I think by the “center line” they mean the 0º angle of the polar diagram, but the wording could definitely be better. I’m sure about it though, cause the capsule is oriented towards the front of the mic (where the “samson” logo and the led indicator are).
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Sorry, but this is just wrong. All mics of this type I know of are oriented towards the grill, not towards the bar, I don’t know where you got that info from.
Just to really make sure, you can check on this disassembly video (around the 6 minute mark) that the capsule is oriented towards the grill, and you’ll get the least pickup from the bar (which is the side).
Well, technically the least pickup is behind the bar and not straight, but you’ll get very muddy sound from the side anyways, since you lose most high frequencies.
Source: I’m an audio technician.
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Anime@lemmy.ml•Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably BadEnglish
2·14 days agoI work in the dubbing industry, and I can tell you AI is not a solution. Sure, it’ll be a “nice have” if there is no dubbing available, but you can say the same for shitty subtitles.
The reality is, if you want quality work, you need to pay a bunch of people for it.
Dubbing translation is different than regular translation, because it has to fit the mouth movements with the syllable count and other things like billabials matching.
I could go on, but I’m just saying it’s as complex as other things you probably don’t consider AI fit for.
Yuribaited once again… When will I learn 😔
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Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•What indexers do you use in Prowlarr, Radarr, SonarrEnglish
6·18 days agoI’m not using it atm, but you probably are running another service on the same port. Try mapping lidarr to a different port.
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Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml•I hate it when Windows wants me to wear a suit.
9·21 days agoIt means “I sweat” as well, but it’s colloquially used like that, yes.
Copyparty is very cool, but it also confuses me a bit. It keeps giving me 403 forbidden errors when I try to rename or move files on certain folders.
I’m pretty sure it’s a permission problem, because the root folder is read only but the folders inside have permissions per user, but I never figured it out.
I still use it daily, 5/7 perfect software.
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196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•How I Feel Hanging Out in Linux Communities On Lemmrule LatelyEnglish
24·24 days agoExcuse me… do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior, Linus Torvalds?
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Europe@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Spain’s Supreme Court bars chief prosecutor for two years for leaking confidential information
3·24 days agoThis is such a bullshit ruling… They got no proof, and they’ll have to sentence all the journalists that swore under oath that the info was already public.
Of course, the 5 judges that voted for the sentence are right-wing aligned; and the right-wing party is now pressuring the president (who defended the chief prosecutor) to resign and call for elections.
What a joke.
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PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Valve Claims Steam Machine Outperforms 70% of Current Gaming PCsEnglish
341·26 days agoI’m rocking a 2060 with an astounding 6GB VRAM… And the only game that gave me trouble so far is Clair Obscur. I had to close everything else, and use a mod to optimize the graphics.
I’ll blame the shitty Nvidia drivers for Linux though, cause there is no shared RAM, unlike on Windows. 8GB with an AMD card should be fine -if a bit limiting- for a generation, except for high end AAA gaming I guess.
And “a thousand kilometers” is a megameter; but if you say that, people will think you’re bonkers.
I only made it to the antechamber once, and to the
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basement
in the same run, by pure luck. Then I stopped playing cause it seemed like too much work lol. I should pick it back up!
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askgaming@piefed.social•People who use third-party controllers like 8bitdo or Flydigi, what is your favorite model and why?
3·29 days agoI got the 8bitdo ultimate 2 wireless to replace my Xbox one controller. Other than the confusing as hell naming scheme, I like it, but it has its quirks:
-Gyro works fine, but only in Bluetooth mode, so I can’t use it on my PC with the 2.4GHz dongle.
-The firmware upgrade software is not on Linux, so you need a windows machine to update it.
-Sometimes it bugs out, holding the last joystick position, and you have to reboot it to fix it. Almost got me killed on a honor mode run of DOS2.
Also, I wish it had capacitive joysticks to activate the gyro. But other than that, it’s pretty feature-complete.
It seems that the upcoming Steam Controller does everything this controller can, and fixes my problems with it. So I’ll probably get one of those next. But the 8bitdo still is the best controller I’ve had so far.
Edit: actually, if anyone else is interested, you can actually update the controller on linux, through a bit of hackery. I followed this guide, which I’ll copy:
In this guide i will teach you how to run 8BitDo Ultimate software v2 under Linux Some people tried running it under clear wine and failed, i found out the issue, you need tts-ms-win10 https://github.com/streetsamurai00mi/ttf-ms-win10 All you have to do is follow installation guide on this repo After you successfully launched your software, you have to map udev rules At first, type lsusb. It will list your usb devices. Find your device there. I am using keyboard as an example Bus 003 Device 013: ID 2dc8:5200 8BitDo 8BitDo Retro Keyboard Do the same for wireless usb dongle Now, we have to create the rule. I am using Kate as an example kate /etc/udev/rules.d/99-8bitdo.rules Input your rules there, here`s an example SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2dc8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5200", MODE="0666" SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2dc8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5201", MODE="0666" idvendor is the first line in bold text, idproduct is second 5200 is my keyboard, 5201 is usb dongle Now, reload udev rules and your done sudo udevadm control --reload-rules sudo udevadm trigger If you found this guide helpful, upvote for others to see it!I may actually be able to use gyro with the dongle now :o
Edit 2: indeed, gyro works! I had to follow another guide though.
The important bits:
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Turn the controller on in DInput mode by holding B while pressing the home button to turn it on.
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Add these udev rules in /etc/udev/rules.d/71-8bitdo-u2w.rules:
# 2.4GHz/Dongle KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6012", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2dc8", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess" # Bluetooth KERNEL=="hidraw*", KERNELS=="*2DC8:6012*", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess"And reboot or reload the rules (sudo udevadm control --reload)
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Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Valve says they want SteamOS to be installable on any PCEnglish
12·1 month agoHelldivers 2 works just fine on Linux…?
Did Columbus ever go to what is now the USA?
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