thomasec · HackerTrans

6 years agodiscuss

Witch does exactly this, and more! It's an amazing little program with lots of customizable options, and the ability to override default shortcuts:

https://manytricks.com/witch/

thomasec

6 years agodiscuss

Yes! In fact, one at least one occasion, Kubrick proclaimed that Eraserhead was his favorite movie of all time. It blows my mind that Lynch made Eraserhead while he was still in school - imagine having your student film receive that sort of acclaim from the arguably the most respected director in the world.

thomasec

7 years agodiscuss

I think you're missing the point of what Teenage Engineering is trying to do. For as simple as the Korg Vulca series is, it's still an synthesizer first. You need to have some familiarity with electronic instruments to understand the controls of the Monotron that you mention:

  Pitch 
  Rate 
  Int. 
  Cutoff Peak

Compare that to the controls on the Pocket Operator:

  Sound
  Pattern
  BPM
  FX
  Play 
  Write

If you were handed one of these with no experience making music, which one would you be more likely to get started with? Heck, the Pocket Operator even has cute animations that go with your beats!

I have tremendous respect for Korg, but I think Teenage Engineering is prioritizing fun and accessibility in a way that I haven't seen in my 30 years of making music. This may be a fluff PR piece, but I think they deserve a ton of credit for making something as intimidating as electronic instruments so downright fun and adorable.

thomasec

7 years agodiscuss

I do not think this will go well for Google. They are not dealing with one or two companies going after them - we're talking about dozens companies building out cases over years that show potential anti-competitive behavior. Google will have to address each of these individually, and as long as one sticks, I think the dominoes start to fall. Think about all of the industries Google has entered over the years - travel, retail, real estate, news - these are all industries that have players with deep pockets, and mountains of data. It's totally worth the cost of going all-in if it means either they get a settlement, or Google has to make fundamental changes to their products, and/or ad network.

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