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WiredIncorrectly

26-01-21, 07:05

When I have a powerful revelation, it's only powerful to me. You can not perceive the powerfulness of my revelation. Trying to describe such revelations to you is impossible however I try. I feel such revelations are not meant to be shared or described. These are moments in life when I realize something in my reality that doesn't share any similarities to yours.

Thus, you are the observer of my reality and I the observer of yours. "We" don't consume reality, we create it. But, we don't share it.

Then what is reality if nothing but an experience? A pinhole view of existence limited by senses. The senses tingle at various frequencies like the radio sings when tuned into BBC Radio One.

Some snakes can see infrared. Dogs have improved senses. Senses I lack. There's something more the this picture that is hiding from my senses. The birds that fly south know more than I.

You're switched off now. I know you are. I told you, it's impossible for you to experience my revelation.

Life is your journey. You are in control of every part of it. Now, go to sleep James, you're sleepy.

Toodle pip.

NoraB

26-01-21, 07:25

Thus, you are the observer of my reality and I the observer of yours. "We" don't consume reality, we create it. But, we don't share it.

Given that Hub's most used phrase to me is, 'What planet are you on?' I'd say he doesn't share my reality. :roflmao:

ankietyjoe

26-01-21, 11:19

WiredIncorrectly

26-01-21, 14:37

And one of the most interesting parts is that your reality can become different if you choose it to be so. Your reaction to things changes the shape of your reality, and your imagination builds your experience.

That's true Joe! I was tired and bored last night. I thought "I wonder if people will think I've freaked out or something". You know when you're just staring at the ceiling trying to sleep and all sorts of thoughts pass through your brain. Just a brain fart with an attempt to sound clever with words :roflmao:

But yeah you're bang on the money here: the most interesting parts is that your reality can become different if you choose it to be so

You hear the saying all throughout life "be what you want to be", but it's so clique that the meaning isn't really taken seriously anymore. Younguns tend to think "Everybody says that it means nothing". You get older and you realize.

The life cycle is a marvelous thing.

pulisa

26-01-21, 17:48

Not a brain fart....A stream of consciousness.

WiredIncorrectly

26-01-21, 18:13

Not a brain fart....A stream of consciousness.

Oooo I like that one. Thanks Pulisa :yesyes:

WiredIncorrectly

26-01-21, 18:13

Given that Hub's most used phrase to me is, 'What planet are you on?' I'd say he doesn't share my reality. :roflmao:

Women are from Venus, Men are from Mars.

Have you read that book btw?

WiredIncorrectly

26-01-21, 18:17

And one of the most interesting parts is that your reality can become different if you choose it to be so. Your reaction to things changes the shape of your reality, and your imagination builds your experience.

Joe, quick topic change, have you seen this? I'm like an addict needing this :roflmao: It's like an MPC and Renoise in 1 box. Pure genius! https://www.juno.co.uk/products/polyend-tracker-drum-machine-sampler-sequencer/770612-01/?currency=GBP&flt=1

MyNameIsTerry

27-01-21, 06:53

That's true Joe! I was tired and bored last night. I thought "I wonder if people will think I've freaked out or something". You know when you're just staring at the ceiling trying to sleep and all sorts of thoughts pass through your brain. Just a brain fart with an attempt to sound clever with words :roflmao:

Nah, just thought you'd been one the sauce, James :winks:

Funny how epiphanies make you feel great. I wonder if they continue that way or like everything else in the ageing process it's an increasingly difficult fight to get to the end result...:whistles:

NoraB

27-01-21, 08:26

"I wonder if people will think I've freaked out or something".

First thoughts were. 'He's either pissed or on the opiates'.:winks:

NoraB

27-01-21, 08:27

Not a brain fart....A stream of consciousness.

In all honesty, I think I would be sectioned if I let loose my unedited stream of consciousness.....:roflmao:

pulisa

27-01-21, 08:56

Russell Brand has made zillions from allowing his to flow freely...

NoraB

27-01-21, 09:03

Russell Brand has made zillions from allowing his to flow freely...

I could listen to that dude all day long. I DREAM of being able to 'speak' as eloquently as he does.

I get a quiver in my down belows when I listen to him...:dribble:

NoraB

27-01-21, 09:07

I happened to be looking at our 1930's manhole in the yard the other day and I said to Hubs, 'I don't think a human being of your size would fit down there'. :huh:

I'll just slip into this funny looking jacket with the long arms, shall I? :yesyes:

WiredIncorrectly

27-01-21, 11:10

WiredIncorrectly

27-01-21, 11:11

Russell Brand has made zillions from allowing his to flow freely...

I forgot about him! One of my fav. people of all time. His free flowing consciousness is cool but I'm more impressed with how he turned his life around from drug addiction. I'm not gay, but he is very handsome.

ankietyjoe

27-01-21, 12:18

Joe, quick topic change, have you seen this? I'm like an addict needing this :roflmao: It's like an MPC and Renoise in 1 box. Pure genius! https://www.juno.co.uk/products/polyend-tracker-drum-machine-sampler-sequencer/770612-01/?currency=GBP&flt=1

Yeah, but something I feel is a better as an idea than in practice. However, it might just be you. My preference for sequencing is actually using Push/Live still. Some stuff I just find easier to do in software.

pulisa

27-01-21, 14:25

I forgot about him! One of my fav. people of all time. His free flowing consciousness is cool but I'm more impressed with how he turned his life around from drug addiction. I'm not gay, but he is very handsome.

He's happily married now with 2 little girls.

WiredIncorrectly

27-01-21, 15:05

Yeah, but something I feel is a better as an idea than in practice. However, it might just be you. My preference for sequencing is actually using Push/Live still. Some stuff I just find easier to do in software.

A novelty item? I still need to get Live. I'm on Renoise and the drum machine now because since selling Live I don't use Fruity Loops. Feels like a god damned toy. I'd love to go hardware only. I spend too much time coding at a PC as it is.

ankietyjoe

27-01-21, 19:59

A novelty item? I still need to get Live. I'm on Renoise and the drum machine now because since selling Live I don't use Fruity Loops. Feels like a god damned toy. I'd love to go hardware only. I spend too much time coding at a PC as it is.

Depends on your goal really. I had a ton of hardware (as you know) and it ended up being a weird creative paradox. My work is all software based (with the odd dip into hardware tutorial), but having the hardware blinking away in the background became some kind of weird procrastination problem that had to be solved. I kept thinking I had to use it, despite hampering MY productivity. If your goal is to jam and have fun on the other hand, it's probably the better way to go. You might find value in upgrading the Elektron to their bigger/better models. I think the Digitakt and A4 are a killer combo, and if you get along with the Model Cycles, you'll get along with them too. Plus you can pipe them into your DAW in the future because Elektron Overbridge is such a genius bit of software. No downside.

By the way, I just bought an M1 Macbook to see what all the fuss is about ;)

WiredIncorrectly

27-01-21, 22:54

Depends on your goal really. I had a ton of hardware (as you know) and it ended up being a weird creative paradox. My work is all software based (with the odd dip into hardware tutorial), but having the hardware blinking away in the background became some kind of weird procrastination problem that had to be solved. I kept thinking I had to use it, despite hampering MY productivity. If your goal is to jam and have fun on the other hand, it's probably the better way to go. You might find value in upgrading the Elektron to their bigger/better models. I think the Digitakt and A4 are a killer combo, and if you get along with the Model Cycles, you'll get along with them too. Plus you can pipe them into your DAW in the future because Elektron Overbridge is such a genius bit of software. No downside.

By the way, I just bought an M1 Macbook to see what all the fuss is about ;)

To be honest, I want to Jam. It's a toss up between that,an MPC 1000 from eBay or an octatrack MK2 (likely never get that one it's too expensive lol). I am more productive on an MPC but since using Renoise I've gotten used to the tracker workflow. Elektron products are the sh**. I had the octatrack and it was rock solid. I didn't like the plastic buttons, felt awful to tap, but solid box non the less. Need to get a pre amp first for mic.

And Macbooks are awful these days. Good for browsing, and my bro runs Fruity Loops from his and Nexus without problems. But they are overpriced pieces of metal that you can't upgrade. It all went to s**t when Jobs died. I was a fanboy, and as mentioned before had a business account with them when I was doing well. The not being able to upgrade is forcing people to buy a newer model and that business model stinks. It's a real shame apple went that way. Putting their mac pros in a tiny box was a silly move too making it non upgradable with stock parts.

I haven't seen the Mac pro 7,1 in action but that does look beastly. Have no idea on the tech specs though. I should read up.

Enjoy the Macbook though, it does feel so nice to sit back and relax on a brand spanking new macbook :) I bet you're already on the app store clicking "buy, I need this, I might use this so I'll get it, and this looks shiny lets have that too". That was me ha ha.

If you haven't already, download SonicPi. You use code to write music. It's genius mate. Kid friendly, so you can pick it up.

ankietyjoe

28-01-21, 00:03

Aha, but caveat.....

This will be my 4th Mac in about 8 years. I've run both OSX and Windows in parallel all this time.

There are some major advantages to OSX that mitigate the cost for some uses.

1) Windows is a disaster for audio natively. ASIO drivers are required (as you know) for anything close to decent performance, and this is problematic if you need to be mobile/use a laptop. You have to have an audio interface hanging out the side of the machine. This is completely negated with Core Audio on OSX. You get top end ASIO performance using the audio drivers built into OSX. I can take a laptop anywhere and run large projects no problem.

2) Historically recording multiple channels of audio into screen recording apps, specifically from any DAW is a headache on PC. Running ASIO drivers often means that you can't access that audio into screen recording software without 3rd party software solutions. Core Audio (again) will do this without fuss, although I have now found a stunning one click workaround using multi channel audio loopback with RME interfaces.

3) The initial financial outlay seems high, and it is comparative to similarly specced PC machines, but only some similarly specced PC machines. If you actually look into it (and LTT has done several comparisons with like for like components), the price difference can be negligible. My last Macbook Pro was around £2.2k, and a similary specced Dell PC laptop I own now is around the same. The biggest difference here is that I sold the Macbook Pro for £1450....FOUR years after I bought it. The resale on Macs cannot be ignored. It actually cost me £3.80 per week to own, and this matters as a business expense. By the time I've done the (allowable) tax write off, it's effectively free.

4) Time machine. The unified OSX platform means that I can upload my current Mac install to the cloud, buy a new Mac, download it again and have zero downtime. Seamless.

Other than that, I really don't give a sh1t what I use. However, the new M1 Mac silicon is showing unbelievable performance. The machine I just bought is a ......Macbook AIR..... and it's benchmarking the same as current mid level Mac Pro's and the iMac Pro. Their integrated Ram/GPU is showing stupendous speed. I know one dude who is running an 87 channel project in Logic with over 130 plugins running, and the CPU meter is showing around 60%. And this is the slowest of the new Apple silicon chips.

WiredIncorrectly

28-01-21, 00:17

1) Windows is a disaster for audio natively. ASIO drivers are required (as you know) for anything close to decent performance, and this is problematic if you need to be mobile/use a laptop. You have to have an audio interface hanging out the side of the machine. This is completely negated with Core Audio on OSX. You get top end ASIO performance using the audio drivers built into OSX. I can take a laptop anywhere and run large projects no problem.

Agreed!

2) Historically recording multiple channels of audio into screen recording apps, specifically from any DAW is a headache on PC. Running ASIO drivers often means that you can't access that audio into screen recording software without 3rd party software solutions. Core Audio (again) will do this without fuss, although I have now found a stunning one click workaround using multi channel audio loopback with RME interfaces.

Agreed!

3) The initial financial outlay seems high, and it is comparative to similarly specced PC machines, but only some similarly specced PC machines. If you actually look into it (and LTT has done several comparisons with like for like components), the price difference can be negligible. My last Macbook Pro was around £2.2k, and a similary specced Dell PC laptop I own now is around the same. The biggest difference here is that I sold the Macbook Pro for £1450....FOUR years after I bought it. The resale on Macs cannot be ignored. It actually cost me £3.80 per week to own, and this matters as a business expense. By the time I've done the (allowable) tax write off, it's effectively free.

If I could get finance on a higher end one yes they're definitely worth it. The low end ones are crap. Out of interest, where did you get it? I may give finance a try. Like you say, it'd pay for itself. I got a phone on the business and it'll pay for itself once I launch this app on the android store. Still got a bit of work to do on it but it'll work. It's a sample pack browser. I pulled all the sample packs from top sites and stored them in database. Along with the free samples. I'll make them searchable and easily browsable and have affiliate link attatched.

4) Time machine. The unified OSX platform means that I can upload my current Mac install to the cloud, buy a new Mac, download it again and have zero downtime. Seamless.

Agreed again! I got a TM at my moms. It's been plugged for years and still works.

ankietyjoe

28-01-21, 00:22

If I could get finance on a higher end one yes they're definitely worth it. The low end ones are crap. Out of interest, where did you get it? I may give finance a try. Like you say, it'd pay for itself.
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Read my last paragraph. The new low end ones are the opposite of crap.

I bought mine direct from Apple, £1249 for a 13 inch Macbook Air with 8GB RAM and an upgraded 512GB SSD. Seems like a lot....but some phones cost that now.....

The new base model Mac Mini is 'only' £699 with the M1 chip, and equally rapid. I would go for the one with the 8 core GPU and 512GB SSD though, for £899.

I also forgot to mention these things will run something like the newer Tomb Raider games at 50fps plus with no dedicated GPU, they're that powerful.

NoraB

28-01-21, 07:09

pulisa

28-01-21, 08:27

My daughter has a massive collection of photos taken with Russell Brand..I've got a few too...:blush:

NoraB

28-01-21, 08:59

My daughter has a massive collection of photos taken with Russell Brand..I've got a few too...:blush:

I haven't been this envious since an online friend posted a pic of her and Nick Rhodes!

Closest I've got to pics of famous people is a load of the Supervet (Noel Fitzpatrick) taken at Dogfest one year. I was in the front row at his talk and drooling worse than the dogs! :dribble:

I also got one of Doug the Pug. :shades: