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Preface: I don't know if anyone will be able to diagnose what's wrong with my unit from this description, I'm mainly posting as a curiosity. I've already contacted support, and they recommend I send it in, which I'll probably do.

When I power on my QC, there's a loud buzzing on the input. Not a 60hz hum, but a 20-30hz clicking. It happens with or without anything plugged in, whether the input is set to mic or instrument, ground lifted or no, phantom power or no, at home or any other grid I plug into. I've never used anything but the factory-supplied power adapter. While it's happening, the input meter reads close to 0db. After 3-4 minutes the buzzing abruptly stops.

If I power it off then

In past years, grocery stores had reasonably-priced Colorado peaches during July and August, but it seems like they stopped three years ago. Now, once again, it's getting into late July, I'm still only seeing California peaches.

What gives? Bad harvests? Grocery store corporate shenanigans? Is it just me?

Palisades Peach Shack on Old Wadsworth is good actually, but they're a bit pricey at $5 per pound ($2.50 in bulk). Plus they're open at weird times.

{} is awkward to pronounce. "Empty-object" is obvious but wrong. "Unknown-but-excludes-undefined-and-null" is correct but awkward. What's a concise pronunciation that captures the right meaning?

My goal is to dial in my tone in the studio so it sounds good in a mix, save it as a preset, then use it direct out toi FOH when playing live. Is it a reasonable strategy, or is it better to have separate live and studio presets?

I guess I'm wondering if there are any rules of thumb like "live typically needs more/less highs/mids/lows" or "live typically needs more/less mix in time-based effects" or that sort of thing.

The noonday heat made the Demon shimmer in Liam's scope. He needed another sip of water, but it was too late now that the beast was in line of sight. For something lacking eyes, the Demon's senses were extraordinarily tuned to such movement, even from a kilometer away. He didn't move a muscle.

The boiling heat made Liam think of Alena's Theology. A Demon was transmuted down from the Elemental plane. The Demon, she taught, had only a partial existence in our realm, making it ethereal, and impervious to physical attack. It could pass through walls, or move from place to place by mere thought. These were spirits, Alena said, just like the Absent God.

Then again, like the Absent God, Alena was

The vocalist I'm recording wasn't doing well with headphones. He wanted the background music loud, but I don't have a good vocal isolation setup; for better or worse the mic is in the room with me.

So you can probably see where this is going. I went ahead and recorded him in the room with monitors full blast, which obviouslyput a ton of bleed into the take.

The stem splitter did a fantastic job of getting rid of the bleed, other than one place in the three-minute take where it slightly truncated a closing consonant. So, not perfect, but a more than workable as a compromise. If I was motivated I could have packed the them into a take folder and comped in the closing consonant, but it's pu

[edit] To be clear, I don't think these are necessarily valid reasons. I'm an avid TS user. This just is my attempt to try to understand the thinking behind why people resist TS.

These are just my observations, YMMV.

TS doesn't add types, it replaces them. Every JS program already has types

JS programs have types, they're just built of assumptions, memory and good intentions. Upgrading to TS means dismantling an implicit type system, which a lot of work probably went into, and replacing it with something that (to them) feels unnatural and foreign.

Corollary: TS doesn't add a type system, it replaces it. Every JS programmer already has a type system

JS prog

I got this ESP guitar a week ago and this is the factory-installed nut. It seems to play fine, but I just noticed it looks like the nut's barely hanging on to the strings. Now I'm worried a string's gonna pop out during a show or something. I put EB "Burly Slinky" (11-52) strings on it. Do the slots need re-shaping? Does it need a new nut? Is this normal?

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It's a Mesa Boogie F50 from ~2002 (1x12 50 watt combo). I never replaced the tubes, and overall used it lightly. I tried a recording but noticed some fartiness in the low-end of the distortion, which just sounds wrong and bad.

Sound sample:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/d78ao1upo7dxq42/distortion-tone.m4a?dl=0

Is this just needing to replace tubes, or is something else going on? Or am I just tone-deaf and nothing is wrong?

Other notes:

1. Amp Settings: On channel 2, gain set to 11:00, master volume set to 12:00, high EQ set to 2:00, all other EQs set to 12:00.
2. Mic setup: Shure Beta 56, close to the cloth, off-

I'm interested in learning about local "hidden gem" stores which hide in plain sight, and are some combination of: A) sells predominantly used, recycled and/or niche stuff, B) local to the greater Denver area, C) not a big-box or chain, D) worth driving an hour or more to get to. The inspiration for this post was something like Wichita's The Yard, but local. Also not necessarily limited to junk/tools/industrial scrap.

I'll start off by listing some I can think of.

Black and Red (Arvada): Books, music, comic books, D&D, games, misc geekery. Some new but mostly used.

[Art Parts](https://www.artpartsboulder.or

I'm a guitarist and bassist with experience in live performance, live audio, improv playing, and recording in studios. My influences are 90s-rock-heavy, including Cake, They Might Be Giants, Beck, Bad Religion, Dropkick Murphys, and others. I'm not looking to replicate any specific style; just let the music go where it wants. Looking to online-collaborate with other musicians and make something fun/cool!

Some snippets of my stuff:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3noaej4azrm1dty/scratch10.m4a?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8zvu6vnli72p9fc/scratch8.m4a?dl=0

These are ori

This is India Ink onto the bare wood, then four coats of General Finishes High Performance water-based polyurethane. Then level-sanded the streaks out with 400 grit moving up to 1500 grit, and finally Scotch-Brite.

At this point it feels silky smooth to the touch, but I can see some micro-fine scratches. I'm not 100% sure where to go from here. Is paste wax the way to go? I don't want a mirror gloss, just a smooth satin or semi-gloss.

[edit] I tried going at it again with Scotch-Brite, but it seems like it's leaving more streaks and scratches than it removes. Steel wool gets rid of the scratches, but still leaves streaks.

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