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[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks, yea I have seen some of its workflow as a youtuber I have watched uses it as their DAW and it does seem really neat. Which license did you go for?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 20 hours ago

I know Surge and Helm but haven't heard of Helio, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You are my hero, this is EXACTLY what I was hoping for. Thank you so, so much!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

You truly only need one synth as long as it is a flexible, general purpose modern synth

It's an ungodly amount of trouble to make an additive synth work like an FM synth and neither of those can accomplish what a wavetable synth does without even more work so I really have to disagree. Vital is great, but it would take way too long to make it do what Arturias Vocoder V does for example, or even at that, as easy to use for that specific purpose.

Technically you are correct, but I would rather spend my time making music instead of spending hundreds or thousands of hours setting up automations and almost unnoticeable tweaks to make each effect and each instrument work in a way I want them to (like if I want a specific sound of known instruments).

Like, I could make a full song with several "instruments" using one sample of a spoon falling off of a table too, and that's neat, but it's also not what I want to be doing. If I wanted this involved of a workflow, I would probably be making my music in a tracker or on a physical, fully modular synthesizer.

Inspirations come a lot easier when you have many synths with many presets in my experience, and tweaking a lot of their parameters for the sounds they make are usually simple if you are using the actual thing you want instead of something else.

Furthermore, most of Arturias V collection are emulations of the real physical hardware, and this is why I like them. I could use vital to try to emulate a Juno-106 with degraded voice chips, but the Arturia Juno emulation lets you do this with 2 clicks.

Anyway, I know what you are trying to say, but it is not what I am looking for most of the time. For stuff like that I play around with my Roland P-6 and Korg Monotrons.

Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

So the V collection is similar to analog lab in that it can be downloaded from the same software center and may use their licensing from that, but the gripe is whether or not I need Arturia's software center installed somehow in the first place. Is your version of analog lab licensed? If so, do you recall how you got it installed/working/Licensed under linux (using their software center or some other way?). I am not sure if you can just grab a VST/LV2 from them - I was under the impression you needed to install your licensed products via that software center.

Thanks

 

Hey everyone,

When I was previously on windows I had a lot of fun doing music production. My workflow took place in FL studio and used a lot of software synthesizers (VST files mainly).

After my switch to Linux, I am 95% better off. Everything is great except I have to rediscover a music workflow.

It's quite painful because I had licenses to some very expensive software synth libraries (The Arturia V collection for example). I have done some reading and have found that while it is possible to get FL studio working in Linux, it still doesn't have the greatest of results.

As far as that goes, I am not terribly concerned - Reaper, Bitwig, and other Linux DAW's exist and I am fine using those instead even if it means purchasing a license for the paid ones.

But the real problem is the software centers/Licenses/installations for my software synths. It would be such a shame and a waste of money if I couldn't get these working, but I don't know much about dealing with this on Linux, so I am appealing to your collective knowledge.

I wanted to ask if anyone has successfully installed the Arturia V collection on Linux for use in a DAW, and if so, what you think I should know about it. I thought I read somewhere about some software these could be emulated/installed through (not wine), but I'm just really open to hearing about recommended options for something like this if anyone knows.

Otherwise, I wanted to ask my musical Linux friends here what they have for VST's and what their workflow is on Linux, because it's always fun to develop new work flows.

Thanks

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Depending on the gauge and your position, sometimes it is possible to lift your hands above your head, throw your arms down as hard as you can, and drive your knee up and into them at the same time to break them.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I had to click 4 times over 90 seconds on "sleep" on my work laptop windows 11 machine today before it actually did anything.

A meme can't be more right.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Texas should split each of their protests up into 50 more protests at 50 more locations in response.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't agree with the sentiment that a word used by one guy next to a slur they also used imparts a derogatory meaning to the word as well. If this were the case, we would have a problem with a lot more words.

If someone said "F-slurs shine like a rainbow", that doesn't make the words shine or rainbow derogatory.

Furthermore with the contextual usage of glowie considered - if it is derogatory, then its usage shows that its derogatory to members of the CIA rather than people of color.

However if people continue to cite glowie as a slur for people of color, then people might start to use it in that context, and then it becomes a slur for people of color.

Therefore I would recommend not citing the use of the word in this way because all it can do is eventually add a derogatory connotation that doesn't currently exist outside of being next to a slur during one usage or the creation of it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

OK so you can't cite or provably make sense of anything you are talking about except within the bubble you have in your own head.

  • You couldn't prove that .ml was leaking because it was baseless and shown to be wrong.

  • You couldn't prove that I fit in with your blanket statement about denying the Tiananmen Square Massacre because it was baseless and shown to be wrong.

  • You couldn't prove that I deleted some comment somewhere for some reason you never explained because it was baseless and you can't show it to be right or even provide an explanation for its relevancy (You are also aware you can check the moderation log for something like this right? Or maybe just see that there isn't a giant green M or giant red A next to my name? It takes two minutes).

  • You can't prove that all the comments are deleted which makes it baseless and you can't show it to be right.

When your arguments fall apart before they even begin, maybe instead of immediately abandoning it and moving onto the next logical fallacy you should stop and think about if your arguments hold any weight to begin with, and if they do, operate on that instead of conjecture.

Enjoy living in a way that makes you feel safer than you are informed or correct.

Lastly, you said you thought you had blocked all .ml communities. You realize you can just do this for the entire instance and don't have to click hundreds of thousands of times? It's under settings -> blocks -> right next to the block section for communities you are supposedly using - something you would probably immediately notice if you were actually blocking .ml communities like you claim.

Goodbye.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I haven't removed any comment?

If you're referencing the original poster of the comment I replied to then you should note I'm not a mod here?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Please cite from my comment history where I denied the Tiananmen Square Massacre and then maybe you'll have a leg to stand on.

All I've done is point out that if someone dives into a pool and gets wet, the pool didn't have a leak.

 

Hi all,

Not too long ago I remembered that I had an old tower sitting in a garage which still had enough parts to run. Needless to say I went and bought 18 TB of surplus disks and some SATA cables, hooked them up, and configured RAID5 before installing my VPN client, my torrenting software, and Jellyfin.

This seedbox/media server setup has been completely revolutionary and I am floored by how great Jellyfin in particular works. I don't even have this tower wired - it's using an old crappy wifi dongle I bought around 2012 - and yet I can seamlessly stream all my content to the computers on my network without a hiccup.

Now in my home, there are two separate networks and two separate internet connections for reasons I wont get into. I want to make the server available to all the devices on both networks (particularly the television sets on the network the server does not reside on).

I believe I can just run an ethernet cable from the WAN port of one networks router to a LAN port on the other router, but wanted to see if anyone has had to do something similar.

Furthermore, while one television on the non-server network has the Jellyfin application available on it, the other televisions do not. As I understand it, trying to chromecast from a phone or something can be pretty painful to configure due to requiring certs and encryption. Is my best bet to get Jellyfin on the other TV's to do something like buy some Raspberry Pi/Libre Sweet Potato microcomputers or some such and hook them up to each TV to enable easy access?

Otherwise, if anyone has any ideas or has done something to get Jellyfin available for multiple TV sets which don't support the Jellyfin app, I'd be really happy to hear about your solutions and setups.

Thanks

 

Hey all,

Every Christmas Eve, my family hosts the dinner and events. For years my Mother has come up with some simple games to keep everyone entertained during the middle-later portion of the night.

She doesn't like anything too complicated. I was wondering if anyone has any simple party games which are fun with extended family around the holidays.

Thanks.

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Qwerty Keys QK101 full sized.

  • Anodized sandgold chassis
  • NicePBT Morse key caps
  • Gateron root beer float tactile switches, 58g bottom out, 62g tactile peak, 3.5 mm travel
  • Inbuilt LCD display and LED matrix
  • Per key RGB
  • Aluminum top plate
  • 3 way PCB, 1.2 mm with masking tape mod on the flex cuts/around screw holes
  • Top mounted, back foam, anti-static sheet

EDIT: Link broken for some reason - can see it here - https://files.catbox.moe/jd6mv1.jpg

 

Hey all,

As stated, I have somehow acquired an entire DL380 G9 for $150 CAD in basically never-used condition and both Xeons present (There is aesthetic marks on the chassis, but actually 0 dust inside. It's also lacking RAM).

I messed around with a couple of these things in college, but it's been a bit since I dealt with the hardware side of servers and setting one up from bottom floor, so I just had a few questions if anyone wants to offer advice.

There is only a single 8 drive bay installed on it currently, and it does not have all of its caddies. What is your go-to place to source drive caddies or additional bays if needed? I'd also be interested in hearing recommendations on suppliers of 2.5" spinning drives, RAM, and power cables.

Back in college we used to put ESXi on these things, but after looking it up I can see that there is no longer a free edition. Is Proxmox the de-facto solution for bare metal hypervisors theses days? Either way, if anyone has any videos covering the process for installation on this hardware, I would appreciate it (though I can probably sus it out with enough time as well).

Finally, server racks are absurdly expensive of course. Any suggestions on DIY's for a rack would be appreciated.

Glad to answer any additional questions if needed - thanks for your time.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I recently installed KDE Plasma to my Debian system after using Gnome my entire life. I still quite enjoy gnome, but I think that its workflow is better suited to a mobile system like my laptop.

Using Plasma on my desktop system has been revolutionary - there is a stupid amount of functionality in here. In particular, widgets, themes, and activities are just so well implemented for the most part - I really feel like I can tailor the GUI to my needs and wants, and I think this is an enormous part of what is making Linux a truly modern OS when compared to proprietary alternatives.

The more I tweak things, the more the system feels truly like MY system - something that I don't think I could make work with proprietary software.

I was not a big fan of the splash screen until I found out that, of course, it can be disabled or customized as well - so now I find myself making vector graphics to customize that as well haha.

My only real regret is that having been on Gnome originally, some Gnome stuff can get in the way (though I do still kind of like using GDM instead of SDDM). Whenever I should do some big update/upgrade I am for sure installing plasma from the get go.

As someone who is new to KDE overall, and particularly with a system that has Gnome still partially installed, if there is anything I should know, I would appreciate it. Furthermore if anyone has any favorite widgets and whatnot, I would love to hear about them as well.

Thank you

 

Hello all,

If this is not the right community for this question, I would be happy to be redirected elsewhere, so just let me know.

I recently configured my terminal emulator to an aesthetic that I like (custom font, coloring, shell prompt, etc) and it has made me wonder about customization in gnome.

One of the biggest things that I wish I could change in gnome is the grey-ness of the application view.

In this screenshot, you can see the familiar application view. In between the organizing folders, the desktops, and the dock, there is just so much nothing.

I am wondering if it is possible to customize this relatively easily. I would much prefer an image of my own choosing in place of this, or at least a different color from time to time.

Is anyone aware if this is configurable? I can't seem to find an extension for this, or any real information on how you would do such a thing.

Thanks

 

Hey fellas, I am new to Rust! I have been following the rustlings tutorial + the rust online book, and I have just purchased the book "Rust for Rustaceans: Idiomatic Programming For Experienced Developers".

While I am NOT an experienced developer, I have worked in languages such as Java, Python, and a little bit of C before, and my schooling was in information technology for computer systems infrastructure so most of the ideas are not too foreign to me (except for ownership in rust, which from what I have been reading is super cool, though it throws a wrench into how I might usually write something while opening some other doors).

I am interested in learning, so I wanted to ask if, in addition to the resources I have selected above, is there anything else I should add to try to supplement my learning, or are those reasonably acceptable?

I am also glad to hear any tidbits, advice, or suggestions otherwise.

Thank you.

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I thought I would link this in case anyone was not aware that such a community has already existed for some time, and now will likely be more useful than ever.

If anyone has suggestions for Canadian made goods, please head over and support one another.

[email protected]

I have also added a link to this community in the sidebar.

 

Hey everyone, I hope you are well.

I recently purchased a TP-Link Archer C7 from a thrift store for 4 dollars and converted it into a pineapple router using a firmware build that someone made based on Open-WRT for testing and educational purposes, and it it has raised a few other thoughts and interests.

I have two questions.

  1. Is anyone aware of a software available through F-Droid or otherwise which can be used to turn a phone into a temporary access point serving FTP for file sharing purposes? I think it would be handy to be able to share files to several people in proximity and I would imagine turning a phone into a mobile FTP AP would be something that has been done. If anyone is aware of any such project, I would be highly interested.

  2. For running such a thing whether it be through a phone or a router, is anyone aware of a mobile power source which can fit in a backpack easily and power a 12 volt 1.5 amp router for ~10 hours?

I would love to be able to have the ability to basically have a backpack that acts as a mobile NAS that serves FTP/SFTP.

Thanks.

 

For me it would be a full copy of wikipedia, an offline copy of some maps of where I live, some linux ISO's, and a lot of entertainment media.

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