Ya I have to agree, Always cater to the lowest common denominator. Not to say I don’t enjoy a little fun with my info. In fact I find it quite necessary, but I also find actual information to be quite necessary as well. Side note, your into synths right? The failure of the gig economy due due lockdowns has an abundance of gear available on sites like Craigslist. I’m actually blown away by the volume of goods to be had.
Sadly what you say is definitely true. The lowest common denominator wins over knowledge and information. We're a dying breed who still have thoughts and ideas that are more cerebral than carnal. The masses prefer the latter so information and discussion die quickly in the dark. Very sad.
Yeah I'm definitely into synths. I tend to do my gear buying on eBay since my local area is a bit on the drier side when it comes to gear that isn't drums or guitars. I hit the local pawn shops every now and then and have scored a few good pieces for reasonably low prices. I tend to buy gear that is broken or dead if the price is right and work on bringing them back to life. It's a gamble though as parts are getting scarce for the 80s and 90s vintage stuff I like. I'll check Craigslist since I haven't done so in about a year. Maybe the pandemic shook some stuff loose and I can score something interesting locally. Thanks for the tip/reminder!
Well I’ll tell you what, I’ll make an effort to have more discussion with you. When our life rafts hit this island I remember you mentioning the lack of conversations in the comments.and sadly not much has changed.
Hardware synths are fucking fascinating I went to audio school 17 or so years ago and was only exposed to digital. They’d run signals through the old boards/gear but everything was recorded on Protools or logic.so I’m not overly familiar with hardware but I understand the concepts of patches ,filters shapes. I’m still using reason 3 /recycle and cubase on a power Mac G5 (if and when I ever touch The stuff). I’m currently trying to learn/practice guitar so I tend to watch musical instruments on Craigslist and prior to a month or so ago it was basically beginners guitars/drums etc. But I think after a year of no gigs people working that area are getting a dose of needs over wants so gear is on the table.
I like fixing shit too, nothing in particular just stuff I find along the way that seems interesting.or cool. I got a Cooey 75 for 50 bucks the other day sold as parts gun. Firing pin was stuck and turns out a piece of brass was in the chamber so it wouldn’t chamber. Brass came out with a drill and you’d never have seen it I’m not sure it had ever been cleaned but the wood and finish we’re in pretty great shape.so i figured it was nice even as a wall hanger but it’s a shooter as of this afternoon. Pin was an easy fix. (I probably should have saved some of this stuff for further convos) lol
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