falktx @falktx@mastodon.falktx.com

@woof you know what they say, "never meet your heroes"

the worst part about reviews is people giving them so much importance. some things just never get a 2nd chance because of it

ok workshop abstract submitted for #ubuntusummit

let's make use of the latest OBS + Carla feature integration to help the common folks get a nice and "all-in-one" live-stream setup!

nothing prepared for it at all yet, besides the software itself.
initial idea is just to show off some initial OBS audio setup, then demonstrate adding some simple plugins (noise gate, eq, etc) then going wild with the full carla patchbay stuff 🤘 😄 🤘

1h should be enough, right?

@rob nah, that silly bot already has enough data. I refuse to create an account there, and from what I have seen online results are very recognizable, lengthy and boring

Preparing for submitting a workshop idea for #ubuntusummit next November.

Everything is fine and easy, except:

> Please provide a short bio (up to 150 words per author) that we can use to tell readers more about you and what you do.

😱 errr why you do this. presenter doesn't matter, the content does.
I also really dont want to talk about myself.. I guess some generic boring description will do.

@unfa discord is one of the many "grow user base as fast as possible, deal with monetization later" kinda platforms.
these tend to rely on VC money in order to stay afloat, with the promise of being able to monetize the users eventually, that growing in size is the most important metric...

from what I have seen, investors are getting a bit fed up with these schemes, resulting is lack of funding for platforms that cannot sustain themselves (yet?)

so them turning to shit is kinda expected...

Slowly preparing for the new releases, all main blockers are done and even managed to handle the new Cardinal module coming for next release in 7 days - reintroducing AIDA-X, now on your modular! :D

Assuming AIDA-DSP folks are ok with the design that is, but the DSP side already fully works.

It is basically the very recent https://github.com/AidaDSP/AIDA-X inside Cardinal.

Finally wrote something on Patreon trying to explain current situation.

It is more of a personal note than anything technical, so not sure if that much interesting, depends on the people..

Anyhow since there was a recent influx of new patrons, and I hadn't posted in a while, it was about time for a little update.
So there you go :)

https://www.patreon.com/posts/personal-update-85473367

Are these cool? Should I make more of them?

@retr0id I have 3 of these, one of them is usb3 speed compatible. so, too late.
and yes, they do exist and have a purpose.

the ones I have are for transmitting power to a fan and sorta OTG for ARM boards

@wvi what browser and system is this?

For those with a beefy PC and an interest in the Cardinal Synth project, I have a little favour to ask.

Load https://cardinal.kx.studio/, you should have version 23.05 as shown on the top-right corner of the page.
Do some patching, save it and reload the web browser page.

Are you able to load the patch you saved via File -> "Open local path" submenu ?

Let me know if/how that works for you.
If all is well this means persistent storage for patches created on the browser! 🚀 🚀

@unfa I think thanks to you I have 7 more patrons today 😅 😱

I will make sure to write an extensive post on patreon soon!

Last one has been more than 6 months ago... in between moving to a new country and job difficulties a lot of stuff happened...

so will write something tomorrow perhaps, maximum during the weekend

@hanno that was just after clicking "yes I really want to delete it" prompt.

it surprisingly took 1 second to delete 3 old blogs (didnt even know I had those) plus some private videos, thousands of emails and other misc stuff...
I dont think they deleted anything at all to be honest. but at least my account is no more, for what is publicly perceptible.

a small personal achievement, finally getting rid of the old google account.

was only keeping it for youtube really, but after realizing most of the channels I follow are on alternative services (nebula in specific), it is time to get rid of it.

apologies if you get any email bounces. falktx@gmail.com is no more!
(but I wasn't using it anyway)