Zenitram

There may also be people who will listen to the tracks but don't see music as a competition and don't wish or see the need to favour one piece of music over another. That's certainly my position, to an extent.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1390930524' post='2351452'] pubs, village shops, high street shops, milkmen, vinyl records . . . . [/quote] That was quite a weekend, let me tell you.

Clearly, everyone wants dancing girls. And while we're at it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNvZn-ww-Lg

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1390929541' post='2351438'] sometimes you sell to some one a bit dodgy on ebay and they have damaged the goods and ask for a refund or say it was never posted luckily this has not happened to me and I hope it does not but I know of a few people on here who have been shafted like that not good [/quote] Yep, on eBay it's caveat venditor every time.

That sounds the wrong way round to what I meant. I have this thing for sale. I really don't want to post it, so collection only please. What? You'd like to buy it but you live far away? Well, I'd really rather not post it. I don't want the responsibility; it's too much hassle, things can go wrong. What? You'd still like me to post it? Well I don't want to, but if you're willing to accept it if something goes wrong or it gets broken, then fair enough I suppose. Caveat emptor and all that. A more conscientious seller wouldn't even entertain that conversation, they'd just flat-out not post it. That was my point. Sort of.

And it's [b]whose[/b], not who's.

You could argue that it's actually the most conscientious sellers who refuse to risk things getting damaged in the post.

ka-'hon /ka/ as in cat /hon/ as in Honiton Stress on the /hon/ And yes it has many meanings but here just means big box.

Cabasas and shekeres are similar but not the same. The Gil Scott Heron clip featured a big ol' shekere.

Right, yes, I knew that, but why call it tracking instead of recording? There isn't any difference, that I can see.

Why is recording an instrument sometimes called tracking?

Have any of you synthy people come across this before: http://www.ploytec.com/pl2/ Tiny little thing, powered by midi, how crazy is that? I'm thinking about buying the kit version: https://www.usb-audio.com/pl2_assembly_kit/ (I still need to learn to solder.)

Shekere gourd/bead thing.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1390427759' post='2345452'] Yes, I've seen those too. The Horniman Museum has a truly fantastic collection of instruments. [/quote] It is a bonkers old place. The cathedral of death on the main floor with Blobby the Massive Crap Walrus in the middle, the incredible music room, the unusual ethnographic bit, it's all a bit mad.

I'm sure I've seen old stringed instruments (as in ones from the 18th century) in the Horniman Museum that used a similar technique to play the strings.

For what it's worth (not much, I expect): http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/software/1288996/photobox

What's the attraction of those big black squares rather than normal dots?

For professional-quality prints, I use www.peak-imaging.com. For high-street printing, Snappy Snaps is often said to be the best and most 'professional', despite the name.

Wow, yeah, it just arrived and I've been playing about with it on a synth arpeggio. Really, really, [i]really[/i] nice.

It turns out I was using the wrong power supply, that was all. Yes it certainly does do that squidgy and yummy compression; really nice. Speaking of really nice, on a drunken whim I bought an FMR RNC on eBay last night, for some reason. Which means I now have four compressors (Behringer Composer, Focusrite Penta, Joemeek VC3Q, FMR RNC), none of which I particularly need, but seem to enjoy owning. I should probably sell one or two of them. Or! Find a use for them. I've been buying microphones as well.

Hang on, aren't narrower strings less compliant?