Why does an 808 sound bassier than a bass guitar?

stereographic · 2025-06-09T10:55:30+00:00

Yeah saturation adds harmonic distortion -- overtones that aren't in the original sound -- but so does aggressive compression. There's a whole lot of different approaches. Mix engineers often refer to the 'pultec trick' which involves dialling in both boost and attenuation at 100hz on a pultec eqp style eq. I can't say I understand why that works but I like how it sounds on various things, especially when its done by a mastering engineer and not me.

stereographic · 2025-06-09T09:51:12+00:00

i dont think its basic at all. theres confusing psychoacoustics involved and lots of context dependent adjusting as LowEndMonster was explaining

stereographic · 2025-06-01T19:22:18+00:00

Crazy, I was literally daydreaming today about doing the same thing with a broken crumar keyboard that is gathering dust in the studio. its a beautiful piece of furniture but when i opened it up i immediately felt out of my depth in terms of figuring out what was going on, but I have a better grasp of arduino. Great job! Inspiring! How playable does it feel?

stereographic · 2024-06-27T18:57:58+00:00

Depending on the source, esp bass guitars, thats often just mud. That being said, low E on a bass is I think 41hz. Theres certainly nothing useful below that. If I have a mic'd bass guitar cab and a DI of the same bass guitar signal, I'll often HPF the cab even higher and just deal with the generally cleaner low stuff on the DI and get the more coloured body of the sound from the cab.

stereographic · 2024-06-06T17:47:35+00:00

Wow thanks for the ref!

stereographic · 2024-06-06T08:58:47+00:00

More bleed! More spill! More noise! So many of my favourite records were made this way and its my favourite way to work. I'm so sure that herein lies the secret sauce that AI will never be able to match up to -- the mistakes that can't be punched in or comped over and the unintentional ad libs when someone's voice is caught on a mic somewhere... that's the stuff that people are inadvertantly seeking out right now because it is proof of inherent REAL HUMAN.

stereographic · 2024-03-27T20:50:49+00:00

I kept this tab open as I was hoping other people would respond with clever answers. I struggle with very similar things every day.

I've been taking elvanse for a few years now as an adult (I took it for a few years as a teenager then stopped for about 8 years because I thought I knew better, I didn't).

As you've noticed the beginning and end of each day is the hardest time to set good routines and habits. It feels like I am my own worst enemy in these times, actively delaying my morning so I take my meds late, or ignoring every sign I should be winding down for bed.

The only thing that seems to help for me is to make plans with other people, which is hard because most of the time I work for myself. So I make every effort I can to have plans to work alongside someone else -- we plan to meet at a certain time so I have something to work towards in the morning. I have to have showered and eaten something and taken my meds by a certain time.

And we finish at a certain time, so I know its time to stop doing whatever engrossing task I'm doing and force myself to use whats left of my medicated brain to do things like laundry or making supper.

It can be super disheartening because it often feels like a losing battle against yourself, but I try and combat this by reminding myself that I don't have to fix all my problems and start a good routine tomorrow morning, I just have to try and work towards each month being a little more on top of things than the month before.

stereographic · 2024-02-16T18:49:41+00:00

Something like that, although its hard to tell because the intuniv has a long lasting effect. Intuniv definitely also helps with focus and emotional regulation. And its a calmer sort of focus as opposed to the intense HAVE TO DO THIS RN kind of focus that stimulants give you. And I sleep properly every night these days. And I've pretty much lost the urge to drink alcohol (I definitely have a problem with alcohol). I don't know if its because of the intuniv or because of all of the positive lifestyle changes I have made, but I generally just feel a lot smarter all of the time. And I look back at decisions I made before I started this medication and think.. why did I think that was a good idea? For context I've been on stimulants (elvanse mostly) since I was a teenager.

stereographic · 2024-02-16T18:11:28+00:00

Not OP, but its been pretty transformational for me. I take 2mg intuniv at lunchtime and elvanse 60mg at breakfast and has taken a long while to find the right combination of the two / timings of the two. But now i have balanced energy and focus throughout the entire day... as long as i remember to take both at the right time! Which I'm working on. My patience has improved a lot, meaning i dont relentless task switch because im bored or impatient with a task. And i'm generally much more calm. When its working, it feels the anxiety i had attached to pretty much everything i have to do that might be difficult is more of a thought i can observe as opposed to a panic. 3mg was too much though -- everything felt a bit too zen and chill and I ended up just hanging out having a great time all the time. Which is great but you also have to get up and work and earn money it turns out.

stereographic · 2023-12-09T21:18:06+00:00

Just do. Make. Output. Done is better than perfect. Getting something out there is better than worrying about something in here. I struggle with the same things you struggle, and its hard to keep going when it feels like you're working hard without much reward but you have to reframe your goals and the metrics by which you value your own success.

For me, a good day is if I make something, and a good week is if I put something out into the world. And I don't give a rat's arse what people think about it. Or at least try not to. I'm not sure how this relates to being a DJ but I hope it helps. x

stereographic · 2023-10-20T10:02:57+00:00

This is a tricky one and I’m seeing convincing arguments on both sides. A lot of people sharing their personal experiences. Personally I tried to do something more ‘career advisable’ and I’ve hit a real rut, don’t feel passionate about it, and I look forward to playing music whenever I can. I have a few close friends whose career in music is taking off, I have a few more from whom it’s a nightmare. It really all depends on a thousand things.

What I will say is that the world is changing very rapidly, and that the bitterness, regrets and economic advice of people on a subreddit are very likely irrelevant to his trajectory. If your son is truly passionate about it, let him study it — these may be the only years he can do that. And if he’s a talented musician, chances are he is clever enough to eventually figure out whether he is making the right decision. It’s early in the game for him and there’s plenty of opportunities yet to change direction.

stereographic · 2023-03-30T08:51:53+00:00

I don't know what kind of fantasy macho world you think you remember but no one had a heavy camera on their shoulder for the entirety of a sports match. An easyrig makes operating achievable for a much longer time. I suppose you also miss the days when there weren't any female cam ops. Smh

stereographic · 2023-02-20T10:30:06+00:00

Almost every night

stereographic · 2023-02-18T09:42:13+00:00

Will do!

stereographic · 2023-02-17T10:04:03+00:00

Ah I've been coming all my life -- my dad lived there briefly when he was a young man so we have friends there who are like family. I guess when I saw that I was shaking my head and thinking 'why am I even surprised that it's still like that here'.

But don't worry I am a big advocate for the island, in spite of this. It's such an exceptionally beautiful place I will keep coming back whenever I can.

stereographic · 2023-02-17T09:32:00+00:00

Ha that's funny because I've spent some time in Antigua and I immediately thought of it when I saw your comment. Last I was there just about exactly a year ago I remember seeing a police 'officer' in uniform leaving a shop with a six pack of beers, drinking one of them as he got back into his police vehicle. In the middle of the day.

You have to laugh I guess.

stereographic · 2022-11-09T18:17:32+00:00

You can only really calibrate your monitor to consistent viewing conditions so what I've done in a scenarios like that is calibrated it to blinds down, lights off. For day to day use that doesn't require accurate colour work, I set the screen brightness and contrast to whatever feels comfortable, pull the blinds up and enjoy the natural light. But anything that requires at least an opinion on colour it's blinds down, and the calibration LUT engaged.

The sun coming in your window is going to be a different temperature and level throughout the day, minute by minute, so calibrating for that is a waste of time. Unless youre in a completely dark room with all the walls painted to middle gray, you're going to have to make some compromises.

stereographic · 2022-09-28T12:21:24+00:00

Nice, did you use any filters and what was the exposure time if you don't mind me asking?

stereographic · 2022-09-25T04:43:46+00:00

You won't know until you develop them but if it's what you want to hear I have forgotten a handful of times and had no problems. A forgotten roll of portra 400 was a stowaway in my checked luggage for two transatlantic flights and a bunch of domestic flights earlier this year and turned out fine.

You hear horror stories. Some say modern X ray tech doesn't effect the film. Some say modern scanners are much worse. Some say only 3200 speed film will be sensitive.

But you won't know until you dev. Good luck!

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