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  1. Okay, spammed* as many audio related forums and mailing lists as I could think of where I actually use their stuff or where there might be general interest about my musical stems file format for DJing and tracks meant for re-mixing. It's such a niche thing that I have received very little feedback so far, but if you can think of anyplace that might be open to providing feedback (ie. DJ applications like Mixxx or DAWs like Ardour who might want to implement the format in the future), let me know so I can ask if they're willing!

    datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft

    * With a relevant ask for help from potentially interested stakeholders.

    #DJ #DJing #DAW #Stems #DigitalStems #Matroska #Ogg

  2. I did a bad thing… samwhited.codeberg.page/oggste

    TL;DR this is the initial outline of an Internet Draft (I-D) for stem files using an open and non-patent-encumbered format. Currently it probably does not match the code in the same repo for generating them (codeberg.org/SamWhited/oggstem/) as I'm still experimenting with the layout of the files. This I-D has not been submitted to the IETF (at some point I'll move it to their data tracker). Feedback welcome.

    #IETF #DJing #Stems

  3. I'm DJing for the local Lindy Hop social tonight, so naturally I spent half the day reverse engineering the Native Instruments stem file format and making a tool to convert them to OGG/FLAC files (mostly just a dumb wrapper around ffmpeg, it just ended up being its own tool because it turns out NI stores their metadata as a JSON blob that ffmpeg can't handle). Can anything actually play the stem part of these files? No (but the regular audio is backwards compatible and most media players can play them).

    I wonder if it's worth actually trying to write up an actual open spec to standardize this (since the Native Instruments one is a bit sketchy as far as I can tell and requires lots of things with patents that could cause problems later):

    codeberg.org/SamWhited/oggstem

    Suggestions welcome, debating if I want to write up an RFC for this (what IETF working group would even handle this, or is Xiph a better place if I did?).

    #STEMS #DJing #DJ

  4. Illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian, from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705).

    Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

    Available to buy as a print.

    pdimagearchive.org/images/c92d

    #stems #metamorphosis #insects #pods #caterpillars #botanical #butterflies #flora #flowers #leaves #plants #art #publicdomain

  5. "You're angry," said the sage as Jenise stormed out of her therapist's office.

    "Wow, brilliant deduction! Let me guess: my anger #stems from worldly attachments."

    "No. It's due to this pebble." The sage pulled a pebble from her ear. "Put it in rosewater, eat 6 pistachios in its presence, & your anger will vanish."

    Jenise was determined to prove him wrong. And yet, when she finally was eating pistachios in front of the rosewater-bathed pebble, she did feel much better.

    #wss366 #microfiction

  6. On this day in 1977 #DavidBowie released the album "Heroes". Here's the derived stems for Sons of the Silent Age. The jaw dropping part for me is at 17:55
    #music #Bowie #stems m.youtube.com/watch?v=xQEeU5cO

  7. This is like musically-weaponized procrastination fuel for me 😬 Beatport you son of a bitch you had me at "Download stems now" beatportal.com/articles/105120 #Remix #Stems #WilliamOrbit

    *Sigh*
    *Launches Logic Pro*

  8. Hey #Remixers ! Our site's #remix section has been updated. Everything currently there being under #byncsa #creativecommons it's #ccmusic

    * Don't Do That by Didjaws as #lmms file
    * Introducing Snakes In Ireland full #stems for the full album from Me In The Bath
    * from them also, our 2017 contest wasn't crowed but Somebody Else Still Looking At You stems are still here
    * Rogue Analog by Still Living Creature's LMMS
    * Luck Is Everything by Me In The Bath stems

    cremroad.com/remix/welcome.php

  9. While pruning dead branches off a hydrangea yesterday I found some residents inside one of the hollow stems. I'm going to try to rear them up to adulthood, so stay tuned if you like mysteries. Wasp? Carpenter bee? #hydrangea #stems #larvae #insect #wasp #hymenoptera

  10. #December 16, 1982
    #OTD The News-Press out of Fort Myers, Florida, shared "[#Forensic] #Botanist Determines if the Gardener did it."

    "When #Police are stumped... they call David Hall. A "Quincy" of the #Plant world, he gathers [#Evidence] from #Stems & #Twigs."

    In David's first murder case, he matched bits of #Bark to the #Tree outside a window where a man climbed in & attacked the victim.

    David said, "I've never [testified], not in a single [case]. They've all been settled out of court."