Grain Bastard

I have a reasonable system for playback consisting of mainly a Cambridge Audio amp, Acoustic Energy floor standing speakers and a Sony subwoofer. The room isn’t treated (it’s in my lounge) but you can crank it up and it gives a ‘Club vibe’ if you want but the normal volumes I listen at it’s got decent clarity and depth. I often tweak the sub level a db or so depending on what I’m listening to to balance the spectrum a little but nothing drastic. I have only listened to the Helsinki soundboard a couple of times when it got released and pretty much did the opposite to Mr Fields suggestion and cut nearly all the volume from the low end as it was completely unlistenable at my ‘standard’ settings. The second half improved but I honestly came here to read up in case there was a rogue file going about that was all messed up I thought it was so out of balance (imo of course) - the other soundboards translate really well on my speakers (from the older tours) so I really don’t know what to think. People said the gig was a pummelling bass fest so maybe drowning everything out with sub bass was the intention…. Out of interest, people who are really enjoying it, what you playing it on?

I think that the problem is that as an electronic ‘musician’, certainly when a solo act, you do everything, drums, bass, lead, vocals etc and the closest thing in the acoustic instrument world is the one man band (them dudes with the bass drum on their back, cymbals between the knees and a kazoo etc on a coat hanger….) Joining a band could be an option and have a focus instrument - synths are the obvious but a good pianist should be a good synth player in my mind. Ulrich Schnauss live was always interesting as he played keys live over I’m guessing backing tracks. Seemed more ‘live’ than just pressing boxes etc. All of it needs skills of some sort.

If I owned this I would send it to a dress maker to make copies in a range of sizes and get a stall at all the synth shows and modular meets…. make a fucking fortune ? it could bring a new golden age to idm if producers started wearing uniform.

You fucked up there Sean. Enjoy walking through passport control into a crowd of people holding up signs saying ‘Sean PLS’ ? If your ‘taxi driver’ starts asking you to name his/her Monotron you have gotten in the wrong car….

Quell my GAS please… If you had a Machinedrum would you have bought the LXR?? I forget how deep the MD is at times and if you dig deeper there are huge possibilities. Sometimes too much for my brain and I use it for more mundane percussion duties than it deserves at times. I initially GASSED for the Perkons HD and then it passed when I realised it has more in common with the MD than the Pulsar 23 that people tended to compare it against. That comparison is more to do with form factor than sound ability imo. anyway, I like the look and sound of the LXR but not sure it overlaps what I already have.

Would be a terrible precedent if they get ‘exclusive’ tracks just because of the sound issues… Would encourage crazy idm’erz to sabotage the rig every time they play. Eventually they (Ae) wouldn’t get anywhere to play due to the high probability of a WATMMer chewing through the bass bins. blacklisted for psycho fans… Most IDM 22???

This is a great compilation and Acicular is a standout. Everything you put out is top notch to be fair though.

Really enjoyed this - it does flow as you said and there is a lot a of variation in the tracks. Great release - I would say the majority of people on this forum would like this. They’re on the wrong forum if they don’t.

When I went over to have a listen I noticed that and thought it was cool they had all sold. They looked good so deserved to sell ?? When you become super famous in the future you will make all those early fans really rich as they have a rare release.. Do it man!!!

Hello WATMM. I started making some techno stuff a while ago with the intention of getting enough tunes to be able to do a mix with it all. Well that point arrived and I carried on making the tunes without doing the mixes…. Now I have quite a library to go at, like 300 or so. It’s probably time I got the project officially ’started’ by presenting the first 3 mixes of the yet unknown number in my ‘Me, me, me’ techno mix series :- Links below ??

It does sound very similar but I’m sure Kurt kind of made amends for stuff like this…

If they only have to refund one ticket, Sean and Rob will know it was you…..

Yeah that could be fine but if they hired there own rig and sound guy and he blew it up, then they might be blamed. Worst case is they could loose the fee for the gig I guess but I was only joking. as oscillik says, I think the soundboard download thing is something they have done themselves in addition to possible refunds etc which they probably wouldn’t be involved in. It’s been done thru the promoter as data protection maybe prohibits the sharing of the ticket buyers names etc.

I would have waited until I had all the facts. If it turns out it was the boy’s fault it could get messy…. Do you really want Sean turning up on your doorstep, shivering because he’s had to sell all his North Face’s??? (Just joking mate and I’m genuinely sorry the gig was spoiled for you)

That is quite a significant financial gesture as I’m guessing a high percentage of people attending the gig would have purchased the soundboard when available. Top blokes ??

While the big screen with the gig details on it next to a massive concrete pike sculpture is major idm, the venue itself, for a ‘rave’….. Really??? I disagree with the decision to play here. The lads have definitely earned the right to play wherever the fuck they want but it seems to go against what I thought their live shows ‘are about’. When I think of the venues I’ve heard them hammer to pieces, the Que Club, Rainbow & The Medicine Bar in Brum and the Wharehouse Project & Musicbox in Manchester, it just feels wrong seeing this place. It’s borderline Spinal Tap. True to form though, they prove yet again that they are proper awesome people and make amends for the sound issues at the gig. best band ever.

It’s not about money, it’s about the truth!! #tusshurtmypooer

This could be IDM’s Me too moment starting… We need Rich to deny it and then others to come forward with further accusations…

Had my first play on an Octatrack last week. I know how to use a few Elektron boxes, so the sequencer etc I was cool with and I had picked up a few things from watching YouTube videos (mostly the assignment of the cross fader ?) so I more or less could jam with it straight away…. Probably because of that I’m now gassing for one pretty bad ? Also got to play with a Meris Polymoon pedal. Beautiful sounding ? Want one of them too ?

RIP Stu Allen ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-63007259.amp

I will say that I wished I had gotten mine earlier. I don’t live in mine (they’re way too small for that despite what is claimed on instagram etc) but I use it a lot and all year round (I’ve got gas heating installed) - I wouldn’t say it changed my life as such but it definitely leads you down a different path. I find the term Vanlife a bit cringe but the act of ‘living in a van’ even just for short spells, weekends etc is food for the soul. For me at least it is, for others it’s their idea of hell ? - chemical toilets can be an experience too… If you like the idea, I advise doing it as soon as you can. Just get a decent set of spanners ? if you go for a T25/Vanagon ?? sorry for OT

I finished Deliver Us the Moon on PS5 a couple of days ago. Unfortunately the sound was all fucked up (in fact quite a few bugs in it, getting stuck on the surroundings etc) and I had to rely on the subtitles. However later in the game they also went weird so I’m not totally sure what happened at the end. I won’t give spoilers but what I ‘think’ happened was ok and I still enjoyed it. It’s an adventure puzzle game with some tasks having time limits. There is no fighting element in the game. Sort of given up on Death Stranding as it seems to be a delivery game with chimping elements. I can throw shit about in real life, so where’s the ‘escapism’? I’ve also started Wytchwood

Lol - absolutely no idea at all what is going on in that footage ? - insane is a good description ??

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