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jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

Musicians don't buy Apple hardware because of the brand. The problem is really PC manufacturers and ther zero investment to grounded audio ports and decent quality dacs etc :-) There is no "PC option" for music IMHO.
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zygoon@fosstodon.org

Zygmunt Krynicki

Reply to @jarkko

@jarkko which of the mac usb-c ports is audio-grade? ;-)

Now jokes aside, didn't windows fix their audio story a while ago with that separate audio stack used only for professional audio production software/hardware?

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jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

Reply to @zygoon@fosstodon.org
Edited 7 days ago
@zygoon Well, in the sense that you can connect MacBook Pro to a big sound system without external audio interface and usually will not blow your ears.

Not a pro audio engineer but I have experience in the field :-)
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zygoon@fosstodon.org

Zygmunt Krynicki

Reply to @jarkko

@jarkko right, but over usb-c because on their hardware that's grounded better?

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jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

Reply to @zygoon@fosstodon.org
Edited 7 days ago
@zygoon no over RCA. that makes it amazing. afaik, neo does not have the same quality as pro's but on the other hand it is a phone level hardware.
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zygoon@fosstodon.org

Zygmunt Krynicki

Reply to @jarkko

@jarkko ah, TIL I guess. I don't do music but I do connect an audio interface over usb-c to a computer and it does do static noise stuff on boot (PC). Having said that I think it also does that from MacOS so maybe it's just bad in general? The cables between the interface and speakers are balanced.

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jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

Reply to @zygoon@fosstodon.org
@zygoon OK, so one obvious: try external power source for the sound card.

For USB powered devices, split cables do exist.
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zygoon@fosstodon.org

Zygmunt Krynicki

Reply to @jarkko

@jarkko I wanted to but I'm not sure where the power brick is after I moved offices :-)

I may look for a split power cable and see if I can power it off a power bank.

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jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

Reply to @jarkko
@zygoon This is at least one upside of AI for me personally: it got me into working with music first time in few years. Really helps with distancing away from those topics ;-) AI debates are like guaranteed bad vibes if you pay too much attention to that nonsense.
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zygoon@fosstodon.org

Zygmunt Krynicki

Reply to @jarkko

@jarkko I bought a brand new acoustic piano but then ran out of time due to work and life interfering. I love that instrument so much.

It has no power cord.

No power cord.

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jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

Reply to @zygoon@fosstodon.org
@zygoon you can get back to it later on :-)
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