• Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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    2 months ago

    Making sure to keep it legal, right?

    Let’s stick with Project Gutenberg - Public domain ebooks and other media, spanning centuries. They’re incredibly important for keeping our literary past alive.

    I might have more later.

      • Flagstaff@programming.devEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I tried so many other podcast apps, at least 3 of 4 others. The only thing I dislike is that about AntennaPod is that there is no comprehensive removal button that deletes, marks as played, and removes from queue—but all the other apps failed at even consistently downloading eps or playing them back. AntennaPod crushes all competition by light years.

        • Prinz Kasper@feddit.org
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          2 months ago

          I’ve been using Podcast Addict for years, and when I tried to switch to AntennaPod, I couldn’t figure out how to configure it in such a way that I can listen to the back catalogue of a podcast in chronological order and have the app automatically download a rolling buffer of a small number of episodes. When I looked around online for solutions, I found a forum thread of someone who had the same issue, and the maintainers of the project responded with confusion and dismissal as to why anyone would need that functionality lol. So I’m still on Podcast Addict.

          • Flagstaff@programming.devEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Huh, incidentally, that’s one I haven’t tried! You may end up swaying me over…

            Actually, is it closed-source? That’d be a deal-breaker for me, if so, since I’m not that desperate for such a feature as to lose open-source status.

    • Rose@slrpnk.net
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      2 months ago

      Let me be perfectly honest: If you like AntennaPod, just stick with it, OK? You’ll save a lot of frustrations and headaches.

      I used to use AntennaPod and listened to lots of podcasts.

      Then one podcast host mentioned some other app, I tried it, and liked its Web interface, even when it didn’t have all of the AntennaPod features. I think it didn’t have “stop playing a podcast at the end of the episode, even if it’s queued”. (I like to queue stuff and listen to them at no particular order. I’m a whimsical girl like that.) Then I think this app got discontinued/went pay only, I can’t remember.

      Went with Google Podcasts. It was a pretty limited and janky experience (also no ability to stop at the end of the queued episode), but it did its job and I hoped it’d get better over years. It didn’t. It got discontinued. Google sometimes can’t do a good thing.

      I manually migrated my subscriptions to some other app. (As one last hurrah Google then implemented OPML takeout.) Wasn’t happy with this app. Couldn’t help but notice my podcast listening habits were drying up due to all these minor snags. ADHD thing I’m sure.

      Then I remembered AntennaPod and how perfect it was and how happy I was using it. I wanted to export OPML from this other app. It had OPML import but no export of any kind. Shit.

      So I imported my subs manually again. And screw me if I ever have to do that again. But I’m happy again and that’s what matters. I don’t think I’ll need to migrate again, I’m glad AntennaPod has nice backup features. (Which I already used to move the app from my tablet to my phone.)

  • rational_lib@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    A little late but OpenTaxSolver - free desktop tax software that gives you a printout of tax forms that you can mail in. And it includes a few states too. Way easier than the annoying corporate sites that constantly log you out and charge a fee for every little thing.

    • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      Since you mention states and the site mentions federal taxes and the IRS, I assume this is for the tax system of the USA, it’s funny that it isn’t stated anywhere though.

      • nylo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        2 months ago

        the USA is the only country that I know of that requires such ridiculous measures to file your taxes tbh

        • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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          2 months ago

          Here in Switzerland, tax law is different per canton. So for our ~9 million people we have 26 tax laws! We pay taxes on three levels, communal, cantonal and federal taxes. And who collects which part depends on your canton. In mine the commune collects the communal and the cantonal part, and the canton collects the federal part. Yeah… it makes no sense to me either.

          Though regarding the filing that part is not so bad;you only make one tax declaration from which the taxes on all three levels are calculated. And as far as I’m aware each canton offers a free software application for filing. The filings are a little complicated compared to some European neighbours from what I hear. For instance we aren’t source taxed directly out of our pay-checks, so we have to list our earnings and possessions manually and list various deductions.

          Still, from what I gather we have it a little better than the US Americans

    • Hyphlosion@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Thanks! I was pretty annoyed at having to pay TurboTax over $100 something to have my taxes filed. Opportunistic assholes.

  • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub
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    2 months ago

    Syncthing.

    Connect any two devices’ folders together wirelessly, from anywhere.

    Don’t have a server? You don’t need one. Every device is an individual node.

    Backup? If you do have a server, offload some of your content and keep on rolling, or set scripts to move files by age.

    • dave@lemmy.wtf
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      2 months ago

      very underrated piece of software! its been a total game changer in how i have my computers set up.

      also great for some apps too. things like keepass or newsboat (terminal RSS reader) or anything that stores its data in a single file or folder. its really great not having to rely on a connection to a server

  • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    In most eu countries the law requires businesses that give out food to also allow you to order free tap water. If youre in a city and dont want to spend money on a bottle of water, walk into mcdonalds and ask for free tap water. A lot of european countries also have strict laws about tap water so for example in france unless otherwise indicated with a warning, tap water is always potable.

    • taxiiiii@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Not true everywhere, actually never heard of it here (Germany and Austria).

      But if you walk into a place and ask for a paper cup of tap water, a lot of workers are willing to give it to you, regardless of the laws.

      Vienna has tap water straight from the mountains btw and it tastes amazing. Recommended.

    • ripcord@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Here in the US, this seems so normal that it didnt even occur to me that this may not be true everywhere else. And not need to be enforced by law.

        • ripcord@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          Ive definitely never, ever run into that. But I’m sure it happens.

          Edit: I guess ive seen places that charged some nominal fee for the cup but it’s so rare

          • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            2 months ago

            I went to Philadelphia and there were hardly any places to get water at all. There were always stores selling water bottles literally $8 in one instance around nearly everywhere you looked

      • d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 months ago

        Arizona has several long-standing laws on the books requiring both public government properties and businesses to provide drinking water without cost or other barrier to access. Businesses can’t even charge for the cup.

        Common courtesy unfortunately doesn’t go far enough, especially when it matters most, so law is required.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    LMMS - free and open source garage band. It’s a little weird on how you do a song, but it’s pretty great.

    Tips: Look at Beats and Baselines Editor and Piano Roll Editor first to probably get you where you want to be.

      • fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        Wow, I was wanting to get into composing for fun and i saw this great comment :D never knew Mr. Superbowl would help me with this :-)

        • anon6789@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          I do have some other hobbies! 😁

          If you’re looking for instruments, effects, etc, the YouTube channel elektronickmusick demos a few each day and many are free or free trials and they run the same midday track through all of them to give you an indeed what they sound like.

          I don’t think they’re the best demos because it’s a generic track through all of them, not necessarily something that fits perfect with each unique instrument’s strengths, but it gives you some ideas of the sound before you search for it, download it, and find out it’s not for you.

          If you want some nifty and weird sounds with fun back stories, David Hilowitz searches out obscure old instruments, fixes them, and samples them in his Decent Sampler plugin and rotates giving away different ones for free.

          I’m still really bad at making my own music, but I like experimenting while I’m learning to do better.

          • fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            2 months ago

            I do have some other hobbies! 😁

            I don’t believe you… I fully believe you spend most of your day looking at owl pictures!

            Thanks for the recommendations :D I’m not dedicated to it at all, but i think it would be fun to try. Bookmarking your comments for later :)

            • anon6789@lemmy.world
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              2 months ago

              As hard as it may be to imagine, I feel I’ve been getting a bit behind from where I’d like to be with owl stuff. With so many owl babies right now, it’s been hard to get some of the variety I’d like, and between being sick and depressed, it’s hard for me to focus on owls or music the way I’d like.

              But between all those links I’ve shared, you should have years worth of experimentation ahead of you. I hope you find lots of good stuff.

              • fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                2 months ago

                :C I’m sorry to hear about your irl affairs. Unfortunately going through some stuff too, but i hope you’re doing okay. I’d rather you be healthy than have superbowl :) anyways, thank you for the links <3

                • anon6789@lemmy.world
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                  2 months ago

                  I’m sure a good deal of it is just that like being lazy and complaining. 😁

                  I got some good posts added to the queue today and planted some more stuff in my container garden and made some bread, so now to clean dishes and laundry and try to focus on some piano.

                  I think I’ve been lost since the gf has gone to a very fluctuating schedule, as it really throws off my routines. It’s like if the sun came out at a different time every day. There’s still the same amount of time and opportunity to do stuff, but you’d feel off after a while doing stuff at what feels like the wrong time of day. I dunno. I’m weird. 😝

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        Wow, this thread came to me with perfect timing. I love LMMS and I’ll try out this plugins on Monday, thanks.

        I’m currently going through this thread and found 3 other sites that are amazing and solved some project issues I was having.

        • anon6789@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          Oh, glad to help! Any other music tools you’re looking for? I’m not good with any of them, but I like testing them out. I’m still just learning and experimenting.

          I get a little sad when I don’t see anything new for me on threads like this, but then I’m a bit grateful since that means I’ve already spent a long time enjoying all these things!

          • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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            2 months ago

            I’ve been playing with it since my last comment. I just installed 8 plugins. There are 3 that are so freaking good.

            My only wish is there was a way to make a song like in Garage band, where you can overlap the instruments and loops more easily. I think it’s there, but I’m just not good enough at it yet. When I play with the piano, I get a really good sounding melody, but then it’s gone.

            • anon6789@lemmy.world
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              2 months ago

              Like in this video?

              I haven’t used LMMS in a long time, but he’s manually editing the piano roll (where the notes are stored) but I see a record button here where it should record what you play on the keyboard.

              • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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                2 months ago

                Sort of, I found that portion. Here is my workflow in Garage Band.

                • Pick loop and sound speed (has a ticker before it starts), and place on timeline
                • Add instruments and play with melodies from a keyboard plugged in and record them.
                • Use the melody.
                • Record some vocals
                • Add more layers of sounds or loops
                • Create file

                This takes about 4 hours to make an opening song that I usually love.

                In LMMS

                • I can find some loops, but they seem to really point towards making your own, or maybe there are some loop vaults somewhere I could use?
                • I found some amazing instruments on the plugins4free site, but recording them with a keyboard seems hard somehow.
                • I have the studio (paid) version of Davinci Resolve, I guess I could just switch over there once I’ve made my loops?

                The rest seems easy and I like the set up.

                • anon6789@lemmy.world
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                  2 months ago

                  Gotcha, now I have a better idea of what you’re trying to do.

                  Watching this video about looping in LMMS shows it can sorta be done, sometimes with some help from Audacity.

                  If you’re adding in more stuff like VST plugins and vocals, you may want to try out Waveform Free, which I checked is for iOS also, so you get a full modern DAW. It’s the same product as their paid full version, just like 2 updates behind.

                  For more premade loops, check out Looperman if you haven’t already.

                  It’s not free, but I think I under $20 for the program and all the upgrades, if looping and sampling is something you want to focus on, check out Koala Sampler. I downloaded it the other week and have been sampling vinyl recordings from YouTube, it has an AI stem extractor to separate the instrument tracks, and then chopping and looping that.

                  It has a built in simple synth now as well, and you can use a midi controller with it. Lots of videos are out there if you want to see how that works. You might be able to incorporate that into your setup.

                • XPost3000@lemmy.ml
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                  2 months ago

                  If you want to do any loop and sample work FOSS style, then I’d highly highly recommend Bespoke Synth, easily the best FOSS modular DAW out there

                  It has a bit of a learning curve, but once you’re over it then it’s a pleasure to use and easily the best open source DAW I’ve used so far (and I’ve tried alot)

                  Biggest thing it has over LMMS: VST3 support, so you can actually use modern synth plugins like Surge XT, or dynamic EQ plugins like ZL Equalizer, or lo-fi plugins like CHOW Tape and MAIM

                  Although, there is a FOSS workout to get VST3 working in LMMS using KV Element, which you can load as a VST2 that itself can run VST3’s.

                  I use to use that before Bespoke but it was very much a workaround, and I had this infuriating annoyance where KV Element would just send pitch-wheel signals to everything and detune my synths without me knowing, and I could not find any reason or fix, so I just stopped using LMMS in favor of Bespoke

                  Hope this helped!!!

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    CBC Gem, which is our country’s public news corporation’s streaming service which is a catalog of Canadian television. There’s also CBC Music which is the radio app, and you can even listen to the live streams of the Metropolitan Opera on Saturdays.

  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    VLC: the only media player you’ll ever need. Peak FLOSS.

    Audacity: free, robust audio editing/effects tool. Not a proper DAW but so feature rich some people treat it like one. Another peak FLOSS.

    Freesound.org: huge library of free audio, all Creative Commons/non royalty shit. Effects, music, you name it. Been around for literally 2 decades, is run by a non-profit. Definitely a relic of a bygone era

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Audacity: free, robust audio editing/effects tool. Not a proper DAW but so feature rich some people treat it like one. Another peak FLOSS.

      If you need what I understand to be considered a full-on DAW, there’s Ardour, which is also FLOSS.

    • Flagstaff@programming.devEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Another peak FLOSS.

      Actually, Audacity lost this status when Muse Group bought it out. There was a huge community fuss over this especially in /r/Audacity when the company started adding data-tracking to it, and the protests eventually died down because they just kept muscling through their decision like Reddit did with its changes.

      I still use Audacity, to be fair, but may consider Ardour that another user mentioned here…

    • DUMBASS@leminal.spaceEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Back in the windows 7 days we were sitting at Christmas lunch and my dickhead cousin started bragging about all the different video playing apps he used, without looking up from his lunch my grandpa goes “I only use one, vlc, only an idiot would use anything else.”, then continued eating without looking up, my cousin looked shitty and I just left to go laugh outside.

        • DUMBASS@leminal.spaceEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I don’t care if you believe me or not that’s your business, my cousin is an arrogant asshole, the type to bring his house plans to Christmas lunch and spread them where we’re about to eat lunch while standing there demanding people admire his shitty house and my grandpa doesn’t give a shit. When he retired in the 90s he got into building computers which lead him to piracy, he introduced me to piracy and is why I’m the pirate I am now.

            • DUMBASS@leminal.spaceEnglish
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              2 months ago

              It was random af, he’s usually a chill quiet dude lol.

              We used to have family pirate nights where we’d visit the video store, rent out all the games we could, go home burn copies of them all, take them back the same day and grab more, they didn’t know or care. I’ve taken over his role now and now I set up pirate streaming apps for my family.