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No it was a repeated upload of literal white noise images. Not even posts, just files uploaded.
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With the new forum feature of discord this might not be a bad idea.
Let me know if you’ll follow through. I’d probably join.
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Not really. I could host this in a more robust place but the costs would be prohibitive.
Of course, you could let everyone know where you’re going. I might follow too. There’s some talk in this post about a discord server.
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I am aware that images aren't loading properly right now. This is because the pictures engine crashed again and I wasn't able to recover it this time.
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: 1. Add various DDOS prevention measures to block unwanted (repeated) signups. 2. Delete a bunch of literal white noise uploads that filled my 4TB picture storage... Twice. 3. 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.
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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 I also tried building my own using RaspberryPi but gave up because the software is pretty outdated, so getting it to run was more of a challenge than I was ready for at that point.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.
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I’ve been eying pigments. They might just win me over now. I’m a huge fan of their V Collection.
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I’ve been working on some live visualisations to make my time in the studio even more fun.
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Man! that little thing sounds huge
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Fun! Feel free to share things. Maybe we have some tips 😊
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As with any creative field, the proces is:
- Try something
- Get stuck
- Overcome the problem
- Repeat
So the key part is to do things that are fun to you so you stay motivated.
My route started with learning an instrument (trumpet and drums) from a teacher. That way I learned the basic music theory. But everyone's path is different. I don't think there is a general way to learn.
For example: If you want to learn to make beats. That's a skill you can develop without a complicated DAW. I would but Koala Sampler for Android or iPhone, record some simple sounds from your environment and try to recreate drums from songs you like.
Then you have learned one of the skills needed to progress to the next step. And when you start to learn a DAW, you'll already have the drum programming skill available to apply there.
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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 😅
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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.
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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.
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Thomas White dual lpg
As a complete eurorack noob: What's an LPG?
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I’m a happy dude!
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@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.
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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.
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I am taking delivery of a new digital piano tomorrow! :D
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Yeah I've decided to return the headphones and stick with my better ones. I will just pull some wires to common points where I sit in the studio and plug in headphone there.
Nice idea the wireless, but not so great execution.
I am offloading a bunch of music gear. If you're in Europe and are interested in any of it, get in touch: https://www.marktplaats.nl/u/thomas-biesaart/16654962/ - Drumbrute Impact: € 180 - MPC Live 2 + Decksaver + SSD: € 750 - Custom case for 2 electron digi boxes + power supply and cabling: €250 If you feel like sales shouldn't happen on this community, also let me know and I will probably delete my post. We're still looking to find a general consensus.
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 make music for therapeutic reasons. I've found that immersive visualisations and lights help with this a lot. I've already bought a couple of rack-mount spectrum analysers and they are awesome. Do you know of other devices that provide a similar visual experience? I know there are a bunch of cheap bouncing led bars on ali express and the likes but there is a problem: They work based on microphones. I need to be able to **plug them in because I use headphones** most of the time. I know it is kind of niche but any pointers would be appreciated.
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? 1. Visit your settings to check: https://waveform.social/settings 2. 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](https://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?
So Lemmy (the software that runs this website) allows admins to define taglines. When people visit the website a random one shows up. Any funny suggestions that work with the theme of this instance? 
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’m receiving an MPC Live II in the mail today. Any tips or resources on getting started? EDIT: Just made a first attempt at a tune: https://soundcloud.com/thomasbiesaart/learning-wav/s-QW3gkTQgRJM
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We don’t have a memes community so I figured I’d just share here.
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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.
cross-posted from: https://waveform.social/post/165 > I've been helping out eclipxe with the development of a M4L device that adds a song mode to Ableton Push (inside the session view). > > I just test a beta version and it is looking great! Can't wait for it to be released so you can enjoy it for yourself. > > > 
I've been helping out eclipxe with the development of a M4L device that adds a song mode to Ableton Push (inside the session view). ~~I just test a beta version and it is looking great! Can't wait for it to be released so you can enjoy it for yourself.~~ IT IS READY 😁 https://eclipxe.gumroad.com/l/scenechainer 
Hi there, I am currently working on getting things up and running so we can create a place to share our passion for music. Feel free to ask any questions or leave any suggestions you might have.
Hi there! I am currently working on getting the technical stuff up and running. Please bear with me as the service today might be a bit flaky.
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ChappIO@ waveform.socialProfessional Software Developer • Hobbyist Musician