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First off, quality joke Jim Feeley. Maybe I'm not in the right circles but I can't say I hear John Cage jokes all that much Secondly, in case people are curious. I have added a second algorithm to my Auto-Karaoke page: croonify.com. This one geared toward keeping more background vocals in the resulting video. I'm almost certain it still won't like robot voices though

Thanks I'll check them out Actually, would it be possible for you to attach the files?

Thanks for the review! Yep, it is definitely an aggressive algorithm, but works for karaoke, I think. There wasn't a way to get it to only remove the lead vocal, sadly. Hahaha, it really does not like the 100% computer generated voices, it seems Would you let me know which song file got rejected for length?

Here's Cher! By the way, I used a pretty high fidelity track here (legally purchased from iTunes). But a very interesting thing happens when vocals are removed: both the dynamic range compression and the lossy format compression come through. If you're not sure what they sound like, it's worth your while to take a listen Brief explanation: dynamic range compression that used to blanket the entire song during mastering pushes the instrumental content down when the foreground vocal is there. Lossy format compression removes audio information that can't be heard due to masking, and it also makes approximations where it knows they will be masked. All of it can be heard once you remove audio that's supposed to be covering it all up Cher-Believe-Karaoke.mp4

I did encounter this in a broadway song called Space Age Bachelor Man actually. But it's just not a human voice

I did a small passion project the last month. And you all might find it interesting even if you're not a karaoke lover like myself https://croonify.com You submit a song audio file and the lyrics to it and it'll remove the vocals and generate a karaoke lyric video Apparently, I overestimated how excited even karaoke lovers would be about it, so I'm keeping it free for a little bit while it takes hold in the zeitgeist. Feel free to check it out if you're curious

https://newendian.com/timecard-buddy

Hey Ben, that's interesting. This was all created and run on an M1 mac. Maybe it's something specific to the file? If you want to send me a sample. I can take a look at it and see what might be going on. newendian@gmail.com

Yeah sorry. It's nice that you got to think about it some more, but there was no changing of sample rate, either literally or in the file metadata. That Samples to TC calculation did need to be changed. Now, do you know why it might be totally legitimate to have to make that change? Because there is a reason. And considering that anyone even make reference to 48048 plus provide a program that might deal with it, maybe it should've given a person pause before acting like an asshole right off the bat to someone he's never met. As I said in my first comment, I created the program so that I could use it for my purposes, which you still know nothing about. I don't care that the frames are missing because I didn't need it. But rest assured, the program was tested with everyone in the workflow, and against our other files, and is still being used on the production now. Someone asked for something to trim his files and I happened to have something, so I provided it. I happened to know why the difference between our workflows would make the timecode off (and the reasons and implementations of 48048 are weird no matter how you slice it), so I made the simple change and provided it. And all with the disclaimer that he should make sure it worked for his purposes because I didn't write it for him. And it's not going to, and that's totally fine. Your attitude on the other hand, I have a problem with. Tell you what though, I'll hit the reset button if you do too. All good! I just happened to have it, so it was very little effort. I'm afraid I have other work to do though, so I will not be adding a batch function for you. But good luck with whatever project you're on!

My goodness! You are very confident when you actually don't know what you're talking about. Do you know how I know that you don't know? Because nobody said anything about changing the sample rate. Take a step back and try to realize that there are elements to this you're not familiar with. And seriously, you're going to insult a guy who is literally writing Broadcast Wave Format files in code? Maybe I know something about how the files and timecode works

I uploaded another version that you can toggle off the 48048 weirdness: https://selectivesubconscious.com/888Trimmer/888Trimmer.zip

That's probably a 48048 type weird thing. If you want to send me a Zoom F6 file, it should actually be an easy fix.

I had written this a little while ago to cut down large 888 BWF files that were just all day long recordings. MacOS only. No guarantees or warranties. Feel free to test it for your purposes: https://selectivesubconscious.com/888Trimmer/888Trimmer.zip

I'll think about these things so that my users don't have to. But I'm actually rather happy with the replacing full SSNs idea, so that's what I'm going with It will be end-to-end encrypted. It would take substantial hacking and reverse engineering to extract the data outside the app. (Nothing is unhackable)

I need opinions on a potential Timecard Buddy feature and it applies to anyone who fills out a timecard or has someone else fill out a timecard for them Originally I kept Timecard Buddy's data restricted to the device. I later added a limited cloud element: if your device is signed into your Apple or Google ID, data will be synced across your devices. The reason I kept it restricted is to limit the potential of leaking user data, particularly when a coworker is entrusting it to someone else filling out timecards. Most of the data isn't particularly harmful (though privacy should be respected): work times, pay rates, rentals. But the data does sometimes include a person's Social Security Number or at least the last four digits. And the app also takes signature images, though I'd never consider putting those into a file so that's not at issue here Users are asking to be able to export data to transfer to another person to continue timecard duties for a department. And I am concerned about adding that to the app. I actually forgot about my concern for a moment and started writing it. Here are parameters of the feature and you guys tell me whether you consider it a worthwhile trade off: - data would be exported to a file - the file would only be able to be read by the Timecard Buddy app (barring substantial hacking) - the file could include as little as a single timecard and as much as the entire history of all timecards on the device - the export could be used to pass timecard responsibilities to another person, to create a backup of data, or to give employees a record of just their timecards - (Something I just thought of) I could automatically convert full social security numbers to just last four digits on export Again, my major concern is a Timecard Buddy user managing other employee social security numbers, and then years later transferring their entire history's worth of those SSNs to another person. Whatever the circumstances of that happening, this feature would make it possible Thanks for your feedback

I think it helps to think about intermod like we do audio overload/clipping. When your audio signal is too hot, it sounds weird. The distorted sound is the extra frequency content that is generated. Intermod products are extra frequencies generated by overload. The overload occurs in any active circuitry: transmitters, receivers, active antennas, etc. A transmitter's circuitry can be overloaded by another nearby transmitter, and those transmitters can then transmit the intermod generated by that overload. Things that help intermod are the same things that help audio overload: less powerful signal and high dynamic range circuitry. In wireless, that means low power transmission and distance between devices. It also means passively filtering out frequency content that isn't the desired signal. Can you simply attenuate the signal? Yes, but in audioland, if you have two actors, one very close to the microphone and one far away, turning down the gain will make it hard to hear the one that's far away. So why can we coordinate channels for intermod? The extra frequency content is predictable. When your audio recorder gets overloaded, it sounds weird, but you can still understand the speech. That's because the original content is still there. The extra power just gets dumped into other frequencies. We avoid tuning to those frequencies. But the more extra power, the more extra frequencies are generated. What does it mean when a manufacturer says "No Intermodulation"? It usually means within their system, their transmitters run at a low enough power and their receivers have quality filtering and/or dynamic range that none of the devices can overload each other in normal operating circumstances. But every device that has an Op-Amp has a dynamic range. I personally have had a lot of trouble with walkies (1-5 watts) and the Sony 470 mhz digital system and would generally recommend systems that do not include that frequency range in their tunable range. Generally speaking, wideband devices have been detrimental to wireless performance. Fitting a large bandwidth into the same physical case means wider front end filters. Filtering out non-signal frequency content is one of the biggest weapons we have. The old Audio Ltd systems had 16 channels, each with a dedicated filter. Lectro 411s had an array of very narrow filters (tracking receivers). To answer your question: Zaxcom transmitters have a relatively low output power (25/50/75 mW). They shouldn't cause much trouble for the Lectrosonics transmitters or receivers. Zaxcom recently released their 214/414 receivers with increased RF dynamic range. I haven't used them, but RF dynamic range is one of the keys to performance. They are wideband though, which means wide filtering. And you might be running the Lectrosonics system at 100 mW. Usually the physical distance between devices is enough to make that power output fine. But that is when you want to coordinate channels.

I've decided to make two of my apps: Open Callsheet and Timecard Buddy completely free to use until December. Both of them are meant to cut down on paper use, so maybe they'll play a small part in keeping people safe. opencallsheet.com timecardbuddy.com Video demonstrations: OpenCS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3NosM6ZO3I TCBuddy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxkxMsfPSAU (My apologies for excluding those outside of the US. These apps are designed specifically for film production members in the US and Canada)

This is why we beta test. Yes, I can change that.

I have figured out a way to fit Audio and Frequency in the Apple Watch screen. Take a look at the beta: https://testflight.apple.com/join/d9aopgN6

I will pick your brains about some possible ways forward regarding the audio level. Apple Watch is limited in a lot of ways, but I do have some ideas. For now, I need to see what the interest is; how it's used; whether or not it really works as is. I don't even have an Apple Watch yet (Series 3 was on sale though on Amazon though, so I ordered one). "Audio level 90% of the time" is a perfectly valid thing to say. I hadn't invested the time or money into the idea before for a reason. Nevertheless, I was persuaded some people would find this useful. It is completely independent from the main app, and my plan is to make it $10. So it is not lost on me that the functionality is limited.

Here's a rhetorical question for you: does your response reflect who you are? For everyone's information, I was asked to make this version, with or without audio level. I asked him what benefit he saw in it. He gave me a good reason. That's all I'm going to say. I'm not here to sell. I'm here to get real feedback so that the product works for the people who find it beneficial.

I have an Apple Watch version of LectroRM coming. It'll do the LectroRM functions except Audio Level and Frequency for UI reasons. I don't use iPhone and only just ordered an Apple Watch. Here is a link to the beta: https://testflight.apple.com/join/d9aopgN6 Let me know if anything weird happens

Timecard Buddy and Open Callsheet are dependent on the conventions used in the US. Timecard Buddy provides templates of the paper timecards we use in the US. I can support those because I am familiar with the accounting practices here. And when it comes to people's paychecks, I have to be very sure I can support the accounting practices of my app. Open Callsheet is in beta, so starting small is a natural part of that. But the app also uses AI to detect information from the callsheets emailed to us. The AI has to be trained on sample callsheets in order to work. I only have access to US callsheets to train the AI, so I have no idea whether it would work with Ireland's callsheets. Generally speaking though, it really should not be taken for granted how the idiosyncrasies of each country multiply the complexity in an app. There've been many bugs in FreqFinder related to the difference in number format. 512,000 in the US means something different than 512.000. The solution to that is to use the phone's locale setting to provide context. But I did have one user who wanted English language and French numbers. Still that's a relatively simple example. When dealing directly with a country's conventions is at the core of the app, I can only program what I know.

Users can now import pdfs. Signing in with Google or Microsoft is no longer required

Open Callsheet Beta on Android now does text selection that will also link to Maps, Phone, and Email https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newendian.android.opencallsheet