I hate autotune so much, it's very limiting for me to find music. At the moment chilling to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHtJBj9F-sM

I think it is ok to post even if we aren’t listening, but watching or reading! We are watching BBC’s programme on *Political Thinking* hosted by Nick Robinson, who is interviewing the newly appointed Social Mobility Chairperson Katharine Birbalsingh CBE.

Listening to Radio 2 at the moment

Not right this very second, but I'm listening to a lot of TOOL and Pusifer recently. My stereo is currently in storage, so SONOS or phone mainly unless I'm in the car.

@"DavecUK"#p1436 Will you listen to anything that isn't auto-tuned, or do you have particular genres?

Apple music’s today’s hits and recent releases are my typical go to play lists. The last recent release album I listened was 30 by Adele. Elvis’s and Beatles are my all time favourites.

> @"PortafilterProcrastinator"#p1444 Will you listen to anything that isn’t auto-tuned, or do you have particular genres? I like all music, the problem is after autotune became increasingly prevalent after the mid 90s, I found myself listening to les and less…I couldn't initially work out why, then I discovered autotune and then Melodyne, There has been pitch correction for a very long time, right back to the tape and splice days with multiple takes…this isn 't a problem. Autotune is a massive problem as is hand dragged pure digital pitch correction. It changes the voice, looses all human character, and they all sound like singing Kazoos. If it isn't autotuned…I'll listen to it, I'm pragmatic. Just the same as when I go to buy a pair of Trainers, or shoes…I don't ask to look at various styles…I ask the shop assistant, what trainers have you got in size 12…they give me a puzzled look as if im an idiot, but come back with 2 or 3 pairs of trainers, which are the only 3 styles in size 12. What's getting really irritating is the production companies, in their "wisdom", have gone back and autotuned Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Simon and garfunkle etc.. to make it "better". I'm quite passionate about the companies stopping using it….as they are robbing generations of appreciating how voices can, and should sound. If you're interested, there is a great YouTube channel here, Fil does some great videos covering music, playing, performance and more recently autotune/pitch correction. https://www.youtube.com/c/wingsofpegasus

If I’m on my own the. It’s Planet Rock or my vast collection of Classic Rock through my iphone and my Bose Revolve plus. My stereo is in storage too as I have a two year old grand daughter who visits very regularly

The Hi-Fi stand is full of her toys and books atm

I do like classic Rock - deep Purple was a favourite of mine when I was young. Steve Tyler used to make me laugh as well. > @"Nightrider_1uk"#p1450 My stereo is in storage too as I have a two year old grand daughter who visits very regularly I understand 😁 ![Dent in the dust cap | HiFiVision.com](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fP2u0FCqNy0/maxresdefault.jpg) I had to protect mine from the cat with lift off shells….the more expensive ones in the front room, are not protected, he is just denied access….how he loves trying to get into the front room and is in 7th heaven when he does. [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/P2VakbB.jpeg]

This week I've mainly been listening to Leonard Cohen - Song's of Love and Hate, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanangan - Ballad Of The Broken Seas and Amy Winehouse At The BBC - all recent purchases (albeit third copy of the Cohen album!), interspersed with BBC 6 Music. I'm old fashioned, still listen almost entirely on vinyl and still buying it. I'm really interested in music and always have been, dabbled in recording and production for years, not so much now but still interested in it. Still play guitar, electric and acoustic. The discussion on the sound of a lot of modern popular recordings is interesting - it's not to my taste either. It's fashion though - that sound is what is popular now. Production is constantly changing as engineers and musicians use the latest developments available to them - been that way since recording started. That Cher song Believe, was the first big song to use Auto-Tune - and use it in a way that it was not designed to be used. It was initially intended to be a subtle correction tool but she cranked it to 11 for that robot voice sound and started a fashion. My other big gripe with modern music is that it generally lacks dynamics, what people sometimes refer to as the loudness wars. I think this is due to how people consume music now. When I was a teenager, getting your first "separates system" was a right of passage. Hi-Fi was a thing. And you listened to physical albums. Now people listen on streaming services through cheap earbuds or tinny bluetooth speakers. Artists (and record companies) no longer make money on sales, them make them on streamed "listens" - and without an immediate punch and catchy gimmick it's very easy for the listener to simply skip to the next song. So everything gets "louder" to attract attention. Recording even has a new measurement to cater for this need - the LUT, which is basically a measure of loudness. You should add that to your hate list alongside overt use of Auto-Tune. I'm less upset about Melodyne though as it is generally used as a subtle production tool rather than an effect; when used well it should be transparent and can make a good recording of a great voice even better. I do enjoy the imperfections in older recordings though.

What I'm listening to/Watching at the moment

LMSC

Also, watched Downtown Abbey : A New Era. It’s very good.

Gagaryn

I’ve been watching Tehran on Apple TV. I’d recommend it to those who enjoy action packed spy thrillers.

drdre89

DavecUK they rigged it. especially when all the battleground states on election night stopped the count when Trump was leading them all in a landslide. That was the first red flag. Have you ever heard of an election where they all stop the count on an election night? Then they resumed the count the next morning and low and behold… 90%+ of all those mail in ballots after election night all went to Biden.

And then after all this … anyone who talks about the possibility of election fraud and questions anything about it gets banned/censored on twitter/facebook/instagram etc. So not even up for discussion… something fishy? .. are you awake yet? … 2000 mules was only just 1 of the avenues of how the Establishment (Dems/ rinos / big tech and media) stole the election. There was also the dominion electronic voting machines.

There were so many things wrong about it and so many questions .. yet if you mention anything you get censored and called a conspiracy theorist.

and just breaking news .. It has also now been reported that **over half of Joe Biden’s followers on Twitter are all spam bots and not real.

**

drdre89

dfk41 oh i’m sorry .. they must of recently changed it that you have to pay. that sucks. .. it was free to watch in its first week premier. i’m sure theres other places to watch it for free

dfk41

drdre89 There will be matey…..I will sniff them out!

drdre89

Gagaryn Covid did play a big part in the election though - the incumbent proposed curing people with disinfectant injections and/or bright lights up the orifice. He might have done better if he was also advised to limit his exposure.

Trump got the most legitimate votes ever (74 million) in U.S Election history. More than Obama or anyone else. Without any election fraud involved.

dfk41

drdre89 I think, what happens next is going to be fascinating watching. You can only ‘get away with it’ for so long,,,,,,,

audiomacgyver

Listening to friends from Philly, band is “Paint it Black” song is “Little Fists”. PIb Little Fists a punk song from the point of view of the dad to his daughter

Pompeyexile

Just watched 2000 Mules….crikey! It seems Trump does have a case. I think all the time they have this ‘drop box’ system it will never be legit. What really amazed me was just how brazen soem of the mules were, but also thick as pig poo not realising therere were cameras and just happen to wear the blue latex gloves the day after someone was found out to be doing election paper tampering by fingerprints. Surely, with the evidence they have it should be turned over to the FBI or someone to investigate and cannot be ignored?

DavecUK

Pompeyexile I think even if one is skeptical of Trumps claims, it appears that there were issues.

Cuprajake

Struggling to find a good watch atm, need a good series to get into,

Like sci-fi stuff, but seen alot of it

DavecUK

Cuprajake Love Death + Robots on NF, it’s very good.

Alpesh

The Boys season 3 is up next for me.

Rob666

Alpesh Already watching it. Wow!

Pompeyexile

On the second series of The Umbrella Academy and really enjoing it.

Next up season 3 of The Boys as the first two were great.

Cuprajake

Pompeyexile there’s going to be a third as well

DavecUK

I’m probably going to watch series 3 tonight, I hope it’s bingable…and not one every week.

Rob666

DavecUK Bingeable!

DavecUK

Rob666 Excellent, I hate it when I have to watch one a week, prefer to wait until a seson comes out. Look forward to a few of those tonight. Karl Urbans very good in it.

Rob666

DavecUK Please be aware, there are some VERY gruesome bits…

DavecUK

Rob666 Please be aware, there are some VERY gruesome bits…

Excellent!

Rob666

Rob666 Apologies for duff gen. Only three episodes available currently.

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