I have no concrete links, but I imagine you’d find good free Anki decks on AnkiWeb or GitHub and a discord server or two to learn from disboard or discadia.

Ymmv per server and community, but Anki is well-regarded in foss and academic circles for effective learning. Viel Glück!

I use Ableton Live Standard 11. I’ve followed Andrew Huang for a long time, and ProTools was cost-prohibitive so I chose Live as my first DAW. A lot of functionality is locked behind max for live, which is only in the suite versions. Ableton charges ~$150 every few years to upgrade and has some cpu heavy quirks- I’m trying to move away. I purchased FL and am slowly learning.

Often, I’ll start something in FL then hop back to Live when I hit more than a few obstacles- often times I just want to create, not learn a new software :(

If I could go back in time, I’d go for FL and/or Reaper. Both companies fought piracy by just being one time purchases, responsive to their user base, and really capable. Learning curves are higher than Live, but there’s some really neat stuff in both. Live can’t run CLAP or ARA, FL can clap, reaper can do both.

I hear cakewalk is really good! Also, I have used bandlab to collab with others v successfully. For a web-based free daw with easy project sharing, it’s a blessing that the free version is so capable

I’m not on Apple as they’re pricey and exclusive af, but bandmates and my producer friends friends love Logic. There are some fantastic features- a drum generator and local, convenient stem splitter built-in come to mind.

I stay away from any subscription models and advise others to do the same. There are plenty of great free or 1-time purchase DAWs out there

My go-to fave is Peroni 0.0%

Not sure it’s available in Australia, but it’s really good NA beer imo. Someone else mentioned hop water. It’s more like soda, at least to me, but similarly bright and v fizzy

Cory Wong! Band is as tight as can be. Vibe is playful, dynamic, and celebratory of all on stage.

Have seen him live only once, but he posts incredibly well-mixed and edited full-length concerts on his YouTube.

He fully deserves his blowup. Incredible musicianship abounds around him

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I hear you. VST/VST3 support is inconsistent through wine and while there are some alternatives to some plugins, I’m not committed enough to give up the ogs I love just yet.

To my knowledge, Recall rollout is currently only to Copilot+ PCs, and my debloated Win11 is safe for now. I’ll remain vigilant, though 🫡

Working with an LLM, I’ve been able to use vosk and python to get something that works well, given a small delay. Using pyautogui, sounddevice, and keyboard, it works. I also implemented a toggle for transcription using a keyboard shortcut. Not as nice as having a gui and more options, but it does the job.

I’d still be interested if anyone knows of a simpler “just works” solution, but this does seem like it’ll suit my needs. Hopefully others can find this helpful.

It’s “formerly.” Whether or not he wore a suit didn’t change his legal name back from the symbol

It appears both are correct. From merriam-webster:

mpv is better than either imo. Was a long time vlc user who switched this past year. It’s highly customizable with a bevy of support documentation, has an incredibly clean ui, and most importantly, it just works flawlessly. I highly recommend it

I started this past year with iDrive because of their incredible welcome deal if you switch from another service. I started a trial with Dropbox with the same email and sent them the requested screenshots for verification- they approved it. Spending $10 for the first year of 5TB

It’s pretty slow on uploading, but it works. Customer service is attentive and caring. Probably going to go to a local NAS and a different online solution within the year. It’s a nice cheap padding as I learn how to do this right. The intro deal might be worth it for you, too, though I don’t think it’s the best long-term option

Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy

I’ve found it hard to get past the first few chapters as I’m actually trying to implement the advice. Planning the day the night before and constantly asking the question “Am I doing the most important task to achieve my goals?” during productive hours has been life-changing in actually making progress towards my projects, but also rather stressful. Perhaps I’m in the minority, but I procrastinate a lot by doing busywork- organization, cleaning, responding to lower priority inquiries, researching tangential things to the task at hand, etc. It’s been a difficult habit to break

Hi there! While my situation is not as dire as the OPs, I’m in a similar boat and am looking to set up an online presence for my services in the near-future. I don’t expect you to provide me with the same offer, or even a response, but I figured I’d ask. If there are any guides or resources you recommend, I’d appreciate anything. Thank you for your comment, it’s a good idea for people in similar situations and spurred me to more seriously consider such options