Yep, a large % of corporates are using automated AI Chat Bots for all of their customer-facing "customer service" enquiries... at least, the initial wave until it loops round to the fork that says "pass to a human to resolve".

We already use Captcha but it's not a great tool... these AI companies are clued-up. Apologies everyone, yet again SOS site and the knowledge buried inside this SOS Forum is being scraped hourly by Bots. Our WebDev does block them but it is an endless, thankless task. We are exploring options. Your ...

My initial reaction was that their margins were minuscule but they have paid 54 staff and 4 directors salaries before that profit is calculated and I'll bet part of the reason the 'profit' is so small it to minimise their corporation tax burden (they only paid corporation tax on £9000 of 'profit' ...

And everyone is wondering how US tariffs will impact on the price of Chinese-made musical/audio equipment.

There ought to be some sort of overall UK command structure to sort this kinda stuff out.. Isn't it called a local Council election? ie. May 1st - when people of Birmingham and Edinburgh can tell those in power just what they feel about rats the size of cats tearing apart bin bags! How is that ever ...

So, for 2023, their turnover was £21m, 'operating profit' was around £14k and at the year end they had assets of around £5.2m and liabilities of £3.2m. To my untrained eye that looks reasonably heathy? That’s a 0.06% return, even the lowest savings rates are better than that. The liabilities are les ...

I thought the claimed turnover of £20m sounded somewhat optimistic to say the least but the accounts filed at companies house are here :- https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/l2zDe67dlzENfBzjAq4sn5kavcXk_WH1ol6KFD_dUD4/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC- ...

I came across this thread by chance today while looking for something else. My name is Ricardo Röpke, and I'm the Product Owner for Samplitude, Sequoia, Sound Forge, and our plugin product lines at MAGIX. Best Hi Richard, Thanks for updating your SOS Forum signature to make it 100% clear that you ...

Dear SOS Community, We would like to take this opportunity to inform you that MAGIX's insolvency proceedings have been successfully concluded. Our company is currently undergoing a structured process of realignment in order to move even more strongly into the future. This step enables us to ...

Sadly, too many companies put their marketing budget into YouTube influencers and social media ads, turning their back sillily on around 1 million monthly unique users of soundonsound.com who are their core audience.

....I would look at a synth and say to myself does it have enough Oscillators/Envelope Generators/LFOs and does it have the modulation routings for the sorts of sounds I want to create? When I do the same with plug-in synths I almost always find that Vintage Synth in Logic does nearly everything ...

I bought Cherry's Pro Soloist soft synth after reading Gordon Reid's glowing review of it in SOS. Only managed to use it a couple of times before I packed away all my studio kit (moved house) but it gave me what I wanted, namely the ability to sound like Tony Banks for attempting to play his classic ...

Yes, of course I do check the digital version occasionally to read one or two articles, but in general much prefer reading on paper rather than online. I do not have (nor want) a smart phone and often read on long train commutes, etc. Hence my paper subscription! Fair enough Lawrence (I love the ...

Lawrence - you have a Print+Digital sub so why not use the Digital parts to read the locked web articles, or access the full issue PDF download in your My Account... or visit the Replica page-turning version that looks just like the magazine? These will all help satiate your thirst for SOS. ;-) This ...

Hi Lawrence We have been told that Canada Post will be working through all the massive backlogs of post they held up while on strike, but obviously we have no insight into how fast that will occur or how efficient they will be. The February 2025 issue North America copies will be mailed out early ...

I have been a Clean My Mac X user for ages now and don't see any harm in using it. I know some Mac experts (like Gary Rosenzweig of Macmost.com ) tell us we do not need any 3rd party app for such tools, but it brings added comfort to me. I use it mainly to clean up leftover detritus when I uninstall ...

wow, I thought this forum was about Mac music, not how to use a Mac for dummies :roll: A bit harsh, Dave. Everyone is at a different stage in their learning curve, so generosity of spirit has always been SOS's way. You can't make music, after all, on a Mac without knowing first how to use it. ;-)

SY35 and QS300 both have active sensing (it shows up as a faint background flicker in the MIDI->USB interface) and so did the SY22 I used to have. From memory I recall ALL Yamaha MIDI keyboards and modules employing Active Sensing. Possibly most of the Sequential devices too... not sure about ...

I saw this on a LinkedIn user's account and saved this screenshot at the time. The table is a depressing summary but his call to arms rally encapsulates what may be needed to create a better, fairer future for musicians/artists. How Little Musicians Earn From Streaming Platforms.jpg * Apologies to ...

If you are unaware of these fundamental settings on your Mac, I strongly suggest you hang around the www.macmost.com website and check out Gary Rosenzweig's fabulously useful website and YouTube / Patreon videos for tips.

See examples of Mac Basics here: https://macmost.com/mac-basics

There's a terrifically stoic and optimistic interview with Bob by the L.A. Times newspaper about the tragedy here:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-a ... -our-world

I wish to highlight that this SOS Podcast was recorded before Christmas, and that the very sad news is that Betty & Bob's home in Pacific Palisades has been gutted totally by the ongoing LA wildfires, including the destruction of Bob's historic SSL-equipped Mix This! home studio where he mixed so ...

I turned this Bump functionality OFF once Hugh had alerted me in early January, so it should not now be possible for any Bot or Human forum member to bump *any* topic.

Report any bumped topic you find to me using the Report Post icon please.

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