I'm a friendly, non-dev, cisgender guy from NC who enjoys playing music/making noise, hiking, eating veggies, and hanging out with my best friend/wife + our 3 kitties + 1 greyhound.
I'm also very much a learn-by-doing type of person.
I'm not a dev, but I've been learning a lot about sound design and synthesizers through a semi-modular analog synthesizer called the Moog Grandmother.
With the Moog Gma, you get a pack of patch cables and they allow you to reroute the signal of the synthesizer so you can get a sense of how different modules work and how they effect the sound. By way of trial & error, I've learned so much about these effects and what all they do to the sound wave. There's nothing better than the hands-on approach to really show me the possibilities and hammer them home.
That's not to say that I don't also like reading & watching videos about this stuff too, haha! But when asked how I learn best, I'd have to say by doing!
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Absolutely relatable.
I have this experience everytime I use a navigation device vs drive by street signs. Navigation system: I can't recall any of the steps afterwards (besides maybe the first two turns). But when I have to look for street signs and a map on paper, check odometer for distance to next turn and such, then the chances that I remember how I got where I wanted to be dramatically increased.
Oh, navigation system equals video tutorial. Street signs are learning by doing. 😂
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I'm also very much a learn-by-doing type of person.
I'm not a dev, but I've been learning a lot about sound design and synthesizers through a semi-modular analog synthesizer called the Moog Grandmother.
With the Moog Gma, you get a pack of patch cables and they allow you to reroute the signal of the synthesizer so you can get a sense of how different modules work and how they effect the sound. By way of trial & error, I've learned so much about these effects and what all they do to the sound wave. There's nothing better than the hands-on approach to really show me the possibilities and hammer them home.
That's not to say that I don't also like reading & watching videos about this stuff too, haha! But when asked how I learn best, I'd have to say by doing!
Absolutely relatable.
I have this experience everytime I use a navigation device vs drive by street signs. Navigation system: I can't recall any of the steps afterwards (besides maybe the first two turns). But when I have to look for street signs and a map on paper, check odometer for distance to next turn and such, then the chances that I remember how I got where I wanted to be dramatically increased.
Oh, navigation system equals video tutorial. Street signs are learning by doing. 😂