u/edgygothteen69

I've never played staff/wand. Idk what the playstyle is like. If you have a good build I'd love to see it. :)

>Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, and discussed potential areas of common ground, according to five people with knowledge of the meeting.

>The rare engagement was held in a private space in New York City, offered up by a mutual friend of the two men, according to two people with knowledge of the meeting and a third who was briefed on it.

>Through aides, neither man would comment on the session, which was described by one person with knowledge of it as a broad conversation on a range of topics. Still, its timing underscored that those around Mr. Trump were well aware of the likelihood of a Democratic-led House, and trying to foster as much of a working relationship as possible before any change.

>The private get-together was described by one of the people as a catch-up for Mr. Kushner and Mr. Jeffries. The two men have stayed in touch since they worked together on a criminal justice bill midway through Mr. Trump’s first term.

>During the recent meeting, the pair discussed housing, immigration and the high cost of living as potential areas of common ground.

>He and Mr. Jeffries also met last year, according to two people with knowledge of that conversation.

>“I think he’s a nice guy,” Mr. Trump told Punchbowl News in a recent interview, when asked about Mr. Jeffries. “I’d probably get along with him very well.”

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There is a common refrain from the center-left that anyone who criticizes mainstream Democrats is a wrecker, a saboteur, not part of the big tent.

Well, I am not a socialist. I am not in the DSA. I have a variety of political opinions, but I am a Democrat. I voted Clinton, Biden, Harris. I donated. I volunteered for Harris.

Let me say this with as much tact as possible:

Fuck Hakeem Jeffries, and Fuck Chuck Schumer. They should resign.

I do not want my party leadership meeting with the fascist regime to discuss "areas of common ground." I do not want Democrats helping Republicans with anything. I do not want bipartisanship.

And I certainly do not want secret meetings.

These loser collaborators have got to go.

>In a call with press on July 23, Ossoff spoke about his opponent's ongoing scandals, and said he could believe Collins did not appear with Trump during his Georgia event in order to protect the president from having to answer to Collins' record. When asked whether Ossoff's anti-corruption message is resonating outside of the state, Ossoff said "I'm focused on Georgia, and as I've said, I have zero interest in running for president in 2028."

Seems like we should be taking Ossoff's statements into account when we talk about him for 2028. People who are running don't say "I have zero interest in running," they deflect and say "I'm focused on the midterms right now" or whatever.

Who else among the top names has explicitely said they will NOT be running? Not Newsom, not AOC, not Buttigieg, not Harris. They don't want to make an announcement yet, but they do want everyone to keep talking about their potential candidacy.

Guys, I don't think Ossoff is running.

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Politico has a piece quoting a few unnamed "senior Republican congressional staffers, think tank scholars, Heritage expats, and academics who study think tanks"

The gist is that they're worried the Republican party will lose the ability to govern and actual do things because everyone who is rising up the ranks is an idiot, a moron, an imbecile. (As if the Republican party hasn't already been completely destroyed.)

A few choice quotes:

"The organizations that bring young staffers to Washington, D.C. have spent the last decade prioritizing blind ideological loyalty instead of competence or intelligence. We have a generation of rabid, incompetent idiots.”

“normie expertise has been sidelined in favor of producing chum for the conservative media machine, at Heritage in particular."

"communications staff now outnumber policy staff in certain House and Senate offices — a reflection, they said, of members prioritizing “clicks and clapbacks in the ‘way too online’ corner of X,” which “doesn’t advance the conservative agenda one bit.” "

"a generation hooked on the conspiratorial musings of Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens: “Five, eight years from now, if we’re reliant on people with this view of the world, we’re in serious trouble.” "

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Honestly, good. The more the Republican party focuses on producing social media slop for right-wing Twitter, the faster they will destroy themselves.

Maybe one day, Americans will realize the party of non-morons (the Democrats) are preferable. (probably after Republicans have destroyed everything. 'twas ever thus.)

I really think I'm onto something, but I guess normie conspiracy theorists are too sheep-minded to see the connections. Where do the TRUE conspiracy connoisseurs congregate?

I am basically brand-new to music production (classical music background though).

I'm playing around with the BBC Orchestra VST, along with a few other plugins. I've seen that CC#7 and CC#11 work on most (but not all) instruments to control volume.

I can add CC7 or CC11 to a clip in Cakewalk Sonar and add a dimenuendo all the way down to silence, no problem there.

But with an upper limit of 127, there is very little crescendo possible from whatever the default is... unless I reduce the starting level for the clip by a lot, which makes a big crescendo possible.

The problem is that now every single other clip, in every single other track, is way too loud in comparison.

Do I have to manually add a CC7 or CC11 to every single track and clip manually, reducing the starting volume and adding the ability for a big crescendo if desired?

Or is there an accepted "best practice" to deal with this, and a certain way to do it in Cakewalk Sonar?

Thanks in advance for any tips :)