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SoundsLikeJoe
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Self-employed music composer, sound designer, synthophile, and audio engineer. These posts have not been approved by my employer.
Running audio setup via Dante is NOT something I'd recommend. It's buggy in Windows Network sort of ways. Yes... "it works" ... most of the time. Stabilizing the network is very Window 98 workload. It should all be more solid and robust than it is.
November 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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I happily quit Spotify two years ago. No regrets.
October 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
My personal advice on business? Don't do any deals/work/jobs for friends, family, or neighbors.
October 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
October 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.
October 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And here I am. Needing the iPad to be a real tool with audio output via 3.5mm AND I need to charge the thing.

But.... at least Apple reduced cost and increased shareholder value.
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October 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Recording and live mixing full orchestra this weekend is a highlight reel thing for me. Tune in this Sat to WDAV for the hear the broadcast.

Geffel mains. Schoeps outriggers. Spot mics around as needed. Great sounding hall. Top talent musicianship.

wdav.org/program/char...
October 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Dear fellow musicians,

The recording studio is not a place of pixie dust and miracles. You wont get magic on the first take and will be REQUIRED to work hard to create the perfect version of your music. This is not a Santa Clause process. It's not a money commitment. It's a workplace.

Do work.
October 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"Collector's Edition" of a high priced studio tool says a lot about humans and the industry at large.
October 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Really wise insights and positive thinking by MylarMelodies.

youtu.be/NvQF4YIvxwE?...
Perhaps releasing music doesn't matter?
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September 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
September 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Every football fan should have the option to mute Chris Collinsworth commentary.
September 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I wonder what the collective studio billing hours were incurred while guiarists struggled to retune a Floyd Rose trem system? Globally for all time? My guess is 1000s of hours but it could be 10x or more.

Thank you Floyd Rose.
September 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Premiere for a film we mixed/designed. Always fun to attend these screenings.
September 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Spitfire Symphonic Strings might be the worst string library I've ever purchased. Maybe worse still was the money spent on Kepler Strings... also by Spitfire.

Not surprising what happened with them. Started strong. Then went all Jony Ive with the grind of BIG KEYNOTES. A shame really.
September 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I think I qualify as a veteran mix engineer.... and a thing that has become REALLY clear to me in recent years is that compression is widely overused and quickly leads to a dead flat sound.

These are mistakes I made. Try to listen for it.
September 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NPR is... less and less serious journalism every year. Current drive home? A fluff feature about THE BACHELORETTE.

Its like People Magazine hour on NPR. Hard news checked out years ago.
September 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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I just saw someone refer to the olive garden as italian dennys
and now you also need to change your lexicon so we can all live like this
September 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Some of y’all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to spoiled milk so it looked normal.

Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
September 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Reverb Wallet... we'll give you 1% extra, then you can never have this money back.... only use it on Reverb.

For a measly 1%...
September 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Is Wikipedia the only website that has gone through major global growth but not given in to the pressure of profits that create enshitification?

They have longevity. They haven't dramatically changed the function and format due to ad rev motivations.

Purpose creates better results than profit.
September 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
We just reached a new level of dystopia for my lifetime...

Food recall in my area for Radioactive Shrimp
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August 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
But... seriously. Look at this one!
August 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I really want a Beard square neck Dobro. Like.. bad
August 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
These preamps are ridiculously good considering the price of this box. Noise specs a tight as Millennium or Grace. Very quick and clear pairing for Schoeps mic setup.
August 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM