Love that film removal bit! “Oh, yeah; take it off!”

@jmchez

3 жыл бұрын

Film Removal Dysfunction just at the start, "Oh, this has never happened to me before." LOL!

@tomf3150

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the mandatory comment: "PEEL SLOWER"

@SouseMouse

3 жыл бұрын

The next time he gets a big piece of film to peel off he should just snap his fingers and jump-cut to it already removed. :)

@thegearknob7161

3 жыл бұрын

ｍｏａｎｗａｖｅ

@UnitSe7en

3 жыл бұрын

@@jmchez Literally that's not what he says. For real, man, you have the original source right here. Come on, now. smh

LGR needs to see this one. A perfect thing for the MIDI mountain.

@dummptyhummpty

3 жыл бұрын

I think this is what he was looking for originally!

@soragranda

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same! XD.

@hydorah

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah he bought the naff one that Techmoan bought by mistake. He said he looked at Techmoan's video after he'd bought the crap one. The crap one is mad! Just the same peak levels dancing around. How anyone could release such a joke product. I wonder if they do this better one in silver? Also pity the ears aren't removable for hifi use

@grahameida7163

3 жыл бұрын

He is on techmoan’s Patreon ... he has already commented on it 🤣

@R33Racer

3 жыл бұрын

He's a good fan of Techmoan so I should imagine he will be watching it any time now, if not already has!

"In your average ordinary HiFi". *proceeds to show Wall of Sound*

@AdamJRichardson

3 жыл бұрын

With a reel to reel, as an average person has these days 😄👍

@anew742

3 жыл бұрын

That's the joke :P

@AdamJRichardson

3 жыл бұрын

@@anew742 And I was making one in return :)

@anew742

3 жыл бұрын

@@AdamJRichardson I was responding to Mike haha

@erwintimmerman6466

3 жыл бұрын

Those were exactly my thoughts LOL

Im not an audiophile by any stretch of the imagination, I don’t even own a hifi but been subscribed for years now and always look forward to these videos! I think they bring back some kind of nostalgia from when I worked as a Saturday boy in Dixon’s UK in the late 80’s and my delight at seeing all the new tech come out every year. Remembering all the buyers who cancelled and left their Casio handheld TV purchases at the till when we asked them for their address for the tv licence lol. Or groaning at the old dears buying a 79p plug and holding up the long queue as we had to stand their and wire it on to their purchased appliance. The best seller I can remember? A talking video recorder which talked you through the programming of recordings. I think it was Dixon’s own Saisho brand. Flew off the shelves one Christmas! Anyway! Thanks for all your Awesome videos! Love the content! Thrilled for you and your subscriber count! Great job! 👍🏻

@muddshshshark

3 жыл бұрын

Same here , Had a lot of fairly high end gear in the 70's Yamaha , Marantz CV Would've loved this thing

@CyclicscoobyFlyer

3 жыл бұрын

Funny how you can walk into a modern Curry's, full of huge super thin TV's, and yet it doesn't compare to walking into an 80's Dixon's, seeing 30 x LED VU/SA's flickering away on a wall of naff Saisho HiFi's

@amirpourghoureiyan1637

3 жыл бұрын

Thank God plugs come pre-wired now, imagine having to do that on days like Black Friday!? XD

@MrDannyDetail

3 жыл бұрын

We used to sell ordinary TVs at the major supermarket I worked at between 2000 and 2012, and we'd have to get the TV licence book of forms out each time we sold one. Almost every time the customer would either point blank refuse to fill out the form, or would fill out a form in the name of Mickey Mouse or something.

@rjy8960

3 жыл бұрын

I worked at Tandy during the same time and always felt strange walking into Dixons as they were the competition and knew us :) Saisho! Happy days!

I love that stuff like this is still being made and that theirs still a large community supporting it.

@HOLLASOUNDS

2 жыл бұрын

Any DJ or sound designer for live shows should have both of these devices.

I love the look of the Spectrum Analyser over the DB Meter, but it is a combined channel display, so I would want to buy 2, one for each channel.

@1480750

3 жыл бұрын

Why did you have to put that thought in my head, I would've been happy with one

@Cheetorblz

3 жыл бұрын

That was what I was wondering - does it just display a combined signal or can you get one for each channel

@uniquekillerz

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cheetorblz Give each a channel

Damn.. I had ordered both these a while back to send to you.. I was too late then! Still waiting for mine to arrive. Ah well, better send one off to LGR then. Hope nobody beats me to that too. ;)

@Techmoan

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure he’d appreciate it. He’s over in the Patreon comments for this one.

@startedtech

3 жыл бұрын

First thing that came to mind when I saw the title/thumbnail was "Well, LGR is gonna have to buy this for his synth or midi setup now."

@Pianet

3 жыл бұрын

What color noise is shown as flat on the spectrum analyzer. I tend to mix to a pink noise distribution so having a hardware spectrum analyzer that reads pink as flat would be useful when making music.

@TheErador

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pianet if pink noise is broad spectrum i would imagine it should be pretty flat on this device, the frequency response seemed adequate, but worth a test!

@Pianet

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheErador Many of these devices are set up so white noise is flat, but occasionally you'll find one where pink is flat.

Fantastic Saturday morning video, as always. This is quickly becoming a staple of my weekend.

I literally just bought a similar DB meter last night. It has a row of outlets in the back though. You can never have too many of those.

@AxelPironio

3 жыл бұрын

Would you be so kind to share the reference with us?

@jonathandavis1558

3 жыл бұрын

@@AxelPironio I think he's joking it looks like a surge protector

@AxelPironio

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathandavis1558 oh you're right :)😂

@jennoscura2381

3 жыл бұрын

I have one of those. A technical pro DB30. It's great. I can plug in a bunch of stuff and have flashing lights for my music.

2:13 That thing you did with the screen protection film... It's why I love your videos!

I bloody love these videos. Content and delivery are always spot on.

I actually love these videos. Stuff like this keeps me going. Brilliant

I actually got the RTA-31 spectrum analyser last year to help me mix the EP I was working on. It might not be the top notch kind of tool you'd expect in a top notch studio, but it still proved extremely useful when applying EQ to various parts.

Ha, loved the 'this packet of nuts may contain nuts' type warning 👍😂

@Azlehria

3 жыл бұрын

"It bloody well ought to!"

It's always a pleasure to ear your perfect and polite english. RTA-31 is nice and responsive, some yellow and orange led just before the red one can make it more old school

I've been looking for a Samson D1500 Real Time Analyzer for years now, but they're always more than $1000. You've FINALLY given me an affordable option!

Matt, I bought the very first audio visualizer you've ever demonstrated (the bare PCB, if you recall) many years ago and loved it ever since. I opted for the red LEDs because, as you said, it gives this nice "fireplace-like" flickering effect in the dark. As of right now, it still works perfectly but if the RTA-31 ever comes up with orange or red LEDs, I'm in (again!) Your recommendations are awesome, keep on going!

God this takes me back to the days of Douglas HiFi which was a chain of HiFi stores in Australia back in the 70’s & 80’s! They also had all of their graphic equalisers set in a V shape but I certainly remember the LED meters greeting you as you walked in the door. Brilliant video as always 😀

I have been looking at the fun generation one for months now so happy to finally see a good video about it.

Really enjoyed today’s video. Loved the look of the spectrum analyser.

Techmoan (video) and coffee in bed. The perfect way to start my day.

@CBitsTech

3 жыл бұрын

@@bsvenss2 I am.

Finally, something that does what it says, for a reasonable price. Nice!

Ahhh, love getting a TM notification! Thank you for all your wonderful content Mat! Sending you some love from North Carolina in the US! Have a wonderful weekend!! 👍

I think these are the 2 best visualizers you’ve had on your channel. I need this!

2:16 Thank you for that. I needed it.

"This never happens" That got me LOL

@jmchez

3 жыл бұрын

It's not funny when you suffer from Film Removal Dysfunction. Sad.

I always enjoy your videos, but I wanted to mention, I also enjoy the outro each and every time. Don't know why, it's got a nostalgic, comforting feel to it.

Bought one of the American audio ones a few months back. Absolutely love it.

The reference to a fireplace... I've always wanted flames projected onto a wall in time to the music when music is being played #discoinferno

@varunsreedharan5347

3 жыл бұрын

Rubens tube.

I put one of these DB displays on our Hospital Radio station in the output rack and it is great for reassuring people that we are actually transmitting. A few caveats though. The first one we got packed up within a couple of months so we had to send it back (not bought from Thomann). Secondly those presets on the front are a clue that this thing is not calibrated which is a bit of a shame. I had to set them using a proper dB meter and will put a bit of silicone compound on them to stop them moving (or people fiddling). Finally I have no idea what the weighting is on the response but it is certainly not standard VU as it bounces much too much. But overall, hey, it is great for what we got it for.

@c128stuff

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have any info on the xlr in/outputs? are those balanced?

@renowden2010

3 жыл бұрын

Hi - yes they are. As the guy said in the video, they just link through from input to output even when the power is off. The display doesn't affect this at all so must be bled off using a high impedance.

@c128stuff

3 жыл бұрын

@@renowden2010 well, thats not entirely what I was asking about. It has unbalanced rca in/outputs as well as xlr in/outputs. Can you use an xlr input and rca output? are the xlr and rca output active at the same time? do they affect eachother? does it use a proper balancing transformer for that? I understand it still passes through the audio when powered off, which is nice, but I'd like it to double as a way to receive a balanced signal on its inputs, and output on its rca socket (level is of no concern here, what comes after it is fine with +4db) Oh well, I guess I'll see soon enough. Expecting to get the vu meter at least somewhere early next week.

@nickwallette6201

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, good question. I would expect they are probably in parallel. Maybe + to tip, - to ring, or shied to ring? Who knows. I highly doubt there’s a balanced transformer in there. Maybe if the - inf point on this meter had been configured to something less than -6dBFS... ;-)

@c128stuff

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickwallette6201 yeah, thats what I'm also expecting to find.. still, its cheap enough to just buy one and see.. and fun enough, and actually usefull in a way eventho I don't expect it to do this properly. Oh well, no big deal, but would have been nice if it would also serve to eliminate the separate balancing transformers I'm using now, more functionality for less clutter would be nice ;-)

I was looking for such flashy stuff for a long time. Great video!

love your videos, content, and the time you put in for us, and love the ref to the PS5 :)

“Sorry ‘bout that. This never happens.” Nudge-nudge, wink-wink.

"Oh yeah, take it off" I fucking lost it LMFAO XD

This Light looks way too cool to miss, I never knew I would want to own. I think because of your video it gotten out of stock, well I'll have to preorder it then :) Also Thank you Techmoan, without you I would have never known something like a Laserdisc or a MiniDisc ever existed. Now I have a MD-Recorder and and LD-Player myself and I absolutely love the formats! Most Tech KZreadrs these days only talk about new stuff, but you don't, you have a good old/new tech balance and I really appreciate it. I hope you show us much more old and new stuff in the future. Greetings from Austria

What a wonderful surprise to wake up to a new video from you!

Spectrum analysers add a warm analogue vide to a cold digital audio world

yay Thomann! My favorite store for everything music/sound. And it is a great chance not to buy from the big A.

@fkiesel9442

3 жыл бұрын

Yes and unlike Amazon, they know about the stuff they are selling, so you can ask questions and receive useful answers.

@auronoxe

3 жыл бұрын

It is close to my home town. The number of keyboards, pianos, synths, organs and all the other instruments and equipment that you can try out in their store is just overwhelming. It is located in a very, very small village. I‘d say the Thomann area is much bigger than the village itself meanwhile 😄

@tommihommi1

3 жыл бұрын

they also have a refund policy that is more than on par with amazon, and free shipping.

@user0000user

3 жыл бұрын

@@auronoxe thomann bought some of the houses in the village to use as showroomes. I also was there. It's amazing

@katho8472

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommihommi1 Not to mention very good telephone support! Once you speak to a human there, they are quite proficient!

I have been watching your videos for years and look forward to each and every new one. The cost is the downside, however! You review so many things that I like and want that quite a few, such as this one, the spectrum analyser, have caused me to be compelled to immediately purchase! Thankfully, there is now only a few weeks wait for this item, now. I now own many things that I thought I never needed in my life but now do!! Great videos, great work. My favourite KZread channel, of more than one hundred that I subscribe to. Even better than the 8-Bit Guy or LGR (sssh, don't tell them I said that!), and they are good! And I only live round the corner from you (looking at it on a global scale)!

Thank goodness Another video - was having withdrawals and having to watch repeats of your ‘oldies’ is already watched lol . Seriously though thanks for posting David h🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

You crack me up. "This never happens."

Matt should be affiliated with Thomann, because this made me really want to buy a unit like that.

oh how I love audio spectrum analysers have fantasises about them since childhood and even built a few over the years, nothing like this one though. Fantastic!

The spectrum analyzer one is mesmerizing. Like a blue-green fireplace in your AV cabinet.

@espurious

3 жыл бұрын

Very nicely put

Alternate title "What Clint from LGR meant to buy for his MIDI rack".

@Roboat06

3 жыл бұрын

He just did

I believe the Fun Generation RTA-31 is a rebadged BDS unit

At last! Matt had found some decent equipment we can all get excited about. Looks great!

I've never stopped a Techmoan video to watch a Techmoan video before.

"Average ordinary HiFi" HAHAHA :)

@ivan0idea

3 жыл бұрын

Lying old git...🤣

@webchimp

3 жыл бұрын

I used to have a stack of gear that my friend refer to as The Warp Core.

Surely you keep your fancy Xmas tree in the corner when you want a flashy light routine? 😂

Best spectrum display yet. !!! Thank You!!!

Great reviews ,no one does this better.KEEP them coming.

I'm just curious: Would it be possible to recreate sound from video of the running spectrum analyzer? Anything that has any resemblance of the original sound?

@app0the

3 жыл бұрын

I guess extract the frames from the video, mark them up and run into a program which will capture the frequency levels over time, then do a reverse Fourier transform on the resulting data, it should be quite close but still very far from perfect

@richfiles

3 жыл бұрын

Search for "Auditory Illusions: Hearing Lyrics Where There Are None" and you'll be shocked at what you can hear using nothing more than 81 notes on a midi piano. No idea if this could be applied to the less than half frequencies of this thing, but who knows?

@MoraFermi

3 жыл бұрын

If you had enough resolution in the spectrum analyzer, yes. That's how MP3 format works: it takes a Fourier transformation of the signal and then discards bits that you are unlikely to hear.

Poor Clint did bet on the wrong horse, it seems^^

Awsome! I love it. This kinda content Light up my day.

After watching your review on the RTA-31, I decided to pull the trigger and buy one. It took quite a while to get one since they were back ordered, but I am quite pleased with the unit. It is sensitive enough for my rack which has an EQ with a spectrum analyzer in front of it. I didn't like the EQ analyzer because it was micro LEDs and really sensitive. It was always peaked. I really preferred the bar type, even if they are LED vs vacuum florescent. Great piece of gear for visual and thanks for the review.

Clint at LGR needs this for his MIDI rack!

Fantastic! Looks really high-quality, and at a decent price. It's a bit of a shame the rackmount ears are permanently attached, though.

@Techmoan

3 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@tommihommi1

3 жыл бұрын

Take the permanent rackmount ears as an excuse to finally go full rackmount everything

@MidwestTechAndGaming

3 жыл бұрын

@@Techmoan That lovely Technics SH 8580 spectrum analyzer deserves a review please!

Wow, that spectrum looks lovely!

Extremely useful item I just installed one today works well, I will show you lots of frequency information .

Small PSA: "Thomann" is about the largest vendor of music equipment based in Germany - and the "h" in Thomann is silent ;).

@Safetytrousers

3 жыл бұрын

I'd never heard someone say it before but it was always hard T at the start in my head it being German.

@katho8472

3 жыл бұрын

@@Safetytrousers Yep! And since I am German... ;) I buy there quite often, too :)

@erwintimmerman6466

3 жыл бұрын

Well not completely silent, there’s some air behind the t, but the t itself sounds like an ordinary t indeed.

@6581punk

3 жыл бұрын

I've always said it Toman. Like Tom and Man with no gap.

@bendingspring

3 жыл бұрын

@@TsoneMedia What do you mean?

"average, ordinary high fi" ...

If I ever hear your outro song, say 30 years from now, it's going to bring some serious feelings of nostalgia.

As soon as I saw the first display, I paused the video and went shopping for one. It looks great and instant response. Going to get one before the price is cursed. Great video, as ever. Cheers.

3:00 Would have been a nice feature to split the display in half and show the right and left channels separately at the same time.

@ole9421

3 жыл бұрын

Buy two, they're cheap.

@lasersbee

3 жыл бұрын

@@ole9421 At $139.00 Cnd Plus across the pond shipping... I don't find them cheap.

Am I the only one wondering how Bob is doing? Did he stay or did he go? Last week's episode. :)

I like the rack mounting & multivoltage options !!!! Thank U so much for showing both of them !!!! I am counting very much on your personal British opinion !! Greets from Canada. [115 V/60 Hz]

My sister bought a vintage record player hi fi cabinet that I have been restoring for her...that spectrum analyzer would make one awesome addition to the setup.

this sure would've been useful for LGR in his latest "MIDI mountain" project, as opposed to that fake spectrum analyser he got stuck with

8:04 LMAO.

Those toys looks awesome ! It is a must have for the car ! Made as a foil for sticking inside the back window ! Flashing strobo lights also, must have !

This thing is one of the most perfectly made things I've ever seen.

You should send this off to LGR to replace the one he bought for his rack that doesn't work properly.

"Dot DE" ... Were these items imported before Brexit? Would import taxes be added to the cost of these devices?

@JTThumpington

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, unfortunately, the import duties that will now be added have likely rendered shopping with Thomann much less value for money for customers in the UK. I'm so sad about it as I have bought lots and lots of things from them over the years. For example, an item that used to cost £50 (including delivery) will be more like £90 now.

@dg2908

3 жыл бұрын

@@JTThumpington Thomann prices for the UK are now displayed excluding vat. Their packages under £135 incur a delivery charge but shouldn't attract a fee at import. Any Thomann deliveries over 31kg now have shipping quoted on an individual basis. UK registered suppliers that now might be more useful include dv247, bax and gear4music

@JTThumpington

3 жыл бұрын

@@dg2908 Oh well maybe all is not lost then. I thought Bax was based in The Netherlands really. I think they have a warehouse in the UK though, so maybe that will help. I would still like to shop with Thomann as I've enjoyed a very good experience with them overall, so yeah, I'll have to see how the new arrangements work out. 🙂

@dg2908

3 жыл бұрын

@@JTThumpington Bax is from the Netherlands, not sure if they have a UK entity though; at least the website has no brexit references

OMG, it's gorgeous and it works!

Finally, been waiting all morning

Uh oh. LGR is gonna come rob you for his MIDI Mountain lol

"And without further ado..." *rambles for another 20 seconds*

@oz_jones

3 жыл бұрын

Thats why we love him

They do go together quite well.

Thanks for the video Mat.

I did not know I need this, but now I want it in my rack

I'm going to get that analyzer. Love it already.

Tempted to get the 79 pound one to replace my old realistic 80s one which is a.bit temperamental due to age. Great video, really cheered me up, the best thing about Saturdays atm is a Techmoan video

Yet another good video mate. Reminded me of my "stereo systems" as we called them back in the late 70's and 80's. The last best stereo I owned was the Aiwa Rack system LX etc circa 1985 bought whilst stationed in Tokyo through the 80's. Solid metal construction, each component sat on top of the next right up from the dual cassette player to the turntable. Not much of a "light show" but I hooked a Yamaha graphic equalizer up to it just for the light show. lol.

I've always been a sucker for lights

Oh ho,,this is right up my street!!! I have a pair of IMG vu meters connected to my system. I'm really loving this video!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I like it. I need this. It's gimmicky but with both I can see how loud it is left and right and the frequency spectrum. Great video. 👍

Im also happy When you have a video uploaded On anything

Another beautiful technology in a Graphic equalizers. These are really the smallest of models i have seen in this format. But close up & assembled together they look enormous.😱 A very good review of these. 👋👋👋👋👋✅👍

I had a Spectrum Analyser back in the late 80's that pretty much looked just like the one shown here. Damn, That thing was awesome and it worked for about 14 years before it wore out and quit. I'm going to go and order one of these from Thowmann's right now!!

Lovely colours and verry nice spectruum analyzer

Finally, someone made a review of this device! :)

The SA is rather surprising, in that it not only genuine, but that it also covers the full 20Hz - 20kHz range of human hearing. Well done, Thomann!

That Spectrum Analyser reminds me of the Kenwood i used to have as a kid growing up.

Brilliant video and laughed out loud at the protective film peel 😂

Got them both, great vid!

Just ordered both, gonna look sweet in my one bedroom shack!!

Well, this got me. I placed my order today for the RTA-31, via their site. It felt good purchasing direct, and bypassing Amazon & eBay/Paypal for a change. On a side note, make sure you select credit card, or paypal when placing your order. The defaulted (in my case) bank transfer payment option (which I thought would proceed to a CC entry page), was going to run me an extra $50 via my bank's fees, and included an hour long wait for a phone call-back (just to find that out), as well. I ended up ordering a second time with my CC, and they put 2+2 together automatically; putting my initial order number to the credit card order, clearing things up nicely without my needing to do a thing. Smart folks over there!

My gear rack is 100% all business and sounds like it but it lacks a bit of flare. After some googling, I found the BDS PP31 but was apprehensive about an unknown/unavailable in the US product. After watching this video I decided to go ahead and order one. AliExpress is the only supplier I could find that shipped here. In just 2 days it is already in customs and should be here in a fortnight. I am pleasantly surprised at their expediency! Amazed really. I ordered the blue to match my set of peavey IPR2’s. I can’t wait for my new toy! I love what you do and like you, I believe music should be seen as well as heard

I love them, so I ordered both :)