• HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Right, he demanded “NO FANS” on most products and caused all those components to overheat. He was a true visionary.

    He was a marketing and brand genius I give him that.

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      22 hours ago

      well you try recording music on a pc with a stupid fan that won’t shut up….

      he did a lot of good and bad things… but more than “just a businessman” b.s.

      • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        16 hours ago

        I volunteered at a university radio station a few times and was taught how to cut out AC/Heater/Fan noise from a recording using audacity on what I think was my second time going in. Recorded a PSA about cancer screening.

        It’s been almost a decade and a half so I don’t remember exactly how, but the point is that it was something they taught people effectively walking in off the street.

        I’d imagine it’s different with a non-constant fan, but you can force computer fans to a consistent 100% speed through a handful of different ways.

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          9 hours ago

          It’s just a low pass filter. Since human speech is massively out of the frequency range of a fan, you can just delete that whole frequency wholesale.

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          14 hours ago

          i’m aware of this, but it definitely reduces sound quality