Okay, that doesn’t sound too bad then!
I’ve been looking for a good channel strip for a bit as I’ve heard good things about them as a workflow. Also, aa it’s an emulation of a physical device rather than a more perfect compressor etc, it adds some nice colouration that works really well for some instruments. The saturation is particularly nice and I’m surprised how much I like using the EQ.
And yeah, iLok is awful.
Thanks, I’ll take a look!
Plugdata seems like a deep rabbit hole, so I’m a little afraid of it but maybe that’s the next step.
For now, I’ll share my latest Linux plugin find: https://store.harrisonaudio.com/all-products/harrison-32classic-channel-strip says it doesn’t support Linux but if you buy it and download the “old” version from here https://support.harrisonaudio.com/hc/en-gb/articles/19516617411613-Harrison-AVA-downloads-OLD-VERSIONS (it has the same version number as the most recent Windows copy), then you can activate it and it works well. I think I had to say no to linking iLok when purchasing. It’s crap that they’ve recently stopped supporting Linux (because they’ve moved to using iLok) but I’ve been happy with the plugin.
The biggest difficulty is music production plugins. Some have a Linux version, some work via yabridge and wine (with some GUI bugs), and some don’t work at all.
On top of that, my initial attempt was using Mint with all of the audio optimisations (including kernel) but it was stuttery and slow. Unfortunately, oving to another distro is not painless when you have to move all the plugins too but CachyOS has been much better so far.
One thing I’ve seen people talking about is the metadata library, which is apparently very good
No it wasn’t, shitty bosses were and AI was their excuse.
You can install it without issue. There might be an issue if you set it to be your default Python 3 installation but that should be the only potential issue.
The other commenter isn’t wrong but it might also be better to use Anaconda so your setup better matches what the course expects.
Not a full solution, but painters tape to seal the gaps might stop further nest building
Yeah, I probably gave Bazzite less of a chance because I had so many issues installing it. I believe I had to wipe my other Linux partition to get it installed in the end.
Honestly, so far I have had no issues at all, I just run an update every now and then. I assume it’d be more difficult if this wasn’t a gaming-specific partition, as that means I haven’t installed much else.
It took me ages to get it installed as it couldn’t cope with my EFI (I have multiple boot partitions). I had issues getting games running once I had it installed, but I can’t remember what specifically those issues were as I spent longer fighting with Pop (WiFi driver issues).
I had a bad time getting Bazzite working and ended up switching to CachyOS, which I have been happy with.
I like this to trim/handle redirects https://f-droid.org/packages/com.trianguloy.urlchecker/
I’m guessing “fuck with”? Not sure though
CachyOS has been very good for me for a similar purpose
Work isn’t the only value to society - they can be a part of their community, do art, or anything else. Everyone wants to engage with the world to some extent, and thay is the value they add.
The question in my mind is how long can a universal income be put off as more gets automated? How many will fall through the cracks before something is done?
CachyOS
I’m moving at the moment. Linux Mint is a good stable Windows alternative, but I wanted to separate gaming from other things so I am dual booting. I have had luck with Pop_OS! before but recently had issues with a laptop WiFi adapter, had some issues getting Bazzite working, so ended up with CachyOS, which has been really slick and easy so far.
A nice thing with Linux is how easy it is to cycle through a few distros if you have your main files on a different drive or partition, since you don’t lose anything important when switching that way.
I have two and they have had endless connection issues. Also, the DAC in splitters is terrible, so this requires a USB-C splitter followed by an external DAC. It’s pretty unwieldy.
Also, on my previous phone without a jack the USB-C port started having charging issues after a couple of years due to wear. I’d be less annoyed about it if they had multiple USB-C ports, but a single port device is a bad idea in general.
They will always sound different to some extent but the main tone change will be pickups (I’m guessing the LTD pickups will be higher gain). You might also want to change the other electronics (matching values there could help).
New strings will sound brighter but so will thinner strings. Try some different gagues and see what feels and sounds good to you.
More generally, does it need to sound the same or could you find a different sound that you like? Part of the fun of a second guitar is the variety and how different sounds and feels bring out different playing.