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macOS command-line tools you might not know about

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2039 points Gadiguibou | 3 comments | 27 Jun 23 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.632s | source
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wkat4242 ◴[27 Jun 23 13:47 UTC] No.36492685[source]▶
Not a command-line tool but the network link conditioner is also really great. Never seen such a tool on another OS

You can simulate a really bad network. Latency, bandwidth, packet loss etc. Great for testing but also if people insist on cameras being on. Just screw up the connection so bad that everyone gets annoyed with your blocky image and robot voice and suggest you turn off video and then you make it 'magically' ok - lol

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obituary_latte ◴[27 Jun 23 14:03 UTC] No.36492924[source]▶
Never had heard of this before. Some other cool tools in the "additional tools for X-Code" package which I had also never heard of. https://developer.apple.com/download/all/

Thanks for sharing.

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1. llimllib ◴[27 Jun 23 17:26 UTC] No.36496034[source]▶
I've used AU Lab to pipe my microphone input through my headphones, which is apparently how professionals like to record audio (a "monitor" so you can hear how you sound), but I couldn't get used to it
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2. desro ◴[28 Jun 23 20:39 UTC] No.36512271[source]▶
How was the latency when you last tried it? Most outboard audio interfaces (even inexpensive ones like the Focusrite Scarletts with ≤ 2 inputs) have a "direct monitor" feature that is as close to zero-latency as you can reasonably get.
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3. llimllib ◴[29 Jun 23 00:58 UTC] No.36514979[source]▶
I don’t remember, or have context for how it feels when it’s instant, so I’m a bad tester.

Maybe that’s why I didn’t like it, a tiny bit of latency seems like a killer in that scenario