Really good band. That's a great song from a very good album

Check his solo stuff. It's wonderful. So classy and stylish. Very different to Longpigs.

I recommend Coles Corner (inc The Ocean) and Truelove's Gutter

I was using the iron a fair bit 7 or 8 years ago. It got wrecked. I suspect part of it was my amateur skills, but I followed all the care advice I got as closely as I could, but it became unusable.

It was a very cheap iron though (from Maplin - RIP) and did seem to take forever for solder to melt.

Thanks, I'll check those out.

Technique is definitely a part of the issue.

Ah ok. Thanks. That's good to know, too.

This is all useful info

Thinking back to the time I cheekily asked @thejase.bsky.social to do a Rio bassline lesson and in about thirty minutes he'd come back with it!

Such a legend.

youtube.com/shorts/7ai9E...

Another beauty. Always fun to put on, and The Chauffeur always raises an eyebrow to those not expecting it

That's useful to know. Thanks

I was told that a not-quite-hot-enough iron has to stay in contact with a point on a board for longer, leading to higher chance of damaging the board

Soldering advice pls

Getting a new iron.
The last I had was cheap basic Draper (30w I think)

2 problems: the tips kept disintegrating; the solder never got really hot and needed longer contact time to solder.

Someone said cold/low power iron could cause this. True?
Should I get a higher wattage?

I'm jealous of anyone who saw Richard Hawley play recently.

This last year or so I've become completely obsessed with his music.

And that voice...utterly timeless. It's like it's always existed and is an integral part of culture.

Little Simz is one of the most astonishing vocalists I've ever heard.

To have an ounce of her talent

Lots of 2600m tuning chat here

gearspace.com/board/electr...

No problem.

I set my C1 to approx 66hz and it tracks well up to C4 (approx 520hz)

Above G4 it starts to drift a bit more.

By the time it's at C5 it's about +10cents out

Not bad. Very usable. Analog character I think it's called

It's at the extremes of the keyboard it starts to drift more

Yeah. I wondered how many people play theirs across 4 octaves and need pinpoint tuning. It's definitely geared more to how you use it

www.manualslib.com/manual/12114...

From the original ARP manual.

And the alignment of Mercury and Saturn in the House of Capricorn

Yep. I raised both eyebrows at this when I found out she actually had.

I wonder if the committee are softening people up for the 2026 award winner

Then turn down Osc1, turn up Osc2 and repeat the process.

The v/oct scaling pots for each osc are under the top black rubber cap in each osc section

Turn Osc1 up
Send output to a tuner for reference
Play a low c
Tune Osc1 to the low C using tuning sliders
Play a high c. The tuner will prob show its sharp/flat
Adjust the scaling pot until high c is in tune

Recalibrating this synth again.

The tuning is so bizarre. Oscillators drifting a few cents out of tune in mid range (still very usable), then +/-20 cents out of tune around C1 and C5.

Heard it was a problem with these reissues but more I read more it might just be a 2600 thing.

#synthsky

Zack Polanski is the politician we dont deserve right now, but sure as hell need.

Expose the far right grifters at every opportunity, but embrace the people who may be tempted by Reform. They might be looking for the same solution as you, they're just looking in the wrong place.
@greenparty.org.uk

Submitting for someone I know.

I haven't submitted anything myself yet. Having a tidy up of old tracks.

Just to ask....

Can it be other people's music?

Which platform?