helpImTrappedOnline

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[–] helpImTrappedOnline 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Woah, that's one big down vote on his head.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] helpImTrappedOnline 2 points 8 months ago

Well, yes. If you're famous, you got caught. The best crimals never got caught.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I use Spytify, so I "download" my songs real time in the background. If anything it makes me more intentional about what I do grab. Grabbing the entire discography of an artists may take a day, so a little pre-veting is necessary. you find out why some of the big names only have 1 or 2 hits out of a hundred, but you also find some great songs that didn't make it.

I'll usually aquire a few albums at a time. I'll give each song a quick pass (jumping to random parts) to determine the following

  1. is the song awful and/or nothing like what the artist normally does = Delete.
  2. is there dead space (a really long start/end of silence) or random talking/noises = trim
  3. is it the volume stupidly loud/quiet compared to other songs = fix*
  4. stupid rap section in the middle for no reason (thank god that trend is basically gone) = cut
  5. what playlists does it belong in?

*I use MP3Gain for bulk volume adjustment, it does pretty good and is non-destructive, though not every player respects the adjustment (a tag in metadata or something)

I don't catch everything doing this, mostly because I spend a few seconds on each song, but it does filter out a lot.

Sometimes it takes a few listens to decide "I dont like this song" - delete.

I'm not a completionist (or try not to be) for albums/artists. If I don't like the song, its gone. If there's one part of a whole that I don't like, its chopped out.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 4 points 8 months ago

Damn, this thread got real responses that all sound like they came from resonable and educated people...expect for that one guy.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 14 points 8 months ago

Best thing about Lemmy is there's only 10 minutes of new content a day.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If we are, the story's gone to shit.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, gas stations kind of covers the convenience/grocery store need. I like the ones that feel like the store is the main business, and gas is the side hustle.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 2 points 8 months ago

Really, teachers? That's who you want to go after? What about the politicians making millions at the expense of all of us, including teachers and cops.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Spytify

It records Spotify music real time, at the highest available bit rate (as long as you set it). Uses Spotify API to pull track metadata and album art. Its smart enough to not records ads and auto deletes tracks under 30 seconds (I think you can change the time)

It's slower than YouTube DL, but having all the metadata sorted out for you is a big plus.

Its probably about 98% error free, sometimes a second of a song ending gets put on the next track. A quick cut/paste in Audacity and it's fixed.

It works best if you have a separate audio device, otherwise other computer sound gets recorded too. I'm not going to do a full tutorial (unless someone asks), but basically you set the audio for Spotify on audio device #2, and continue as normal on audio device #1. It has a loopback feature too, so if you want to listen/record the same time you can.

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