not just pubs, and not just bands... went to a friends' birthday party last November, held at a small bar in SW London. several excellent dj's playing some excellent records...but the sound was absolutely shocking! :madas: painfully loud, even with ear plugs in - largely spoilt what were some great ...

BADGUD wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:38 am I personally think Deluxe albums are killing music. Really rushed final products, with an extra release of throwaways tracks

I think music died years ago, we are just trying to revive a dead corpse.
My life is a museum of music, even my own music.

Have I ever seen a good band in a pub? I trying really hard, no. A lot of pub bands play covers, so they are already setting themselves up to be shot down, as there are direct comparisons to be made with the records people have heard. If you’re playing original material no one knows what it’s sup ...

Antelope Orion 32, with Focusrite expanders if needed. That would be my choice if money was no object, given the size aspect you talk about money doesn’t seem that important, correct me if I’m wrong. IMO this would give you all the inputs you need with no compromises or reasons to question actual rea ...

ajay_m wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 1:25 pm Are you purchasing the keyboard version or the module, out of curiosity.

This is Eddy, don’t be silly.

Struth, well spotted, I always welcome bargains like this.

It's sounds great but the colour scheme is a bit of a teal-breaker for me :wave: This is one of the things that put me off the Hydrasynth, I don’t like those 70’s style chrome topped knobs, and that sort of "teal" type colour for the graphics, why? Also the whole thing has a sort of very bland Nov ...

The Berry is fine, as James says, it drives most headphones at a decent volume, I really wouldn’t spend anymore it’s not worth it.

Hugh Robjohns wrote: ↑Wed Jan 21, 2026 6:09 pm All the standard recommendations, then.

Standard yes, a wife tends to make "standard" a bit difficult.

The Toccata is not the best bit of the 5th, it’s very beautiful in places, with some very ethereal atmospheric registrations and chordal movements, my favourite rendition is on the Nonesuch label played by Richard Ellsasser. Organ recordings are so personal, and my favourite players are all from my c ...

I bought a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 12.3’s at first I thought they were too polite, but I’ve got used to them now, and like their well balanced sound... The total absence of consistency of opinion is positively dizzying! Nothing in your earlier descriptions would imply "well balanced". What's cha ...

"The Wiim Amp drives them plenty loud for music, but there's not much wiggle room to play movies very loud - it's perfectly fine at the levels we usually listen at, but there's not much above that." You deafer than me Al!?! 60W into those ATCs (84dBWM) is over 100dB...Heh! Though I do see they ...

Thanks Hugh… Didn’t expect that, I was holding out for a quick and easy “No don’t bother”! Like all good monitors, they respond well to a beefy amp which will give better dynamics, transients and bass control. And with serious critical listening I'd say running them on my Bryston PP120s (120W into 8 ...

What I have found is that actual hardware that takes a few seconds to start up (actually the mixer is the slowest thing to boot up) is much more a pathway to creativity then computer-based stuff. Of course, part of this is that I work with computers in my day job but I also find most of the ...

Suzzane Vega "Tired of Sleeping" isn’t bad.

Oh no, I'd just ordered a 5 star luxury-deluxe world cruise of a lifetime, with stops at Rio, Monaco, Venice, Shanghai etc etc etc That'll have to be cancelled now :bouncy: The drinks package alone would pay for this keyboard. And Arpangel. Look, I know how you feel about things but I really wish ...

Are you sure you want to hear the panning jumping around during the sustain of a sound? If you use noise to drive a Sample & Hold module which will produce stepped control voltage you could then inset a Slew Processor between the output and the CV input of the Panner module to smooth out steps and ...

I experienced ten KH150’s at that Jeff Beck auction, they had them arranged in a circle, to play the audio from videos of him playing live. It was very impressive, high volume too, I thought they were using a sub, but they weren’t. Fork! And I was struggling to find TWO in the UK! (that's eff ...

I experienced ten KH150’s at that Jeff Beck auction, they had them arranged in a circle, to play the audio from videos of him playing live.
It was very impressive, high volume too, I thought they were using a sub, but they weren’t.

Multiple oscillators only really come into their own if they also have independent amplitude envelopes, as well as non synchronous start time. phase and detune. According to the manual the Leviasynth has all the above covered :-) Just had a listen to the Sonic State review, nothing there to tempt ...

Dave, have you got these yet? This is important, if you can tell me in no uncertain terms that they have changed your perception and made recording a lot easier for you, the best 2k I’ve ever spent, then I’ll buy a pair. You’re definitely more decisive than I am! :D More decisive?!! As my old mum wa ...

Just had a listen to the Sonic State review, nothing there to tempt me, I know you can’t go by the reviewers choice of sounds, but it’s the same old same old 80’s sounding stuff, with a few "lush pads"
Way too complex for me too, a non-starter, on that basis alone.

Hugh Robjohns wrote: ↑Tue Jan 20, 2026 2:39 pm I think pretty much everyone here is more decisive than you!

I’ve had it confirmed now, by mister decisive himself.

Dave, have you got these yet?
This is important, if you can tell me in no uncertain terms that they have changed your perception and made recording a lot easier for you, the best 2k I’ve ever spent, then I’ll buy a pair.
You’re definitely more decisive than I am!

I’m thinking of buying these, but was wondering about potential cone surround deterioration, is this an issue with these? Any other related problems to look out for?