Agreed. I would not want him representing me in a court of law. Normally I'd say I wouldn't want him representing me in a court of public opinion, but I also wouldn't want Trump representing me in a court of public opinion...
...this poster was claiming that fact checking was tantamount to silencing alternative viewpoints. It's... an interesting corruption of the notion of truth. This person was equating "being incorrect" with "having a different opinion."
In an era when we have The President of the United States of America having a personal lawyer who says, "Truth isn't truth anymore!" that's not as much of a corruption...
Wel seeing as xlr is kind of the standard foe anything byr consumer gear (at keast when ir comes to analog) I don’r see a big problem, and you say double price, comared to what? I quess you ment comared to interfaces with 3.5 mm plugs thst produce the same sound quality
GP is presumably referencing the Yeti (USB only) vs the Yeti Pro (USB and XLR connectivity).
I support the idea of being able to shut down these add-on's that are solely used for piracy but I worry that it opens the door to other things that are used for piracy but have legitimate uses as well.
But what is solely used for piracy? I know a lot of people who have Plex servers filled with stuff they actually own and ripped and share their servers with friends. I know a lot of people with Plex servers that they obtained everything on it and share it with their friends. I also own lots of movies that are on my friend's server, but I don't feel like finding the disc for them (probably still in a moving box) so I stream it from said server...does that mean that I'm pirating it? If I had a Kodi box and did the same thing, would that mean I pirated it? I have yet to find a piece of tech that is solely used for piracy.
No, it's most definitely not common. Almost every country I know off prevents this sort of retail price control by a manufacturer - it is a key part of competition law. That's why when you see the manufacturer list a price it always qualifies it with 'recommended'. They cannot force a retailer to sell it at that price.
It's not that they're price fixing (setting their prices and not permitting sales below those), it's that they're enforcing a form of MAP (Minimum Advertised Price), which is illegal in the EU (from my understanding, IANAL).
(Wish I could find a good 1-step bare-metal restore for Mac that boots from USB or DVD, but those are the best I've found so far.)
I thought that was the appeal of CCC? I know back in the day you could with ease, did they lose that feature? It seems like bombich still lists it on the site...
When a company or organization appropriates an individual's photo for commercial use, the court found that it's fair use, but I'm betting they'll sing a different tune if it is an individual taking a corporation's intellectual property and have repeatedly found for the corporations in previous cases.
An important part of this decision was the fact that it was non-commercial for a non-profit organization. It meets all 4 of the qualifiers (the stretch there is the "transformative", but being non-commercial alleviates a lot of that issue) and the fact that it was a small crop seems to have made a major difference as well. I don't agree with the decision here, but I can see where the judge's coming from.
I used to do music production and sound design primarily using Logic and Pro Tools on Mac Pros, but the last iteration was my breaking point.
I was a Logic user until Final Cut Pro X. I decided it was time to get away from Apple "pro" products at that point and went heavier into Pro Tools and discovered Studio One.
Except for the very, very few 'pro' products they've (reluctantly) released (and barely updated), they've basically given up on the Pro crowd, and are clearly only concentrating on 'gadget' devices for consumers, not meant for professionals (creators, etc.): iDevices, AppleTV, AppleWatch & HomePod.
The signs that this was coming have been on the wall for a while. I've been getting away from Mac exclusive software ever since Final Cut Pro X had it's debut (and I don't work in video at all). The debacle that was the initial release (seriously, no multicam editing?) was a clear sign to me that Apple was giving up on its professional users. I jumped ship on anything that was only available for a Mac and (even though I'm typing this comment on a Mac Mini) can switch to another OS at any time.
But can you direct the Post Office to deliver them to an office down the street who's job is to simply drop them into the physical analog of/dev/null? Wouldn't that be just fine? The post office delivers them, the receiver just deletes them. Or in this case, it's UPS doing the delivery, so no postal regulations apply.
The issue is not what it seems and I'm not sure the judge was correct, but I've not yet tried reading his judgment to determine his thought process. It does seem though that if it takes 75 pages, your logic might be a bit convoluted.
Wouldn't that be more analogous to muting than blocking? Blocking would be like telling the post office to filter your mail so any mail from Cowboy Neal gets rejected and RTS'd while muting would be filing it in the circular file, wouldn't it? I don't use Twitter, but my understanding is both options are available, but only one should be used by an elected official like Trump.
He said both, but there are many that still use tape (which would be the implication). For example, I happen to know for a fact that Childish Gambino/AKA Donald Glover owns and uses a tape machine in his studio.
Sincerely, I would love to use this. It'd be perfect for calling my representatives when I'm unable to and constantly berating them for not having my best interests. Might be taken a little more seriously than emails too.
Its easy to find professional mastering using analog compressors (Knif Vari-Mu II) , analog eq (I have an API 5500 and its used a lot in mastering) etc.
That's not mentioning plenty of the tracking using analog synths, compressors and eq for tracking... guessing at least 50% of modern vocals use a hardware analog compressor such as a LA2A but that's my perspective.
The company API makes analog mixers, compressors and EQ that has seen a modern surge into the 500 series lunchbox format. Over 30 brands of analog eq and compressors are available in 500 series, including most of the gear from Neve and Chandler.
Yes, but how many of them are only using analog (which was what was required for the AAA badge way back when)? I don't know very many that truly expect you to send them a reel of tape for them to master, most are expecting the project in a digital format. 1979 has Pro Tools rigs for just such purposes, even Albini (has his assistant) import the mixes into digital for final distribution/production.
I have analog gear too, my 560a's are used in tracking, 2Bus LT for summing, 1176/LA2A vocal chain, etc, but the post I was quoting was referencing recording "in analog" and seemed (at least to me) to be implying an all analog signal chain from the microphone to the master. For the record, 1979 does do this when they have the need and I'm sure Electrical will as well. Hell, 1979 will do direct to Vinyl if the band's good enough.
Do many of them have analog components to them...ie tube amps, pre-amps, tape....etc?
All preamps are analog preamps. Almost all microphones are analog microphones. Most major studios have some analog hardware and utilize it.
Wouldn't it really only sound the best on analog home play, if the source was also at least mostly recorded using analog technology?
Most new vinyl is recorded at least in some part on a digital medium. It does not mean that the vinyl is less "analog", but the days of AAA (Analog recording, Analog mixing, and Analog mastering) are long gone (even Jack White "cheats" now), but that doesn't make it bad. Most professionals in the audio industry use the right tool for the job, be it analog, digital, or a hybrid solution.
Amazon and eBay operate shopping platforms that connect sellers with buyers and offer protections like money-back guarantees. Google, by contrast, sends shoppers off its site after they click on an item, and thus has no visibility into what happens after the transaction.
Actually...Google has started to roll out where you buy things without leaving Google. It's still just rolling out, but I've seen it every once in a while. I've seen it show up a couple times (ironically on stuff I wasn't trying to buy) and have backend knowledge of it happening from a sales side of things. Kind of nifty the way it works, but I doubt that it'll ever catch Amazon. The end user is told that their product is being fulfilled by [insert merchant here] and they never leave the Google page.
And no, I do not work for Google. I work for a company that has partnered with Google on this particular topic.
To clarify, the program the parent is referring to is Outreachy:
These are the official requirements for the program he objects to, copy/pasted from their web page:
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You must meet one of the following criteria:
You live any where in the world and you identify as a woman (cis or trans), trans man, or genderqueer person (including genderfluid or genderfree).
You live in the United States or you are a U.S. national or permanent resident living aboard, AND you are a person of any gender who is Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander
--
While I get that that may be upsetting that they're trying to act in an affirmative action mindset, I believe that the whole point of this is to get more of these individuals who can do the work as well or better than some who may already work with projects, into the project to do the work. The idea that they're going to stop accepting code from cis hetero men just because they're trying to encourage these people to take part is asinine.
All I can say is if they do make this into a series I hope they take their time casting The Mule. He was actually one of my favorite characters of the books for some reason I've never been able to identify.
Likely because he's the only character that actually has any...character to him? I mean, it's been about a decade since I read them, so grain of salt added, but I seem to recall none of the characters really having depth outside of The Mule. Everyone else felt like a cross between a red shirt and any one of the 12 dwarves in The Hobbit that weren't the king. I can't remember any of their names (I'm bad with names though) and couldn't tell you any characteristics of them other than the men in Foundation often smoke.
It'll be interesting to see how/if Apple will address that last point...but the lead writer attached worries me...I don't need to remind anyone about Batman V Superman, do I?
Besides the pettiness on display, this is one more reminder that copyright should expire. Two decades is plenty, none of this this absurd perpetual copyright nonsense. Of course, I don't have as much money as the Mouse and his cohorts, so that won't happen for a while
I would argue that two decades is not nearly enough. If I write a piece of music when I'm 17, work the scene for 10 years, get my band to the point where they can be signed, start releasing albums, and the album comes out when I'm 30, the label promotes it when I hit 35, and it turns out to be a hit, I only get royalties for 2 years from when the label starts promoting it. This may sound like an extreme case, but, outside of the pop crap that's written by 10 guys and sung by one girl, this is actually not uncommon.
I'm all for limitations upon copyright, but it has to be done in such a way that it doesn't hurt the content creator...20 year caps means that the corporate entities would start mining 20 year old music for movies and 20 year old novels for scripts.
Surround sound is a dick pull. You have two ears. It only takes 2 speakers to make 3D audio. Adding extra speakers and channels is great, though! But anything that any damn surround sound setup can wow you with absolutely can be identically aurally duplicated with merely using stereo, and this has been proven, and it doesn't need to be because everyone knows we only have 2 ears. Except, we need to keep the economy moving, so please, by all means, invest heavily in new things even if they are pure hype. Like surround sound. I don't mean to suggest you're awesome surround sound setup doesn't sound bad ass. All I am saying is that anything that is mixed for surround and sounds good, in practice absolutely can be duplicated identically if mixed for stereo, i.e. 2 speakers, and there could be audio sounding as though it is coming from behind you, or below you to the bottom left, or whatever. With only two ears, stereo is always sufficient. No matter how many more channels or speakers you add to your system, the effect this produces can be duplicated with stereo.
I'd love to see the whitepapers you're referring to? How do you manage to convince the ear that something is happening behind them when the speakers are in front of them? Or are you referring to headphones with phasing tricks?
As someone who has mixed in stereo and 5.1 with some of the best hardware and software available, I can tell you confidently that I get way more flexibility with 5.1 and some more with 7.1. The 7.1.4 Atmos stuff, I've yet to experience anything that made sense for that, but humans are inherently pretty poor at judging sounds coming above and below us.
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I fear that Giuliani might be past his prime...
Agreed. I would not want him representing me in a court of law. Normally I'd say I wouldn't want him representing me in a court of public opinion, but I also wouldn't want Trump representing me in a court of public opinion...
PS, nice account name.
Did you watch the video? The interviewer gave him a chance to redirect it and he doubled down on "Truth isn't truth anymore!"
...this poster was claiming that fact checking was tantamount to silencing alternative viewpoints. It's... an interesting corruption of the notion of truth. This person was equating "being incorrect" with "having a different opinion."
In an era when we have The President of the United States of America having a personal lawyer who says, "Truth isn't truth anymore!" that's not as much of a corruption...
Wel seeing as xlr is kind of the standard foe anything byr consumer gear (at keast when ir comes to analog) I don’r see a big problem, and you say double price, comared to what? I quess you ment comared to interfaces with 3.5 mm plugs thst produce the same sound quality
GP is presumably referencing the Yeti (USB only) vs the Yeti Pro (USB and XLR connectivity).
I support the idea of being able to shut down these add-on's that are solely used for piracy but I worry that it opens the door to other things that are used for piracy but have legitimate uses as well.
But what is solely used for piracy? I know a lot of people who have Plex servers filled with stuff they actually own and ripped and share their servers with friends. I know a lot of people with Plex servers that they obtained everything on it and share it with their friends. I also own lots of movies that are on my friend's server, but I don't feel like finding the disc for them (probably still in a moving box) so I stream it from said server...does that mean that I'm pirating it? If I had a Kodi box and did the same thing, would that mean I pirated it? I have yet to find a piece of tech that is solely used for piracy.
No, it's most definitely not common. Almost every country I know off prevents this sort of retail price control by a manufacturer - it is a key part of competition law. That's why when you see the manufacturer list a price it always qualifies it with 'recommended'. They cannot force a retailer to sell it at that price.
It's not that they're price fixing (setting their prices and not permitting sales below those), it's that they're enforcing a form of MAP (Minimum Advertised Price), which is illegal in the EU (from my understanding, IANAL).
(Wish I could find a good 1-step bare-metal restore for Mac that boots from USB or DVD, but those are the best I've found so far.)
I thought that was the appeal of CCC? I know back in the day you could with ease, did they lose that feature? It seems like bombich still lists it on the site...
When a company or organization appropriates an individual's photo for commercial use, the court found that it's fair use, but I'm betting they'll sing a different tune if it is an individual taking a corporation's intellectual property and have repeatedly found for the corporations in previous cases.
An important part of this decision was the fact that it was non-commercial for a non-profit organization. It meets all 4 of the qualifiers (the stretch there is the "transformative", but being non-commercial alleviates a lot of that issue) and the fact that it was a small crop seems to have made a major difference as well. I don't agree with the decision here, but I can see where the judge's coming from.
Those companies already exist.
I used to do music production and sound design primarily using Logic and Pro Tools on Mac Pros, but the last iteration was my breaking point.
I was a Logic user until Final Cut Pro X. I decided it was time to get away from Apple "pro" products at that point and went heavier into Pro Tools and discovered Studio One.
Except for the very, very few 'pro' products they've (reluctantly) released (and barely updated), they've basically given up on the Pro crowd, and are clearly only concentrating on 'gadget' devices for consumers, not meant for professionals (creators, etc.): iDevices, AppleTV, AppleWatch & HomePod.
The signs that this was coming have been on the wall for a while. I've been getting away from Mac exclusive software ever since Final Cut Pro X had it's debut (and I don't work in video at all). The debacle that was the initial release (seriously, no multicam editing?) was a clear sign to me that Apple was giving up on its professional users. I jumped ship on anything that was only available for a Mac and (even though I'm typing this comment on a Mac Mini) can switch to another OS at any time.
What are the potential negative consequences if Facebook knows my real name and where and when I went to high school?
Anymore? Not a whole lot at the individual level. There was a time when anyone could look at your profile and stalk you that way...
Oh gods! I just remembered how thefacebook used to tell everyone what dorm you logged in from...Yeah, it was SUPER creepy back then...
But can you direct the Post Office to deliver them to an office down the street who's job is to simply drop them into the physical analog of /dev/null? Wouldn't that be just fine? The post office delivers them, the receiver just deletes them. Or in this case, it's UPS doing the delivery, so no postal regulations apply.
The issue is not what it seems and I'm not sure the judge was correct, but I've not yet tried reading his judgment to determine his thought process. It does seem though that if it takes 75 pages, your logic might be a bit convoluted.
Wouldn't that be more analogous to muting than blocking? Blocking would be like telling the post office to filter your mail so any mail from Cowboy Neal gets rejected and RTS'd while muting would be filing it in the circular file, wouldn't it? I don't use Twitter, but my understanding is both options are available, but only one should be used by an elected official like Trump.
He said both, but there are many that still use tape (which would be the implication). For example, I happen to know for a fact that Childish Gambino/AKA Donald Glover owns and uses a tape machine in his studio.
Sincerely, I would love to use this. It'd be perfect for calling my representatives when I'm unable to and constantly berating them for not having my best interests. Might be taken a little more seriously than emails too.
Its easy to find professional mastering using analog compressors (Knif Vari-Mu II) , analog eq (I have an API 5500 and its used a lot in mastering) etc.
http://www.audibleoddities.com...
That's not mentioning plenty of the tracking using analog synths, compressors and eq for tracking ... guessing at least 50% of modern vocals use a hardware analog compressor such as a LA2A but that's my perspective.
The company API makes analog mixers, compressors and EQ that has seen a modern surge into the 500 series lunchbox format. Over 30 brands of analog eq and compressors are available in 500 series, including most of the gear from Neve and Chandler.
Yes, but how many of them are only using analog (which was what was required for the AAA badge way back when)? I don't know very many that truly expect you to send them a reel of tape for them to master, most are expecting the project in a digital format. 1979 has Pro Tools rigs for just such purposes, even Albini (has his assistant) import the mixes into digital for final distribution/production.
I have analog gear too, my 560a's are used in tracking, 2Bus LT for summing, 1176/LA2A vocal chain, etc, but the post I was quoting was referencing recording "in analog" and seemed (at least to me) to be implying an all analog signal chain from the microphone to the master. For the record, 1979 does do this when they have the need and I'm sure Electrical will as well. Hell, 1979 will do direct to Vinyl if the band's good enough.
Are there many(any) studios that record primarily, in analog?
Yes, there are.
Do many of them have analog components to them...ie tube amps, pre-amps, tape....etc?
All preamps are analog preamps. Almost all microphones are analog microphones. Most major studios have some analog hardware and utilize it.
Wouldn't it really only sound the best on analog home play, if the source was also at least mostly recorded using analog technology?
Most new vinyl is recorded at least in some part on a digital medium. It does not mean that the vinyl is less "analog", but the days of AAA (Analog recording, Analog mixing, and Analog mastering) are long gone (even Jack White "cheats" now), but that doesn't make it bad. Most professionals in the audio industry use the right tool for the job, be it analog, digital, or a hybrid solution.
Amazon and eBay operate shopping platforms that connect sellers with buyers and offer protections like money-back guarantees. Google, by contrast, sends shoppers off its site after they click on an item, and thus has no visibility into what happens after the transaction.
Actually...Google has started to roll out where you buy things without leaving Google. It's still just rolling out, but I've seen it every once in a while. I've seen it show up a couple times (ironically on stuff I wasn't trying to buy) and have backend knowledge of it happening from a sales side of things. Kind of nifty the way it works, but I doubt that it'll ever catch Amazon. The end user is told that their product is being fulfilled by [insert merchant here] and they never leave the Google page.
And no, I do not work for Google. I work for a company that has partnered with Google on this particular topic.
These are the official requirements for the program he objects to, copy/pasted from their web page: -- You must meet one of the following criteria: You live any where in the world and you identify as a woman (cis or trans), trans man, or genderqueer person (including genderfluid or genderfree).
You live in the United States or you are a U.S. national or permanent resident living aboard, AND you are a person of any gender who is Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander --
While I get that that may be upsetting that they're trying to act in an affirmative action mindset, I believe that the whole point of this is to get more of these individuals who can do the work as well or better than some who may already work with projects, into the project to do the work. The idea that they're going to stop accepting code from cis hetero men just because they're trying to encourage these people to take part is asinine.
All I can say is if they do make this into a series I hope they take their time casting The Mule. He was actually one of my favorite characters of the books for some reason I've never been able to identify.
Likely because he's the only character that actually has any...character to him? I mean, it's been about a decade since I read them, so grain of salt added, but I seem to recall none of the characters really having depth outside of The Mule. Everyone else felt like a cross between a red shirt and any one of the 12 dwarves in The Hobbit that weren't the king. I can't remember any of their names (I'm bad with names though) and couldn't tell you any characteristics of them other than the men in Foundation often smoke.
It'll be interesting to see how/if Apple will address that last point...but the lead writer attached worries me...I don't need to remind anyone about Batman V Superman, do I?
Of this reduces theft, it will reduce insurance cost.
Precisely. Where has it been shown that this would reduce theft?
Linux is not a unix.... BSD is a unix.
But, the grandparent's statement still stands true, Linux is a UNIX variant.
Besides the pettiness on display, this is one more reminder that copyright should expire. Two decades is plenty, none of this this absurd perpetual copyright nonsense. Of course, I don't have as much money as the Mouse and his cohorts, so that won't happen for a while
I would argue that two decades is not nearly enough. If I write a piece of music when I'm 17, work the scene for 10 years, get my band to the point where they can be signed, start releasing albums, and the album comes out when I'm 30, the label promotes it when I hit 35, and it turns out to be a hit, I only get royalties for 2 years from when the label starts promoting it. This may sound like an extreme case, but, outside of the pop crap that's written by 10 guys and sung by one girl, this is actually not uncommon.
I'm all for limitations upon copyright, but it has to be done in such a way that it doesn't hurt the content creator...20 year caps means that the corporate entities would start mining 20 year old music for movies and 20 year old novels for scripts.
Surround sound is a dick pull. You have two ears. It only takes 2 speakers to make 3D audio. Adding extra speakers and channels is great, though! But anything that any damn surround sound setup can wow you with absolutely can be identically aurally duplicated with merely using stereo, and this has been proven, and it doesn't need to be because everyone knows we only have 2 ears. Except, we need to keep the economy moving, so please, by all means, invest heavily in new things even if they are pure hype. Like surround sound. I don't mean to suggest you're awesome surround sound setup doesn't sound bad ass. All I am saying is that anything that is mixed for surround and sounds good, in practice absolutely can be duplicated identically if mixed for stereo, i.e. 2 speakers, and there could be audio sounding as though it is coming from behind you, or below you to the bottom left, or whatever. With only two ears, stereo is always sufficient. No matter how many more channels or speakers you add to your system, the effect this produces can be duplicated with stereo.
I'd love to see the whitepapers you're referring to? How do you manage to convince the ear that something is happening behind them when the speakers are in front of them? Or are you referring to headphones with phasing tricks?
As someone who has mixed in stereo and 5.1 with some of the best hardware and software available, I can tell you confidently that I get way more flexibility with 5.1 and some more with 7.1. The 7.1.4 Atmos stuff, I've yet to experience anything that made sense for that, but humans are inherently pretty poor at judging sounds coming above and below us.
So...curious...what hardware do you use?