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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 15, 2017 15:20:39 GMT -6
It's not overpriced if you look up the cost of those individual parts used to build it.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 14, 2017 20:10:34 GMT -6
We noticed the improvement with high-speed internet (FiOS) when we skyped with my parents. with our old plan (Time Warner Cable Internet), their video had very low resolution, but with the high-speed plan (FiOS 100/100), their video was HD and they could see us super clear because the bandwidth to stream our video feeds was available. Also, when uploading videos to youtube or transferring stems to clients, the speed difference is noticeable. Most of the internet providers don't care to provide equal upload and download speeds. it's always focused on download speeds.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 14, 2017 20:03:32 GMT -6
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 14, 2017 16:48:41 GMT -6
The new iMac Pro is meant for videographers dealing with 8K footage. Think of the 3- or 4-person teams making youtube videos reviewing computer hardware. That's the target audience. It's all about cutting down those rendering times.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 14, 2017 16:44:48 GMT -6
responding in line via blue text This is something you don't want, by the way. Similar: all mail, regardless of source, traveling through a carrier, should be transmitted at the same rate. Some things are time sensitive (like streaming video) and some things aren't (like email). Right away we see some frankly stupid unintended consequences of this type of regulation. People should be able to pay for preferential delivery, because this also allows people to pay less for slower delivery of non-critical content. Treating everything as the same doesn't turn everything into overnight mail. It turns everything into economy ground 12 day delivery. are you unaware that electrical signals travel at the speed of light?
The truth is, most people don't really understand this well at all, and only have the superficial opinion they were fed by a special interest based off of thin and parsed information. The issue is much more complex than "they're going to extort me for access to Netflix, and cut off my internet!" Another point to consider is that ISPs do not negotiate or manage their networks on a local basis. They do these things generally as nationwide networks, particularly ISPs that operate at tier I or tier II level in addition to tier III (where you plug in / interface with). Meaning, when an ISP decides to implement a policy to for specific traffic (like, say...bit torrent), they implement the policy their entire network. Why is this important? Because the level of competition for ISPs at a nationwide level is good, even though locally sometimes there may exist monopoly conditions (cause by local governments...). In most large markets you have at least 3 choices. What this means is, if Comcast decides to throttle Netflix, they will lose a *LOT* of customers across their nationwide footprint. ha. haha. hahahahahaha. If Comcast is their only provider, those customers aren't going anywhere. I'm dealing with this right now as Spectrum is the only internet provider in our area and their upload speeds are deplorable compared to what we had in NYC (FiOS 100/100). They just have to sit there and take it up the ass that their netflix subscription streams with glitches and playback errors because comcast decided to only let 512K/sec through to each connection on their network, even tho HD video requires 5+mb/sec (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Video/pktvideoaag.html) What do you think will happen when netflix starts streaming 4K video to users who access netflix via their PS4 Pro (which supports 4K resolution) or the new XBox?
It really doesn't matter that in Nowheresville Illinois you only get Comcast. They aren't going to handle traffic specifically just for Nowheresville. This is all to say why we never had a problem in the first place - not to any significant degree, anyway. Never mind the fact that the uneven application of the actual regulation that was put in place under title II doesn't fix the alleged root cause anyway (lack of consumer choice at the tier III level), but exacerbates it! You also mentioned the other bogeyman - preferential anti-competitive behavior via "fast laning". But fast lanes have always existed as long as the internet has been around, based on how much money you are willing to spend. A content provider can spend gobs of cash on... I see what you're getting at. being able to purchase something like Fios 50/50 vs Fios 150/150. I don't think that's the issue at hand. The issue is when those netflix packets travel from Netflix' server to the FiOS servers and verizon says "oh, this is a netflix packet? Well, HBO Now pays us $x so their packets get through our fiber optic cables at a faster rate than all other video providers, so we better make sure the netflix packet aren't pushed through as fast as those HBO Now packets. The HBO Now packets need to stream at 5,000 packets/second because that's what they paid for, so push the netflix packets through at 3000 packets/second even though 1080p video needs 4500 packets/second throughput to not suffer from buffering during playback. if netflix wants non-buffering playback, they or the customers gotta pay us for that privilege". HBO Now packets shouldn't receive any preferential treatment over Netflix, or Hulu or Amazon Prime, or YouTube Red.
1. Servers (quantity, size, location) 2. Caching services such as Akamai which gets to content stored closer to the consumer. 3. Bandwidth provision for hosting servers 4. Peering (The more ISPs they peer with, the less hops it takes to get to their customers). So basically what we're saying is, we're ok with companies that have money being able to improve their customer's experience in ALL OF THESE WAYS, but not these other ways as arbitrarily and capriciously defined by the FCC under Title II. Perhaps part of the confusion is that people don't know how many ISPs there are in a country like America. Who owns all of the copper lines that run to neighborhoods that have cable internet in small towns like Fall City, Washington? Do companies like Verizon/Comcast/Spectrum just rent the lines from whoever owns it so they can be the ISP for the citizens of Fall City? or does the company that owns the copper internet infrastructure in Fall City strike a deal to connect with Verizon's fiber backbone that connects to the rest of the country?
Further, that if you *really* have money, you can bypass the whole NN / Title II mess by doing 1-4 above plus your own fiber to really speed things up. Spending affects content delivery, it always has, it always will. What if the power company in your area could detect what kind of appliance you were plugging into the wall and decided that because it was made by Panasonic instead of GE, they would deliver the power at 105V, instead of the typical 120V. If you needed 120V for your Panasonic, you had to pay them a Panasonic device usage fee. Isn't that wrong? Shouldn't we the consumers and content providers be entitled to use whatever appliance we want and the power provider shouldn't be allowed to influence that decision at all? Shouldn't we, the consumer, be allowed to view whatever content we want online without the internet provider influencing that decision at all, especially by affecting the speed at which that content travels from the content provider's servers to our computer endpoint? If I'm paying for FiOS 100/100, then when I visit nytimes.com the articles should travel from their servers, through FiOS's network and finally through the Optical Network Terminal in my house at a rate of 100mbps, as promised by FiOS. FiOS shouldn't be allowed to affect that rate because CNN pays FiOS to push their packets through the network faster than all other sites. At least, that's what I believe they shouldn't be allowed to do.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 14, 2017 14:33:37 GMT -6
The bailout was done precisely because there was a very real risk of war if the entire world's pensions had been allowed to be destroyed by a tiny group of Wall Street banksters. lol what? A war between who? Who is gonna go to war if pensions disappear?
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 14, 2017 14:32:09 GMT -6
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 14, 2017 12:58:09 GMT -6
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 13, 2017 23:57:07 GMT -6
This thread is a political wildfire. Fan it! The flames must be fanned!!! *Laughs maniacally*
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 13, 2017 22:28:14 GMT -6
Go look at Cody's Lab. His stuff looks terrible, but he still has over a million subscribers. Another example is Esperanza Spalding and her upcoming album. She streamed the entire 72hr session live for everyone to watch the recording sessions as promotion.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 13, 2017 22:14:46 GMT -6
He doesn't have to pay anything. YouTube is all about self-production. You shoot it yourself, you edit it yourself, you release it yourself. Some channels get pretty large and they try to produce shows with actual creative teams (because they have an operation budget), but the rest of us do it all ourselves. Go look at gaming channels, youtubers just use a webcam to show their face and an app like OBS to stream 1080p PS4 footage to YouTube and viewers tune in to watch. You folks should stop fighting the system and learn to manipulate it just like how guys like PewDiePie did. That guy has something like 50 million subscribers and has earned several MILLION dollars in ad revenue from YouTube because people like his banter while he plays computer games. Don't make me laugh. When I put out my last album and approached a a really old friend who runs the East Bay Bay Media collective (a community non-profit) about shooting a video he quote me a "buddy deal" of a minimum of $1000 just to do the the shoot, plus editing costs estimated at another grand or more, Sure, you can put of a crappy looking and sounding phone cam video, but that's not going to do you any good. Maybed that'll pass opn facebook, but it's not going get any serious response on YT. That sounds like you haven't watched anything that people have produced these days with just their cellphone and good lighting. Just like with music, it's about the person behind the lens, not the lens itself. Lighting is everything when it comes to video. You don't need to hire videographers to make amazing videos. Just like you don't need to hire Steve gadd to have great drums on your song.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 13, 2017 21:44:48 GMT -6
sorry, you're wrong: www.google.com/search?q=the+real+reasons+google+killed+sopa+pipa&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS699US702&oq=the+real+reasons+google+killed+sopa+pipa&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l3.5354j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8it is the first result returned. just wanted to add that Maria Schneider is wrong about a lot of things in her post. Has she not been on youtube recently and seen all of the channels that use Patreon to support themselves? PBS SpaceTime, SciShow, Smarter Every Day, MinuteEarth, Minute Physics. drbill regarding your $65 for a million+ spins, you're doing it wrong. Start a youtube channel, monetize it, and then post your songs as animated videos on your channel. Google pays 45-55% of whatever ad revenue they sell on your channel. Your payments suck because OTHER PEOPLE are using your music on THEIR channel. So, put your music on YOUR OWN CHANNEL and you'll get all of that 45-55%. Also, make videos documenting your process for creating the songs. Basically, do what this guy does with regard to selling music on youtube. Nonsense. Why should he have to pay more money to have videos produced just to get a a miniscule pittance raised to to slightly less minuscule pittance? The royalty for music use should be equal for any use of one's music on the the site. Other people have no right to use one's music without permission and if YT is going to permit them to get away with it the royalty should the same if not greater. He doesn't have to pay anything. YouTube is all about self-production. You shoot it yourself, you edit it yourself, you release it yourself. Some channels get pretty large and they try to produce shows with actual creative teams (because they have an operation budget), but the rest of us do it all ourselves. Go look at gaming channels, youtubers just use a webcam to show their face and an app like OBS to stream 1080p PS4 footage to YouTube and viewers tune in to watch. You folks should stop fighting the system and learn to manipulate it just like how guys like PewDiePie did. That guy has something like 50 million subscribers and has earned several MILLION dollars in ad revenue from YouTube because people like his banter while he plays computer games.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 13, 2017 18:42:51 GMT -6
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 13, 2017 17:42:53 GMT -6
OK - here you go. This article is straight up. And guess what - it's BLOCKED using a google search. Gee whiz. Wonder why..... Wheres the net neutrality in that censorship? Bing seems to find it easily. Look, I got no time to duke it out with you pro-Googlites. If you want to support them, feel free. Virtually every pro-Songwriter, pro-Music organization does battle with them. Ascap and BMI are hell bent in lock down battle against them. Hell, they - google - put their ex-vp of Legal Affairs into the justice department to help keep laws almost 100 years old in place at the detriment of music and other creative artists to help youtube to continue their pro-piracy and underpayment tactics. But yeah, they love and fight for us "little guys". There's my straw man. If you feel like it, please explain how this is good for musicians. www.forbes.com/sites/scottcleland/2012/01/24/the-real-reasons-google-killed-sopapipa/#234c585a4530Google can change piracy any time they decide to. They can block pirate and torrent sites, they can quit stealing intellectual property, they can call up youtube and ask them to start paying their fair share. It's actually pretty simple. If they are so ethical, why fight so hard against what's right? sorry, you're wrong: www.google.com/search?q=the+real+reasons+google+killed+sopa+pipa&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS699US702&oq=the+real+reasons+google+killed+sopa+pipa&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l3.5354j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8it is the first result returned. just wanted to add that Maria Schneider is wrong about a lot of things in her post. Has she not been on youtube recently and seen all of the channels that use Patreon to support themselves? PBS SpaceTime, SciShow, Smarter Every Day, MinuteEarth, Minute Physics. drbill regarding your $65 for a million+ spins, you're doing it wrong. Start a youtube channel, monetize it, and then post your songs as animated videos on your channel. Google pays 45-55% of whatever ad revenue they sell on your channel. Your payments suck because OTHER PEOPLE are using your music on THEIR channel. So, put your music on YOUR OWN CHANNEL and you'll get all of that 45-55%. Also, make videos documenting your process for creating the songs. Basically, do what this guy does with regard to selling music on youtube.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 13, 2017 17:32:01 GMT -6
I did just have a client ask a third time for their session files....already provided twice..... What about those systems some studios implement where they provide a login to a server for each client so they can download their files themselves as long as they have the login?
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 13, 2017 17:30:59 GMT -6
They have a video about running a verb in control while tracking ( remember I posted it here along time ago, just like ua console. If you can run a verb why not other plug ins ? look at the screenshot I posted above: the Fx sends are there. www.apogeedigital.com/video/element-tutorials-low-latency-recording-with-reverbthis talks about element but I believe the principle is the same ? pg 37. www.apogeedigital.com/pdf/symphony-io-mkII-users-guide_april_2017.pdfFX Send - Signal from each channel can be sent through this mixer by raising the individual FX Send Channel Fader. •This Mixer is sent back into the computer where it shows up as an extra stereo input available in your DAW. By using this input on an Aux track that has a Reverb or Delay or other effects plug The DAW is running the plugin, not Apogee Control. You can do the same thing by adding an Aux track to your session, setting the input to a physical input on your interface, and inserting a reverb or tap delay plugin on the aux. No input monitoring or anything required.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 13, 2017 11:01:10 GMT -6
Colin posted this to Facebook. So, 1073 pre/line and 1081 pre/line. 4 different models for the DIY'er.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 12, 2017 5:32:35 GMT -6
whenever I built colin's kits, I always soldered resistors, etc on the side they were installed on. other components with longer leads, I could bend the leads to hold them in place and would then flip the board over. the solder bead would always flow thru to the opposite side of the PCB. I never ran into any problems soldering that way (same side as the component) I was afraid of mentioning that is what I did for fear of ridicule, after coming here and asking/venting. It popped in my head to try, and made it way quicker, and I'm not that bad with my pin. I will second your approach, and feel better breaking the #1 PCB soldering rule Lol there is a rule saying to not do that? That's what I get for learning to solder via YouTube hahaha
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 11, 2017 22:39:41 GMT -6
whenever I built colin's kits, I always soldered resistors, etc on the side they were installed on. other components with longer leads, I could bend the leads to hold them in place and would then flip the board over. the solder bead would always flow thru to the opposite side of the PCB. I never ran into any problems soldering that way (same side as the component)
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 11, 2017 22:36:41 GMT -6
for the last mile or two of transmission, it certainly does have to do with the local ISPs. They're the ones who own the infrastructure depending on where you live.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 11, 2017 16:20:46 GMT -6
my MK1 has a similar problem. I just don't turn it off anymore. Apogee Tech support said it sounded like the PSU was failing. my MK1 is probably 6 years old. Stuff breaks down, what can I say.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 11, 2017 16:05:13 GMT -6
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 9, 2017 22:54:54 GMT -6
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 7, 2017 2:43:40 GMT -6
also www.backblaze.comI don't understand why all of you guys aren't using it. it's $5/mo per computer and they back up everything, including every external drive that's connected. So, if you have a ton of drives with sessions on them, this is a nice easy way to get them stored somewhere offsite that is easily restorable.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Dec 6, 2017 1:20:30 GMT -6
did you check out POWAIR from SoundRadix?
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