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[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

sweet thanks! yeah part of why i was thinking synth is that since I am learning music theory having piano keys to play with might be nice.

Keys do feel more comfortable than guitar to think about theory imo. And you can play and hear chords without having to click in each note separately.

So what initially got me down this line of thinking is that I have been playing with guitar drones through my loop pedal with my delay and echo pedals, and was thinking it might be nice to be able to shift the pitch of the drone or try to speed it up or slow it down.

Definitely something a DAW can do. You can automate pitch, FX parameters, and everything else you can think of.

I am still trying to figure out what “my sound” is and there is so much stuff that I get lost. Also I really want to find out how to have drums of some sort through my looper p

You can program drums, or get drum loops and arrange them in the DAW. Not sure how to go about that with a loop pedal. I think DAW would be easier and more flexible, especially for fills and variations.

I would suggest trying Reaper for a DAW. Guitarists and others I've known have spoken highly of it. Free 60 day trial, and it doesn't even make you pay after that if you don't want to. Be ready for a steep learning curve with any DAW you may try, there's a lot at first.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

A big tarp and ratchet straps. So you can create a rain shelter virtually anywhere.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's fine since you brought them from home

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

Take comfort in knowing the employees probably aren't paid enough to care

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My reply was on your comment here (don't know if linking will work or not) https://feddit.uk/comment/1959414

I think I get your point. Nobody who hasn't experienced these things will ever understand what it's like. And no amount of imagining what it's like will ever come close to living it.

Speaking for myself here, I think at least trying to fathom the challenges is better than never even thinking about it. Awareness is better than ignorance. I agree with you that it would be better to hear about the real experiences of people who actually live with these challenges than randoms taking guesses. I don't think it's all bad though, and it's ok if we disagree about that.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I understand that.

Would you agree that the question isn't making light of either, though? It's not making fun of people in either situation.

I would argue that the question makes us pause and consider what difficulties people who are in either category must experience on a daily basis. How often does the average person with legs consider accessibility challenges? How difficult would it be to be illiterate in today's world? OP's got us empathizing here and having a healthy discussion. At least that's how I see it.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Yes you can do that. You need a midi controller (to control your software synth), an audio interface to plug the guitar chain into, and a DAW to bring it all together assuming you want to record.

Edit: you don't need a midi controller since you can play synths with mouse clicking in midi, or even on a computer keyboard (at least in some DAWs), but the piano playing experience is great, and having some knobs to twist to control synth parameters gives you more freedom too.

Edit 2: you could go for a hardware synth, but imo that's a lot more expensive and limited than having all the software synths at your disposal for the price of a single midi controller

I've gotten into a setup like this recently. Feel free to ask any questions.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Disrespectful, or a thoughtful / joke gift from a friend? Choose your own adventure. At least he took the time to send something.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

👤➕Hiring multiple candidates

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

You may be illiterate, or have no legs, or neither, and be offended by the question. You feel your feelings and nobody can tell you they are valid or not, regardless on their opinions of those feelings.

It's not fair for you to decide for everyone that this is objectively offensive. It's patronizing. People who are illiterate or have no legs have their own thoughts and feelings that are just as valid as yours, and you don't get to speak for them or anyone except yourself. They may or may not be offended, and that is not a choice you get to make for them.

It's great that you are concerned for those people and have empathy - I believe, or at least hope that we all do - but nobody can speak for them but themselves. I think that is part of the reason for the pushback you have received in this thread.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

My S9+ is over 5 years old and pages only take 5-10 seconds to load, even with the dark mode add on

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