"the first of its kind! A true analog audiophile headphone that has an integrated tube amp!"

"just attach it to your phone via Bluetooth..   "   lol. idiots.

Not sure why it would make a difference what the audio source is if you're trying to replicate tube amp sound

Mon Dec 29 2025 17:27:45 UTC from Nurb432

"the first of its kind! A true analog audiophile headphone that has an integrated tube amp!"

"just attach it to your phone via Bluetooth..   "   lol. idiots.

They were touting the analog angle. Which of course, its not.

i even called them out on it "we use lossless compression bla bla....."  "ya, digital, quit trying to scam people"

Tue Dec 30 2025 00:27:00 UTC from PanaSonic

Not sure why it would make a difference what the audio source is if you're trying to replicate tube amp sound

 

Mon Dec 29 2025 17:27:45 UTC from Nurb432

"the first of its kind! A true analog audiophile headphone that has an integrated tube amp!"

"just attach it to your phone via Bluetooth..   "   lol. idiots.

 

Hah! See... Autists do get humor - it just tends to be sarcastic and intellectual and most people miss it. ;) 

Sun Dec 28 2025 14:53:30 UTC from Nurb432

So that means no report on my desk tomorrow? 

 

LoL.

So i went and listened to some of Nurb's stuff.   Some of it wasn't all that bad.  Some of it, no, made my ears bleed and gave me a headache.

Thankfully, our taste is pretty close.  Not 100% match, but close enough.     Due to his age he got to see some of these bands in person at their height, and i just get to hear them after the fact. I think he was lucky i would have loved to see some of these bands in real life.

Sun Jan 04 2026 22:11:49 UTC from DarfWader

So i went and listened to some of Nurb's stuff.   Some of it wasn't all that bad.  Some of it, no, made my ears bleed and gave me a headache.

Well, good for you 2.  Ill stick with my music :)

Sun Jan 11 2026 15:13:01 UTC from ZoeGraystone

Thankfully, our taste is pretty close.  Not 100% match, but close enough.     Due to his age he got to see some of these bands in person at their height, and i just get to hear them after the fact. I think he was lucky i would have loved to see some of these bands in real life.

Sun Jan 04 2026 22:11:49 UTC from DarfWader

So i went and listened to some of Nurb's stuff.   Some of it wasn't all that bad.  Some of it, no, made my ears bleed and gave me a headache.

 

Well, there will be, but it might not contain anything you were expecting.

Now I'm interested in Nurb's stuff, as "olds" music? How old? Classic Rock/Psychedelic, punk? 2000 rave music? Old is relative with music, at this point. 

It varies. Right up to current times, with maid-core. Or way back into the 90s..

Sat Mar 14 2026 06:00:12 UTC from ParanoidDelusions

Now I'm interested in Nurb's stuff, as "olds" music? How old? Classic Rock/Psychedelic, punk? 2000 rave music? Old is relative with music, at this point. 

 

So, where do I find it? 

I thought i posted earlier, if not, my bad.

https://www.youtube.com/@ZoeandGreystones/playlists

And the disclaimers i thought i added before:

• First 6 posted are from 1.0 of the engine
• Next 4 are with the 1.5 version.
• Lyrics, song tiles, music structure, album, images are all AI generated.   All i did was feed my main LLM "hey i want some riotgrrl"  ( better worded but same concept ) and took what it gave me and put into the music generator, and the image generator.   I ten weeded out the garbage.. ( 100s of iterations. literally ) and sometimes clipped off the edges. But that is it for human interaction.

Fri Apr 10 2026 02:34:54 UTC from ParanoidDelusions

So, where do I find it? 

 

Also, about a month ago, sold off all my guitars and gear at a local music shop ( one of the few left that are 'real'. they have been in business since the late 50s ).   Not so much to make money, but to get them a new home so they can be used again.

That was a bit harder than i thought. To see them one last time, stacked up on a table.

wow bad typing. sorry.

Cleaning it up a bit:

Many if not most 'traditional' AI use python modules. Transformers, bitandbytes, flashattn, bla bla etc. Its 'the way of things', but it does carry a lot of baggage due to dependencies, which often bites people in the ass and does complicate things in general.

Not to long ago, someone came up with a way to 'compress' model files, and created a native application that 'just runs' with no dependencies as its compiled. There is a slight loss in resolution, but it does open the thing up to far more people since its smaller by quite a bit, and runs faster in most cases, so its just the typical trade off like you would see between FLAC and MP3 ( keeping this music-ish ). Many have gone that route. Even companies do it, and most embedded AI uses it now too. its a great thing really. GGUF is the current file name after a couple of version iterations ( GPT-Generated Unified Format )

Recently ( after i posted the 1.5 series to YT ) a guy converted this particular music AI engine unto this compressed format. in effect.  While his was a WIP and had a GUI on the road-map, it was still a great thing so started working with it.  i got tired of writing json by hand, so wrote a simple web GUI to do it for me, as well as a few other features that i personally wanted. Wasn't meant for the masses, tho its been included in the official docs as an interface now.   And was still testing that due to some changes he made upstream when the new XL sized models came out, so back to the testing treadmill for me before i can release new music.  

And ya, i could have bought a Thor like i mentioned wanting in the recent past. On paper i can afford it, but could never ever rationalize it for what is in effect a hobby.  My Xaivers were fine as far as horsepower goes, but as GPUs age it gets harder and harder to keep up due to drivers and libraries and such, and i finally got tired of fighting.  Its the freaking NVIDIA treadmill.. it sucks.

With luck that makes more sense than that terrible blabbing i did above.

Fri Apr 10 2026 16:42:48 UTC from Nurb432

 

May be too AI tech, but recently someone redid the python engine to support via GGUF, and wrote a simplifed interface for that. They also released a XL model for the music, so still experimenting until i post more. ( ya, i know, i said id stop doing computer stuff, but this is music.. soooo...     And also went out and bought an Orin to replace my Xaivers..  

 

Not long ago someone came to me with a question " if you had to live with only 3 albums for the rest of your life, which would they be ?"

The first 2 are easy and not even a 2nd thought:

1. Hips and makers from Kristin Hersh ( preferably the 30 anniversary version, it has a couple extra songs :) ). Unwavering its been my favorite since the instant it came out in Feburary 1994 after Throwing Muses ( also a huge fan of ).  Oddly, i do NOT like country, but this... i loved.. 
2. The Damage, from Tapping The Vein. No one can top Heather's voice and writing in that genre.  2nd favorite, with no question when it was released, mid 2002. That they are gone, is saddening. 

And while the 3rd might have changed over time, today, with out wavering, it would be So Long, Scarecrow, from Scarling.   Jessicka, cant beat her either.  ( even when she's yelling her head off in JOJ instead ). Still disappointed i didn't catch that one until years after they stopped doing music. Id have gone to a show if it was even 2 states away...  no questions asked.  ( but JOJ i knew.. always liked it,and her. i knew she could do so much more.. just never realized she DID do more.. )

And since im an idiot, I mis-understood your question. ( a lot going on here lately. sorry about that )

The 'sampler' stuff is a page back from here.  Its got 2 attachments, with explanations. 

And again, sorry. Preoccupied.  

Sat Mar 14 2026 06:00:12 UTC from ParanoidDelusions

Now I'm interested in Nurb's stuff, as "olds" music? How old? Classic Rock/Psychedelic, punk? 2000 rave music? Old is relative with music, at this point. 

 

And..... another album out on YT. "Wild Heart Riot" ( playlist )

Also RiotGrrl themed.  Didn't do as much cleanup work on this one. Also intervened on the structure a bit.

I've subscribed. I'll go back and listen later. Spinning Depeche Mode right now - in that kind of mood tonight. 

The 'sampler' stuff from the previous page, is all human bands. Just a cross-section of what i listen to.

Started work on another AI album for YT.     Yet another riot girl, this time eco-warrior theme.

Wed Apr 15 2026 03:10:00 UTC from ParanoidDelusions

I've subscribed. I'll go back and listen later. Spinning Depeche Mode right now - in that kind of mood tonight. 

 

Wed Apr 15 2026 15:14:36 UTC from Nurb432

Started work on another AI album for YT.     Yet another riot girl, this time eco-warrior theme.