Leonard Smalls

Tug Powder Dust - Bomb the Bass

S'simple! If you record with, say, a single SM58 mic you'll get a single channel of sound, from one perspective. That's M, or mono. If you record with a pair of sm58s, whether crossed over or just a distance apart, you'll get 2 channels, left and right (or A and B) which are two independent mono recordings but with slight differences due to being in different positions. Mathematically speaking, L and R added together are the same as the mono signal. But if you subtract Right from Left, you'll get the difference between the two which is known as S, or side. So it's possible to record, or work in, M and S, which means you can boost or cut the S signal to give bigger or smaller stereo soundstage when converted back to L&R. If you use any stereo or imaging boost software (Ozone has it) that's effectively what it's doing.

And so it is with the law of diminishing returns! Back in about 2002 when I decided to upgrade my old Linn Axis I did some extensive testing - I even took my Ditton 66 speakers and EAR 834deluxe phonostage to various hifi shops... We tried everything from the Kuzma Stabi S (this was the cheapest, and excellent though lacking that final bit of detail) through Wilson Benesch (darker, not much excitement), Michell Orbe (similar), SME 30 (expensive, bit clinical, still not enough musicality), Clearaudio Revolution (excellent) and Petite Verdier (very best of all, though expensive and my Mrs didn't like the looks of it). While by no means a scientific test as all were in different rooms with different amplification (though we chose something everytime with similar capabilities to my then-current Lumley 120W valve monoblocks), we found differences between all in terms of sheer enjoyment - basically how musical they felt, and the Verdier with Moerch arm and Dynavector cart was the best I'd ever heard, closely followed by the Clearaudio. And while we could have got 95% of the performance of the Clearaudio from say, a Project at a lot less than 1/2 the money, we decided we had to look at it too...

White Punks On Rope - The Tubes

My mate Kenny's show on Circl8Radio - on Mixcloud

Armagideon Time - The Clash (original, Willie Williams)

Bootsy's Rubber Hand

I'm in love with a German film star - The Passions

Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder - Dean Martin

I done one... I've had a go at DAF's AntiFascist anthem, Der Mussolini.... Featuring my very best German vocal!

I suspect it may be something to do with the frame rate; as BigRed says, 28.7 is a very non-standard rate. Can you set the recording video frame rate to be 25fps? And have you tried putting the audio and video together in Audacity? IIRC there's a video option...

Yassasin - David Bowie (probably my favourite Bowie album!)

Wash it all off! - You've Got Foetus On Your Breath (a classic!)

My other band (though we have been in existence for 40 years!)

And with added whammy clavinet...

Su Casa Es Mi Casa - Infectious Grooves/Suicidal Tendencies

Turner Round - Devo

I'd class that as easy listening proggyjazzrock, with a relatively straightahead rock groove! Here's a bass player who's just as good as La Dey but doesn't do dodgy ads for toxic slushies, and goes off-piste a bit more! One of my fave albums, btw... And in slightly less easy-listening news here's another bass player who despite often venturing quite well off-piste still manages to groove. And no influencer nonsense, though he had the "pleasure" of producing (arguably) John Lydon's best work... Waddya reckon, Sapko? 😁

And Greg Howe! And Guthrie Govan...

New covers ep/album by early Weeds guitarist https://chrishaskett.bandcamp.com/track/pick-up-the-pieces

great looking place!

Ladygarden Funeral of Sores - Bauhaus