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That's my CSPAM roots showing. A post is at worst a bump for the thread. And now look, we're up to 4 pages! And BTW, Cabbages and Kings, I have been listening to Reagan speaking for the first time in years, and it's been very instructive, even if I didn't ever do anything with the audio. And thinking about him compared to Trump a little bit. So thanks, and I'm okay with doing this more often. petit choux fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Sep 27, 2022 |
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As I was staring at waveforms of his voice cutting out clips it was interesting to start to key into the way he spoke. I've never listened to a person talk in that detail before. One common example was when looking for a clear sample of him saying "the" or any other connecting type words. Super common word, gets used constantly. But he always rushed through pronouncing it and if there was another connecting word (say, "of the" or "have the") they were badly mushed/slurred together. Isolate that clip and it was indecipherable mush but expand the selection to include more context and it was super clear to me what he was saying, the "the" always sounded clear and legible. I assume all of us do the same thing we just don't hear it because our brains are used to hearing entire sentences and does appropriate filtering.
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Sep 27, 2022 17:12
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Yeah, it was really hard to find a clear "and" to shift into a different sentence. That aside, his very measured way of speaking for formal events and speeches is really good for chopping up other than that.
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Sep 27, 2022 17:23
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xzzy posted:As I was staring at waveforms of his voice cutting out clips it was interesting to start to key into the way he spoke. I've never listened to a person talk in that detail before. One common example was when looking for a clear sample of him saying "the" or any other connecting type words. Super common word, gets used constantly. But he always rushed through pronouncing it and if there was another connecting word (say, "of the" or "have the") they were badly mushed/slurred together. Isolate that clip and it was indecipherable mush but expand the selection to include more context and it was super clear to me what he was saying, the "the" always sounded clear and legible. Yeah, as a paid transcriber for years, it's extremely common. And Reagan threw in all these little signature things. I've been noticing this little quaver in his voice he throws in for effect. He really was a well-accomplished actor.
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Sep 27, 2022 17:26
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petit choux posted:No, redundancy is good! I will look into it now that two people have posted it here. Well, for some related content then, here's some snips of stuff I got while playing around with it! https://vocaroo.com/152h2KqlhruO https://vocaroo.com/1cERyUW8foVR Both of these are using "Drugs are menacing our society" as a "brain" and a short snippet of weird audio from Japanese Television that I got from an old Bogdan Raczynski MOD. There's definitely a lot more to the tool to be had for sure. General tips Ive gleaned from playing around with it are: Block Size of the Target has a HUGE impact on what kind of thing you're going to get. Tiny block size(~200 or so) gives you audiorate mishmash, whereas very large block sizes will get you recognizable repeating snippets of the audio from the brain and rhythm from the target. The other sliders have much more subtle effects, it's very tough so far for me to tell what algorithm and such will produce until I try it. edit: Also feel free if something in those strikes your fancy to use it!
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Sep 27, 2022 17:55
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Right, gotta say the magic words. I will submit something to this contest by 12pm midnight GMT on 10/31/2022, which meets the criteria explained above.
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Sep 27, 2022 22:56
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Current Toxx List with three days left to commit: Cabbages & Kings petit choux toadee im_sorry Papa Was A Video Toaster Danger - Octopus! duck.exe CaptainViolence Pollyanna Wrangeowrapper So Math xzzy The Voice of Labor CatBlack Coolneezzz Didn't Toxx but submitted by deadline (  )B33rChiller Pretty good. it would be nice to have 20 people locked in before the deadline, but I'm gonna say we're close enough that I am committed to 3 prize payouts: Best (Toxx'd / pre deadline) Track with Recognizable Reagan $20 Best (Toxx'd / pre deadline) Track with Secret Reagan (no one working on this now afaik?) $20 Best by overall number of votes, which may pay out to a winner of other categories $20 Additionally petit choux has some nice multi colored (black) cables they are offering!!
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I'm going to say that B33rChiller's anti-fun take on toxxing throws me for a loop because they submitted before the deadline anyway, but refused to toxx. I will be DMing CSPAM mod Calibinal to resolve this issue, and their decision will be binding as it is in all things.
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Cabbages and Kings posted:I will be DMing CSPAM mod Calibinal to resolve this issue, and their decision will be binding as it is in all things. LOL tell him the Trumo thread misses him for me
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Sep 28, 2022 14:16
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FYI I intend to submit to both Reagans.
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Sep 28, 2022 23:38
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STREAMING NEWSMAX.COM 2005 CASSETTE, "REAGAN'S GREATEST HITS" OVER A FAIRLY lovely SET OF BUMPS AND DRONES YOUR CHANCE TO ENGAGE WITH THIS CUTTING EDGE CONTENT https://twitch.tv/suboptimalsynthesis e: my god this tape is hilariously bad, reagan clips interspersed with a midwest drawl newsmax commentator this is as painful as the drone my head is vibrating with beads and reagan Cabbages and VHS fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Sep 30, 2022 |
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Cabbages and Kings posted:STREAMING NEWSMAX.COM 2005 CASSETTE, "REAGAN'S GREATEST HITS" OVER A FAIRLY lovely SET OF BUMPS AND DRONES SAD!! I WILL HEAD UP GROUP??
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petit choux posted:SAD!! I WILL HEAD UP GROUP?? i'm learning some poo poo about beads and my new KSP anyway <3
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Oh, I didn't intend to be anti fun. I just wanted to take part in the music making without competing. I don't toxx on philosophical grounds, but this was a really neat idea, and very inspiring. I'm not in need of prizes. I only needed the idea as a prompt.
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We postin' sketches this weekend? Cause I was having fun with a new sample I glued together. https://soundcloud.com/mrxzzy/tricky/s-rcpPK8YW417?si=397b0bebe6e04c01b039843f26a6cfda
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Last minute toxxers, I'm excited to see your bad rear end tox posts. Getting in there just before the final hour is a cool move.
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xzzy posted:We postin' sketches this weekend? Cause I was having fun with a new sample I glued together.
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" I will submit something to this context by 12pm midnight GMT on 10/31/2022, which meets the criteria explained above". Sigh
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B33rChiller posted:Oh, I didn't intend to be anti fun. I just wanted to take part in the music making without competing. I don't toxx on philosophical grounds, but this was a really neat idea, and very inspiring. it's all good  I am just happy for participation and was being a bit silly.i finally had an actual idea come to my head, and i have a month to mess with it, so that's the direction i'm headed. it involves me singing, which, uh. people familiar with my COVID midi tracks know how well that usually goes  Sweet_Joke_Nectar posted:"  this is also funny because you sneaked in in the weird window where it was already 10/1 in MY timezone, but not everywhere  Toxx cutoff has been reached, but, anyone just tuning in now, you're still eligable for "best overall". Also I have decided all prize winners and maybe even all entrants get a jpg of a UNIQUE cat drawn by me. They won't be NFTs, highly fungible cats, and they may or may not have more than 30 seconds put into them. Cabbages and VHS fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Oct 1, 2022 |
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cat drawings tied to bit cringe
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Cabbages and Kings posted:it's all good I've found the trick to cat drawings is to lay a piece of paper on the floor, let the cat lie down on it, then trace the cat.
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All good Cabs'nKs. Figured I should clarify.petit choux posted:I've found the trick to cat drawings is to lay a piece of paper on the floor, let the cat lie down on it, then trace the cat. I just use my cameraphone.
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petit choux posted:I've found the trick to cat drawings is to lay a piece of paper on the floor, let the cat lie down on it, then trace the cat.  (when I did this one it was only like a $20 card, and, hilariously, now that I've turned all my playable MTG stuff into a combination of debt-elimination and synths, this is probably the most valuable card I own, except for the cat which makes it priceless in more ways than one)
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Well the cat is more likely to hold still doing it your way I admit Or chew on the pencil petit choux fucked around with this message at 14:14 on Oct 2, 2022 |
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Cabbages and Kings posted:STREAMING NEWSMAX.COM 2005 CASSETTE, "REAGAN'S GREATEST HITS" OVER A FAIRLY lovely SET OF BUMPS AND DRONES Getting nice and heavy
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petit choux posted:Getting nice and heavy if these were Reagan's greatest jokes I don't wanna hear the outtakes how many "dems in disarray" jokes can you make before even CSPAM brain goes  ? The answer was less than I expected
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Cabbages and Kings posted:if these were Reagan's greatest jokes I don't wanna hear the outtakes Same generation as Bob Hope, basically same approach to humor. The speech I put up, he made uncomfortable throat-clearing noises while waiting for the laughter to die down a couple times or more, it sounded like. Nothing unnatural but it still gave it an especially eerie feeling. Also on one occasion he waited for the applause that didn't come and you could tell he was disappointed, but not angry. Oh, and the only funny bit is in the very beginning, where the announcer starts getting feedback while he's introducing the president and gets really angry during the last 6 words or so. And yet it felt so right somehow.
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some inspirationAndrew Eldritch posted:What do we need to make our world come alive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0NV_0aLmiA
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Cabbages and Kings posted:I prefer to start with $150 magic cards and go to town with paint pens and a child's sensibilities this is how custom cards are done
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CatBlack posted:this is how custom cards are done oh yes I was working on a whole EDH deck, which I may eventually finish https://surrakandthetemurcats.tumblr.com/ this is both my favorite and the thing that got me some redemption on reddit when I dared post them there. Juvenile, yes.  Kesper North posted:some inspiration
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I know it sounds like guitar rock but that is no human drummer, that is a Boss DR-55 drum machine named, uh, it says here, "Doktor Avalanche" a bit dramatic, our Andrew
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Kesper North posted:I know it sounds like guitar rock but that is no human drummer, that is a Boss DR-55 drum machine named, uh, it says here, "Doktor Avalanche" it's the drama I crave, inject it into my veins. Also I did not know that about the DR-55, that's awesome. I haven't listened to SoM in several years, but as soon as I saw the name, "Temple of Love" started blasting through my brain, just like the 80s child who grew up on college radio that I am. That sound and "Nemesis" by Shriekback are forever entwined in my mind as creating a certain feeling of "powerful depression". I wish I could find info on how Nemesis specific is instrumented. Found this https://shriekbackmusic.tumblr.com/post/117782070802/throwback-thursday-big-electric-energy quote:The Shriekback of old was, by their own admission, chaotic and experimental. They were machine-men, dabbling with drum computers and Fairlights, every song a loose sketch from backing track to overdub. And live, it was jam science. Imagine being able to dabble with a Fairlight in 2022. A real one, I mean.
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Cabbages and Kings posted:it's the drama I crave, inject it into my veins. Also I did not know that about the DR-55, that's awesome. I haven't listened to SoM in several years, but as soon as I saw the name, "Temple of Love" started blasting through my brain, just like the 80s child who grew up on college radio that I am. That sound and "Nemesis" by Shriekback are forever entwined in my mind as creating a certain feeling of "powerful depression". "Powerful depression" is an apt turn of phrase.  I've been listening to it a lot the last few years as I reflect on how "evil is an exact science, being carefully correctly wrong" has been writ large on the world, and watching my country's actions in the world and thinking...We drink elixirs that we refine From the juices of the dying We are no monsters, we're moral people And yet we have the strength to do this This is the splendor of our achievement Call in the air strike with a poison kiss Your query got me googling and I turned up a couple more hints. More on the Fairlight and subsequent improvements: https://shriekbackmusic.tumblr.com/post/98379158682/the-80s-some-points-to-bear-in-mind More on Nemesis specifically: quote:The music was seamless to the visuals. While “Nemesis” had some of the signatures of the soon-to-be vogue “industrial” — a wall-of-sound synth and a determinedly thumping beat — the song crafted these elements in an altogether different way. Rather than a drum machine, Nemesis relied upon the real-life, oddly-assorted percussion instruments of Martyn Barker. The overarching synth was blended with the killer combo of Carl Marsh’s lead guitar (a sound like Godzilla wails) and the delicious slap-funk base of Dave Allen. Throw into this heady stew the one-and-only oracle voice of Barry Andrews, and you had something approaching alchemy. Source: https://www.popmatters.com/shriekback-and-me-2496165479.html I have to confess I enjoy this cover by the Joy Thieves, which (tragically unlike the original) is on Spotify: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teiAjaP4xVo God is not mocked, he owns our business Karma could take us at any moment Cover him up, I think we're finished You know it's never been so exotic But I don't know, my dreams are visions We could still end up with the great big fishes As an aside, have you considered just writing them and asking? They seem to be Extremely Online, so they might answer random fan questions. Kesper North fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Oct 5, 2022 |
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the first thing that comes to mind when shriekback comes up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oupGA_QVVUE
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OK, I've got some sources off of archive.org, and a hell of a title. Let's see if I can put something together over the weekend.
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Anybody get his testimony before HUAC?
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Kesper North posted:As an aside, have you considered just writing them and asking? They seem to be Extremely Online, so they might answer random fan questions. that is a cool cover and also a good idea, I just emailed them. petit choux posted:Anybody get his testimony before HUAC? it is annoying to me that there are several youtube clips which imply the existence of a longer recording, but I cannot locate it.
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Kesper North posted:As an aside, have you considered just writing them and asking? They seem to be Extremely Online, so they might answer random fan questions.  they replied in like, an hourquote:fair enough "What are 3 machines I'll never own"? 
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