No, I do not use it, unless a client sends a link for a meeting that uses it.

At SOS we use Gmeet, and Zoho Meeting, plus most clients use Zoom.

If you're unsure whether phantom might be on the line ALWAYS connect via a DI box (a passive type is fine in this application) or line isolation transformer box. In fact, in a live sound situation I'd always a DI box or line iso transformer box anyway because its too easy for someone to switch on ...

I've just re-subscribed to SOS after several years away and I have to admit, the lack of a working android app is a real disappointment to me, as the app made the SOS experience slick and easy when I subscribed before. Having to download PDFs everywhere is not great :( . Fingers crossed you get ...

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Sorry, but Google are playing silly beggars, and we simply still cannot talk to a human these days at Alphabet who understands what an App for their Google Play store is! It is deeply frustrating. If there are any muso Google employees reading this, please email forumadmin@soundonsound.com if you ...

But most things I’ve heard done by it sound completely unnatural. SV2Pro is way better than SV1. John Walden's examples he created could easily be on Spotify, in my view, and the movement already begun to insist Spotify create a dedicated AI-musician Playlist might have merit. Reality is, most Pop m ...

John Walden has written an update review on Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro in our coming (Thursday 19th June 2025) JULY cover issue. Here's some of the audio examples he recorded to accompany his review: https://soundcloud.com/soundonsound/sets/dreamtonics-synthesizer-v-studio-2-pro It is impressive ...

It was like Lulu singing The Man Who Sold The World . Just...go away. :-) Midge Ure's cover of TMWSTW is very listenable and moody (though of its time and in his Ultravox style). It would have been a hit but he underplayed the great Mick Ronson hook riff, replacing it with a string synth(?)... take ...

Somewhere like Thomann can employ staff for each department that know that department inside out and as such there is not many instruments that at least one staff member doesn't know inside out, I doubt many local music shops employ a master piano builder for starters! In the States, SOS readers ...

As a customer you want to support your local businesses but sometimes it just doesn't add up. My local music shop is actually Gear4Music but I bought my sub from Bax because they were £300 cheaper! There's only so far I'm willing to stretch to help someone else make a profit. Bax, of course, have ...

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Really sad. :( Particularly feel for the guys in the store finding themselves jobless. Been there, done that. Indeed. And with a dwindling number of retail music stores around, it's not like they can walk into a job at the shops that are still fighting the good fight. I too wish them well and hope ...

Today's press release from G4M: Gear4music (Holdings) plc Asset Purchase from Competitor in Administration and Notice of Results Gear4music (Holdings) plc ("Gear4music" or "the Group") (LSE: G4M), the UK’s largest retailer of musical instruments and music equipment, today announces that it has p ...

See https://porta-fi.com/cosonic-intelligen ... wth/?amp=1

Another very sad day for the UK’s MI industry, following on the heels of the death of Brian Nunney, Roland UK president and co-owner with Mr Kakehashi.

Can we take any more?

The Coastal Path wrote: ↑Mon Jun 09, 2025 7:51 am I assume you put the bagpipes through a fuzz?

...or a Wah-Wah pedal.

Oh...here's one for £20K. I had no idea they were so expensive. :D https://reverb.com/item/83040250-super-rare-parker-parker-adrian-belew-signature-fly-2008-2009-arctic-silver Anyone want a kidney? This guitar model has passed me by (I don't read guitar mags now) but that ticks so many boxes. ...

For years I lusted after a Variax electric and acoustic. Me too! My monster fantasy guitar would consist of the best bits of Variax, Parker Fly, Fernandez sustainer, automatic multi-tuning tuners that actually work, maybe Gizmotron bits and built in feedback-initiating parts like the Sustainiac ...

Hi,
It is controlled in SETTINGS > Accessibility > DISPLAY then scroll down to POINTER and change settings/colours. Maybe switch OFF the Shake mouse to locate Pointer option also if that's causing you any problems?

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.