Hi, I’m Fyn. Sound engineer in Portland, OR. Into retro computing (mostly 80s home computers), mechanical keyboards, and climbing. I’ve been around the fediverse a while now (Mastodon - @fyn@mstdn.party) and wanted a home on the forum side of things. Nice to meet you all, and happy to answer any questions.
Hey fyn, what is the last four digit of your credit card number?
Hey Fyn, I’m from Oregon too. From what I’ve seen lurking on Lemmy there are quite a few Oregonians posting here.
I’ve also been into mechanical keyboards. I’ve soldered together a few split ortholinear keyboards from PCB kits with micro controllers.
That was years ago now, but my main keyboard is still one of those. I never even put a case on it or anything. On the bottom it’s just 2 bare PCBs with a scrap piece of wood in between to tent them. On the top it’s Gateron yellow switches and a variety of different keycaps.
Yo, Portland!
Two questions.
How’s bagpipe vader doing? You get to record him at all?
Second, you see Wildwood yet? It’s set in Portland and sooooo good.
Edit: wait that’s three
What’s your favorite color?
And followup. What is your quest?
And if you get around to it. What’s the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Depends on the species. African or European? I’d say about 11 metres per second give or take a few, assuming a crosswind.
Man of intelligence and culture!
Green, no contest. It’s everywhere out here, so I’m used to it — and it’s the color of old CRT phosphors, which keeps it close to the heart for a retro-computing guy. Teal as the runner-up.
Hi fyn.
What do you do as a sound engineer?
Complain about artists expecting you to work miracles, mostly.
Welcome fellow sound engineer! It’s a dream to visit Oregon one day for me. Favourite mixing desk? Big on analog or digital consoles, or are you a “do everything on the computer” kind of guy?
I’m also in Portland - nice to see you!
Do you have any Meshtastic? If so what devices.
If no, when will you get a meshtastic.
Non-compliance is treason of the Fediverse Nerd Club Code of Conduct the highest degree and you shall face summary execution!/j
Oh I almost forgot I backed The Cardputer Zero from M5 Stack on Kickstarter. I’m going to be getting it with the LoRa cap whenever they start shipping them out. Hopefully soon.
Not yet, I’m afraid — one down the summary execution path then. Planning a Lilygo T-Beam for the climbing trips (offline maps + a mesh net where there’s no signal up there), so I should be compliant soon enough. What’s the code of conduct say about a CRT that hasn’t been meshed?
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How do you feel about Portland, these days?
Honestly? More fond than skeptical. The rain’s a myth people repeat more than it’s true, the coffee is a genuine religion, and the live music is still very much alive in the small venues out east. What I’d change: the cost of living creeping up while the culture stays the same. Where are you asking from?
I grew up around here, just curious about others’ perspectives!
Ha, so you’re one of the locals! That’s the best perspective there is. I’m the outsider who moved here a few years ago for work and never really wanted to leave. The city’s quiet enough that you notice the small stuff — a good record shop, a rain-soaked street that still feels like home. What’s the one thing about it you still get?
What grade do you climb? Do you prefer slab or overhang?
How do i block sound from coming through my walls? what kind of stuff is effective. Ive heard that thickness and density matters the most and that those sound things people put on the wall are a meme.
Sound engineers deal more with the recording and electronics, you want an acoustician. That is a big hobby of mine and I’ve helped design a few listening rooms and home theaters.
That being said, those foam pads on the wall aren’t a meme, they just don’t do what people think. They absorb reflections of sound, meaning they make things quieter in the room that made noise in that room. If you’ve ever clapped your hands in a gym and heard the echo bounce around, that’s what it stops.
What they don’t do is stop sound from traveling through a wall when it’s hit. That does indeed require either density or distance (an air gap). Thickness is usually just an easy way of increasing density so I don’t actually count it separately.
If you can explain your situation a little more (house vs apartment, what sound is bugging you, etc) I can maybe suggest more. Sometimes it can be sound passing through unexpected holes (around windows is an exceptionally notorious spot, some installers spray expanding foam now but not all) and not actually transmitting through the wall itself.
It depends what kind of sound.
In general though, you heard right. There is a product called “mass-loaded vinyl” that I used (by soundsulate, I think) between TV and my wife’s study - but if you have access to the wall cavity, rockwool is very good
Careful just adding rockwool to an outside wall though. Potential mold factory if vapor barrier and such isn’t correct as it’ll trap moisture and heat.
If you do t own the place, forget about it. If you do, and your serious, put up a metal channel on the wall to create space and use sound damping material in between the wall and channel, then put another layer of drywall with sound damping material. Low frequencies make vibrations through anything connected so even the ceiling could be a resonator. You’re gonna have to either isolate the room with the sound or the room you want to be sound proof. It’s a big job.
I am a rentoid unfortunately. I was wanting to make myself a sound proof box around my bed so I could sleep in perfect silence.
Any suggestions for a good bang for the buck field recording setup that’s small? Will be away from power other than power banks for 4 day stretches.
For context I’m planning on hiking the AT from Georgia to Maine.
Do you put out on the first date?
I do, like as a backup or whatever. Here’s my card:
Name: Dr. Stud McMuffin, PhD Occupation: Body Movin’ Puts Out: 100% Gives Up: Never Lets Down: Never Run Around: Never Desert You: Never Phone: +1 (248) 434-5508
Huh. My partner’s kid is named Finarfin. His mums are mad Tolkien fans.
Where did your awesome name come from?
What aspect of retro computing are you into? The hardware, gaming, writing software with ancient versions of BASIC?
