Promo codes for neuralslop. I don’t even need this shit for free 😂

Here's an example of a mix with Pasadena: https://soundcloud.com/kordax/symphony-x-serpents-kiss-new-mix

I'm not very good at mixing, but I'm working on it.

You can try Fractal ICONS Pasadena for free for guitars, but you have to know how to mic cabs, etc, and how to mix things.

Plugins that are already for the mix are the worst of all.
The closer it is to a real, raw thing, the better the mix will be.
The more it is "polished" out of the box, the fewer possibilities you have.

The issue with AI-generated stuff is that it's not very deep and not very "professional".
It will either contain lots of boilerplate, useless code, and suboptimal approaches, or it will eat tons of resources...
Or probably both.

There's nothing wrong with using AI, but don't make the whole plugin use it.
You can even see AI-generated text for some icons that looks awkward and openly bad.

To be honest, if you do audio plugins with that, you should first learn how actual audio/signal processing works, because otherwise you can't even make corrections to the AI template-generated stuff.

>it took like 3 minutes with AI

You clearly have no idea what you're talking about.
It won't even work properly in 3 minutes.

I also do software for a living, and I manage people like you, and also hire and fire them.
AI is not a magic tool in any way.

https://soundcloud.com/kordax/symphony-x-serpents-kiss-guitar-cover-remixed

Tried playing and recording my favourite song.

UVR extracted the vocals.

I used ICONS Pasadena (In Reaper) on the FAS Red channel with very aggressive scooped settings.

Guitar: Schecter C-1 Apocalypse FR-S.

No idea how it translates to other speakers, lol.

Odyssey and Serpent's Kiss.
Candlelight Fantasia is also brilliant.

I'm also writing a guitar cover for Serpent's Kiss, just because it's my favourite one.
https://soundcloud.com/kordax/symphony-x-serpents-kiss-guitar-cover-remixed

I, actually, did a little bit more with my second attempt.
https://soundcloud.com/kordax/symphony-x-serpents-kiss-new-mix

I will definitely write the whole song, including the solo, and will rewrite some things, but it takes a lot of effort and time.

I have an example of my second cousin, though I don't really want to reveal any details.
He's not in IT and makes about 2- 3 times what a Head of Development (responsible for multiple teams) makes.

All I can tell - sales.

I was using NAM before, and it was not even close.
But Plexi AMP in Pasadena... my God, I've felt like I'm Eddie Van Halen 😂

Yeah, sure, you will be very happy about, there are thousands of happy people already here on Reddit:
Tech layoffs in 2026: roughly 120,000–167,000 jobs cut so far

Some of the largest publicly reported cuts:

• Oracle — ~21,000
• Amazon — ~16,000
• Meta — ~8,000
• Microsoft — ~4,800
• Cisco — ~4,000
• WiseTech — ~2,000
• Atlassian — ~1,600
• Cloudflare — ~1,100
• Wix — ~1,060, or 20% of its workforce
• Epic Games — 1,000+
• Salesforce — ~1,000
• eBay — ~800
• General Motors IT — ~600
• Workday — ~400
• Angi — ~350
• Sprout Social — ~260
• GoPro — ~145

Lol, we will see you here with a post "I was laid off".

Software engineering is dying, what are you talking about? I