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by bhilmers
Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:22 pm
Forum: Backstage
Topic: What videogame are you playing?
Replies: 19
Views: 122611

Re: What videogame are you playing?

...keyboard only, I'm forever stuck at rookie level... You must have a reason for crippling yourself with kb only? I was kb only on Descent and was never able to make the jump from Hotshot to Ace, but once I went kb+mouse I was able to do Insane runs comfortably. HOWEVER, D2 I was only able to comf...
by bhilmers
Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: Backstage
Topic: What videogame are you playing?
Replies: 19
Views: 122611

Re: What videogame are you playing?

After Overload: First Strike... Hey are you talking about Overload the Descent remake? That thing is awesome. Descent is one of my top games, and even though I never played multi-player I got good enough in SP to do Insane/cold-start/no-deaths/full-rescue/all-kills on every level. As far as native ...
by bhilmers
Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:24 pm
Forum: The Producer's Area
Topic: Libre Music Challenge #26: Amsynth
Replies: 12
Views: 33874

Re: Libre Music Challenge #26: Amsynth

nyxeles wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:41 pm

Upload your project files!

It would be really cool if the participants released their patches and they were all collected into a bank for future amsynth users!

by bhilmers
Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:30 pm
Forum: Multimedia
Topic: Programs w/ equal A+V capabilities
Replies: 5
Views: 3300

Re: Programs w/ equal A+V capabilities

...programs that are equally adept at handling both audio and video. Sony Vegas "Originally developed as audio editing software, it became an NLE for video and audio, starting from version 2.0." Many, many years ago I did all my audio and video work in Vega 4 and I was never left wanting ...
by bhilmers
Thu May 04, 2023 6:25 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Counter bot measures
Replies: 14
Views: 3963

Re: Counter bot measures

j_e_f_f_g wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 3:07 pm

i''ll pass.

That's a funeral I'll gladly attend.

I'm not active enough on this site to understand the drama but this is legitimately one of the funniest things I've read.

by bhilmers
Sat Apr 08, 2023 4:38 pm
Forum: System Tuning and Configuration
Topic: The worst system tuning tips - collect them
Replies: 46
Views: 16061

Re: The worst system tuning tips - collect them

Then again, what would I have left to complain about if it all "just worked". It's basically there now. When I started using Linux 13 years ago I cursed the sky at how hard it was to do audio. This year I have a System76 desktop with the newest version of Pop_OS! which comes with Pipewire...
by bhilmers
Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:24 pm
Forum: Recorders & Sequencers
Topic: Reaper and Calf Fluidsynth
Replies: 6
Views: 2652

Re: Reaper and Calf Fluidsynth

I was just dealing with this problem the other day before switching to Fluida.lv2. In the past I got Calf plugins to work with a GUI in REAPER by loading them inside Carla VST. It would sometimes crash though. Also, I never used Calf Fluidsynth with the method since Carla supports soundfonts. Howeve...
by bhilmers
Thu Sep 15, 2022 5:05 pm
Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
Topic: What makes Jazz, jazz
Replies: 91
Views: 32401

Re: What makes Jazz, jazz

Do you not think the sixties produced some of the most accessible jazz? The sixties is when bossa nova, as discussed above, came into jazz. Right. I'm a big fan of Bossa Nova and I've always understood it as a distinct genre separate from Jazz. So the real question maybe we should ask is do people ...
by bhilmers
Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:19 pm
Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
Topic: What makes Jazz, jazz
Replies: 91
Views: 32401

Re: What makes Jazz, jazz

the definition of Jazz changed from the 20's through the 60's Well, aspects of jazz changed during that time. The general definition I gave tries to summarize the most common and important aspects of jazz. But there's always an edge case that doesn't fit the definition very closely. You're right, I...
by bhilmers
Mon Sep 12, 2022 5:25 pm
Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
Topic: What makes Jazz, jazz
Replies: 91
Views: 32401

Re: What makes Jazz, jazz

jazz standards... are *much* more complicated than... modern "pop" music forms I was talking about the historical origin of jazz; how it came to be regarded as a new genre. (What jazz did so differently from other music at time, such that it was no longer viewed, nor described, the same.)...
by bhilmers
Fri Sep 09, 2022 10:17 pm
Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
Topic: What makes Jazz, jazz
Replies: 91
Views: 32401

Re: What makes Jazz, jazz

I think j_e_f_f_g has the closest definition of Jazz in this thread. It's hard to talk about the properties of a music genre without historical context. From what I remember in my music history classes (and without looking anything up), Jazz followed the following trajectory: Musicians raised on the...
by bhilmers
Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:14 pm
Forum: The Producer's Area
Topic: Improve tone on direct-in guitar?
Replies: 8
Views: 3470

Re: Improve tone on direct-in guitar?

Sounds quite fine to me ... Agreed, this is a clean signal that is ripe for processing and tone sculpting with plugins. Direct-in electric guitars are not supposed to sound good. Heh, I disagree there. I have a strange aversion to distorted guitar now that I'm old and have a lot of hearing loss. Pr...
by bhilmers
Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:01 pm
Forum: The Producer's Area
Topic: Folder organization ideas?
Replies: 7
Views: 3418

Re: Folder organization ideas?

On my Data partition I have the following folder and sub-folders (approximately): Audio |-Captures |-Drums |-Kits |-Sounds |-MIDI |-Plugins |-LV2 |-VST |-Samples |-SoudFonts |-GM |-Other This is my library where I keep anything that is not a current project. All my current projects go on the Desktop...
by bhilmers
Sun Feb 27, 2022 6:01 pm
Forum: Original Scores & Recordings
Topic: Bandshed Records - "The (not) Willie Mack album"
Replies: 20
Views: 4047

Re: Bandshed Records - "The (not) Willie Mack album"

I'm surprised how much I'm enjoying this, this style of blues doesn't usually hold my interest. Makes me want to break out some SRV. Really wild take on Grandma's Hands, I have a special attachment to the original. The organ is incredible. Thanks for making this album.
by bhilmers
Sun Feb 27, 2022 5:51 pm
Forum: Samplers & samples
Topic: Kids nowadays.....
Replies: 7
Views: 4045

Re: Kids nowadays.....

Few people have any idea of how much time and effort went into NBO. Holy Christmas, I had no idea. I knew making soundfonts was not easy since I tried making a few in the 90s, but damn. I now feel guilty for selling a 250+ sound sample pack I made that, while still a lot of work, was nothing compar...