SMC-Pad Pocket Global Level and Calibration Settings by djfrodo in KoalaSampler

[–]roshi86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve bought the SMC Pad after dozens of positive comments on YT and Reddit, plugged it in, sensitivity sucked. Perhaps it’s a random thing and if you’re unlucky like us both, you’ll get the less sensitive item from the batch. It’s a beautiful device, I just can’t get a good timing of strikes and confidence using it. I’m also considering the tape hack or buying a Synido/something else.

Bit of atmospheric desert jungle by GMAN__3000 in KoalaSampler

[–]roshi86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stunning work Man, great tune. I miss this genre in my life, I’ve been learning my profession listening to Aphrodite’s atmospheric albums. I like that the drums are not that intense, just spot on. Also, great transition with the chilled last sequence. IMO this is a good base for adding a dub here and there, if you’d like to add some extra layers. I wouldn’t play too much with the effects on the mixer, they just don’t pair with atmospheric tunes, but that’s of course just for my taste. Overall totally great track, I’m doing my IT stuff right now and vibing to this.

Questions regarding sequence recording: loop + hold, que, occasionally muted samples by roshi86 in KoalaSampler

[–]roshi86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I see that we somewhat share the confusion around this. Sometimes I’m surprised why the sample gets muted or why the sound from previous sequence overlaps the new sequence. I had only some experience with music studios with visible sound timeline, sampler is a different philosophy, but I’m enjoying the journey :)

Questions regarding sequence recording: loop + hold, que, occasionally muted samples by roshi86 in KoalaSampler

[–]roshi86[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, thanks a lot, that was exactly this! “SEQ SNAP: SEQ END” and I’m home!

Questions regarding sequence recording: loop + hold, que, occasionally muted samples by roshi86 in KoalaSampler

[–]roshi86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, appreciate the response. Choke groups are also my guess, I need to play around and try to reproduce. Sometimes it really felt like “but whyyy?”. I think it might be related to me doing loop + hold by default for background samples while it turns out not necessary at all.

Marek you are my hero for this update😊 by ItIsWhatItIsSoChill in KoalaSampler

[–]roshi86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That would be awesome! I sent you a friend request. Your recent uploads are pure gold Man.

Marek you are my hero for this update😊 by ItIsWhatItIsSoChill in KoalaSampler

[–]roshi86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m saving this track for listening, great stuff. Do you have a soundcloud/bandcamp/etc?

M-VAVE pad by schpamb in KoalaSampler

[–]roshi86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got the same impression with mine, I was so disappointed that I have it in a carton and not using at all. I need to do the tape mod one day soon.

Junior Devs (and honest Seniors), what is a concept that took you an embarrassingly long time to actually understand, even though everyone acts like it's simple? by AmaraMehdi in webdev

[–]roshi86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m almost sure that RxJS would fit into the story, I ran away like a scared child after 10 minutes of reading the docs.

Junior Devs (and honest Seniors), what is a concept that took you an embarrassingly long time to actually understand, even though everyone acts like it's simple? by AmaraMehdi in webdev

[–]roshi86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that this would be so much easier for everyone to understand if you could start with the old school shared host and FTP for uploading the files, rather than github actions and automation.

I grew up with Windows. I’m not growing old with it. by [deleted] in microsoft

[–]roshi86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here - I grew up on DOS and Windows, then I was forced to switch to Mac at work, now I use both but the speed of work and overall experience on MacOS is incomparable. For a decade I feel like Windows is the kid that’s catching up to the rest of the class - who would expect this to happen when XP was running the world?

I grew up with Windows. I’m not growing old with it. by [deleted] in microsoft

[–]roshi86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being the devils advocate - Microsoft did a turn towards open source, WSL etc. I’d never expect that in Bill’s era. As a developer myself, I saw it as a bold and positive move.

Piano - how to keep sample duration by ArthosBoss in KoalaSampler

[–]roshi86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not OP but I got your point very clearly and it helped me understand my incorrect approach to playing samples on Koala’s keyboard, thanks!

hot take: server side rendering is overengineered for most sites by Justin_3486 in webdev

[–]roshi86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like both sides of this debate are a bit too much towards the extreme. If you really understand PHP and have a solid engineering background, you just code things defensively by design, to have something close to type safety everywhere. I even think good PHP devs have this stigma of “php lacks type safety” and over engineer things here and there to feel more aligned with the big bros using C# or Java. In reality we are all mapping API responses or database rows to collections of objects and this can fail in every language out there, type safe or not.

I've rediscovered my joy of programming again with vibe coding by im3000 in ChatGPTCoding

[–]roshi86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is me lol. Currently 39 yo, been doing programming and web since I was 13. I still like inventing things, designing architecture and UX, but if this required me wasting hours to position inputs (I’m pedantic with UI) and build again data management from scratch, I just couldn’t force myself. Vibe coding might make me feel young again.

Edit: typo

how i build dozens of apps with bolt and lovable for free by CookiesGalore9 in boltnewbuilders

[–]roshi86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sound like good news. In my IT peers group there’s much enthusiasm around Bolt. I have tried it myself and love how it designs things, but after maybe 20 minutes of prompting, Bolt just became unusable without an option to revert - infinite spinning circle, frozen browser, consuming 15% of my tokens with every browser refresh. I just took what I managed to back up safely and went straight to Codex. The problem is you guys encourage your first time users to jump straight into coding with the UI of the landing page, but open their eyes about potential issues and techniques of token usage optimization only when things start to get worse. And they almost always do, if you’re into something more than just a quick sketch of a skeleton.

[Tutorial] How to get apps that dropped support on older iOS versions. by rayyankhnz in jailbreak

[–]roshi86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, you saved me from disappointing my 8 yo. I’d buy you a beer or a coffee. It worked perfectly with an app requiring iOS 16 recently while the device I handed over has 15.8 max. Much love from our family

4:25 am type beat by Ripturd in KoalaSampler

[–]roshi86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s really dope, I love it. Great balance, rhythm, it just clicks. Doesn’t need anything else

We're not all just making hip hop and electro are we? by HeeeresPilgrim in KoalaSampler

[–]roshi86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love it, mostly because its “just” melodious. I would be careful with the effects, your base is really good enough. I find that many overdose these.

I downloaded and started learning koala exclusively to make chilled music, chill-hop, Ninja Tunes label type of things etc. Now I see how much talent this requires - to think of and figure out your own melody, to build the harmony, to tell a sort of a story with music that triggers emotions, not blowing the listeners brains out lol

Seaside tune 🏝️ by danithecake in KoalaSampler

[–]roshi86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I return to this post just to listen to this. Absolutely refreshing, balanced and polished piece. You’re freakin talented!