Alex Wegman 🚲🎧🇬🇧🇦🇺
@ajwegsound.bsky.social
Sound, bicycles, radio, coffee, conversation, the outdoors.
Formerly sound for BBC, ITV, Network Ten, IMG.
Educator in audio and tv production.
Doctoral research on critical listening.
Multitracks not stems 🙂
Occasional music stuff since ~1987.
Formerly sound for BBC, ITV, Network Ten, IMG.
Educator in audio and tv production.
Doctoral research on critical listening.
Multitracks not stems 🙂
Occasional music stuff since ~1987.
Surely Mr Gove will be along to declare “we’ve had enough of experts”.
November 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Surely Mr Gove will be along to declare “we’ve had enough of experts”.
I suspect the BBC is lots of different things to different people and because it’s difficult to grasp it as a whole, it might be even more difficult to grasp what it would be to lose.
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I suspect the BBC is lots of different things to different people and because it’s difficult to grasp it as a whole, it might be even more difficult to grasp what it would be to lose.
I greatly enjoyed my time there (some years ago now).
November 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I greatly enjoyed my time there (some years ago now).
Not dis-similar for me: visited the UK for a year and spent a summer in the inner Hebrides in the late 90s. Moved back to Aus, started a career but always felt a pull back to the UK. Now here for twenty years.
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Not dis-similar for me: visited the UK for a year and spent a summer in the inner Hebrides in the late 90s. Moved back to Aus, started a career but always felt a pull back to the UK. Now here for twenty years.
Is there concrete evidence of this?
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Is there concrete evidence of this?
Yes, I remember reading this when it came out. Some excellent points as ever from Rusbridger, but the 'clumsy error' comment jars a bit.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Yes, I remember reading this when it came out. Some excellent points as ever from Rusbridger, but the 'clumsy error' comment jars a bit.
Very sharp paragraph.
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Very sharp paragraph.
During the pandemic, I had a Zoom chat with a colleague, desk-bound in his lovely post studio. I asked what mic he was using as his voice on the call sounded great.
“Just the mic in my MacBook”
“Just the mic in my MacBook”
October 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
During the pandemic, I had a Zoom chat with a colleague, desk-bound in his lovely post studio. I asked what mic he was using as his voice on the call sounded great.
“Just the mic in my MacBook”
“Just the mic in my MacBook”
Put it to a referendum, perhaps…?
October 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Put it to a referendum, perhaps…?
Possibly the sort of heat-seeking missiles that land within two miles of the target, and then have to catch a replacement bus service to arrive at the epicentre.
October 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Possibly the sort of heat-seeking missiles that land within two miles of the target, and then have to catch a replacement bus service to arrive at the epicentre.
It’s a good listen. Now thinking about 32bit float in new ways.
October 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It’s a good listen. Now thinking about 32bit float in new ways.
Did they get the piano?
October 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Did they get the piano?
Talking of which…I use the phrase ‘gumption trap’ quite often, if ever referring to a drop in my enthusiasm.
October 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Talking of which…I use the phrase ‘gumption trap’ quite often, if ever referring to a drop in my enthusiasm.
Surely a long and arduous process in itself, though?
October 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Surely a long and arduous process in itself, though?
'Holland-ander'. Just to be doubly sure it's not the Spiderman one.
September 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
'Holland-ander'. Just to be doubly sure it's not the Spiderman one.
Was waiting for Benoit Blanc to burst through a side door on a squeaky lunch trolley and inject a bit of life.
September 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Was waiting for Benoit Blanc to burst through a side door on a squeaky lunch trolley and inject a bit of life.
Yes, it seems decent enough, although ambisonic field recordings often leave me cold from lack of ‘spaciousness’ when compared with a non-coincident setup.
September 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Yes, it seems decent enough, although ambisonic field recordings often leave me cold from lack of ‘spaciousness’ when compared with a non-coincident setup.