So. A fundamental artefact from the dawn of Western civilisation, made by hand over 40 years is somehow worth less than a guitar that is one of identical thousands being churned out of a production line every year. One of the tenets of capitalist economics is supply and demand. When you add the fet...

These sorts of pop artefact purchases are probably often made by individuals who are shallow or narcissistic.
It's amazing what the clowns get up to:

"Titanic 'door' prop that kept Rose alive sells for $718,750".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68672177

If divorce papers are served before the credit card bill which contains the guitar purchase has been paid, there's your answer.

There's different modes for Thunderbolt. It can do video for example. The mode that audio interfaces use is to bring PCIe outside the computer. So it's the same (low) latency as PCIe. Unfortunately, with Thunderbolt being merged into USB 4 it looks like Thunderbolt is dead, going the same way as Fi...

You can increase bandwidth without reducing latency so don’t assume anything. This is a general statement and not particularly about USB. USB 3.2 by itself tells you little as you need to know the suffix as that gives you the performance. Type C is a port so that’s a given but don’t assume anything ...

USB C is simply the shape of the port and the pin arrangement. It could be USB 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.x and so on (as they keep adding USB versions). So USB C only tells you that as a minimum it will be a USB 3.0 port. On a PC that is probably correct but you will also see USB 2.0 on phones and possibly ...

Here’s a video about the new shop: https://youtu.be/bE1bcSe2caM?si=zZMnyQd5FEeeBqoi It’s a rather luxurious place when you include all the secret rooms that Joe Public will never see. Justin Hawkins was deliciously irreverent and possibly because he immediately sensed that Agnesi was taking the who...

I'm just thinking about this and AFAICT SSDs have a finite life and are the most likely points of failure (with RAM following close behind). These parts are now soldered to the motherboard so a failure in any of them means the machine is, effectively, a door stop. I can just about live with £400 is...

There’s no shortage of great guitars available even up to expensive Gibson Murphy Labs reissues, so taking a few out of circulation isn’t an issue for me. I see it being more of an issue for art where the artist is dead and there is a finite number of their pieces. Those being in private collections...

Possibly the worst IT decision I have made was to stop using my own own domain name for emails and move to Outlook.com emails. The worst part is their broken spam filter which can't be disabled, at least in the free version. This requires me to have to login to each account on the Web weekly to save...

The Kontakt 7 library is completely separate from the old one from what I understand.

Keep in mind that you can install as little as you want from Komplete, so no need to rush.

I've set up a few of these rigs now, using ATEM Mini Pros. One of your HDMI sources can indeed be the computer. You simply have to learn not to switch to it and broadcast your desktop to the world, unless that is what you want to do, of course. The inputs seem to be very forgiving indeed. Lots of f...

Brilliant, thanks. I was expecting the hardware to be expensive as they sell a lot of high end gear, but the ATEM Mini Pro ISO HDMI surprised me at near £400. The fact that you seemingly don't need it connected to a computer to live stream is very appealing. You’re welcome. You can use a computer a...

I would say that Blackmagic have got the streaming hardware you’ll need at a reasonable price and free editing software upto HD. If you think you might re-edit the live stream later and replace it with the edit then get the iso version which is compatible with the editing program. https://www.black...

As someone looking to create videos for Youtube and other platforms, plus wanting to explore live streaming with decent audio quality, what general forums do people recommend?
I am a newbie and am aware of dedicated forums that software/hardware vendors host but looking for more general forums.

I do have natural light coming through a large window which is directly opposite where I will be sitting, so it is ideal in that sense. Obviously it will be very variable in the UK. I know the term white balance but I don't really know what the full implications are. I might need to experiment with ...

Thanks again. I did realise at the last moment that I should add a clap at the end. It’s very early days so I am learning each time I make a video. I do actually have a decent sized cowbell that I might extract from my storage cupboard for a bit of fun. :D The first stage is all me talking to camera...

Thanks all. It’s uncanny how much the comments mirror my current thoughts. I’m going to use metal percussion as a clapper board as the transients should be clear. I have an Intel i9-9900 (8C/16T), 64GB DDR4 3200 and currently using the iGPU. I’ve budgeted for a Nvidia RTX 4060 (or TI) but will wait ...

I’m starting my first ever video project and will be using one or two video cameras alongside two standalone audio recorders. The intention of using the two audio recorders is for redundancy and for quality. Good audio quality should be much easier to achieve than with the phones that I am currently...