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The article reports the efforts of a variety of officials from a variety of political affiliations to convince younger adults to take this disease more seriously. So are you arguing that they shouldn't even bother?

But as the article says: "The rate of hospitalization for people who test positive for COVID-19 in their 20s is under 4%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...The fatality rate for people in their 20s and 30s without underlying health conditions is about 0.1%." How about the other bits of the story? "Now, nearly half of new coronavirus cases in the Seattle area are showing up in those in their 20s and 30s, according to a recent analysis of state data." "The story is similar in California. People under 35 now make up about 44% of new infections in that state, compared to 29% last month, according to an analysis of state data by infectious disease epidemiologist George Lemp." Even the Texas governor had something to say about it: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/16/texas-coronavirus-spike-young-adults/ They're hardly out of the woods, sir. I think they just walked into the woods... But at least based on what the article says, for less than 4% of them, it involves hospitalization. And under 0.1% will die from it...and if they're stupid when they walk into the woods, probably more of them will be killed be bears and snakes. I don't mean to minimize the overall negative effects on society. Similarly, those who have experienced COVID-19 death at close range have a different perspective from those who only see news headlines about the number of people who have it. I'm just saying that article is essentially saying "yeah, you're testing positive for it, but don't worry too much. Odds are you'll be okay." I'm a bit confused by your stance. The article reports the efforts of a variety of officials from a variety of political affiliations to convince younger adults to take this disease more seriously. You disagree with all of them?

But as the article says: "The rate of hospitalization for people who test positive for COVID-19 in their 20s is under 4%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...The fatality rate for people in their 20s and 30s without underlying health conditions is about 0.1%." How about the other bits of the story? "Now, nearly half of new coronavirus cases in the Seattle area are showing up in those in their 20s and 30s, according to a recent analysis of state data." "The story is similar in California. People under 35 now make up about 44% of new infections in that state, compared to 29% last month, according to an analysis of state data by infectious disease epidemiologist George Lemp." Even the Texas governor had something to say about it: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/16/texas-coronavirus-spike-young-adults/ They're hardly out of the woods, sir. I think they just walked into the woods...

#1 on my list of least-shocking news items for the week. We've heard for weeks on end that younger adults haven't been taking this all that seriously. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/19/880912184/younger-adults-are-increasingly-testing-positive-for-coronavirus?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR3llKW1lRDcHYx2_IdYp9RYU8alPjMl1lxiQ7scpbRSeCltvyvPbmz-fZU&fbclid=IwAR064gnPkLio_LnV79IhE_I3bwvnc8BNZr7dGWEsxHmyt0ea4OKBArGrJ7w

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As an Octatrack-carrying member of the cult I approve of this message. Seriously though my GAS for Digitone was reignited by this latest news. iOS device + Digitone is a nice compact rig that will work for some folks. Some folks who have been looking for a way to integrate IOS apps into their hardware synth/sampler signal chain went with mixers that double as USB audio interfaces with support for 2 or more channels, like the Soundcraft MTK series or KMI KMix. Mixers such as those might still be the best choice for some. But those who want a minimalist setup and are already Elektron fans are all about this Digitone update of course. This pedal has been on the market for the guitarist crowd for a while but I haven't seen much mention of it among my fellow cultists: https://www.xsonic.cc/

City Enters Phase 4 Of Pretending Coronavirus Over

NYT's latest article on Vitamin D and COVID-19. The gist seems to be that getting some sunshine is good, no harm in buying some supplements, but don't go crazy and don't pin too much false hope https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/well/live/coronavirus-vitamin-d-immunity.html

Elektron's Digitone can now function as a class-compliant USB audio interface. Several members of the Elektron user community have already verified the functionality. [video:youtube] Digitakt is also now USB class compliant, but its audio inputs are not routed to main, so I hesitate to call it a full-on audio interface. It can route audio coming through USB from an IOS device to its outputs. It can route internally generated audio to the IOS device via USB. But it can't route audio from its inputs to the IOS device.

For me, 8 voices is already plenty. I don't have quite the arsenal that other people posting on this thread have, but I do have enough other synths to layer with if I need more voices.

I just saw a comment on another forum that the Quantum's analog filters weren't that good, and thus dropping them in favor of digital filters in the Iridium to lower the cost was a good move. Taste in filters is so subjective though. According to the rep that posted on the GS forum the digital filters allows for a true stereo path where as the analog filters are mono only. Having true stereo throughout the signal path is awesome imo. As to the sound of either I don't take much stock in what anyone else on GS says. Won't take long to find every opinion imaginable - and then some. Also there's nothing other than conjecture that the analog filters were removed to reduce cost. My guess would be more a factor of sizing and/or number of circuit boards to accommodate the desktop form factor which in turn would reduce cost, but who knows. Another thing from the rep is they are seriously looking to see if they can up the polyphony of the Quantum from 8 to 16 voices. He's uncertain at this point whether it's even possible but good on Waldorf for being forthcoming with this possibility. Aside from cost, polyphony was the other (speculated) reason digital filters may have been chosen for Iridium which has 16 vs. the Quantum's 8.

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I just saw a comment on another forum that the Quantum's analog filters weren't that good, and thus dropping them in favor of digital filters in the Iridium to lower the cost was a good move. Taste in filters is so subjective though.

After reading Bob Boilen's tribute to the 930 Club my friends and I wondered if he was implying 930 Club was really closed - as in, out of business. Then I saw an announcement from them that they're going to open a popup restaurant soon.

Lockdown protesters - even the ones blatantly carrying guns while marching on their state capitols - were treated very, very differently by the police, to say the least. Of course they were treated different....they weren't looting, burning buildings, or smashing windows. It sure is interesting what the media decides is newsworthy and what you need to see. Its possible the turnout for lockdown protests was too small for would-be looters to take advantage. Sure, I get that certain people here have their favorite media sources and only stick to those.

Lockdown protesters - even the ones blatantly carrying guns while marching on their state capitols - were treated very, very differently by the police, to say the least.

Anybody get his book? https://shop.chickcorea.com/products/a-work-in-progress

FM made a comeback as people realized that you can get livelier, more responsive tones than what sample playback devices can give you. Out of all the new FM synths announced within the past 12 months, I'm guessing this is the one MusicPlayer folks (the ones who know how to hook up a MIDI keyboard controller) will relate to the most - Digitone is too much of a groovebox, MegaFM is too video-gamey sounding, etc. 300-voice polyphony doesn't hurt either. [video:youtube]

Meanwhile New Zealand has "reopened". Made possible, no doubt, by their much more effective response to the pandemic compared to other countries. Granted, orchestrating an effective pandemic response would seem to be easier for a country with a smaller population and size than the US. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/08/871822321/with-no-current-cases-new-zealand-lifts-remaining-covid-19-restrictions?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR1xwQKyzVSxWILGI3F6kZ4ZlizM4fXE2zi9nMq7PZ7uPPjylTE7L3h5qIM

I have a friend who owns a local music store - not a chain, just a store that's been in St. Louis for many decades. He told me that with all the catalog houses they can't make a dime on keyboards, guitar, amps, etc. because margins are razor thin... The ONLY way he stays in business is having rooms where independent folks give lessons, and when the students come in, they buy strings, reeds, cables, etc. as well as do repairs. They pay their mortgage on that. I don't think catalog stores do repairs, by and large. And surely the store has an email list, and can at least count on loyal customers to help burn through their inventory so it's not tying up capital on a shelf? Then again, maybe the concept of a "loyal customer" no longer exists... They are actually doing some modest online activity. From the article: "While the store is closed, Delgado put all but two of his employees on paid leave. To generate much-needed income, he hired guitar instructor Kenneth Del Río to do online classical guitar lessons. "That's helping a little bit. We're hoping that will pick up and help sustain us through the next couple months," he says." And he has indeed been selling and repairing guitars: "Since the pandemic shut Candelas' doors more than two months ago, Delgado says, he has been building more classical and flamenco guitars, and he's doing more restoration work." In the electric violin community, the concept of loyal customer is alive and well. A bunch of us support Electric Violin Shop for example. I'm also loyal to Potter's Violins in DC.

Ah you must reacting to what I posted. The "Gratitude" piece seems to have been inspired by Brian Eno's Apollo album. Eno coined the term "ambient music". I believe this piece is all DX7. I admit these sounds may not always be substituted for a more static DX7 pad patch but I do like a little life at least in a pad patch. [video:youtube] Eno admitted that there other artists exploring music in a similar manner in his time and before, but he felt this approach deserved a name. Erik Satie's "furniture music" is believed by some to be an early form of ambient music. I am a fan of Eliane Radigue's work with the ARP 2500 modular on "Trilogie de la Mort", recorded in the early 70s. Yes, it's not uncommon to sample a few seconds of ambient music and drop it into a pop-friendly arrangement. If you already have a synth with a patch like this already loaded, you could of course skip the sampling part and just record it being manually played

I like the FM sounds here [video:youtube]

Really impressed by this Lady App-titude track. The IOS community is very active, with lots of users, but few have a harmonic sense this sophisticated. Live sax overdubbed by a guest musician. https://ladyapp-titude.bandcamp.com/track/visions-of-the-future-feat-brian-grace Her comments: "The original inspiration was a single sentence uttered by Jakob Haq ('I"m having visions of the future'), which I then sampled, sliced, and manipulated using Kontakt and various effects. I remember I used iMaschine for drums, UVI Falcon, Animoog, and Synthmaster for synths, and TC-11. TC-11 has a feature called 'Device Motion Controllers' where you can modulate the sound using the iPad's accelerometer, gyroscope, and compass, and I remember waiving the iPad around in space to get various effects. The bass guitar at the beginning came from iFretless Bass. The real instruments were electric guitar (Fender Stratocaster) and saxophone by Brain Grace. I knew I wanted sax, and Brian was the perfect man for the job. He"s in LA and I"m in NYC, so his parts were overdubbed remotely from his studio. He improvised three takes, which I comped together for the final, and then there were a couple of short passages where I composed specific riffs for him. It all went surprisingly well, and he did an outstanding job, which turned out to be exactly what the track needed. If you need sax for your track, he is available for online sessions for a reasonable fee. Highly recommended."

Honestly, I'm surprised this LA guitar shop has survived as long as it has. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/05/863233327/how-a-historic-la-guitar-shop-is-fighting-to-stay-afloat-during-the-pandemic?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=nprblogscoronavirusliveupdates

Adding to the confusion is this rumor about bricks https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pallets-of-bricks-protest-sites/