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

drdre89

DavecUK Is that the new Ironic series

Ironic that she is the only one in jail?

Yes very ironic.

Maxwell House ☕. The only coffee that never leaks.

Pompeyexile

Been binge watching Stranger Things and just started on season four. Loved every minute of it and must say so far season four is even better that the previous three.

LMSC

Just started watching Stranger Things. It’s addictive.

Pompeyexile

LMSC Just started watching Stranger Things. It’s addictive.

You wait till you get to season 4… It’s even better!

LMSC

Pompeyexile Finished season 1! Resisting binge watching 😂

Pompeyexile

Just back on to Better Call Saul (the spin off from Breaking Bad) as the second half of the final season is now airing. So much better than I would have expected.

Rob666

Binge watching the third series of “Blown Away” on Netflix. It’s annoying in many ways but totally compulsive.

dfk41

I had forgotten that Ozark’s final season split the 14 episodes up into two release dates. I started last night and am left with just the final episode to watch after tea. With just the one to go, it leaves you absoliutely none the wiser as to how the last one will turn out!

Rob666

dfk41 It will make you cross…

LMSC

dfk41 We started watching it. Gave up after a few episodes of season 1. Not sure!

dfk41

Rob666 Au contraire!

Rob666

dfk41 I’m glad you liked it, We were very disappointed. Thought it could have ended in a lot more interesting way.

dfk41

Rob666 Well, without giving much away it was the opposite of Butch Cassidy with ever revolving doors left open!

Rob666

dfk41 Also without giving any spoilers away, the ending we came up with would have been a LOT more satisfying and still left the doors open.

audiomacgyver

We watched “The Gray Man” on Netflix. I’m a sucker for spy movies or books. This was an enjoyable watch. Nothing that would take a lot of brain cycles to follow the plot, but the fight scenes were fun enough to keep me entertained.

LMSC

The Grey Man was a big cast. A big cast! However, I struggled to finish it. I watched it over 4 days like a limited series. 🤣

Pompeyexile

We thought the final Ozark was fine and not disappointing at all.

Only a few more episodes of season 6 of Better Call Saul left to go before it finishes for good. Just got to the bit where he was in Breaking Bad and both Brian Cranston and Aaron Paul have re-created their roles for the latest episode.

An excellent series and in fact you don’t need to have watched Breaking Bad as the previous 5 and three quaters series were nothing to do with it. It’s basically the journey of how lawyer Jimmy McGill becomes Saul Goodman.

Cuprajake

The gray man is very Jason Bourne.

I’m sorry as much as Chris Evans tries. He’s always captain America

drdre89

What I’m currently reading …

Pompeyexile

I know I’ve mentioned it before, but Yellowstone with Kevin Costner is excellent. Only had the first two series on UK telly but they are on the fifth in America. I have seen season 3 and are on season 4 and it just gets better and better. The daughter Beth played by an English actor - Kelly Reilly from Chessington London - is magnificent and is worth any acting award going for playing a part where the character is a hard as nails, sexy, coniving biyatch, yet also very vulnerable.

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