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Question: Have you ever watched Babylon 5 and if yes, how did you find it? And if no, why not? ;)
Asked by Mespotine (46.114.200.x) on February 11 2023, 10:22pm
Reply on February 12 2023, 12:39am:

I never have! I do hear it was good but also only so much time in the day 1 Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, hope you're well, happy belated new year. Do you think perfectionism is a negative trait? Are you a perfectionist?
Asked by jack (185.65.135.x) on February 11 2023, 8:26pm
Reply on February 11 2023, 10:13pm:

Depends on the context and degree I suppose, but in general I am not a perfectionist nor do I wish to be one. Comment...

Question: Have you seen this 3d render of what Winamp would look like as a physical object instagram.com/p/CW34AZJgNk3/
Asked by JoshG (165.1.249.x) on February 10 2023, 11:37pm
Reply on February 11 2023, 10:12pm:

hah nice, not sure if I saw that one Comment...

Question: How does REAPER implement normalization to LUFs?
Asked by Alison (173.68.72.x) on February 10 2023, 4:51am
Reply on February 10 2023, 5:17pm:

By doing a superset of the LUFS analysis -- in LUFS normally you throw away certain statistical bins, but we keep them around so we can predict how gain changes will affect the LUFS measurement, so that we know how much gain to apply. There's a lot more detail to it obviously but it is noteworthy that LUFS normalizing isn't as simple as "calculate LUFS, apply gain" 4 Comments...

Question: Have you put any serous thought related Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) that is going to to happen in EU and probably affect your software in that region?
Asked by Gio (94.70.29.x) on February 10 2023, 4:21am
Reply on February 10 2023, 5:14pm:

I haven't, better to cross those bridges when you get to them I guess? 3 Comments...

Question: What are your thoughts on using exceptions in C++ vs error codes for error handling?
Asked by Alex (137.25.36.x) on February 9 2023, 7:14am
Reply on February 10 2023, 2:26am:

I don't like exceptions, would much rather have things flow linearly. Comment...

Question: hey, back again with another question lol... hope you are having a good 2023! i have a 32 core threadripper cpu, and i just learned that disabling hyper threading helped out my performance by alot . do you know any app or workaround or bios tweak that can help me get more power out of the cores? i already have anticipative fx processing enabled ! jw if you knew of another means that you have had sucess with ...
Asked by mike s (173.70.39.x) on February 8 2023, 6:39am
Reply on February 9 2023, 1:51am:

Not sure, but hyperthreading generally isn't great for realtime audio so probably good to turn it off! Other than that you should be plenty of power, no? 1 Comment...

Question: Did you try kotlin programming language?
Asked by Frederik (79.209.47.x) on February 7 2023, 9:50pm
Reply on February 9 2023, 1:51am:

I haven't, looks interesting but also I have limited time so yeah Comment...

Question: Wha dadda?
Asked by wasereb4 (93.206.13.x) on February 7 2023, 5:29am
Reply on February 9 2023, 1:51am:

Doodah 1 Comment...

Question: What are your thoughts on Bespoke Synth? Website: bespokesynth.com/
Asked by Matthew (165.225.39.x) on February 6 2023, 8:19pm
Reply on February 9 2023, 1:51am:

Looks cool but I haven't played with it yet Comment...

Question: hey jf- is it quite possible to convert any existing jsfx to either vst2 or vst3 64bit? + is also possible as a tiny vst or w/e standalone desktop app?? ty.
Asked by 2023 (2.29.234.x) on February 5 2023, 4:45pm
Reply on February 9 2023, 1:52am:

There are projects around to do that but I haven't really played with them. ReaJS still exists in ReaPlugs... 1 Comment...

Question: Do you keep up to date with C++ standards and new additions to the language?
Asked by Alex (24.94.18.x) on February 4 2023, 5:06pm
Reply on February 4 2023, 5:14pm:

I don't, quite the opposite. Comment...

Question: hey jf- you know with the jsfx default input & output meter on each side... is there a way to make any design with them particular meters visually? (can they easily be swapped with another type?)
Asked by 2023 (2.29.234.x) on February 2 2023, 6:09pm
Reply on February 3 2023, 1:56am:

You can theme them globally, but other than that you can hide them and then write your own metering in @gfx if you want 3 Comments...

Question: Where can i learn jsfx?
Asked by Sam J (223.186.239.x) on February 2 2023, 5:53am
Reply on February 3 2023, 1:56am:

Good question, we have reference online but not really tutorials... tried youtube? 1 Comment...

Question: Which Silicon Valley character are you?
Asked by Erin (75.15.159.x) on January 30 2023, 6:55pm
Reply on January 30 2023, 7:21pm:

That's why I got kicked out and had to move to NY Comment...

Question: hey jf- did you happen to watch "the matrix resurrections" yet? (thoughts if yes?)
Asked by 2023 (2.29.234.x) on January 30 2023, 6:28pm
Reply on January 30 2023, 7:22pm: