yeah, you know what?... no. This is the kind of attitude that got us here to begin with. Yes, processers get faster, and yes size gets more available. But that shouldn't be an excuse for poorly-written code.
An empty Microsoft Word document is larger than the first word processing program I ever used. That is just crazy when you think about it. but "oh people have lots of resources they're not even using so it doesn't matter", right? When companies have this attitude of "oh the resources are there I may as well use all of them for myself" then their code runs like garbage and you need a faster computer just to make it work halfways decently. And because of this we all end up on this goddamned technology treadmill where we have to keep buying bigger and faster and more expensive computers to do the same thing the old computers did just because the programs written for it are too bloated and the people writing the code couldn't be arsed to make it work well. It wastes our time and our money. I reject that. I think others should too.
On another forum, I was complaining about how Microsoft was planning to remove WordPad from Win11. I was advised that installing OpenOffice or LibreOffice was an appropriate replacement. I replied that WordPad was only 3 megs large, as opposed to the recommended replacements, which are decidedly larger.
I guess not everybody appreciates tight code, but I surely do. Things like this are amazingly impressive.
It's a shame that the NAB have decided to do this. But oh well, there's more than one award in the world.
I would like to present Robert DeNiro with the Balls Of Steel award for being a decent person, for taking a stand, and for kicking serious ass. Respect.
They're removing Wordpad. WORDPAD. because they want people to buy Office 365. The bastards. And they wonder why people turn on them.
It's death by 1000 cuts.
Trivia moment: The original version of the music video for Rest In Peace by Extreme had segments shot in a very similar fashion, but evidently it was too similar. Since they didn't have permission beforehand they had to pull that version of the video from broadcast and replace it with this version.
Walmart is predatory, arguably evil in their business practices. They're entrenched in North America, the damage they have inflicted is already done. In many cities they are the only game in town.
Please let me know what Creative Bassist Roommate thinks of our stuff. I always say you never know which song will be someone's favourite (that's why I try to do a good job on every one of them)
Your roommate sounds fun. Just between you and me, I do have an AC/DC song in mind for a future album. It'll be a challenge to get it just right, though. Could take a while. You'll know it when you hear it.
hey thanks :) That's so great to hear.
I enjoy talking about it because it's such a fun project.
I really want to get the word out even more, but i gotta say: social media promotional type stuff can be pretty draining. and I want to focus on the positive things, y'know?
As of the past few years, I produce pop songs performed in a pastiche of Leonard Cohen's mid-late 80's style (when he really started to sound super cool). My buddies and I call ourselves The Three Leonards. Our covers of Toxic and Rusted From The Rain have proven very popular. They're not jazz but they're also not not jazz. The cool kids seem to like them. We've made over 20 bucks in streaming which is as close to success as you can want. Have a listen and see what madness sounds like.
As far as home studio kit goes, I run Reaper: it's just great.
Also a shout-out to ReEQ for Reaper which is free and as close to FabFilter as I need.
I have a Nektar 61-key MIDI keyboard. Just the right size. One slider on it has gone wonky but I don't use the sliders that much. I like the touchpads; they're fun.
I record vocals and acoustic instruments using a Scarlett interface and a really sweet mic from Blue evidently from before they got bought out. I got it as a gift and it does the trick.
I have a reasonably decent multi-effects pedal from Boss that I mostly use for gigging but occasionally for studio tracking.
I did buy Diva and Kontakt and SSD and Analog Lab : they're all super handy, and are the ones I lean on the most. There are plenty of free VSTs out there to use: only when freeware/demo versions are insufficient should you consider spending money.
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