Gavin Atkin
@gmatkin.bsky.social
Trad-leaning folkie; in England; likes to understand the world; sings and (in no special order) plays duet concertina, fiddle, guitar, melodeon, tenor banjo etc.
Governments can improve people's lives, if they're clever and they wish to do so.
Governments can improve people's lives, if they're clever and they wish to do so.
Also, the Rode Procaster/WS1 combos that the New Statesman uses are pretty good, but I've found that they're even better with a gently modded windshield.
youtu.be/uVGD6N8hltI?...
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Procaster windshield test: no windshield, the WS2 windshield, a cut-down WS2 or a popper-stopper?
YouTube video by Gavin Atkin
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December 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Also, the Rode Procaster/WS1 combos that the New Statesman uses are pretty good, but I've found that they're even better with a gently modded windshield.
youtu.be/uVGD6N8hltI?...
youtu.be/uVGD6N8hltI?...
Ditto, traffic sounds from the road outside your home.
December 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ditto, traffic sounds from the road outside your home.
The AT4040's pickup pattern is w-i-d-e, and that's a problem.
Dynamic mics are generally made to be used close up, so room sounds can easily be swamped out and forgotten. Hence my sE Electronics suggestion.
Dynamic mics are generally made to be used close up, so room sounds can easily be swamped out and forgotten. Hence my sE Electronics suggestion.
December 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The AT4040's pickup pattern is w-i-d-e, and that's a problem.
Dynamic mics are generally made to be used close up, so room sounds can easily be swamped out and forgotten. Hence my sE Electronics suggestion.
Dynamic mics are generally made to be used close up, so room sounds can easily be swamped out and forgotten. Hence my sE Electronics suggestion.
They're both great mics in many ways, but on some folks (and banjos, check my YouTube on the matter) the AT4033a can be nasal and the AT4040 is nice in an acoustically treated room, but in a normal domestic room can pull in too much in the way of room resonances.
December 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
They're both great mics in many ways, but on some folks (and banjos, check my YouTube on the matter) the AT4033a can be nasal and the AT4040 is nice in an acoustically treated room, but in a normal domestic room can pull in too much in the way of room resonances.
I've used the V7x. Haven't used the Dynacaster, but it has the same capsule, allegedly.
December 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I've used the V7x. Haven't used the Dynacaster, but it has the same capsule, allegedly.
sE V7 or V7x with a thin foam windscreen or a pop filter if you're not on video. It works really well.
youtu.be/R9jw0YT98ZU?...
youtu.be/1FccaspTUyU?...
If you're on camera, the sE Dynacaster will look better. youtu.be/0YsiLyZsnLY?...
youtu.be/R9jw0YT98ZU?...
youtu.be/1FccaspTUyU?...
If you're on camera, the sE Dynacaster will look better. youtu.be/0YsiLyZsnLY?...
VoiceOver On A Budget - Earthworks Ethos vs sE V7X
YouTube video by Anton Browne
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December 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
sE V7 or V7x with a thin foam windscreen or a pop filter if you're not on video. It works really well.
youtu.be/R9jw0YT98ZU?...
youtu.be/1FccaspTUyU?...
If you're on camera, the sE Dynacaster will look better. youtu.be/0YsiLyZsnLY?...
youtu.be/R9jw0YT98ZU?...
youtu.be/1FccaspTUyU?...
If you're on camera, the sE Dynacaster will look better. youtu.be/0YsiLyZsnLY?...
So actual law breaking is less of an issue than unpopular policies driven by financial problems. I see.
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
So actual law breaking is less of an issue than unpopular policies driven by financial problems. I see.
Also... The first job of a government is to protect its citizens, isn't it? And isn't that protection and general sorting things out what we think we pay taxes for? (I realise economists have their own answers I that question.)
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Also... The first job of a government is to protect its citizens, isn't it? And isn't that protection and general sorting things out what we think we pay taxes for? (I realise economists have their own answers I that question.)
WWII, I think. If you can conduct a war that involves everyone in a home population, you can create homes and lives fit for heroes, and it became normal for politicians to pursue that principle. It takes a generation or two to forget such habits of mind, but I that's what happened during the 80s.
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
WWII, I think. If you can conduct a war that involves everyone in a home population, you can create homes and lives fit for heroes, and it became normal for politicians to pursue that principle. It takes a generation or two to forget such habits of mind, but I that's what happened during the 80s.
For myself, my maternal grandmother's maiden name was Eldred, and the Eldred claimed to be descended from Aethelred. Will that do?
November 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For myself, my maternal grandmother's maiden name was Eldred, and the Eldred claimed to be descended from Aethelred. Will that do?
I'm doubtful many descendents of Saxons at that time would be able to find documentary evidence. Descendents of Normans might be better equipped.
November 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I'm doubtful many descendents of Saxons at that time would be able to find documentary evidence. Descendents of Normans might be better equipped.
People arguing and shouting slightly robotically with RADA accents in an old form of English. It can take a while to get into...
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
People arguing and shouting slightly robotically with RADA accents in an old form of English. It can take a while to get into...
Also: 'The cheese takes its name from the village of Stilton, now in Cambridgeshire, where it has long been sold, but cannot be made because it is not in one of the three permitted counties.'
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Also: 'The cheese takes its name from the village of Stilton, now in Cambridgeshire, where it has long been sold, but cannot be made because it is not in one of the three permitted counties.'
Also: 'The cheese takes its name from the village of Stilton, now in Cambridgeshire, where it has long been sold, but cannot be made because it is not in one of the three permitted counties.'
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Also: 'The cheese takes its name from the village of Stilton, now in Cambridgeshire, where it has long been sold, but cannot be made because it is not in one of the three permitted counties.'
'For cheese to use the name "Stilton", it must be made in one of the three counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire and use pasteurised local milk.' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilton...
Stilton cheese - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
'For cheese to use the name "Stilton", it must be made in one of the three counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire and use pasteurised local milk.' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilton...
Liberation. Or Sundayification. Everyday is Sunday.
November 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Liberation. Or Sundayification. Everyday is Sunday.
I may have made that mistake.
October 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I may have made that mistake.
No. Because every day is Sunday.
October 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
No. Because every day is Sunday.
She should just join Reform now. It would be simpler and there would be less waiting.
October 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
She should just join Reform now. It would be simpler and there would be less waiting.