November(ish) 2021 Patreon Exclusive VIDEO Oddcast

Anyone who finds your breathing annying should be banned from your site. 🙂

An youtuber named Thio Joe also had the same complains that you have about the spambots and the fact that YouTube doesn't do anything about them and decide to create an app by himself to stop them (apparently it scans the whole comment section of a video for scam messages and give you the option to delete them with a single press), you might like to take a look at it, the link to download the app is on the video description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vOakOgYLUI&list=WL&index=1

Love it Matt! Sorry but you have a nice soothing voice… if I watch your videos after 10pm in bed I doze off! It’s actually good for me as I have troubles falling asleep.

Forgot to comment that it was Gouda you to demonstrate your new mic. 👍🧀

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=let428G7Dr8

You might be interested that Michael Dranfield has posted a video of the unboxing of a "new" 30 year old Phillips Le Cube Radio Cassette player. It is a neat machine with some unusual features.

Google are creating all these AIs to drive cars, target ads to you. You'd think Google could create an AI and interface to make it easier to manage unruly comments for YouTubers.

Thanks for the Lucky Number Slevin recommendation a few weeks ago, watched it last night and enjoyed it! :)

Good luck with the operation, Mat! As a fellow resident of the North West of England, I can “categorically” state that our local damp climate is notorious for sinus problems. You want to move to somewhere like … Los Angeles, California or the South of France. Best wishes and take care.

That seems sensible - think I might go upgrade my subscription ;) Thanks for the videos as always, Mat. They're a tonic after a hard week :)

Cool video, Mat. Interesting to hear about YouTube and how it grades videos on the % watched. Just an idea (which you've probably already considered): if people tend to drop off before the Patreon credits, have you thought about integrating their names at the bottom like a ticker tape as you're wrapping up a video? That way, people might tend to stay until the very end and the 'completion' rate might be higher. I'm picturing a very cheesy 70s end-of-show "Well, we've had a lot of fun tonight..." Hope the op goes well. Take care mate 😀

Always interesting, Mat. I look forward to your oddcasts. Just a quick word of encouragement and best wishes for your coming operation. If you can go private, do it. I know we'll all be here, wishing you well and waiting for you when it's done. Family and health come before all else. :-)

Thanks for the update. I have never been bothered by your voice at all, so if that is any comfort. I do understand general sinus discomfort and I would probably go insane. FWIW, I don't read the YouTube comments very often. I find the Patreon comment section far, far more informative. Also, VERY interesting bit on the monitor. If you bill it more as a solution to your specific requirements problem video, I THINK that would be useful. I recently purchased a 1440p ultrawide monitor, a Samsung and I like it except it takes way, way too long for it to wake up. My C64 goes from cold boot to Basic screen before this monitor goes from sleep to usable. Not sure what the problem is there. I wish you well, love the videos and keep as healthy as possible!

Dell monitor packaging is a triumph of cardboard engineering. And thanks for clarifying the cheese related status of the new microphone :)

Have you noticed the various HiFi things sold by doukmall on eBay? They have some rather enticing vacuum tube amps + bluetooth and interesting VU meter boxes, including a spec. analyzer using meters... I'm temped to buy some to try it out, but maybe you could go before me? (I just restored an Advent 201to factory spec... excited for the day when you share yours)

I'm changing my name to 'Gorge Henderson' immediately.

LOL, love the quote "you have to imagine what is the stupidest thing someone could do" after watching your video. On a more serious note: I'm not at all 'affected' or 'annoyed' by either you talking about your sinus issues or how your sinus issues may affect your narration. I'm assuming there are other personal reasons as well for going with the surgery....it would be heartbreaking for me to hear you potentially go blind or other crazy side effects for the 'benefit' of some idiot youtube commenter. Hoping for the best outcome 🤞

The trending page is not trending… Anyways, you are doing yourself short on the monitor section. I think there are a enough people who like a no-nonsense take on monitors. I just learnt there is a “danger” zone between normal and double dpi on macOS. I haven’t looked into it myself, but I would trust your opinion on this. Also, is this handy? https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl

I reckon the cartel of television manufacturers (a.k.a 'Big Telly') will decide shortly that the 21:9 aspect ratio was the one that should have been selected 20-odd years ago for mass adoption and that we all must immediately upgrade again.

Thanks for another enjoyable video. I've had some very useful comments (on my videos) deleted automatically because they contained links, yet some comments with spam links get through. The spam ones are three letters, then a dot, then three letters (where the com would be). Shame YouTube can't get their act together. Good luck with the operation. Hope it's a success with no bad side-effects.

The drawing of you looks a bit more like Nick Batt of Sonic State, who does all the music tech reviews.

I see that "make comment moderator" choice (or however it was worded). If you ever think it would be helpful to appoint some helpers, I'm sure some of your Patreons would be willing to help out (I would, obvs).

This spam stuff is typical, I had a long time that I got called almost daily by a random mobile number (07x here in Switzerland) and the few times I picked up it was always with a strong accent: "Trinken Sie Rotwein oder Weisswein?" (Do you drink red wine or white wine?). I guess they were calling from abroad and used some kind of similar system to spoof their number. Since then I quit answering the phone if an unknown mobile number rings... (and what a coincidence: I just got called by a random mobile number that is suspected as "phone vendor" by my anti-spam app...)

Don’t believe the “monitor bit” would get traction on its own, but was a nice edition to the update. Take care and I hope everything goes brilliantly with your surgery.

Matt, I know this is a long listen, but perhaps see if you can make the time for this one: https://youtu.be/UZ4FdU7px_w This is a fireside chat that AvE just posted. In it, he directly discusses the YouTube comment noise. I am not sure if you talk with AvE or Big Clive, but in this video, AvE says that this is a topic he and Big Clive have been discussing privately as of late, perhaps that is a conversation you could join. Also, if you have not seen it, William Osman also just posted a public video relating to this topic as well titled I"m Done. He addresses this topic, and brings in a variety of YouTubers to discuss how comments affect them. It is the most recent video on his channel.

Thanks, Mat - I always enjoy your monthly catch-up, just like having a good, if slightly one-sided, conversation with a friend. I am always amazed at the effort and ingenuity these scammers go to - I can't help feeling that if only they'd turn their hand to a legitimate business, they could be quite successful. I am both pleased and slightly disappointed that you haven't succumbed to reading out promotions for web-sites creation tools and breakfast foods as several of your illustrious YT peers have. Pleased, because it's really annoying, but disappointed because I'd love to see you struggle to keep a straight face and not roll your eyes and some of the rubbish you'd have to read out! I hope your nasal passages get sorted out without too much discomfort and inconvenience. Thanks, as always for being informative and entertaining.

03:35 - Someone's spamming with my name! :o

Thanks for the video Mat. I hadn't noticed your voice being "nasal". I hope you get fixed up. The first time I heard that Mama Cass "Make Your Own Kind Of Music" song was in the film "Beautiful Thing" on TV in the mid 1990s. One of the characters Leah was mad about Mama Cass. I went to the record shop the next day and asked for the song and they sold me the Beautiful Thing soundtrack CD! My first turntable was a BSR Monarch in a Mono Dansette.

For the sake of discussion there is one advantage of external power on monitors aside from weight, from my experience as an IT tech the capacitors in the power supply are common failure points and an external brick makes this an easy fix. We've thrown out a good number of Benq monitors due to that and it's a real shame, they aren't designed to be repaired and aren't worth fixing. Hopefully it won't be an issue for you but I'm sure you can agree that modern manufacturers aren't usually using the best electronic components in modern kit.

Hi Mat. Loved the update and for me nothing you do is boring. I presume you using a mac for editing toying with get the new one with m1 chip. I think the monitor video is worthy of release know i often head to YouTube if toying with buying something

I was going to get the soundtrack from Captain Marvel, because there was lots of 90's music in the film and I was a teenager in the 90's. The soundtrack album only has the original music, none of the licensed tracks.

People tell me they put my videos on to get them to sleep. I'm perfectly happy - at least they're doing some good! Not sure they monitor video is good enough for the high quality of your channel. But it does have the best opening line from a video "welcome into the studio Adele"! You might want to mention on your next video that if you become a Patron that there's an exclusive video. Might drive more Patrons, especially as you don't usually mention it (and there's nothing bad in mentioning it every once in a while).

There is an American comedian named Bill Engvall with a well known (at least in America) comedy routine called "Here's Your Sign" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7eRxSlj-f8) about stupid people including the warnings on products like the "Dramatization" banner. He is far from the only comedian to riff on this topic, but it is still funny to listen too.

As for your videos and sleeping, no I do not go to sleep to your videos. BUT, I do find your content, delivery and sense of humor to be a perfect mix for relieving my anxiety. I have re-watched my favorite videos of yours when I just wanted to "climb in off the ledge" as we say in America. I personally enjoy the unusual technical solutions (like the ski slope tape deck and the Tefifon) and the Background Music Systems videos in particular. I think your videos are well edited and you don't sound like you are on Meth. Oh, and you are obviously the narrator and not a computer generated voice over. Clogged nose or not, you are authentic.

The phrase you were reaching for is "to damn with faint praise" (or at least I think you were)

Finally ...able to watch this. I enjoy these updates. Re: "I'm not the best looking person in the world." I would like to give my opinion about this topic, but you won't believe it ...so, pointless. I am so glad you got rid of the 'fembots' that were infecting YT. I was muting a fair number myself. Frankly - yeah, the monitor was a bit boring, I'm not gonna lie. It looks great, though..and happily functional. I hope you get the best medical treatment available, and I wish you all the best in recovery. Edit: I always forget something. I just want you to know...you inspired me to get back into cassettes. I've been recording from my YT music playlist to cassette, and I could swear it makes the songs sound BETTER. How is that possible?

"-So in the studio today, we have a Dell..." I see what you did there. "Trolling in the deep", as it were. 😁 The cartoon is amazing! Crop it and use as your new banner? Sounds like you need to hire staff fighting the spam bots. Perhaps there's someone willing to take that up as a gig on Fiverr or similar? Best wishes for your operation. Don't forget to recouperate! Godspeed.

I'd like to give you a little insight at least to one of your fans who uses you go to sleep. I always watch your videos first and sometimes second time through during the day. I enjoy your content and subject matter. The thing about using your videos to go to sleep after I watch them is I've already gleaned all the interesting bits from it and now it's just a pleasant sounding fellow talking about technology that I've already heard which makes it easy to drift off to sleep for me. I think it's more of a compliment to the quality of your voice and recordings than a slight to the quality of your content

Re the phone numbers I have always wondered who the people are, who sit watching a movie or tv show and decide to ring a number shown. Which invariably ends up with a news report of some poor person receiving thousands of calls a day to their home.

FWIW,I have never found the way you talk to be annoying.

I hope your operation goes well and you get to feeling better soon after. Thank you for the oddcasts, as they are some of my favorite content.

I love the illustration! Happen to be a screen printer too if you wanted some posters :)

You say you have a dark sense of humour, so hopefully you won't feel offended that I chuckled when you said 'unless I go blind.. then there won't be any more videos. I find something reassuring about dark humour. Like, we all know it's going to hit the fan but we've got a raincoat on in preperation. Also to bring a bit of horror/disgust to the situation, the first time I heard 'make your own kind of music' was a happy hardcore remix in the mid 90s... (Bonkers 3, should anyone care).

Thanks so much for the oddcast! These are always fun :)

Don't feel bad about people using your videos to fall asleep. I do that with other channels, but it's never on the first watch. I assume that is true for most people. I usually have seen a video 3 or 4 times when it joins the "ambient playlist".

Did you have vocational aptitude tests in school to tell you what kind of career you'd be suited for? And if so, did they mention that fighting sexbots would be such a big part of your job?

Maybe the porn bots wouldn’t be so bad if at least they subscribed first… And I really hope they can help you soon with your sinuses and I really hope all goes well.. Don’t want to switch my Patreon support and time soon…

Thanks for the update Matt. Take care.

This drawing of You is awesome! Maybe this monitor video could be edited to 10 minutes and posted as a filler?

When you did the handheld mic demo I got a brief twinge of nostalgia for your Muppet bits... Good luck on your operation and may you have an easy and quick recovery! But just in case you don't, you might want to look into the whole Tycho Brahe dealy.

Thanks for the update as always --- and I would be very happy with that drawing, caricature always exaggerates things to semi-grotesque proportions, they're never particularly flattering. I think it's hilarious!

From my experience: VK (Vkontakte) - the Russian social network, also suffered from sex bots a lot for the last couple of years I think, it was a real plague, but this year they all've disappeared. I don't know what they did, may be trained the neural network to recognize bottoms in the avatars, but it worked - no more sex bots.

In the studio we have “a Dell” 🎶🤣👏

Isn't there a rule that states when you've got fans doing caricatures of you it's a sign that you've "made it" on YouTube and are now to be considered a "celebrity" ;-)

Hi Mat, I was going though my spares box prior to having a chuck out and I thought you might like to have them. One is a Sony still sealed from Sony. I have 3 motors in total including a Technics direct drive including the control board. Two of them come from Machines that were scraped but working. I will send you an email when I can and include some pictures when I can get some decent ones.

Good luck with the nose operation. Fingers crossed it will turn out fine.

Hi Matt! These updates always make my day. For me, they truly don't need to be professional, as you excuse yourself for things happening like cuts, blocked nose, etc. The vinyl revival story is funny even though I've never seen the series. Thanks very much for keeping up with these! Matts

I wish I could draw, but I don't have talent. I have a computer, though: https://ibb.co/2qNT2Wb https://ibb.co/dkBk5JN I also haven't watched the full video, have to go to work. 😶

Some countries wants to make the channel owner responsible for the comments, but the tools Youtube gives creators are lackluster. Not a good combo.

That art of you is amazing and dont worry, it's not meant to be "flattering". He is clearly emulating more modern "fluid" comic styles. Look at an artist like Noah Van Sciver and even his main characters are all drawn with strange proportions. Its actually a fantastic way to make the characters affable because everything is warped and warm.

That cartoon looks really awesome. Reminds me a lot of the various caricature strips I saw long long time ago.