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[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1422322038' post='2671246'] Hmmm you got DHL and I got Parcelfarce. I ordered a week ago and it's still in Germany according to the tracking info. I'm getting concerned. An email will be sent tomorrow, although what Thomann can do about it, I do not know. [/quote] It'll be DHL in Germany, Parcelforce will deliver in the UK. Your tracking number will work with both.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1422288228' post='2670714'] I agree. I've changed the title to something a little more representative. [/quote] Great The last stuff I had from them (maybe 2 weeks ago), got caught up in the Paris terror attacks thing, the package spent about 3 days sitting in customs here in the UK. I think maybe the whole of the European postal and courier delivery networks are being more vigilant, resulting in slower processing and delivery. There was something (i think), mentioned on the Parcelforce website recently.

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1422284415' post='2670651'] Would there likely be customs charges to pay on this item? According to the Parcelforce tracker it's STILL in Köln....hasn't moved since Thursday. Getting very anxious now, plus the Thomann website is now saying that the item is no longer part of their product range!! [/quote] No, it's coming from Germany. I sent a faulty studio monitor back to them a couple of weeks ago, and had an email last Friday to say it was being replaced and the new one was on its way. That hasn't moved from Koln either, last updated Saturday. I'm expecting it will update later today to say it's in the UK, and possibly (from my experience with ordering a lot of gear from them), it'll hopefully be delivered tomorrow. I do think the title of this thread should be changed, after all, it's mostly down to couriers and not Thomann.

Anyone heard of, or used these to distribute their music ? [url="http://distrokid.com"]http://distrokid.com[/url]

I only discovered them last year, but was extremely impressed with them. I was only listening to Phaedra the other night.

I think this has been out for sometime ? I've seen videos of Steve Lawson and Tony Levin demonstrating one.

Definitely coming to at least one of these.

I made 40p off them last year

Very happy about this, despite there being no chance of me buying another 😊 Most definitely the best bass I've ever played. http://modulusgraphite.com

Some really nice music there I love what you do with all of those delays.

[quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1421879255' post='2666263'] Did you record the footage yourself? [/quote] Kind of, I got the cloud one from here - [url="http://www.clipcanvas.com"]http://www.clipcanvas.com[/url] Two are from the Guardian newspaper website, and the other is by a guy called Lasse Hoile who's a brilliant Danish film maker/multi-media artist. He did a lot of stuff for Steven Wilson. I filmed them (apart from the clouds one), on my phone, downloaded them onto my macbook, and used iMovie to edit them. I only had short pieces, maybe 20 or 30 seconds, so I had to make them longer. Using my phone to record them gave them a nice lo-fi quality. They're going to be a part of a portfolio I'm doing for my final production project at uni.

[quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1421878101' post='2666226'] Some nice stuff there dude. Very dark too. [/quote] Thanks, I kinda specialise in dark

[url="http://www.ovnilab.com"]http://www.ovnilab.com[/url]

[quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1421869999' post='2666088'] Does the URL work dude? [/quote] Hmmmm, did the other day, try this - [url="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXLYPNl48tn6G47pEXEQ5Jg/videos?spfreload=10"]http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXLYPNl48tn6G47pEXEQ5Jg/videos?spfreload=10[/url]

[quote name='nick' timestamp='1421848520' post='2665695'] Not tried his effects, as like some others on here I build my own too However, I'm quite familiar with this circuit. For what he is charging, I think the price is more than fair. On top of the cost of the parts (that vactrol can be a PITA to get hold of) also taking into account the time taken to build this pedal, makes it a good deal IMHO. If I was after a compulator, I would buy it. [/quote] I really admire you guys who can build your own, like I said in my earlier post, I'm way too dangerous with a soldering iron, besides i haven't the slightest clue what the components are

[quote name='ColinB' timestamp='1421827083' post='2665336'] ....and you too can do exactly what he's done. Copied the veroboard circuit (from [url="http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk/p/function-getypipetlfeed-document.html"]here[/url]) and built the kit with £20 of parts.... (I've just got the parts in for a Fulltone OCD replica using their layout diagram.) [/quote] I can too 😊 last time i used a soldering iron I burned me, got solder everywhere and burned 3 holes in the floor 😊 I guess it depends how well it's put together and the quality of the parts. Thanks for replying 😊

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Handmade-Optical-Compressor-Pedal-Demeter-Compulator-Clone-By-Jons-Boutique-/131406618386?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1e9871df12"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Handmade-Optical-Compressor-Pedal-Demeter-Compulator-Clone-By-Jons-Boutique-/131406618386?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1e9871df12[/url] [url="https://www.facebook.com/jonsboutiqueeffects?fref=ts"]https://www.facebook.com/jonsboutiqueeffects?fref=ts[/url] Anyone tried any ? I'm looking for a Demeter Compulator and this came up on my search.

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1421685696' post='2663950'] Slap to me is the same as wheel spinning, or pulling a handbrake turn in a car park full of loose gravel.......It grabs your attention very briefly, may look impresive for a second or two, and then you think ' what's that all about then'. [/quote] A second or two....as long as that ? What annoys me about Youtube reviews, is where the guy is just rambling on, and on, and on. Clearly little or no thought has been put into the thing beforehand with regard to what they're gonna say. There was one I saw the other day that someone had posted on here, where after about 20 seconds i just switched off and came back to this site. It doesn't have to be scripted, just not rambling.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1421666112' post='2663675'] I can't see the demand for a new label TBH. The big boys are there because of their advertising clout. The new artists release their own work directly or through aggregators. Bands that might want your service will be the ones that can't be bothered to do the aggregator leg work themselves - you might be better off doing that as a professional service with your product being doing the work for them, rather than you being an actual label. Anyone can get on iTunes / Amazon etc now by using the right aggregator, but iTunes and Amazon still take a chunky percentage - I can't see a new band wanting to pay you a percentage as well. If I couldn't be bothered to do it myself, or didn't have time to learn the process I would certainly prefer to pay a flat fee where I give you my fully recorded product and you deal with the bar-coding & registrations and getting it to an aggregator, and then your task is over. [/quote] It's another avenue for an artist to sell their music though. I sell via Bandcamp, Amazon, iTunes, CD Baby etc, but not everyone shops via them, and it's very easy for your music to get lost amongst everything else, and they're going to push for what's going to sell in big quantities, and ignore the much smaller artist. Whereas a small and specialist company will have more time for you, and the buyers from that specialist company will kind of know what they're getting, be it a small company that specialises in selling solo guitar music, or in my case experimental/ambient music. I had a company last week offer to release my stuff, which is great. They specialise in ShoeGaze, ambient, instrumental etc, so there's a market there already with their customers. I did a track for a compilation album that they released last year. As an artist, you can't narrow down your avenues for exposure.