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

DavecUK will break it down for you when I next see you.

Giphy - Whisper Talking GIF by NBC

😂

dfk41

The cricket……and it is going quite well considering the mountain England have to climb!

MediumRoastSteam

DavecUK Oh and NF is only 10.99 per month

I know, I have it! And now I’m even more confused with your maths! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

LMSC Prime price is based on paying annually, like Disney.

I know, I’m a subscriber. 👍

Someone either has a great deal for £12.33 for the three of them or I can’t add up! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

DavecUK

MediumRoastSteam

NF 10.99/2= £5.50 pm

Disney+1 year sub 80/2=40/12= £3.33 pm

Prime 7.99/2=£4 pm

Add em all together = £12.83 pm

MediumRoastSteam

DavecUK - I see! But why is it divided by two?

Edit: Ok… I missed the key bit: “sharing is caring”…. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

LMSC

Giphy - Kenan Thompson Snl GIF by Saturday Night Live

DavecUK

MediumRoastSteam I even put the song by Marvin Gay and Kim weston…It takes tooo ooh baaby….something something

Pompeyexile

Just watched the first episode of season three of The Boys on Amazon Prime….Chuffin hell! This is certainly a very adult Super Hero show. I mean a man who can minaturise himself going up inside another man’s winkie to give him sexual satisfaction (and they showed it not intimated it) and once inside because something smelled a bit off not being able to hold back a sneeze which made him automatically become big again thus blowing the man’s bottom half apart killing him.

The show Happy may have stepped right up to the line but this one definately jumped right over it… but very funny.

Rob666

Pompeyexile It really is ‘out there’! Highly enjoyable nonetheless. :)

audiomacgyver

Wife and I watched “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once”, and I loved it.

DavecUK

Had prime for over a year now and finally got round to watching PIcard, binge watched season 1, very good indeed. On to season 2 tonight.

Also enjoyed rewatching “We still kill the old way” and “We still steal the old way” on Prime or Netflix, can’t remember which one.

Meldrew

DavecUK Don’t know why but Picard just did not do it for me. Loved we kill the old way, just brilliant. We have just watched our town council meeting, thats two hours of our lives that we won’t get back. Watched the Outlaws last night, another well written series.

Rob666

The “We Still Kill/Steal the Old Way” pair are great! Time for a rewatch I think.

DavecUK

Meldrew We have just watched our town council meeting, thats two hours of our lives that we won’t get back.

Is that a film or an actual council meeting?

Rob666

Just started ‘Outlaws’. Looks promising. :)

Meldrew

DavecUK It was a actual town council meeting. They had a guy in from highway dept to discuss questions that had been brought up. They answered every question with what they could not do. So a total waste of time. One of the concerns was speed through the town. It seems that to have the speed limit reduced to 20mph we will have to wait for more people to get run over.

Cuprajake

picard got stale quick, for me

DavecUK

Cuprajake picard got stale quick, for me

How many episodes did you watch before it shrivelled your insides, the first time I tried I got through about 30 minutes…gave up and left it for a year. Went back and persevered through episode one and 2, it got better quite fast.

I only objected a little to the woke thing going on…as the story was good.

Cuprajake

i watched the whole season in a week, didnt bother with the second season, it just got a bit predictable

CoyoteOldMan

Meldrew Mind you… without enforcement, a lower limit is totally useless. We have had an (appropriate, mostly) 20 mph limit in the old town centre in Wallingford for the last couple of months, but it’s honoured more in the breach than the observance.

Meldrew

CoyoteOldMan The problem being there is not enough feet on the ground to enforce these things. The whole meeting was more about what they could not do, which does rile me. I must admit though that there seems to be a reasonable presence of mobile speed cameras in North Yorkshire. Glad I am not a biker anymore otherwise I think it would be easy to get a few points.

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