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gerade im supermarkt gewesen und komplett gebombt...

eine frau vor mir an der kasse kaufte kippen und ne packung ferrero rocher, eine andere sprach sie an und meinte, "wat? die zigaretten kostn jetz 10 euro??" und daraufhin sie "ja, aber sind ja zum glück nich für mich," und ich: "sind vamutlich für die roocher"

stille

drei erklärungsversuche haben die rezeption nicht verbessert

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using the ol' sitting cat curve for the clap volume
screenshot from ableton live showing a surprisingly smooth envelope that looks a lot like a sitting cat, the area below it filled in blue

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if you're asking yourself why that curve works, here's a short explanation:

- the actual clap hit is at 1.2, but it's so heavily drenched in reverb that there's essentially a fairly even bed of noise throughout the whole loop. the curve works in a similar way to the gate in a gated reverb snare (think phil collins - in the air tonight) - after all, a gate is also an automated volume curve (just dependant on the input volume)
- the cat's hump is a little preroll "sshhwwwip!" made from the reverb tail noise
- the ears happen because i give the clap a volume drop after the initial loud attack (the first ear), which creates a pumping feel, to then come back and create an echo-like effect (the second ear), which feels like a snap-back
- said attack is softened a little to not clash with the attack of the kick drum playing together with it

the overall sound is not simply a "Kshh" but more like a "shwKashah"

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the best thing about this setup is really that I can just switch out the clap sample for another, and change the whole timbre while keeping the cat features. it doesn't even have to be a clap, any percussion works really, as long as there's some noise for the reverb to smear out.

someone posted this pic in the chat today:

a hipster and a grandma recognize each other's game wearing the same coat

it's a great photo!

and I immediately thought, that looks like cologne! in fact that's what I posted in reply:

wayfinder — Yesterday at 4:26 PM<br>[geoguessr voice] that looks like cologne. nice


and the part of me that watched the geoguessr world championships and genuinely thought it was the most exciting sporting event I'd seen in years was like,

could it be? could I find it?


reader, maps.app.goo.gl/VXzW5snmgWRmpF…

there it is: my hunch was RIGHT! it WAS in cologne! I DID find it on street view! what a powerful feeling!

habt ihr das auch schon beobachtet? ich habe das gefühl einige geschäfte kommen gerade mit den preiserhöhungen und packungsverkleinerungen im einzelhandel nicht mehr hinterher, und das äußert sich dann in falschen kilopreisen auf den preisschildern. ich kaufe hauptsächlich nach denen ein, und dann stellt sich ab und zu heraus, dass der tatsächliche kilopreis erheblich höher ist als angegeben, wenn z.b. ein schild für eine 200g-packung für 2,90 daneben hängt (am besten noch per filzstift von 2,50 geändert), der hersteller aber mittlerweile die packung auf 175g verkleinert hat.
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here's a very stupid very short story i wrote where i thought the gimmick would be extremely obvious but has elicited a "oh, you idiot" both times i had to explain it medium.com/@Birdbassador/chest…

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alex from a clockwork orange glowering, with the text "a bit of the old", text continues below "ultraviolets" over a pic of alex being educated with his eyes forced open, screaming in pain, hue-adjusted to look like he's bathed in UV-C radiance like an nft bro