Recent content by Spektral

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Yeah. I know what you mean about opening up to more things as you get older – well, I suppose some people may have always been that way; I don't know, but I wasn't. I started off as a kid with the more dancy end of mid- to late 80s pop and new wave, then found my way into hiphop, then a bit of...

It's been a long time (again) since I was here – and it's still pretty sad that the place is so dead compared to its heyday when I had the Sirius moniker. Anyway, I was just reminiscing and thinking how things change, even at the micro-level when it comes to phases and musical tastes. Back...

I think you'd adapt to that, to be honest. I used to have belt drive DLP1s and then I had my Stanton STR8's - and whilst the latter was a decent torque I think I mixed better on the belt drives which had less. I'd never used Technics until I bought a pair and I found the torque on those a...

The difference between the analogue and the digital pitch is that the analogue is a traditional potentiometer, which is basically an electrical contact track that is infinitely adjustable with what is probably every micron or so of movement as the current, so to speak, provides that extra or...

I don't know a thing about the Reloops, but from the pics and the general spec about them on the website they're an attractive set of turntables that actually look right and sensible, professional and not too gimmicky or plasticeyl, like some others have got over the last decade or two. My only...

Finally twigged what the second one was - and it was a bit obvious except for the sample being pitched up like crazy on the decks. It was Pianoman related (although I don't think he was actually on the pianos on these releases, but I could be mistaken). PCP volume 2:

Tune 1 I believe is G&VJ Gonna Get the Boy - the Zone remix The second one is going to bug me as I think I do have it on vinyl....but its getting late and I ain't scanning through a few thousand vinyl to try and find it now, sorry! . It's some kind of Pianoman tune (PCP, Clipper, or one of...

I wasn't there, but maybe it was Love Revolution.....but lots of tunes had that sample, including the excellent Thirst - Enemy Within.

Thought I'd expand on this post with my most recent addition to my vinyl collection: New, but definitely old-vibes and a hint of acid mid way. I think it's funky as foook, but maybe that's just me!

I'm a bit out of touch with turntables, but one thing I believe you need to bear in mind is that many of the new turntables and brands are pretty much the exact same thing under the hood and are even a mish-mash of the same parts (tone arm, motor, cables, pitch control) as they are made in the...

Yeah, things have gone a bit bonkers with capabilities. The ironic thing about Reason and having to link it to Cubase with ReWire in the past, is that Reason now lets you add VST's into the Reason rack, which is awesome. No fannying about, its just, booosh, in there. When I got my controller...

Hi. It's good to see you're still alive and making some tunes. We actually used to chat a little bit on facebook back in the day as well, but I think I probably cheesed you off and you kind of vanished - no doubt because I was probably doing too much social commentary back then....but that's a...

I've been getting a bit of this going on for several years now. Some things I used to find annoying or boring are now brilliant. My musical taste was generally sound in about 1991/1992....then it went a bit cheesy and dodgy in 1993/1994/early 1995...... and now, at times when I am pulling out...

I was just wondering what people make of the new music that's coming out which is based on the retro/oldschool sound of the 1991/1992 era and even the 93/94 eras of progressive, breaks and trance. After about, I dunno, 2014 or so, I stopped buying records all that often. I'd been buying them...