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

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.

Pompeyexile

Just started watching ‘Stranger Things’ as everyone seems to rave about it and I must admit I’m really enjoying it considering I usually can’t stand child actors…(Goonies most overrated film ever)… tin hat on.

Watched the first series of Picard and thought it was OK but won’t be rushing to watch series two.

Best thing we’ve watched for a while though is Kevin Costner’s ‘Yellowstone’. Just watched season two only to find out that there are 5 seasons and four have aired in the states and the UK is way behind. Kelly Reilly who plays the daughter Beth has got to be the biggest bitch character ever… makes Cruella Deville look like a pussy. The scene where she is attacked by a masked man is very visceral but boy what a tough woman.

Rob666

Pompeyexile Not really sure why but I’ve avoided ‘Stranger Things’. Will definitely check out ‘Yellowstone’.

Pompeyexile

Pompeyexile Kelly Reilly who plays the daughter Beth has got to be the biggest ***** character ever… makes Cruella Deville look like a *****.

the first***** is a female dog and the second *****is a kiddies name for a cat…and I don’t consider any of those rude words when used as they always were meant to be originally.

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Meldrew

Would definitely recommend having a look at Yellowstone

Rob666

Systemic I think perhaps you are forgetting the sheer breadth of the BBC’s output. Radio 4 and 4 Extra are good examples. Then there are the music radio stations that cater for most tastes. R1, R2, R3 and R6 not to mention the sport channel. No licence fee? Good bye to all that. Then there are the documentaries, current affairs and dramas on TV. Some of the most respected web material too.

drdre89

I’ve been binge watching interviews with people who have NDE (Near Death Experiences) on YouTube. I find it fascinating.

This one is a real good one.

Rob666

Promising start to ‘Ten Percent’. The UK version of the French hit series “Call My Agent”. Looking forward to the next episodes.
Another discovery: ‘Love, Death and Robots’. Animated shorts from different makers. Some of them are hilarious, some serious and some awful. Well worth a watch.

DavecUK

Rob666 Another discovery: ‘Love, Death and Robots’. Animated shorts from different makers. Some of them are hilarious, some serious and some awful. Well worth a watch.

I loved that series.

Cuprajake

Third season of umbrella academy has just come on Netflix. That’s my weekend sorted 😂

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