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Tim Exile

@timexile.com

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Musical and technological adventurer. Survivor of bad things. Mostly optimistic, sometimes tired. Scapeshift, the generative groovebox that DOESN'T use AI is out now! https://linktr.ee/timexile

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · Nov 26

Scapeshift is a generative groovebox that DOESN'T use AI.

This has been my recovery project and the beginning of an exciting world of possibility which I hope to devote my efforts to going forward.

Available now on my new Patreon

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The Generative Groove Box That DOESN'T Use AI

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 2h

Sashimi baby, shakin that wrass

Tim Exile @timexile.com · 15h

Ah did you find it and fix it?

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 20h

Seminal

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 1d

I have so many dark horse friends who about 20 mins into a casual chat they're like oh hey I did this thing it's not out yet and hoooooooooLY (Looking at you @stevejones.music)

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 2d

Seems to be the mark of modern technology. It gets worse as it gets better. Is that a marker of techno feudalism? It usually gets worse once it’s identified its serfs. Maybe that’s actually what product market fit is. Lord-Serf Fit.

Tim Exile @timexile.com · 2d

It’s so funny how quickly and decisively it went this way. Not funny, cool actually.

Also I miss early genAI when it really was a broken mess of properly weirdo shit. Far too way out to claim cultural appropriation / infringement. It was something truly new.

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 2d

In my most optimistic imagination this leads to a super-smooth, ring-free foreververb.

Tim Exile @timexile.com · 2d

It's an idea I've had for ages but never floated to the top of my list to build. Potential problems I imagine are uneven distributions of energy when cross-fading grains leading to unpredictable RT60 times.

Tim Exile @timexile.com · 2d

Reverb nerds - has anyone ever made a reverb with granular diffuser delays? Basically getting around the ringing problem with diffusers that change length by random amounts at regular (or irregular?) intervals.

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Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 3d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 3d

The greatest peril of our time is how similar 🤞,☝️and🖕look vs how different their meanings are

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 3d

My new resolution is to scarper from conversations I'm not into as snappily as podcasters take a break. Will probably just go and watch some adverts while I do too. Palette cleanser.

Tim Exile @timexile.com · 4d

For any guys on here who’ve lost their dad, go read BT (Brian Transeau) ‘s exquisite eulogy to his recently passed dad on Insta. What an inspiration that man is.

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 5d

TIL the default font in gmail 'Sans Serif' literally doesn't exist in google docs. Is this on purpose to catch out sneaky template pasters?

Tim Exile @timexile.com · 5d

This is the way. Go to the ends of the earth to make your own distribution channels. So much more magic to be made that way.

Echolox haunts your RAM @echolox.com · 5d

I'm just a drop in the bucket but I just told my distributor to remove all my music from Spotify.

If any of my 24 monthly listeners happen to read this I'm happy to send Bandcamp download codes.

Music will continue to be released on Bandcamp or my upcoming video game.

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Justin Sullivan @3amnoise.net · 5d

Still, I’ve seen what small positive contributions can do. I want everyone to have that feeling that comes with making an impact, no matter how small. I also want people to know what it feels like when a community has their back.

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Justin Sullivan @3amnoise.net · 5d

Thanks for this thread! Particularly the message about positive action. I see people who’ve been so mad for so long, it’s hard to think in terms of pushing in the opposite direction. I’ve definitely been there!

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 5d

And you might even become part of something bigger and more connected than you dreamed of. 10/9 lol

Tim Exile @timexile.com · 5d

So my action-bait for you, oh fellow Z-list culture person with small platform: shuffle yer bum off the top of the slide and don't be afraid to share actionable messages of hope with your audience. You will do no harm to your audience's trust and your livelihood... 9/9

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 5d

Otherwise you spin people into a vortex of anxiety, depression and worst of all inaction. That is exactly how to kill off the movement towards real change.

Less rage-baiting, more action-baiting please. @zackpolanski.bsky.social really gets this. 8/9

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 5d

Another reason I've never spoken out is that I see absolutely no point in rage-baiting, particularly the engagement-farming type. In my view, if you're provoking emotions, you HAVE to direct them towards positive action... 7/9

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 5d

Saying things out loud is critically important for bringing about change. Even if everyone who hears you has exactly the same view, saying it out loud brings it alive and takes you one step closer to asking 'so what are we going to do about it?'. 6/9

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 5d

My takeaway from overcoming inertia today is that if I have a "truth" I want to speak, chances are this truth is wanting to be spoken by most of my audience. They tune in as much because of vibe alignment (outlook) as tribe alignment (being synth nerds) and that goes deep. 5/9

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 5d

A good friend of mine keeps reminding me that 'the person is the product' these days. For better or for worse, that's true. But when it comes to spreading messages about things you believe in, it's a superpower. 4/9

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Tim Exile @timexile.com · 5d

Mailing 27k people who want to know about synths and samplers with an overtly political message felt scary, but the reality was very much less so. I had one grumpy email. That's it - meanwhile I sent nearly 100 people the Green Party's way and still generated a few sales in my shop. 3/9

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