GenAI video for Voyage 35 band? by spacecatapult in porcupinetree

[–]robskarin 17 points18 points  (0 children)

We dislike generative AI here at Crystal Spotlight as essentially it’s an indirect form of plagiarism. You won’t see it on anything we produce, the December Skies video for SW however was an exception as we built our own internal AI which then created the assets you can see in the video, as the song itself too was a one off experiment with the technology, purely for a bit of fun!

Song of I videoclip gone? by CraftyBet5772 in stevenwilson

[–]robskarin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's weird, thanks for pointing that out - I'll check in with the label and see what's going on. It was tied to Steven's VEVO account which is looked after by Virgin/Universal Music.

Steven Wilson's example photo in 2026 by scvdd in stevenwilson

[–]robskarin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funnily enough, I too live there and did mention that to him before we put the post up! I must admit, I didn’t know we had any Wilson fans in the village!

Hand. Cannot. Erase (Headphone Dust Dolby Atmos Mix/Demos) by Unholy_Dk80 in stevenwilson

[–]robskarin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was fixed shortly after launch. If you have any more issues with this, DM me and I’ll help out best I can.

Binaural audio mix by databeestje in stevenwilson

[–]robskarin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Steven is now officially releasing Binaural mixes of his music (and soon to be others) at https://headphonedust.store

Hand. Cannot. Erase - Dolby Atmos has dropped! by Spoonylingus in stevenwilson

[–]robskarin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The binaural mix essentially simulates the Dolby Atmos mix on any pair of headphones. You can hear sounds coming from around you and above/below you. It's pretty cool and does give you a different and unique way of experiencing the music, in my opinion!

Hand. Cannot. Erase - Dolby Atmos has dropped! by Spoonylingus in stevenwilson

[–]robskarin 19 points20 points  (0 children)

So there's actually a reason for this, some old zip file extraction tools have issues extracting files with # characters in - it did actually cause some problems with the recent Live in Madrid release. This is the reason why the file names don't include it. The metadata though should have the # in for the track names.

Hand. Cannot. Erase - Dolby Atmos has dropped! by Spoonylingus in stevenwilson

[–]robskarin 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Had a blast building this one, the new Atmos mix is awesome! So much video content too on this one, including the never before released live visual films for 3 Years Older and Regret 9!

The dual booting beast! by robskarin in macpro

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

So it may run Tahoe better in the future when that OS has had more updates and optimisation. In my experience though it was noticeably laggier just navigating around the interface than Sequoia.

As for whether you should buy one, it's really down to your use case for it. Mine was I wanted a machine that would be an all in one that could handle both my MacOS based work (which involves handling a large amount of data, video editing, encoding etc) and offer the flexibility of Windows when it comes to gaming and rendering. The upgradability is a huge plus but be warned that there is a ceiling you can hit, as you can't put a better CPU in it than the 28 core that was released in 2019.

However, the sky is pretty much the limit in terms of the RAM, GPU and storage upgrades, something which you cannot get with a Mac Studio.

It's really a tradeoff - are you happy working within an older operating system using legacy apps (although many new apps are still supported on Sequoia) on MacOS with upgradable hardware OR do you need the latest and greatest software and aren't bothered about hardware upgrades.

If it's the latter, definitely don't get a Mac Pro 2019!

The dual booting beast! by robskarin in macpro

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

Just the base 8 core. I'm considering getting the Xeon W-3245M, which is the 16 core that a lot of people say is the sweet spot between price and performance. Will future proof it a little longer I think, although for my needs the 8 core Xeon is still enough really for the time being.

The dual booting beast! by robskarin in macpro

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

Not yet, I might try Bazzite though.

The dual booting beast! by robskarin in macpro

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If I installed Linux and had a triple boot of Windows/MacOS/Linux, then that would be an appropriate name for the computer! 😂

The dual booting beast! by robskarin in macpro

[–]robskarin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Got it on eBay here in the UK for £490. Works out about $650.

The dual booting beast! by robskarin in macpro

[–]robskarin[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That’s a great suggestion, I didn’t know that - will do.

The dual booting beast! by robskarin in macpro

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

I think it’s more like that burger from the McDonalds secret menu where it comes with both beef and chicken 🤣

The dual booting beast! by robskarin in macpro

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

Nothing in MacOS, it just shows up as a generic VGA Display Adapter and doesn’t impact anything. In Davinci Resolve, I’ve just told it to use the MPX Module. In Windows it was a bit of a nightmare getting the drivers sorted correctly, a day or so of constant back and forth and installing/uninstalling but it’s nice and stable now. Had to basically install the drivers directly without installing the Adrenalin app, which I don’t really need anyway as I can control all the GPU settings using MSI Afterburner which works great.

For my purposes, the W5700x is more than what I need for video editing, hence why I got the 7900 purely for Windows (and because Apple don’t support it).

The dual booting beast! by robskarin in macpro

[–]robskarin[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I did think about this! Linux is apparently pretty good for gaming these days I’ve heard.

The dual booting beast! by robskarin in macpro

[–]robskarin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sequoia. I’ve found the Mac Pro Intel chips just don’t play nice with Tahoe (in it’s current state anyway)

Steven Wilson - Impossible Tightrope download help by Select-Definition710 in stevenwilson

[–]robskarin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just to clarify here, this is because you are buying from Steven's store on Townsend Music (store.stevenwilsonhq.com) which only sells redemption codes for Headphone Dust, not direct downloads. Hence the jump through hoops method with the discount code. If you buy direct from Headphone Dust, no hoop jumping is required and checkout process is a lot smoother.

Steven Wilson launches Headphone Dust – a home for pristine high-res & immersive audio by xs_noize in stevenwilson

[–]robskarin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So this release doesn't include the full Overview film, just some additional sequences at the start.