Hi there,
I have decided to take down waveform.social. There are too many nefarious actors trying to break it and I don't have the time or energy to keep fighting them off.
For your information: Over the pas month I have had to:
- Add various DDOS prevention measures to block unwanted (repeated) signups.
- Delete a bunch of literal white noise uploads that filled my 4TB picture storage... Twice.
- Repair Lemmy (or rather pictures) after it crashed because of full storage.
I will keep waveform.social active until Friday next week so you can pull data from here, though I expect most of it has been federated to other servers anyway.
I was, but it's really not available anywhere. I also tried building my own using RaspberryPi but gave up because the software is pretty outdated, so getting it to run was more of a challenge than I was ready for at that point.
Right now I am learning to use Resolume. I am working with Resolume Avenue right now but considering switching to Resolume Wire to get a bit more flexibility.
I’ve been eying pigments. They might just win me over now. I’m a huge fan of their V Collection.
I’ve been working on some live visualisations to make my time in the studio even more fun.
I've used it with multiple 18i20s at the same time!
Thanks to PipeWire (or jack) you're not even limited to a single audio interface. Though for proper recording work you'll probably want to use a single interface so that you have a single clock.
Fun! Feel free to share things. Maybe we have some tips 😊
Oh I’m not doubting that I’ll improve from practice. I’m wondering if there’s any sense in getting regular lessons.
Edit: hold on, I just read your message again 😅
I've been practicing piano and drums a lot. As a kid I used to be an instrumentalist (and played a bunch of different instruments in bands). Lately I haven't performed anything. To be fair, my current music is better, but I think I miss the pride in being able to perform something right then and there.
So I am now working on a routine practicing piano and drums almost daily. I'm considering getting lessons again, but not sure how much that would help a 29 year old.
Oh and I have been trying to sell some stuff. I've got a Drumbrute Impact and an MPC Live II left. Not getting much interest in those sadly.
I feel you. I've spent more money on synths than would be healthy. I've bought and sold the same synth multiple times. The new and shiny thing is always so attractive...
I've yet to find a solution. What helped me temporarily is forcing myself to make music. I am ha hobbyist, not a professional. So I don't put a value on my time making music. Me making music IS the value.
So what I did for a while (until I got too busy to pick them up) was make music for people who needed it and release that music into the public domain. Kinda like open source music. I got a few people who were making documentaries, videogames, video stories, and the like. It was good to have someone you'd disappoint if you didn't make them a full track. I drove me to actually get the music done.
But when I got too busy, I shut down the website.
Thomas White dual lpg
As a complete eurorack noob: What's an LPG?
@Shadowbait@waveform.social I have an idea that might help people like us: a little bit of healthy pressure.
What if we host a weekly “song in a day” challenge. Once a week we’ll post a description of a vibe. Then everyone will have 24 hours to turn that vibe into a full song. This means no time for endless loops or tuning sound design. Just song composition.
No I feel absolutely the same! I use Ableton Live as my primary daw but rarely ever touch session view. Straight to arrangement. In my case, a song evolves as I am writing it. And when you make changes in arrangement view you make a change in one place. It doesn’t change every copy-paste of a clip. This feel more like it inspires change to me.
Of course everyone has their own flow and I’m just a hobbyist but yeah. This is the reason I went back into the DAW. Hardware is a ton of fun but actually making music was harder for me.
I’m sure you can break through that block. It just takes more discipline and practice. Practicing small loops is quick. Only takes about 10 minutes to make a loop and if you repeat it long enough it’ll always sound right. That’s why ostinato have always been popular. To practice making songs you need to finish songs… takes a while.
I am taking delivery of a new digital piano tomorrow! :D
For a set of headphones that is so extremely visible online and offers quite a unique feature, I couldn’t find much information on it that wasn’t hyperbolic. So here I hope to provide a nuanced view.
Note that my current set of cans and therefore comparison are the Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pro. I realise this isn’t a fair comparison as they are not only more expensive and not wireless. They are also open back.
Wireless
Wireless low-latency headphones are awesome. Yeah it’s noticeable to me but barely. The range is pretty much studio range. Don’t expect to wear them into a different room but walking around your studio without getting tangled in a long cable works very well. I can keep them on and hop from drums to piano without any interruptions.
User Experience
Getting set up was easy. No installations or software packages. Just plug in an analog signal, pair the transmitter and the headphones and go. There is volume control on the headphones which was set really high to begin with causing a hiss due to the high amplification. After turning the headphones down and the input signal on, it works fine.
There is no battery level indicator. Would have been a useful addition.
Audio Quality
Now here’s the downside. They don’t sound anywhere near as good as my current DT 1990s. I’d describe the quality as nasal and slightly boomy. It’s really disappointing but in hindsight to be expected.
Keep it?
I will live with this set for about a week and use them in the studio. I will decide whether or not to keep them after then. I suppose the big question is: Can I live with the reduced audio quality just because they allow me to hop onto my drum kit without switching headphones?
It’s a 3D puzzle platformer set in a utopian dream world. Which is musically very interesting because every world has an entirely different vibe.
Because it’s fun? 🤷♂️ to me it’s both a moment to say fuck it to the world and isolate myself to recharge as well as a way to help people by making music for their projects to elevate them.
I haven’t played the switch version but I’m guessing it is a direct port. Since the UI would feel a lot more “native” to the Nintendo Switch where button combinations and navigation are probably the most natural setup.
I tried it and it’s underwhelming to me. The UI is really clunky and other than the visuals there is no use to the VR setup at all.
They are fun instruments though but without automation and many button based menus, I can’t recommend.
Ah that’s so sad. I really like the idea of it a lot. It’s so mesmerising
Rolled up and bound with cable ties. I’ve got a drawer per category: audio, data, power.
If I can I roll them so that each connector is at the same end. That way I know exactly what cable I’m picking up.
I am working on a small web app to allow sharing audio and videos on my instance. I read that lemmy supports embedding pages that provide opengraph metadata. To test this I created a simple page: https://chappio.gitlab.io/embed-demo/
But when I post it, no content gets embedded. My goal is to provide an embeddable widget to my instance. What am I missing?
I am thinking about adding some functionality to this instance (audio and video upload) which probably requires me to make changes to the themes.
To limit the amount of work I have to do, would you please let me know what theme you are using?
- Visit your settings to check: https://waveform.social/settings
- Fill out the poll: https://fast-poll.com/poll/903a1e38
I am looking to add video and audio clip upload functionality to the instance over at waveform.social since this is a music-focussed instance.
The way I am thinking about doing this is building a micro-app (similar to pictrs but with a mini frontend) that allows my users to upload audio and video clips and adding the required metadata to the pages to allow embedding.
I would love to add a few buttons (in nav and on the create-post) page to link to this micro app to allow users to find it more easily. My first thought was to create a custom theme. But from reading the docs, I can only see mentions of css.
Is there a way for me to modify the html to add these buttons? Or do I have to fork lemmy-ui to be able to achieve this?
I am looking to add video and audio clip upload functionality to the instance over at waveform.social since this is a music-focussed instance.
The way I am thinking about doing this is building a micro-app (similar to pictrs but with a mini frontend) that allows my users to upload audio and video clips and adding the required metadata to the pages to allow embedding.
I would love to add a few buttons (in nav and on the create-post) page to link to this micro app to allow users to find it more easily. My first thought was to create a custom theme. But from reading the docs, I can only see mentions of css.
Is there a way for me to modify the html to add these buttons? Or do I have to fork lemmy-ui to be able to achieve this?
Hi there,
This site has a focus on music. Not being able to share audio clips makes no sense. Of course you can use a third party tool to share audio clips but I think the barrier is too big.
Here’s what I want to do: I want to create a micro application that allows people to upload audio or video clips to be able to embed them into their posts. The design goals are:
- low barrier of entry
- good viewing experience
- useful on mobile
Now I can easily do the technical stuff (upload and store files, embedding, deployment) but I’ve always had a hard time with graphical design for small apps with very few features.
Would any of you have the skills and time to contribute a design?
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I got started on an app for this community. I’ve got a basic integration and spent most time on project setup.
My plan is to post an update every week with what I did and what I expect to do next week.
Next Week
I will be working on the comments viewer and maybe making an attempt at a login function.
I also expect to set up a beta program for iOS so you can help me test if you want to. (Android will follow later).
I am looking to get better at native app development so why not make an app to provide access to this community? 😁
Comment here if you want to join the beta testing group. I will post updates from time to time.
ChappIO @waveform.social Professional Software Developer • Hobbyist Musician