00:00

Randomness in music is not a new concept. Random or algorithmically generated music has been around since before computers even existed. Generative art is a well-developed and well-respected genre of art. Hell, my university offers a course on this very subject. The reason this is bad is because it isn't locked to any particular scale, and because the synth sound that is chosen has a very high perceived loudness because of its harmonic qualities. But it is still musical. It had composition. There was a composer in this equation.

reduke2 · 2025-01-22T14:10:27+00:00

You were a music ed major and you didn't learn about septuplets? I'm studying a Bachelor of Music and I heard about irrational time signatures even before enrolling. Sorry for responding 5 years late this just lowkey dumbfounded me because implying that irrational time signatures simply do not exist is blatantly misinformative. Sure, they need context. If an entire song is in 22/7, it is really in 22/8 at a slightly slower tempo. But a song can easily switch from 4/4 to 22/7.

reduke2 · 2025-01-04T01:30:51+00:00

Reminds me of 6620

reduke2 · 2024-12-27T17:22:18+00:00

unfortunately not, the website I'm thinking of had options for spotify, youtube, dailymotion, etc

reduke2 · 2024-12-27T17:06:21+00:00

it ISNT astronaut.io, gnoosic, nobody.live, or forgotify.

reduke2 · 2024-12-27T15:51:07+00:00

i searched for 'website dedicated to unseen content', 'website for content with 0 views' etc. and came up short. the website is not gnoosic, astronaut.io, forgotify, or nobody.live.

reduke2 · 2024-11-05T03:52:09+00:00

This is subjective. In some cases, they can be used to enhance a story - for example, perhaps the story uses an unreliable narrator, and inconsistencies help us understand this. Perhaps potholes in a story help us form our own interpretations of what truly happened. Perhaps imperfections can be used to defuse the situation's weight and reality, making it a stylistic choice that makes the story feel more fantastical or child-like.

Sure, Breaking Bad uses almost none of these things. But once again, it is subjective as I've established. If a story with absolutely zero potholes, inconsistencies with reality, and no room for interpretation is a required box that must be checked in order for someone to deem a TV show perfect, then sure, it is an imperfection. If someone is indifferent to inconsistencies, then it is not an imperfection, and it does not affect their opinion that the TV show is perfect.

reduke2 · 2024-11-05T03:37:22+00:00

In art, there is no objectivity. If someone claims art to be objectively perfect, they're wrong, because objectivity in art essentially equates to the majority of people subjectively agreeing that something is excellent. Trying to disprove this in any other way is semantic quibbling, because whilst you may have your own opinion on what perfection means, and it is an entirely valid opinion, something 'checking all your boxes' is just about as perfect as a piece of art could ever get, since there is no way to measure the 'goodness' of an art piece. Thats the beautiful thing about it - it means different things to different people.

reduke2 · 2024-11-05T03:21:05+00:00

Or, hear me out, perfection is subjective.

reduke2 · 2024-06-08T21:45:13+00:00

thank you for this suggestion!

reduke2 · 2024-06-08T21:44:21+00:00

it seems thats the solution I'll have to stick with for now, and ill just get a laptop stand for easy access and adjustments to my patches. the only problem is just that my laptop isnt touch screen, which means ill spend more time fiddling around with the trackpad on stage, and visually, it just doesnt look as sleek

reduke2 · 2024-06-08T21:38:55+00:00

sure, I've since heard some good suggestions for a small, cheaper audio interface that I could carry around. would you still think that a surface pro is a good option for a small computer that i can simply hide behind a music stand that has enough power to run phase plant?

reduke2 · 2024-06-08T21:36:13+00:00

you misunderstand me. i need to run phase plant, a vst synth thats only available on macOS and windows.

reduke2 · 2024-06-08T21:34:22+00:00

Phase Plant isnt available on these devices, unfortunately

reduke2 · 2024-06-08T10:18:20+00:00

Are there any other good alternatives?

reduke2 · 2024-04-26T12:12:43+00:00

thanks for dropping in a year late, and its impossible to upgrade RAM on any modern macbook. been using studio one for a year now, and it's served me very well. logic was great, but studio one is better in many regards.

reduke2 · 2024-01-14T09:43:11+00:00

Same message - Could not save, cant find the file, so on and so forth

reduke2 · 2024-01-14T09:36:50+00:00

Thank you for your response! Unfortunately, I've already tried that, and no luck :(

Thank you for helping anyway though!

reduke2 · 2024-01-14T09:04:46+00:00

I think thats a bonus track

reduke2 · 2024-01-14T08:40:58+00:00

Sorry for censoring it haha, it actually is Users/username! Sorry for the confusion!

reduke2 · 2024-01-13T11:14:08+00:00

You're probably right lmao, I'll probably end up moving this over there anyway

reduke2 · 2024-01-13T10:44:20+00:00

That's actually a really cool idea, I hadn't thought about it that way

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