When setting the background image, I would intuitively set
... bg ${./foggy_forest.jpg} fill ...
As far as I know that would result with the image in the nix store and the path inserted in the extraConfig. Is there a reason to choose one approach over the other in that case?
> Do Timpani players themselves play with ear protection? (Pretty common for drummers in pop music.)
I would be surprised to see someone playing the Timpani wearing ear protection, if there aren't other even "louder" musicians around. If someone in proximity is playing the cymbals (or snare drum, or whip etc.) loudly though, I would absolutely use ear protection even when playing Timpani.
I'm a musician, and I wear the cheap ones. They actually work great. They're cheap enough that I can keep a pair in each instrument case. I do use them when listening to live music as well.
If your ears are shaped well for the cheap ones, there's no real reason to spend the extra $200. But the fitted ones are comfortable to wear all day (literally).
Indeed, I do well with Hearo's or ER20's, which are similar if not identical. Maybe they're a bit more visible than the fitted ones, but that's OK for the styles that I play -- mostly jazz and folk music.
Not just percussion, I know violon players who do (same brand), because violins are very close to their player's ear, and hearing is really important to violin players.
Snare or cymbals can be extremely loud up close but their spectrum is more like white noise, in comparison a Timpani is more like an 'audio laser' for want of a better term, relatively few harmonics and all of the energy concentrated in a very narrow band.
Wow I just looked into that project and it really seems to work great. I really struggled a lot when typing longer responses in my Browser when trying to input my vim commands, so hopefully that will help.
