Shadowbait

I created a server. I haven't done much setup yet, but if anyone wants to join: https://discord.gg/CsGN9zzC

I'm not opposed to whatever someone else wants to set up, I just mentioned Discord because it seemed like a low-effort solution. The upside to a corporation running it is that DDOS prevention and such are someone else's problem.

Just a thought - we could start a Discord server. It's not really the same kind of medium, but could still have channels for different topics (music production, synthesizers, etc.) and much easier to maintain I think.

It was nice while it lasted, thanks for all the effort you put in!

So, where are you going next? There are at least a few sizeable synth forums out there, and it might be nice if most of us migrated to the same place. I've been back on Reddit a bit, but not sure I want to continue that.

I know what you mean about that intense youtuber vibe. I think it's something that developed gradually over time and you might enjoy his older videos more. I've actually mostly stopped watching his new stuff.

1. I started improv singing when I was a small child, did school chorus for a several years, then got sick of blending into the group. I wanted to make my own music with the focus on my voice, so I started experimenting with recording and layering things. That was about 20 years ago. I haven't been at all consistent about it - sometimes I'd go for months without working on music at all. Then there was one year I made a finished song every month and some of it was the best I ever made.

2. I listen to lots of genres, but most often some form of electronic - downtempo, synthpop, modern EDM, etc. I tend to favor music with atmospheric layers and a hint of mystery, but different moods call for different kinds of music. What I make is hard to classify, but definitely still some form of electronic.

3. Artists: Pair of Arrows, Rufus du Sol, Metric, Robyn, Zhu... if I try to describe why I love them I'll be typing way too long so I'll just leave this one for now.

4. I learned a lot of synth basics from Sonic State's reviews - often with detailed demonstrations feature by feature, sometimes with tips on how/why you might use that feature. Some channels for more general music composition and production stuff: James Nathan Jones, Venus Theory, Benn Jordan, Andrew Huang

I've got them too, and they're definitely not up to the quality of other studio headphones I've used. Still, I'd use them a lot more if they weren't just a little bit annoying to turn on and off. Having to hold the power button for different amounts of time for the headband vs the transmitter always throws me off.

I find myself wondering - if r/synthesizers decides to shut down indefinitely, how will more people from there find this? And if there were an official note to direct people here, I can only imagine we'd hit a limit of what the server can handle pretty quickly. I'd love to see this place grow, I just hope there's a plan for how that's going to work.

I'm a developer and have been interested in making a VST and/or DAW for a long time, but I'm too busy with other projects to dive into that any time soon. I think making a community for that kind of thing makes sense though.

Let's hope whoever signed off on this from Moog's side vetted the contract carefully and made the right demands to maintain their autonomy. If it really is a strategic move to use InMusic's supply chain and distribution resources, and not done out of desperation, it could plausibly be a good thing.