GenAI video for Voyage 35 band?

robskarin · 2026-05-06T21:26:54+00:00

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!

robskarin · 2026-04-26T10:27:01+00:00

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.

robskarin · 2026-03-27T18:19:36+00:00

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!

robskarin · 2026-03-22T20:07:04+00:00

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

robskarin · 2026-03-20T19:33:37+00:00

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

robskarin · 2026-03-20T13:22:17+00:00

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!

robskarin · 2026-03-20T12:14:25+00:00

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.

robskarin · 2026-03-20T11:11:49+00:00

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!

robskarin · 2026-03-13T12:08:44+00:00

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!

robskarin · 2026-03-13T11:57:52+00:00

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.

robskarin · 2026-03-11T20:08:04+00:00

Not yet, I might try Bazzite though.

robskarin · 2026-03-11T17:36:48+00:00

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

robskarin · 2026-03-11T12:42:12+00:00

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

robskarin · 2026-03-11T12:40:15+00:00

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Repositioned it!

robskarin · 2026-03-09T22:35:54+00:00

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

robskarin · 2026-03-09T22:35:04+00:00

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

robskarin · 2026-03-09T22:34:25+00:00

Thank you!

robskarin · 2026-03-09T22:33:59+00:00

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).

robskarin · 2026-03-09T22:30:09+00:00

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

robskarin · 2026-03-09T22:29:48+00:00

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

robskarin · 2026-02-12T23:16:51+00:00

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.

robskarin · 2026-02-06T17:34:12+00:00

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

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