So when this place shuts down...

[Ermz]

What will be your next online refuge for audio-related talk?

I don't have one, personally. I spent some time on GS years back and hated it. There's a local engineering forum for Melbourne guys here, but it gets like one post per day, and no real discussion on anything.

 

[crillemannen]

Will they shut this place down sometime soon man?

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

I set up a plan-B forum the last time this was topical. It's up on my own hosting space, running, ready to be used as we speak. If people want it, it's completely available for use as a substitute when the day comes.

I originally planned it to be a friendly community for people who are honestly serious about the craft, though, and that's the way I'd like to keep it.

 

[Jaymz]

One that I set up myself, called the Andy Sneap forum

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

Will they shut this place down sometime soon man?

Let's put it this way: if Andy decides to shut it down, one can hardly blame the man.

 

[FIXXXER]

why should it shut down, what happened!?

 

[Williamn]

Lets step down the drama a bit..
But yeah I only have gearslutz for reading about new plugins ("GAME CHANGER !!") and a danish one that is 90% about what to buy to set up a budget home studio.. so yeah useless.

 

[gabriel g.]

why should it shut down, what happened!?

idiots everywhere!!!

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

Lets step down the drama a bit..

A bit precautionary, eh?

But yeah I only have gearslutz for reading about new plugins ("GAME CHANGER !!") and a danish one that is 90% about what to buy to set up a budget home studio.. so yeah useless.

Yeah, that's exactly the case with almost all the studio work related forums I have visited and frequented. Endless discussions about which cable goes where, which minimum-budget LDC to get that's suitable for acoustic guitars, drums, vocals, bass, Hammond, percussion and blunt force assaults, which DAW software to "buy" and so on. That's exactly why I'd personally love to have a small, friendly place for the discussion that interests me more, such as tracking techniques, acoustics theory, the actual business end of things and such.

 

[FIXXXER]

idiots everywhere!!!

that's very normal for a forum i think,
it shouldn't die because of that

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

that's very normal for a forum i think,
it shouldn't die because of that

I'm only speaking from my own perspective here, but in my eyes the real problem is that it's hardly the Andy Sneap forum anymore, as in related to the producer himself. AFAIK Sneap's paying money to keep this forum up and running (correct me if I'm wrong!).

The man has created a monster

 

[DanLights]

I hope it won't shut down, but I'd definitely run to Jarko's place if that happened. And hope it lasts a good few years before it gets overrun by trolls. I registered a long time ago, but have never been arsed to check it

 

[Skinny Viking]

I set up a plan-B forum the last time this was topical. It's up on my own hosting space, running, ready to be used as we speak. If people want it, it's completely available for use as a substitute when the day comes.

I originally planned it to be a friendly community for people who are honestly serious about the craft, though, and that's the way I'd like to keep it.

Make it invite only

just a suggestion my good friend Jarkko

 

[egan.]

Gearslutz is full of dealers and experts that aren't, however there are lots of really smart and talented folks there. I used to listen to Slate's mixes before he moved out to LA. I'd just go there. The difference is that I have honestly made friends here (and solidified several in person) and I think it's harder over there. It's easy to take for granted how much more than a production forum this has become for me.

 

[AHChris]

This place can´t shut down, it´s the best place on the interwebz

 

[DanLights]

Gearslutz is full of dealers and experts that aren't, however there are lots of really smart and talented folks there. I used to listen to Slate's mixes before he moved out to LA. I'd just go there. The difference is that I have honestly made friends here (and solidified several in person) and I think it's harder over there. It's easy to take for granted how much more than a production forum this has become for me.

Agreed 100%

Also +1 to Carlos' idea

 

[Soundlurker]

@everyone:
1. stop posting drama/apocalypse/puberty threads.
2. start using the ignore function.
3. continue making this place the coolest music production related forum.

 

[FIXXXER]

for the main part i like this place because of the people. i've learned a lot here
and i also shit my pants laughing so many times, it was always a good mix between useful
stuff and stuff you deal with in times of boredom IMHO.

so i personally do not care what the forum is called.
maybe a new place would help to sort shit out and focus more on
the main topic which is recording, mixing etc. (at least i think that this is the main subject here)

it could also happen that the new place does not get enough attention so everything gets slowed down,
you post a topic and after two weeks you may have one response...sucks

cheers
S.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

I hope it won't shut down, but I'd definitely run to Jarko's place if that happened. And hope it lasts a good few years before it gets overrun by trolls. I registered a long time ago, but have never been arsed to check it

Yeah, the mods here (and Lasse being given mod status) definitely made a difference here the last time, so the need for an alternative hideout quickly vanished. It took quite a bit of work to get the plan-B forum up, so I just decided to leave it running for possible future needs

Make it invite only

just a suggestion my good friend Jarkko

At the moment it's configured so that every registration needs confirmation from me, and there's also a compulsory registration field to introduce one-self in a few words, so it's easy to figure out someone's motives before the account is approved. I'm not saying it's a secret, elitist internet cult or anything, but as I said, my vision was to keep it mostly for the guys who are genuinely interested in the art of being an AE.

Gearslutz is full of dealers and experts that aren't, however there are lots of really smart and talented folks there. I used to listen to Slate's mixes before he moved out to LA. I'd just go there. The difference is that I have honestly made friends here (and solidified several in person) and I think it's harder over there. It's easy to take for granted how much more than a production forum this has become for me.

Yeah, I frequently read GS, as there's some great information there, but it's more like huge collection of posts than a community in my eyes. Naturally, that's inevitable considering how hugely popular the site is.

 

[if6was9]

I don't think this place is gonna shut down any time soon. Sure there's less informed discussions about the finer points of metal audio engineering happening than there used to but it still serves a purpose and every now and then there's great threads that are absolute gold. As has been discussed on several threads recently, there's more trolls and noobs now than ever.
I honestly think thats just the way the internet is becoming all over. Pretty much every forum/site I used to frequent has become overrun by the next generation who seem to all suffer from ADHD and need all their answers fed to them instantly and can't be bothered to look beyond the first page or even few threads of a forum.

I think the answer is for the more experienced people to become involved in good discussion, spark up a thread every now and then about this cool console you worked on once, the crazy studio owner who gave you your first gigs or the wild band stories from when you had time to actually make a record etc.. stuff thats beyond "what do I need to record bands- I've 200 bucks"