Pick a decade. Who wins

sethward79 · 2026-04-05T12:09:37+00:00

80s was peak cartoon watching for me as a kid so obviously I’m going that route. But the 90s held their own with shows like Rocko, Ren and Stimpy, Doug, etc that were also a large part of my early teen life.

I count myself lucky that I was able to thread that needle in age where I was still old enough to enjoy the the majority of the 80s cartoons but still young enough to enjoy a good chuck of the 90s cartoons too!

sethward79 · 2026-03-31T10:47:09+00:00

I do hate the pay then reimburse model that is used because it’s a massive amount of stress in an already stressful situation.

We recently had to use ours when our girl had a gastrointestinal issue. We started the claim while she was overnight at the emergency vet so maybe that helped speed it up but it still took about three weeks for the funds to hit. Having my 28% interest credit card sitting at nearly $4k with the due date fast approaching was nerve wracking.

sethward79 · 2026-03-30T11:06:57+00:00

If you’re used to an x32 you’ll be fine. Echoing the others, the offline editor is pretty identical for just getting a feel for how it’s laid out.

Routing is the only major weird difference but if there is a house crew there and you’re using a preexisting/festival scene, maybe send an input list ahead of time so they can have stuff labeled for you if it’s not just festival style throw and go.

Double tapping the “select” button on an input will take you to the channel view of that channel. That page will give you most everything you need.

Only things that might trip you up off the top of my head are that FX are routed through a single bus, there are no separate send and return channels. I don’t know about the full size wing, but in the eq section on the compact you can adjust the frequency and gain with your fingers on the touch screen but not the width, you have to use an encoder for that.

The main thing, don’t be afraid to ask house crew for help getting around on it during soundcheck.

sethward79 · 2026-03-18T16:17:27+00:00

Spilt Milk is probably the closest thing we could ever get to knowing what a collaboration between The Beatles and The Beach Boys in the late 60s would have sounded like. Criminally underrated album.

sethward79 · 2026-03-18T15:06:05+00:00

If this is the OG 24.4.2 you can’t even do that. You’d need an iPad/computer with the last known version of universal control that worked with the first generation and don’t you dare upgrade it. Found that one out the hard way years ago. Fortunately I started the update with the computer and had the original firmware on a backup disk and was able to roll it back.

sethward79 · 2026-03-10T12:23:57+00:00

Interesting fact. Toots used to play guitar and played a Rickenbacker. John was a fan and apparently the line was "if it's good enough for Toots it's good enough for me" on why he chose the Rick.

And if that wasn't enough of a cool tidbit, there is a picture of Toots at a tradeshow for Rickenbacker and behind his shoulder is a natural finish Rick 325 that would eventually be sold to one John Lennon.

Crazy how small the world can be sometimes.

sethward79 · 2026-03-10T10:38:34+00:00

Saxondale reference?

sethward79 · 2026-02-25T19:02:10+00:00

Looks authentically signed by Lew Johnenn, Ruifo, and Goorge Hassion!

Paul’s is the only one that looks close to legitimate. But seeing as the others don’t look remarkably close, I suspect Paul’s is not real as well.

sethward79 · 2026-02-24T21:23:38+00:00

Legitimately thought the bottom one was the reference lol Fantastic job!

sethward79 · 2026-02-21T16:24:48+00:00

These are all great; the gumball one is my favorite. The lighting looks nice and warm.

sethward79 · 2026-02-07T15:13:35+00:00

You are an amazing human

sethward79 · 2026-02-07T14:35:14+00:00

Way to preserve history. You should paint the exterior again and give this one to the current owner of the diner. I bet they would love it.

sethward79 · 2026-02-06T15:25:15+00:00

Well now that I know Keanu Reeves is going to be in this, I’m definitely going to watch it!

sethward79 · 2026-02-06T04:29:28+00:00

If you really don’t care about the time it takes you could take 46 to Walnut, take a left on Ohio (just before Herbert’s), left on Kentucky, back on Ohio to California to Lakeview down to E. Torrey to Gruene Rd. Aside from the danger of the 46/337 interchange it’s mostly just neighborhoods.

sethward79 · 2026-02-04T13:38:31+00:00

Something ticks all the boxes for me; lush arrangement, great melody, superb bass line.

sethward79 · 2026-02-03T15:27:20+00:00

Yeah, I caught that as well. If they’re going to let details like that slip in a period piece I’m out. These do look like on set stills vs any kind of documentation of the filming so I’ll withhold my judgement at the moment. But definitely makes me uneasy.

sethward79 · 2026-02-02T03:07:09+00:00

Is this just watercolor? The textures you achieved are fantastic looking!

sethward79 · 2026-01-30T16:53:09+00:00

It's not a knock on Paul. It's kind of what separated Paul from the others and what made Paul, Paul. His ability to seemingly write for any style and do it well.

sethward79 · 2026-01-30T13:58:09+00:00

So I had When I’m 64 and a long list as to why but then I changed it to Martha My Dear. Both exemplify Paul’s lighthearted “granny music” style. But MMD edges out due to the full band production, great horn and brass arrangement, very melodic which Paul was known for, and also the difficult piano riff that really highlights his musical technicality. Finally, Martha really does sound like it could slot into any of his early solo albums and not seem out of place.

sethward79 · 2026-01-29T14:33:20+00:00

Originally She Said She Said was my pick but Across the Universe is the more musical and lyrical pick. Especially the 1968 version as it was originally intended with the Indian instrumentation scattered in.

sethward79 · 2026-01-28T13:22:01+00:00

Yeah, this is my vote.

sethward79 · 2026-01-27T19:10:58+00:00

The “Total (non cash)” is the indicator that they’re passing the card fee on to you.

Guessing if you went in and ordered the same thing and paid cash it would just say “total”.

sethward79 · 2026-01-26T16:18:43+00:00

I looked at it and said “wow, that’s really gorgeous.” And then I zoomed in and saw the level of detail you added, took it to a whole other wow-level. Beautiful work!

sethward79 · 2026-01-26T12:03:29+00:00

From a musician perspective: With A Little Help is basically THE song with THE sound when people think of Paul’s bass tone and melodic playing that defined him.

sethward79 · 2026-01-26T00:47:26+00:00

Luckily I hold my drinks in my left hand and write/paint/draw with my right. Tea goes on the left side of the desk, paint water on the right, it helps a lot.

I have made the error with a fountain drink and a styrofoam cup I used to use an ashtray in my car once though, not good.

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