I really enjoy the electronic music threads here. So let's have another! Calling for Dark electronic of all persuasions. No restrictions here, trance, house, DnB, IDM, Industrial, whatever. It just has to be mean and depression or fear-inducing. Edit: Please list sources for more obscure...

In class yesterday we were learning about compression and discussing its rampant abuse in mixes. This little detail never occured to me but it makes sense. Lots of compression is actually very fatiguing to the ear, even at low levels. This is because with a very static dynamic range the eardrum...

I don't do much listening from the computer and when I do I don't pay much attention. So, I don't know when this started, it may be that I've had this problem for a while and am only just now noticing it. The trouble is that I get a pop whenever I do anything on the computer while listening. It...

Anyone know of one? I can't even get resistors at my local RS. A Canadian mail-order company would also be helpful. Thanks.

What a band! Until last night I don't think I'd ever bothered to listen to them and that's a shame. I can definitely see how they've influenced Tool with that quirky timing and weird percussion/bass/guitar interplay. There were also times when they sounded a lot like some of my favorite...

Hi all, it sure has been a while but I s'pose summer should drag one away from the computer. Here's my latest request... I'm not a rap fan but I can enjoy hiphop minus vocals a lot of the time, though not to the point of a purchase. However, I've been listening to the Sweatshop Union quite a lot...

Hi all, visions of a better TT have been racing around in my brain for... months now. I'd like to keep initial cost under $500 not including cart. I have two basic candidates so far: 1)Music Hall MMF-5 Pros-$450 gets it to my door setup with a good cartridge. -Minimal mods can put me into...

Three great shows in a row in Montreal. We started with Cat Power on Saturday at the Outremont Theatre which is very nice and an excellent venue for Chan. With and without her backup band she played for approximately two hours. There was a lot of banter with the audience and her voice sounded...

Just wondering if anyone has the skinny on the CRIA. I like to send nasty letters to the RIAA and I'd like to know if I should be doing this to the CRIA as well. I can't find much with a search. Thanks.

Hi all, just looking for an excuse to buy more cans. In rallying (a form of car racing) we use an intercom to communicate between driver and co-driver. Most of the commercially available intercom earpieces are overpriced and uncomfortable or ridiculously expensive. This got me thinking about...

Has anyone built a pure power META42? I was thinking I might do this to mate up with my almost done Bottlehead Foreplay. If this is a reasonable thing to do how would I do it. I mean can I just jumper where the pot would be or what? Thanks a lot.

Stole this topic from the SACD thread. I just got an M-Audio Revolution card. Can anyone confirm that DVD-A will work with this out of my DVD drive?

Just pondering and couldn't find much in the archives cause I don't know quite what to look for. With all the talk about noisy, inacurrate transports I'm wondering if it makes more sense just to go straight from hard drive do digital out on a good soundcard to a standalone DAC... I'd like to...

Hi all, sorry if this is off topic but I don't really know where else to start. I noodle with the electric guitar a little. Enough to want a decent amp but not enough to justify paying for one. Anyone know where I can find info on building a headphone amp that will sound remotely like those...

I'm thinking of enrolling in a program here in Montreal that teaches recording and sound engineering. I'd like to speak to some people who are already working in this field, if possible, though. Any pros out there who can give me some advice?

Alright then, since nobody has any world music suggestions I'll try to expand in another arena. I've long been a fan of Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin, and based on recommendations here I bought the Bola FYUTI double LP and am loving it. I also have Matmos' "A Chance to Cut Is a Chance To Cure"...

Hi all, I know that's a rather vague topic. Just goes to show how Americentric I am. I'd be open to any suggestions though I'd especially like to hear some of that South American music that is played on those pan pipe type things. African? Indian? MiddleEastern? Eastern? There's just so much? I...

Ok, this isn't supposed to be a "Where did you hear this band?" type of post. I just find it pretty amusing that after a lengthy thread detailing how scary Boards' music can be it shows up on a Nova episode entitled "Dirty Bombs"...

Just wondering if any of you have any ideas as to isolating the noise in my apartment TO my apartment... apart from the usual rugs and stuff used to keep sound from reflecting too much. Thanks

An odd question, I know. Tool happens to be my favorite band, though, so I know their recordings very well, and they're a lot more sonically complex than a lot of the other stuff I listen to. Both of these things make Tool a good measuring stick for me, imo. I've been listening on my V6s and...

Hi all, I'm new here so excuse me if this has been covered extensively (I couldn't find much with a search). I'm just wondering about using a DJ mixer as a phono stage + headphone amp. Specifically, how will the sound quality compare with, say, a HeadRoom AirHead and a decent phono stage? I ask...