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Outside electronics, what other qualifications/experience do you have?
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NiHaoMike:
I have been using Linux since the early 2000s or so, switched to using it exclusively on the desktop in 2007. I did have a Windows XP VM handy in case I needed it but I only used it a few times in college and very rarely after that.

I have an EPA 608 for doing research on HVAC and refrigeration.

Have also done quite a bit of home remodeling/repair work.

--- Quote from: Zeyneb on September 12, 2020, 07:03:59 pm ---I'm doing DIY car repairs/maintainance on my two 90s cars. I'm also a member of a DIY car repair shop.

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Also do DIY auto work, although I haven't had to do much for the last decade - Toyotas are quite reliable.

--- Quote from: Bassman59 on September 14, 2020, 03:29:31 am ---I'm a touring live front-of-house sound mixer.

Well, I was, until the virus destroyed that entire industry.

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Perhaps it's time to develop a live streaming service that focuses on high audio quality? As in FLAC with up to 7.1 surround. Also support 4K or above video to go with it but allow the audio and video quality to be adjusted independently. And VR would be good for those who like to watch the band playing.
Bassman59:

--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on September 14, 2020, 01:06:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: Bassman59 on September 14, 2020, 03:29:31 am ---I'm a touring live front-of-house sound mixer.

Well, I was, until the virus destroyed that entire industry.

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Perhaps it's time to develop a live streaming service that focuses on high audio quality? As in FLAC with up to 7.1 surround. Also support 4K or above video to go with it but allow the audio and video quality to be adjusted independently. And VR would be good for those who like to watch the band playing.

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That's all well and good -- for the bands, and maybe a tech or two. Some friends who own sound companies have reconfigured their shop spaces to do live streams of band performances. They have most of the gear already; it was a simple matter of getting the streaming set up. The quality of both audio and video really depends on what the end user has for broadband access and what they have for decoding. Can you transmit FLAC and more importantly does the viewer have the proper software to decode it?

The larger problem is, of course, getting anyone to pay. See, in this YouTube world, users expect free content. A virtual tip jar is nice but my friends in bands tell me that the money is neligible. For higher-tier acts a $10 or $20 (or more) ticket to a one-time live broadcast event is a possible money-maker (I wonder about the income from that recent Nick Cave solo-piano thing, for example) but there's no evidence that it's sustainable or that it can work at all for the lower-tier acts.

And ask any musician, from rock to jazz to classical, and they'll all tell you that performing in front of an audience that reacts to the music is much better than what basically amounts to playing in the studio in front of nobody.

Also -- streaming like this does nothing for the army of support staff who make shows happen -- backline techs, gear/vehicle rental companies, tour production companies, venue staff from janitors to bartenders to technical crew to booking agents. I watch Dave Rat's YouTube videos that he does just as a way to keep busy while Rat Sound is idle. Never heard of Rat Sound? They're the second largest sound company in the USA, behind Clair Brothers. Rat does, for example, Coachella. What Dave doesn't say in his videos is that he's got tens of millions of dollars in top-shelf production gear sitting in the shop and hundreds of employees doing absolutely nothing, and there's no foreseeable re-start time.

What really should happen is that all of the idle tour managers and backline techs and drivers should take over UPS and FedEx. Shit will arrive ON TIME, no excuses, and it will arrive undamaged. Of course you gotta pay these people their usual rates, which means Amazon's free shipping is going away. Whaddaya expect for free, anyway? Actual service?
ANTALIFE:
Back in High School I used to work in a camera shop, and that gave me a snippet of the film/photography world. Then my stepdad always tried to get me involved in woodworking/renovations, looking back I am so grateful that he did as these skills have been crazy useful

After Uni I did a bit of work for an injection moulding factory as an operator, again so glad that I got to see what happens behind the scenes in the manufacturing world

The most recent additions would be CAD & 3D printing, plus I am slowly getting back into cosplaying  8)
eti:

--- Quote from: Halcyon on September 14, 2020, 10:21:42 am ---Fire fighter, police officer, cyber security expert and university lecturer on this end. I have spent all my working life with technology and electronics (in one form or another) starting when I was 14. Back then I worked in computer repairs and the internet was provided through dial-up modem. ;-)

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I'm immediately suspicious of anyone attributing "expert" to *themselves*, and I find it far more acceptable as a title attributed to oneself by others. I know you're just used to calling yourself that, but when there's always someone with greater range of knowledge than oneself, I find it may come across as slightly boastful.

Also, you make a rod for your own back by labelling yourself as "expert", because sooner or later when you run dry on answers for some problem, you're gonna be asked "I thought you were an 'expert'?"

Remember: an ex is a has-been, and a spurt is a drip under pressure.  :)

https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/please-stop-calling-yourself-an-expert-instead-just-do-this.html
SerieZ:

--- Quote from: eti on September 17, 2020, 05:20:25 am ---
--- Quote from: Halcyon on September 14, 2020, 10:21:42 am ---Fire fighter, police officer, cyber security expert and university lecturer on this end. I have spent all my working life with technology and electronics (in one form or another) starting when I was 14. Back then I worked in computer repairs and the internet was provided through dial-up modem. ;-)

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I'm immediately suspicious of anyone attributing "expert" to *themselves*, and I find it far more acceptable as a title attributed to oneself by others. I know you're just used to calling yourself that, but when there's always someone with greater range of knowledge than oneself, I find it may come across as slightly boastful.

Also, you make a rod for your own back by labelling yourself as "expert", because sooner or later when you run dry on answers for some problem, you're gonna be asked "I thought you were an 'expert'?"

Remember: an ex is a has-been, and a spurt is a drip under pressure.  :)

https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/please-stop-calling-yourself-an-expert-instead-just-do-this.html

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Might be a language thing but when I hear "Expert" I think of someone knowledgeable in a certain Field and not of a know-it-all or pretentiousness and I personally find Lifestyle/LinkedIN style Bloggers far, FAR more obnoxious than people who foolishly overestimate their own expertise. Next Week Justin is going to tell us to stop calling yourself a Professional or Engineer or some other great Industry Wisdom.  :palm: It is so redundant and obvious to say that you have to prove yourself instead of just talk.
Also the Expert-Charlatans are easy to spot if you are knowledgeable in a field yourself.
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