@corlin @codeWhisperer
Yeah I just found that link myself.

Including this one, which is quite frankly a ridiculous price to purchase the score and parts. Same price whether digital or physical.

This is really disappointing to see a composer do this. If you want your music to be performed, you said it at a more reasonable price to make it more accessible.

/nosanitize
https://andyakiho.com/products/seven-pillars?variant=40887241048134

@Render
I'm not a percussionist, but I imagine it's probably just maple which would be standard. It looks like it has a mahogany veneer on it. (Which they are ruining.)

@corlin @opie @phase2 @th3j35t3r @northernbassist @elmaxx

@corlin
I can look into it. Yes, their compression does not nice things to highly dynamic music.

^ Tagging a few people who I think will appreciate this.

@opie @corlin @phase2 @Render @th3j35t3r @northernbassist @elmaxx

What an unbelievable piece and incredible performance. The video and audio work are also stunning. This is a long piece, but at least watch Pillar I and Pillar VII. Very few of you will have heard anything like this before. I know I had not.

Andy Akiho - Seven Pillars
Sandbox Percussion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXHORWr6xQ8

#cosomusic #musicproduction

@AndersonArtwork @Render @Minholkin
I almost threw up when I heard he was being freed on a plea deal.

The only plea deal that should have been offered was one in which he gives up his sources.

@northernbassist
Only for one summer. But it made a strong impression.

There are bassheads, and then there are organists.

@Render @stueytheround

@Beanc
Talk to @mcfate also who has a lot of experience with this.

@northernbassist
One of the larger Maggie's were my Ferrari poster of speakers for many years.

I think the love of that sort of sound started when I was in high school, when I briefly took organ lessons from rom a lady who had an Allen & Rodgers digital theater organ in her house. The built-in speakers weren't bad, but she liked to run them through her music listening system which was built around a huge pair of Apogee electrostats with dual 15-in subs. 🤯

@Render @stueytheround

@Beanc
YouTube is a great resource of this for most things. For example, many people toss a piece of kombu in their rice cooker, but Morimoto boils it in his vinegar dressing for the rice. So I do both, because whoever complained about too much umami?

@mcfate

@Beanc @mcfate
I literally just started last week. So far I've only done vegetable rolls and California rolls. Tomorrow afternoon I hope to hit the fish market so I can make some proper nigiri.

There are a few items I learned quite quickly are pretty essential, and fortunately I found cheap but decent quality versions of them. Rice cooker, hangiri bowl, yanagiba knife, etc. I also had a friend who recently got into sushi making and they were able to recommend good rice and nori sheets.

@northernbassist
If my bookshelf speakers in my living room ever kick the bucket, I may replace them with another pair of Kali's. My Denon receiver would need to get the boot. The only issue is that there are precious few preamps that have HDMI switching and balanced outputs. This is the one I've marked for the future.

https://www.essenceelectrostatic.com/product/hdacc-ii-4k-hdmi-dac-preamp-headphone-amp-for-4k-sources-and-tvs/

@Render @stueytheround

@Beanc @mcfate
Call it a sub, hoagie, grinder, whatever.

Subway makes the absolute worst version of that kind of sandwich. The bread is just terrible and it doesn't get better from there.

I made sushi for lunch today. So glad I didn't go to Subway.

@northernbassist
Believe me, I understand the love of tinkering with matching components. But once you hear a truly great pair of powered monitors, you won't want to go back to separate amps.

These are what I'm rocking at my desktop PC, and they honestly sound better than much more expensive designs I've heard. The company was started by former JBL engineers.
https://www.kaliaudio.com/independence

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/kali-in-5-studio-monitor-review.22487/

https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/kali-audio-5

@Render @stueytheround

@northernbassist
I have not, but several professional classical recording engineers I talk to online on a regular basis have. If you watch Erin's review video which is mostly measurement-based, you'll see that they're about as perfect as you can get. And the fact that they have a cardioid dispersion pattern is a rare thing.

@Render @stueytheround

@northernbassist @Render @stueytheround

If I ever bought a mansion with a concert-hall sized listening room, I might have to upgrade to these, at $64,000.

https://www.genelec.com/8381a

@northernbassist @Render @stueytheround

And if I ever hit the lottery, these are the main pair speakers I'm buying. They are legend among pro recording and mastering engineers in Europe. $13,000 sure isn't chump change, but I'd bet that same amount they blow away those $440,000 speakers.

https://dutchdutch.com/collections/8c-speaker

https://www.erinsaudiocorner.com/loudspeakers/dutch_dutch_8c/

@northernbassist
It's sloppy design if you ask me.

And the bass extension is hardly revolutionary these days. You want to hit 16 Hz at 104 dB? You can get there for $799.
https://www.erinsaudiocorner.com/subwoofer_testing/rsl_speedwoofer_12s/

@Render @stueytheround

iPhone 15 Pro Storage Expansion | 128GB To 512GB

The skill shown by this technician is impressive. Wait till you see how the factory NAND is removed!

https://youtu.be/JbSDdU8bJI0