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Question: preference Intel or AMD?
Asked by stumpbroke1 (66.60.181.x) on February 11 2024, 9:10am
Reply on February 11 2024, 5:01pm:

Been a long time since I've had an AMD CPU, but can't say I really care anymore, they all run stuff fast as hell these days, and pretty happy with my M1 MBA and its ridiculous battery life... Comment...

Question: hey jf- we have a slight problem to solve & wondered if you could help? question= how does water extinguish,or "put out" a fire or flame? (hows the chemistry these days??) ta!
Asked by 2024 (109.149.174.x) on February 11 2024, 2:37am
Reply on February 11 2024, 2:45am (edited at February 11 2024, 2:46am):

I admit I'm not a chemist! My guess would be that it only works on a material which only burns when dry, e.g. wood. Using water to extinguish something more exotic, e.g. thermite, would probably not have the desired effect. 3 Comments...

Question: I recently told a major German software firm that I will no longer pay for upgrades because of Germany's enthusiastic support for Israel's ongoing atrocities. I don't use Waves products, because of it being based in Israel. Ditto for Intel. I like some music on DI.fm, but founder Ari Shohat has repulsive views he posts on twitter, so I avoid. Where do you stand?
Asked by Beak (94.16.112.x) on February 10 2024, 11:42pm
Reply on February 11 2024, 2:30am (edited at February 12 2024, 10:33pm):

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Question: What are you mostly up to these days?
Asked by wasereb4 (83.135.15.x) on February 10 2024, 1:05am
Reply on February 10 2024, 3:48am:

programming, emailing, texting, walking, running, drinking coffee, eating, sleeping, listening to music, visiting friends, family. haven't played much music in the last few weeks, next week will be music-heavy Comment...

Question: Random question but you don't have to answer. What compiler do you use to compile Reaper with? And how can you target multiple operating systems and CPU architectures from a single code base and tool chain?
Asked by Matthew (76.37.54.x) on February 9 2024, 7:13am
Reply on February 9 2024, 5:27pm:

different toolchains depending on platform -- VC2005/ICC10 for Windows, clang for macOS, gcc for Linux. A lot of the cross-platform-UI-ness comes from writing basic win32 code and using SWELL (part of WDL, open source etc) to target macOS/linux... and a lot of the audio/midi device code is platform-specific for each. 2 Comments...

Question: I am trying to store the state of a audio plugin to a ProjectStateContext directly. I'm running into an issue trying to write a large text chunk to the context. Any pointers? Do I need to break it up somehow?
Asked by ToneCre8 (73.0.162.x) on February 6 2024, 4:39pm
Reply on February 7 2024, 1:16am:

cfg_encode_textblock is probably a good idea, unless you need newline encoding preserved, in which case you'd probably be better of base64 encoding it 4 Comments...

Question: hey jf- when you purchase any new tech..do you always rtfm?
Asked by 2024 (165.120.114.x) on February 5 2024, 7:23pm
Reply on February 5 2024, 8:22pm:

Usually not, but sometimes 3 Comments...

Question: What is your opinion on OpenBSD or any other BSD derivative?
Asked by Matthew (76.37.54.x) on February 4 2024, 9:45pm
Reply on February 5 2024, 5:45pm:

They're all fine, more or less the same thing right? But I end up on Linux because I'm used to it though 1 Comment...

Question: BTW, what's the time interval for posting several posts in a row from the same IP address? If i try two in a raw the website tells me to wait some time
Asked by User (46.165.250.x) on February 3 2024, 10:47am
Reply on February 3 2024, 6:23pm:

I forget the logic involved there Comment...

Question: Could you post a link to the page with images of REAPER old themes? i can't find the URL
Asked by Name (95.133.222.x) on February 3 2024, 10:37am
Reply on February 3 2024, 6:22pm:

perhaps you mean this

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Question: hey jf- while making music via computers or hardwares..people often advise "use your ears" over "use your eyes"? question= have you ever done a session blindfolded..to "see" how that turns out in practice?? (some musicians ARE blind from birth of course) =)
Asked by 2024 (165.120.114.x) on February 2 2024, 5:38pm
Reply on February 2 2024, 6:20pm:

I haven't done anything blindfolded, but when mixing sessions I definitely don't look at units or ratios or attack times or track meters much, and just tweak them til I like them. The exception is that I do look at the LUFS meter on the main outs to see if I'm near where I want to be as far as loudness. 2 Comments...

Question: Did you know the lead musician from Weezer has an active github? github.com/riverscuomo
Asked by Jesse (100.8.74.x) on February 2 2024, 2:24am
Reply on February 2 2024, 5:26pm:

I read that on the internet. I wonder if there are lots of lyric references in the code. sweater.destroy() etc. Comment...

Question: When hosting VST2 plugin, should I call AudioEffect::setParameter from gui thread? Or can it be called from worker thread?
Asked by ruchira (123.231.106.x) on January 30 2024, 12:36pm
Reply on January 30 2024, 6:50pm:

I assume you mean (AEffect*)->setParameter() (since that's the actual interface, AudioEffect may or may not be a valid thing for any given plug-in). From what I remember you can call it from either. 4 Comments...

Question: How do you feel this whole AI crazy will impact DAWs as we know them in the future?
Asked by Andre S. (177.141.171.x) on January 30 2024, 5:52am
Reply on January 30 2024, 6:50pm:

Not sure, obviously for some tasks it will make things really easy (splitting mixes back in to stems, etc), but other tasks it's probably pointless and as expensive as having a human do it. Comment...

Question: how does it feel as a millionaire sharing the same planet with people starving?
Asked by ape din (188.164.221.x) on January 29 2024, 11:01pm
Reply on January 29 2024, 11:35pm (edited at January 30 2024, 12:29am):

About as powerless as everybody else, I guess :( 1 Comment...

Question: hey jf- are you using a scientific calculator..or doing complex sums in your own head mainly?? ta.
Asked by 2024 (165.120.114.x) on January 28 2024, 6:02pm
Reply on January 29 2024, 3:13am:

The math I do is more algebra than computation. Occasionally I use calc.exe or its equivalent for quick estimates. 1 Comment...

Question: hope you're doing well. anything memorable happen for you this year yet?
Asked by a cat. definitely not a human (123.136.26.x) on January 26 2024, 7:42pm
Reply on January 29 2024, 3:13am:

Just completed my first 100km trail race! 1 Comment...

Question: Whatever happened to stashbox?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on January 26 2024, 5:50am
Reply on January 29 2024, 3:14am: