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On the "more complicated than that" front, I don't know about Falun Gong in China, but in the USA they've become a cultlike organization that has amassed a good amount of money since the 90s, engages in a lot of extreme right wing propagandizing, conspiracy theory propagation and political action, and were big doors to the Trump campaign. Not that that in any way justifies the persecution they're apparently seeing in China, but at least here they're a pretty wretched organization that's comparable to Scientology but with a lower profile. This has been a known thing for decades. EDIT: I didn't know it until I jsut did a quick search, but it turns out their publishing arm is now banned from Facebook advertising. https://www.salon.com/2019/08/24/epoch-times-pro-trump-falun-gong-news-outlet-banned-from-buying-ads-on-facebook/

Well, because I've had fairly severe allergies to dust at my workplace since 2018 they just officially cut me to 4 hours a week because I'm considered a health hazard. Also they moved me over to working directly with the stuff I'm allergic to, so that's a good idea too.

That thing looks pretty quality.

I'm going through another phase of wishing I had a Nord Drum lately, this time it's the 3p that really looks good to me. Not even close to an option these days, though.

I'm not ideologically a purist or anything, but I played so much Doom as a kid that anything beyond WASD control and always-run messes with my head and makes it hard to play. I just got a text from USPS, my used copy of Beautiful Katamari was delivered early!

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My guess re: the accents is that the op amps and transistors available 40 years ago probably tended to have less headroom (plus other components were probably lower tlrance than the SMT stuff common today, which would mean op amps and transistors probably wouldn't be running optimally even if they had the theoretical potential to perform as well as their modern equivalents), so even if you clone the circuit with modern components, an accent on the clone would just be louder where on the old gear it would saturate a bit.

It probably sounds terrible and I bet you need a 30v-or-whatever driver of some kind to make it compatible with an analog phone system (or maybe not, maybe it's line level, who knows), but this particular variation of Western Electric #52 switchboard operator headset is the most stylish thing ever and if I was a regular vocoder user I would have to own one:

Fall Guys no regrets Also finally played through Si6il (in Crispy Doom on Ultraviolence) and it was pretty good.

So much going on here.

Even before they added the art it was fantastic.

Wikihow really is the last good thing on the Internet. I'm going to learn to start rapping.

So you follow the Wikihow method.

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Seems pretty accurate.

Only thing I want is more free time and maybe one more Raspberry Pi

Sounds like they're expecting them in a couple weeks as of 2-3 days ago.

How did you manage that? I've been on the waiting list for the next batch for over two weeks now and they won't even take payment in advance.

Regarding the room correction, you could always look in to getting a miniDSP and write off the cost of the software you have as paying a bit too much for the test microphone it came with. https://www.minidsp.com/products/minidsp-in-a-box/minidsp-2x4-hd EDIT: never mind, I just noticed that version doesn't do room correction without buying a $200 firmware upgrade, and at that point it's too expensive to be worth it IMO.

Obvious solution:

I always heard that the main issue with a good DJ turntable is that the stock arms are designed more to optimize tracking than sound quality, and if you upgrade the arm on a used SP1200 you can end up with something pretty comparable to one of those audiophile turntables that cost as much as a car but only pay the equivalent of a couple months rent for it. I guess if you're in the financial position to do that kind of thing it's a really good option to consider. Here's a good example: https://www.tonepublications.com/analogaholic/sl-1200-upgrades-sound-hifi/ I got my SP-15 for $80 and I'm going to run that thing until it stops working or I do, but if I ever have to replace it I'd probably go this route, if only because I could get a good used 1200, arm mount and most of the cost of a good arm for what a broken SP-15 with arm would sell for these days (pretty sure the arm on it is too long for a 1200). Or you could read this typical audiophile forum thread with people arguing about SL-1200 upgrades where an anti-vaxxer (who is also the site owner) argues about the virtues of SL-1200 modification, and then reevaluate whether it's actually worth caring about.

Good direct drive is more stable. The reason rich audiophile types have turntables with platters a foot thick is because the momentum helps smooth out the speed inconsistencies that any belt driven system is going to have. i can't speak for other DD turntables but the one I use doesn't have a separate motor, the platter itself is the fixed magnet half of a brushless motor and the only thing it touches is the bearing it sits on. There's a big ring of electromagnets in the frame where the platter sits and they're activated in sequence and push the platter, a little bit like how a railgun works I guess. I don't know which DD Technics models work that way and which don't, but it's really effective. The only issue I've had is that Grado cartridges pick up a fair bit of noise because they're not shielded like most cartridges are. Switched over ot OM series Ortofons a few years ago and they're dead silent, a bit less expensive, and pair better with the arm. I think it's more that a good belt drive turntable is more cost effective to manufacture than a good direct drive, so at a given price point you're going to probably get more for your money with belt drive unless you luck out and find something that was thrown out by a college radio station or something. If motor noise was absolutely inherent to direct drive it would be cut into the lacquers that all the records everyone listens to were made from, because lathes are all direct drive.