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[Mark Shaw]

Seems to have gone a bit quiet here lately. Hope everyone is OK.

[Spectrum]

Yeah, always been on the quieter side, and apologies from my end... working/fathering/other-hobbies etc. leaves very little time at the end of the day.

I do intend to get more active again in 2012.

Besides, isn't this the last year for the Earth?

EDIT: Posted in 11 threads tonight... making up for lost time.





On a side note, anyone looked into building themselves a Wheelie Bin Sound System?
http://www.wheeliebinsoundsystems.com/

[Cheyne]

Yea, its a bit too quiet. Iv been trying to drum up attention through other means, but not having any luck. In the early days we had a busy forum, but now its pretty flat.

Any suggestions to get the place more lively again?

[rhythmboy]

Yeah my bad too... struggling to keep on top of the increasing workload I have lumped on me.

Thankfully getting 6 months leave next year to focus on studying so will have more couch time at home to make more posts

However we do seem to have healthy dose of people browsing the forum - last night I was on with 17 guests - a quick scan of their activity and they were trawling through threads that go back years now. So the content is being read, but comments aren't being added...

Cheyne, on 05 January 2012 - 06:20 AM, said:

Yea, its a bit too quiet. Iv been trying to drum up attention through other means, but not having any luck. In the early days we had a busy forum, but now its pretty flat.

Any suggestions to get the place more lively again?

A few things that seem to work - will require the regulars to take the lead perhaps...

- another remix competition like the old Lychee Martini ones

- some more controversial 'firestarter' threads like "music is fucked these days - discuss"

- perhaps an incentive system for contributing more posts - dunno how but it could work, eg. access to special sections of the forum

- more generally chatty questions and topics

My two cents...

ps I know they have the weight of numbers to sustain discussions almost by default, but at itm I've tended to shut off from posting coz it's the same old same old 'how do you use a compressor?' 'where can I get Ableton lessons?' 'is releasing music online worth it?' type of questions - the same old shit comes up time and time again - yaaawwwnnn

Aha I've got it! We need the 'grumpy old guide to...(insert topic here)' like the TV series Get some of us old farts to vent our spleen "it was so much better in our day..." style.

[Cheyne]

I like where your heads at Rob, that’s exactly the type of stuff im thinking of.

We have lots of people viewing the forum, but no one positng. We really need the regulars to just make the odd post aswell to help keep things going like a snowball effect.

We have a full reputation system we can implement for people to vote up and down other people which helps promote activity and good posts, but when I brought that up previously, most people were against it. Maybe we should give it a try.

Anyone got any ideas for fire starter threads ?

[em]

I still loiter in buying and selling. Except nobody throws in free steak knives anymore.

[rhythmboy]

Cheyne, on 06 January 2012 - 04:34 AM, said:

Anyone got any ideas for fire starter threads ?

"Ableton live is creating a generation of unoriginal producers"

"Soft Synths Suck"

"Digital compressors - the choice of pretenders"

"Mediocre artists copy - great artists steal"

I could go on... any more folks?

[Cheyne]

Yep … there’s some topics bound to wind people up … thing is, who ever launches the post needs to have sufficient argument to back up his claim, and be willing to debate it ..

Or maybe phrase it as a question and ill post it out on twitter.

Eg “Do Soft Synths Really Suck?”
“Is Digital Compression For Losers?”

Etc .. We don’t want people getting angry about a statement (as a big portion of our users are ableton, soft synthy plugin compressor people), but more feeling like they want to have their say, and prove it wrong.

[rhythmboy]

^ Agreed, open-ended questions are the best definitely. Even 'how do I (insert technique here)' type questions can be answered in 1-2 posts if the first or second response answers it properly.

Also can this forum support an instant chat window facebook style? A good way to let a fellow member you're on at the same time as them and thus help point each other to new or interesting posts to jump on straight away.

Also can the SP facebook group automatically update new threads to a friend's wall? Or we start doing it manually - members copy the the link to the FB group and post on the wall. A way to remind and point people to new threads they may be interested in.

[ryanedward85]

Spectrum, on 04 January 2012 - 11:59 PM, said:

Yeah, always been on the quieter side, and apologies from my end... working/fathering/other-hobbies etc. leaves very little time at the end of the day.

I do intend to get more active again in 2012.

Besides, isn't this the last year for the Earth?

EDIT: Posted in 11 threads tonight... making up for lost time.





On a side note, anyone looked into building themselves a Wheelie Bin Sound System?
http://www.wheeliebinsoundsystems.com/

Why are people dancing around wheelie bins? Some strange antipodean custom?

[Spectrum]

^^^ I dunno, I think this was at on of the LOST series of parties in Sydney, staged on one of the Sydney Harbour's islands.

Serious about building one, didn't realise the popularity / following they have built up over the past 10 years (since I left Sydney), and while the majority seem to built from scrap-heap components (and nothing wrong with that), I reckon with the right bits and pieces, and a properly braced and tuned, ported sub cabinet in the lower section, and avoiding placing multiple drivers too close on the horizontal plane (which causes comb filtering), I reckon it could be quite a system to be reckoned with.

In fact, I have a complete high-end car audio system packed up in box here, and I know just how sweet it sounds in a hatchback car with the boot (trunk) lid popped open, so the potential for an equally sweet portable trash can version is there... just not quite sure how much playtime will come out of a 550 W RMS, 5 channel amplifier and a heavy duty deep cycle 12 volt marine battery...

...which is why I just need to complete the project and find out for myself. ;D

[rhythmboy]

ryanedward85, on 11 January 2012 - 01:42 AM, said:

Why are people dancing around wheelie bins? Some strange antipodean custom?

It's the aussie version of 'pimp my ride'...

'pimp my wheelie bin'

Now if we could get a wheelie bin with a laser rig installed, and another with built-in smoke machine, we'd have a party!

[Cheyne]

Its a Bass Bin .... Get it ? Hahah!


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