...has a built-in crayon sharpener.

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

@profanity.accountant do I have swears?

the last good website. #wikipediaday

A roundup of all the works that become public domain in 2026 web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...

Looking forward to leading a session at the MIRP Meeting in Belgium on Weds. Hope to see you there.

Quite happy about the new high-res spectrogram option in #reaperdaw Low-res on the left, high-res on the right.

@brendanpbaker.bsky.social Thank you for requesting this. I was getting quite confused about unexpected normalization results. Saw they integrated the fix. forum.cockos.com/showthread.p...

I've used quite a lot of cassette tape emulation plugins for #sounddesign and I'm coming to the conclusion that Spectral Audio's (now) free OSC-45 sounds the nicest of them all. Beautiful saturation and wow/flutter emulation. archive.org/details/ocs-...

I certainly hope that if you need the group rate on duct cleaning you'd come to me first and not those other hacks.

New Neutrinowatch episode is out. Also come watch us (@martinaustwick.bsky.social) perform at Podfest tonight! www.podfestberlin.com/2025-festival

Ello! Top lad @jeffemtman.com just published a new episode of Neutrinowatch! "Best of the Manosphere" is a daily distillation of all the best bits of your favourite manpods into a wonderful piece of art. It's the idea-summarizing, trailblazing, time-saving game-changer! pod.link/1567632084/e...

Look at this nice picture of me pushing @martinaustwick.bsky.social out of the way. Thank you XMTR for having us there to perform our weird Neutrinowatch stuff. and thank you Rachel Manns for the photo. More of the festival photos here: www.xmtr.fm/festival

If anyone's coming to Berlin for #prixeuropa, I'd love to meet up for coffee.

and that's just the ones I remember

Reading the changelog for #reaperdaw 7.43 and five things caught my eye as someone who uses the Reaper mostly for sound design and podcast editing. (1/8)

I swear I'm not a robot—I just like my dashes long like a dachshund.

Another day, another new and interesting way to ruin my life with #reaperdaw <3 --> Script: acendan_Insert random FX plugin on selected track.lua

Anyone have little-known mixing plugins they swear by? The one I'm reliant on is Voice Of Snow, which is a GUI-less free plugin that separates sound into its noisy and tonal parts. Can instantly add or remove texture. www.kvraudio.com/product/voic... #mixing #audioproduction #sounddesign

Just found out that bluesky lets you change your user handle to your website. Thankfully, they reserve your old handle for you too if you change your mind later. bsky.social/about/blog/4...

EQ matching is hard for me and I need all the help I can get. Currently trial-ing FabFilter Pro-Q4: - EQ match gave better result than any other I tried - Perpetual license - No iLok - Uncluttered interface I truly don't want to spend this much money on an EQ, but seems worth it?

Something that helps me when I'm mixing complex ambiences is Reaper's mode where a track can become a 2-D canvas with resizable blocks. This allows for fades that would otherwise be impossible. Right click a track in the track control panel and select "Free Item Positioning Mode" #ReaperDAW

This new feature for ripple editing on item edge in #reaperDAW 7.35 is pretty nice. I really wish it worked on the left edge too though.

Made a script for #reaperDAW that lets you select adjacent items. Helpful for me with #podcastediting, saving me from zooming in each time to grab a clump of clips. Sound on for my explanation. Feel free to download, edit, and share. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Sometimes I'll learn a German compound word and think that it's odd. And then I realize the English word is equally odd. Brust = breast Korb = basket Brustkorb = breastbasket, aka. ribcage. Rib cage??

I've just published an episode for Long Live the New Sound: The Best of Joe Rogan: #2268 - #2270 longlivethenewsound.com/episodes/the...

Life intimidates art.

Audio editors: How are lowering dialog breaths in your audio? I've tried some of the automated solutions and (even with careful tweaking) have never found them reliable enough to actually use. I always revert to manually doing it.

Stop using those scummy "youtube downloader" sites. To my journo / editor friends, JDownloader is the best easiest way to get material off streaming sites and into your DAW/NLE. You can even pick video quality options, or just DL the audio, or the transcript. jdownloader.org/download/index

For interviews recorded in stereo (and other field tape) I find this #reaperDAW script helpful: nofish_Normalize take pan (Loudness based).lua It pans the item so that left and right are equally loud. It is a quick way to put off-center voices in the middle.

Came across a commotion outside the grocery store: two people arguing about a splattered carton of yogurt while a yogurt-speckled dog goes to town on the mess.

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

Charmed by FreeFileSync's installer

Informal poll: If a soup recipe says it keeps for 3 days in the fridge....how many days would you keep it for?

Pretty intrigued by this item-based granular synthesizer for #reaperdaw. I really like that you can control the position with an envelope. Clouds, by Daniel Mertz: daniellumertz.gumroad.com/l/ReaperClouds

I've learned just enough German to realize that people aren't saying "I think I spider"

Wrote a python function and VSCode's AI helper recommended I add this comment to the code. Fair enough.

Still don’t know why Short Cuts was cancelled - It is still filled with a rare energy - here is FT and Guardian

Strongly recommend any audio folk looking for a great retreat in April to apply to The ECCO round 2. I was part of the first cohort and loved it. Deadline is Jan 12th. www.theecco.org/round2-sprin...

Today I learned that lasagna turns into a battery if you wrap it in aluminum foil and put it in a steel pan. Will melt holes in the foil. amazingribs.com/more-techniq...

Some people keep a memory palace. I have an anecdote cornmaze.

As someone who really, really enjoyed retreat #1, I strongly encourage Europe-based audio people to apply and treat themselves with an inspiring & uplifting time - especially if you're a freelancer like me. 👋

Mixing is mostly the art of learning which knobs NOT to turn.

"Wrapped, like all monsters built by man, started as an innocent idea."

Just found out about deck.blue, which is pretty much Tweetdeck for Bluesky. It's great.

German podcast studio TRZ Media goes global with the debut of “Little Devils” https://podnews.net/press-release/the-devils

I often recommend the Kilohearts Essentials plugins to my students. They're free, simple and really high quality. And for about $30, you can get Snap Heap, which is a super fun way to string them all together with LFOs and macro knobs. kilohearts.com/products/sna...

👋 Submissions for Tribeca Audio are OPEN! Get something in by end of February, gonna be a great time!