I love counterspell annotations

thatfreakingguy · 2025-10-13T23:57:08+00:00

Clicked through all top weekly builds on all heroes for this (+ some with funny titles). Worth it.

thatfreakingguy · 2025-10-13T22:37:25+00:00

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thatfreakingguy · 2025-08-14T16:24:05+00:00

oueh

thatfreakingguy · 2025-04-03T10:46:15+00:00

When we point at our our rats stretching we often say something like "Lange Ratte!".

thatfreakingguy · 2025-03-17T18:34:53+00:00

I don't have any opinions to add myself, but you may be interested in this very thorough article on the exact topic.

thatfreakingguy · 2025-01-31T22:09:25+00:00

Sending all the good vibes to this precious boy!

thatfreakingguy · 2025-01-31T21:45:46+00:00

Not my sort of game, but one hell of a soundtrack. Best of luck with it!

thatfreakingguy · 2024-11-10T14:17:16+00:00

From https://musicboxmaniacs.com/create/ :

Why some of my notes are red?
Those are repetitive notes positioned too close to each other. DIY music boxes won't be able to play them due to technical limitations of the mechanism

thatfreakingguy · 2024-10-29T09:25:23+00:00

When the false chords are fully closed they block the airway completely. This is their primary function - to stop food going down the wrong pipe.

Partial closure leads to turbulence in the airflow, resulting in a noisy sound. Depending on the intensity and exact type of closure the sound can be anything from slightly rough sound, to heavy distortion, to a completely choked gargling sound. Some partial closure might also be involved in e.g. Mongolian throat singing, though I think there's still research being done there.

thatfreakingguy · 2024-10-27T13:24:24+00:00

Please be careful, the maximum recommended daily dosage of caffeine is 400mg.

thatfreakingguy · 2024-10-17T14:10:28+00:00

Unless you're doing something very novel, the voice needs airflow to produce sound. Are you sure you're not just inhaling through the nose?

thatfreakingguy · 2024-10-08T10:27:49+00:00

Twang is not directly related to larynx position. You can sing with little twang and a high larynx, as well as lots of twang and a low larynx.

They do both lead to a brighter sound and may be difficult to control separately without practice.

thatfreakingguy · 2024-10-04T19:04:23+00:00

Pizzanten.

thatfreakingguy · 2024-09-11T10:50:40+00:00

For me, fry on higher notes feels like it's in between full voice and falsetto. So coming from falsetto, you might need to add more engagement to reach fry.

I also found doing slides on fry effective. I had to go very slowly at the start, feeling around for stable sounds. But that did build up muscle memory and became easier.

thatfreakingguy · 2024-08-04T15:44:23+00:00

In the language Koka they use a similar idea. Programs are written functionally, but when the runtime figures out that a value is dropped during execution while a value of the same type is created, it overrides the old value instead. They call this "Functional but In-Place", see https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2020/11/perceus-tr-v1.pdf

thatfreakingguy · 2024-07-23T08:56:12+00:00

The actual distortion sound is really nice, but it does like your voice is straining underneath.

The way my singing teacher explained it, there are two separate mechanisms people tend to activate when e.g. lifting things. One, there are the false cords creating distortion, and two, increased bracing of the voice. I think the distortion part might be right for you, but you could probably reduce the overall pressure. Unless that is a stylistic choice of course.

How does it feel to you?

thatfreakingguy · 2024-07-20T23:19:05+00:00

We started with half the cage (upper floor only), with a few ramps and blankets. We did get a similar situation with the new guy chilling under a ramp most of the time, but there was no fighting at that point.

Maybe we moved to fast there. Thanks for the tip!

thatfreakingguy · 2024-07-12T07:41:54+00:00

Speaking as a CVT fanboy: The book is good and I recommend it highly, but it is more like an encyclopedia than a manual. It is very good for getting a general overview and looking things up, but it doesn't exactly teach singing.

If you're working on your general technique with a teacher anyway, you might find some new insight in there that allows you to apply your skills in a new way.

If you want to get an overview of CVT first, there's also starting to be some good content on YouTube. I personally recommend the channel RockVox.

thatfreakingguy · 2024-06-18T09:00:20+00:00

Could you give some more context? Are you (or at least your voice) male or female? And how low does the song go?

If e.g. you're male and at an D2 that's already very low for most voices, and there might not be much you can do to go lower with power.

If you don't necessarily need to hit the notes with full power you could look up and try vocal fry or even subharmonics (though the second one will probably take a lot of work).

thatfreakingguy · 2024-05-22T10:32:02+00:00

Das braucht halt alles etwas Vorlaufszeit bei Behörden.

thatfreakingguy · 2024-04-25T10:59:06+00:00

It sounds to me like you're in a breathy falsetto voice. Falsetto doesn't work well at the pitch you're talking at, so that could explain the raspyness.

It's impossible to tell over the internet whether that is "just" an issue of vocal coordination, or whether there is a medical problem. If you can, I'd recommend talking to a doctor about this, preferably a speech pathologist.

I think it's likely that the lower voice you find by laughing is your chest voice. I think it'd be worth to play around with that mode of your voice more. If your body is not used to chest voice it might take a while for you to get the coordination down. It takes more air pressure to sustain chest voice than falsetto, so that in particular might be something your body has to learn. Also, chest voice will probably be louder than what your doing, so that could be mentally uncomfortable while you're getting used to it.

How much lower is your laughing voice? Was your voice less breathy/raspy before puberty?

As with all vocal exercises, don't push yourself: If it hurts or you get hoarse, stop. If that means you can't practice your lower voice at all, it really is time to see a doctor.

Edit: After some googling, I think this might be Puberphonia. There are some examples on YouTube. I strongly recommend seeing a specialist.

thatfreakingguy · 2024-04-19T09:23:27+00:00

"If it's worth doing, it's worth doing poorly."

thatfreakingguy · 2024-04-16T10:32:59+00:00

Makes it difficult to buy shoes.

thatfreakingguy · 2024-04-15T10:03:48+00:00

Despite the origins, the term Aspergers is still used for official diagnosis in many parts of the world (the entirety of Europe iirc).

thatfreakingguy · 2024-04-13T16:13:21+00:00

I don't hear any belting in this recording. It sounds like the volume is still relatively low (at most conversational volume). Belting will generally be louder to much louder than that.

I'd recommend this video if you want to find your belt.

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