al4s

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[–] al4s@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago

You can approximate the length of any path (including circles) by adding the lengths of many small line segments that follow that path. Making a line segment bigger by some factor, will increase it's length by the same factor. Therefore, scaling the circle by any factor, increases it's circumference by the same factor. Scaling a circle is just scaling it's radius so: Scaling the radius by some factor, changes the circumference by the same factor. That means the ratio between radius and circumference is always constant.

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[–] al4s@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you want to start cheap, the 750x is great as well. Please double check this, but I think it has two extra inputs for another cymbal and tom, that Thoman sells as an upgrade kit for like 70€.

Regarding the kick tower, most of the cheap "just pedals", don't have the rebound you need to play double strokes or fast notes like you would on a real drum kit. So if you want your skills to be transferrable, you probably want a real pedal. The higher end Roland pedals look like they'd provide good rebound, but they're >200€, so I doubt you'd be saving any money with them. They're smaller and potentially quieter though. As a bonus, the towers work with double pedals, if you happen to be into Metal Music.

[–] al4s@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Kick tower and all-mesh pads are a must IMO. Rubber pads feel horrible, and you want to be able to use a proper kick pedal eventually.

I've had the Millenium MPS-850 for a couple of years and would definitely recommend it. The MPS 750x looks like the same thing with one less cymbal - seems like a great deal to me. The "realistic" hihats the 850 came with (they're on a real hihat stand) feel IMO slightly worse than "unrealistic" ones, but not that much that it's a real negative. I just wouldn't pay extra for it.

I've never tried an Alesis kit, but they look like they have about the same build as Millenium. You probably can't go wrong there.

Between these two, I'd just go based on what's included in the kit. If you don't need to buy a drum stool and hihat stand separately, that's a big win.

I also tried Roland sets in the past, they're good, but you have to spend at least 1000€, and I think the quality upgrade doesn't justify the price. Maybe if you can get one used.

[–] al4s@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

The game is Dying Light

[–] al4s@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure it's both

[–] al4s@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

For distances >600km, flying is usually 4x-10x faster at a similar price. At least in and around Germany. I assume in the US trains compare way worse, also because the distances are way larger.

Examples: "Normal" example: Stuttgart (Germany) -> Amsterdam (Netherlands) Train: 11h 10min - 241€ Plane: 1h 20min - 225€

Best case scenario for train in Germany at around that distance (because there's a direct connection): München -> Berlin Train: 3h 54min - 167€ Plane: 1h 5min - 226€