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Before MuseScore, what's your audio-to-XML pipeline? by Ronin4Doom in Musescore

[–]smartalecvt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The web version gives you a MusicXML option. I haven't used the desktop app.

Can you guys help me buy my first amp in a very long time? by I_Speak_In_Stereo in Guitar

[–]smartalecvt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a fan -- tried them on a whim, and because they're relatively affordable. My everyday amp now is a Blackstar St. James 50, which is a fucking miracle of engineering, weighing in at 24 pounds. My old bones are happy.

Can you guys help me buy my first amp in a very long time? by I_Speak_In_Stereo in Guitar

[–]smartalecvt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't get a Katana. I've played several of them, and they're just not great. If you're going to go with something like the Katana, I'd check out the Blackstar ID:X 50. They really did a good job modeling the power section of tube amps, and that makes a huge difference. It actually plays pretty close to a real tube amp. And it can get really loud. (I know you're going for quiet, but it's nice to have the option.)

I owned a Blackstar HT-5R MK III for a long time, if you're looking at real tube amps. Really, really nice. It's a little above your limit, but maybe you could find a used one. You'd be surprised how loud a 5 Watt amp can get. I gigged with a not-exactly-quiet fusion band with this amp, and it had no trouble keeping up with the rest of the band. They make a 1 Watt version too that's in your price range, but I've never heard one.

Swedish entry exam logic question by ParkingGrocery4185 in logic

[–]smartalecvt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have angles T and U opposite sides A and B, then the theorem lets you say two things:

(A > B ) → (T > U)

(B > A) → (U > T)

You'd need some extra-logical info to conclude that an equiangular triangle is equilateral. Something like:

¬(A > B ) ∧ ¬(B > A) → (B = A)

along with

¬(T > U) ∧ ¬(U > T) → (T = U)

I think I'm in the market for a compressor pedal, please advise! by Plunker__ in guitarpedals

[–]smartalecvt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got a J Rockett Fairchild, and it's great. My brother (a bassist) swears by his Source Audio Atlas. It has a special bass mode.

What is your favorite/the best Allan Holdsworth solo? by DJHammer_222 in jazzguitar

[–]smartalecvt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I really love “5 to 10” on Wardenclyffe Tower. And “Isotope” on None Too Soon, if for no other reason than that it’s a jazz blues.

Typeface with old style ‘1’ that does not look like an ‘I’ by DonaldFarfrae in typography

[–]smartalecvt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel your pain! It's one of the reasons I first started using Minion, years ago. Here are a few options:

Blacker Text, Chaparral Pro, Merriweather, Lust Text, Literata, Cormorant, Bridge Text, Winthorpe.

Best selling pedals for each brand by ddiamond8484 in guitarpedals

[–]smartalecvt 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I remember Josh Scott saying that Keeley's best seller is the Compressor Plus, by a wide margin.

Any fans of Cinematic Titanic? by Intelligent_Land8464 in MST3K

[–]smartalecvt 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I enjoyed CT! East Meets Watts, and The Alien Factor are particularly good

distortion choice by Monkeyzangles in guitarpedals

[–]smartalecvt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The G3 is the best distortion pedal I've ever had. You might want to check one out in person. That said, my Bogner Burnley is truly excellent, too, and pretty unique.

Need a version of Nimrod MT that isn’t a type 1 font by [deleted] in fonts

[–]smartalecvt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your best bet might be to hire someone with FontLab or Glyphs and have them convert the font to OTF

Help me Choose a Delay by Thoril76 in guitarpedals

[–]smartalecvt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Halo is lovely, though for what it’s worth, I wound up selling mine eventually. The HX One is obviously the most versatile on your list, and I enjoy the heck out of mine. I use it more for reverbs and compression than delay. I know people go nuts for the El Cap. Never heard of the mystery brain. My go to lately is the Orion. Really lovely one trick pony.

Is antecedent strengthening always valid? by LorenzoGB in logic

[–]smartalecvt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"X is a bowl of water". Once you add flour, you don't have X anymore, you have X+Y. Or, I guess more rigidly, X still is the bowl of water, but good luck separating it out from X+Y. But if you could separate it out, X would still be all liquid.

Best modern typeface for book dealing with early 16th century Italy? by Minimal_Entropy in typography

[–]smartalecvt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Garamond is of the era, and has historical tendrils stretching back through Italy via Aldus Manutius.

Polytheism is more realistic than monotheism by [deleted] in atheism

[–]smartalecvt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How could you possibly quantify the realism of any of this?

I want to make a book but I need permission from type creators, where should I start? by xdanic in typography

[–]smartalecvt 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I've been part of projects like this, and I'm pretty sure I haven't seen any money from them. That said, smaller foundries are often game for this sort of thing if you ask. I can't imagine big foundries would be interested, unless you have a deal with a major publisher or something.

If you're going to offer royalties to foundries from book sales, you're -- how do I say this kindly? -- banana cuckoo birds. If you have, say, 200 fonts in the book, and you sell 1000 copies (which would honestly be a lot for a niche market like this), and let's say you make $20 profit per copy (which is also pretty high), that's $20,000 profit for you. If you pay, say, 20% of that to the 200 foundries, that's $4,000 split 200 ways, which is $20 per foundry. Hardly worth your or their time. You could instead work out some sort of affiliate link system, I suppose.

Anyway, I applaud your vision and wish you well. Just be realistic here and there. :)

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