I use samples from some SF2s as well, specifically this odd Super Nintendo styled SF2 I downloaded years ago because some samples in it are super cool and weird not to mention the perfect sample rate and size, specifically this oddly-heavenly sounding nylon acoustic guitar, but for electric guitars (which I wanna experiment with making metal in trackers) I use FM guitars because they just shred hard as hell for some unknown reason. I use OpenMPT on Windows but I've heard there are others that are much better. I saw the website for Renoise but looking at some screenshots, it really gives me the "what the fuck do I do here and how" kind of feeling software like FL Studio or Cubase gives me. I also love sampling voices, I have this old WAV from the 90s of some guy from IBM talking about what information technology would become, and sampling him is funny.
Even though I'm 15 I love tracker music and have so much respect for the work that was done in the days the demoscene was huge. I really hope it keeps going so I can be notable making my own tracker music.
So they're removing features now? Didn't the Pixel 7 and Fold come out this year? Why is an 8 already out? I don't think there's really been any groundbreaking new technology or chips since like, the Pixel 5. I will exclude the Pixel Fold, because it's at least a new and interesting design, albeit Google not really doing anything special with the foldable design from what I've heard. The problem with the Pixel line is that HTC isn't given enough time to solidify their designs and end up releasing defective/ghetto hardware which is followed by Google scratching their heads and shrugging when bombarded with complaints and issues. My Pixel 1 had serious hardware issues, my Pixel 2 had a 30 minute battery life, my Pixel 3 died one day and never turned back on, and the screen on my Pixel 5a had a complete breakdown but luckily Google fixed that for free and I'm rocking this thing till it explodes. I wish they could give them a couple years between phone series to really make them more special and groundbreaking. Pixel is starting to head towards an iPhone copycat brand and nobody wants another one of those.
Before Discord was mainstream (2016-2018) there were some really fun public voice chats but now its 90% minge and not what it used to be. I've also met some pretty crazy people on the voice chat in Valve games and occasionally IRC. I go on SpaceHey a lot now to find new people to talk to.
I will go out of my way to make sure I consume nothing generated by AI just to spite people like you. AI art and speech is dystopian and off-putting when you realize it's just some machine learning algorithm regurgitating some garbage it was fed before and has no sincere human work or attention to detail. It also steals the works of artists and writers to provide literally nothing of value, and AI bros will fight tooth and nail in court to assure they can keep stealing people's shit.
Walkable cities and public transportation based cities sound good but require you to trust the others on those streets and vehicles and you usually can't at all if a city is super bad and the city itself has no intentions of fixing this. This is the perspective of an Alabamian who was blown away when an Australian I knew could just walk to a store to get stuff.
The mistake was giving the general public pocket computers with always on connections and acting like they wouldn't be stupid with them or turn them into status symbols
I'm 15 and I don't even want a phone, this thing is a goddamn headache, portable little advertisement device hurdling me with ads even when I run GrapheneOS and it depresses me mine (pixel 5a) is the last that will ever be made with a headphone jack, which I literally rely on, earbuds don't need a battery. I use it because it's what I can get and I didn't make my financial decision on it.
PC does not offer the same experiences Nintendo has. Animal Crossing New Leaf was only on 3DS and is one of my favorite games ever. It's depressing kids growing up after me won't be able to experience what I did as easily, I used to do local and online multiplayer all the time, I had almost every fruit in the game. Still play it now after getting another N3DSXL last Christmas after my old one was stolen.
I use a Pixel 5a with GrapheneOS with full storage encryption and even when it stops getting updates no matter the security situation I don't plan on upgrading at all if ever, I already don't want any banking or authentication to rely on a phone so that's not a big issue. Of course I still have machines at home running Windows XP (updated to 2019 albeit) so do not listen to me on security.
People will state google has better search results than anything despite never having used anything else. People will go in and change it to Google but then again, anyone who wouldn't is probably the kind of person to use TikTok as a search engine (I have genuinely seen someone do this)
I actually get badass 5G speeds in the middle of nowhere rural Alabama with T-Mobile, the only issue is it being a CGNAT preventing me from playing most PS3 games online.