vibrafox

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by vibrafox 7y ago
>> "Would recommend it to anyone who wants a FLOSS DAW and isn't too dependent on mental models from other audio software." I recommend against this kind of framing. It comes off as judgmental. My mental models form b
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by vibrafox 7y ago
The company gives out free assets around GDC as promo, but I don't think it's from GDC.
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by vibrafox 7y ago
Surge isn't a replacement for Serum, but the original developer cofounded BitWig. It's probably the best sound you'll get out of a Linux-native synth. You can even use Serum wavetables with it.
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by vibrafox 7y ago
The best percussion I've ever had came from TAL-NoiseMaker. There's a Linux port. https://www.kvraudio.com/product/tal-noisemaker-by-togu-audi... LMMS also has its own percussion synth. https://lmm
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by vibrafox 7y ago
Reaper and Live have spoiled me. I tried to like Ardour, and it would be great if it's all I had, but it has too many rough edges. LMMS is good though. I must have made 200+ songs in it before switching to Reaper. I could get by with L
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by vibrafox 7y ago
I tried that for a long time and didn't get anywhere. Building a safety net of systems/habits raises the floor for the inevitable slips back down.
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by vibrafox 7y ago
That's how it starts. One day you're rolling your own kernel, the next you're knee deep in Docker writing goroutines to keep one step ahead of the police.
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by vibrafox 7y ago
A good quote I don't have a source on: you do not rise to the level of your ambitions, you fall to the level of your systems. Willpower is finite, but you can maximize it with systems like this.
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by vibrafox 7y ago
The MX record should be enough.
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by vibrafox 7y ago
I didn't mean to suggest a landlord might do it on purpose. Everyone can go in with the best of intentions and still find themselves on one side of this scenario.
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by vibrafox 7y ago
This whole branch started with me explaining to nabla9 why some people in the US use checks instead of autopay.
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by vibrafox 7y ago
I thought it was great until I watched someone get buried in fees by it. They forgot about the automatic payment while dealing with the crisis that used up all their money. They sorted through the fees and got things turned back on by expla
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by vibrafox 7y ago
No one trusts their landlord or the software vendors they choose with a direct connection to their bank account. That's just asking for a cascade of overdraft fees.