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Hipster Bales · Post by **Hipster Bales** » Fri Jul 03, 2026 7:05 pm

Even though I've been here since January, I'll go first.

Hey, I'm Hipster Bales, I'm 15 y/o, I'm from the UK, I use FL Studio, and I make house/electro-pop music

You can find me on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/hipster-bales

and YouTube:
my YT link is on my SC profile

Benedict · Post by **Benedict** » Fri Jul 03, 2026 10:41 pm

Even tho I have been here since the war (which one I cannot remember), I will go second:

My name is Benedict, and I am a DAWaholic. Oh, sorry, wrong meeting.

I was a 15yo in 1984/5. By then I was already in lust with Pop music: Duran Duran, Adam Ant, Joan Jett, Deep Purple, Foreigner... A year later I would discover the underbelly that drove Rock: Sisters Of Mercy, Shriekback, Dwight Yoakam...

After being bored silly by my BA of Uselessness at the fancy Uni*, except for the Alt bands, I worked in a bank and met a studio owner where I did the usual blag my way in and get trained in mixing (really making adverts for regional AM radio stations).

When that folded, I bought my first synth, Casio CZ-1000, and started making my own pieces so I had things to do. Eventually I got some clients; salesmen whose Sales Tapes needed preparing - yay! After almost getting a couple of record deals, one of which could have seen me on Factory Records - better Yay! it all kinda imploded and regular jobs were needed.

In the middle there were more clients, incl. one who was offered a contract with a powerful backer here in Oz, but as usual he blew it for his short-term comfort, and I lost my shot at Simon Cowell status (Kingmaker). So with my intense saving habit over the decades I bought back my slave contract, and here I am doing me in a cool town - cooled by Antarctic breezes that is.

Official: https://benedictroffmarsh.com/
Bandcamp: https://benedictroff-marsh.bandcamp.com/
YouTube:

*ASD will do that to you, especially if you work in a Gay Bar and live with Punks where life is far more immediate.

24karatuk · Post by **24karatuk** » Wed Jul 08, 2026 7:24 am

24 Karat Recordings UK. Jungle/DnB label since 1994. Studio. Mixing. Mastering. Code Monkey. DevOps. Cloud stuff. All round technologist. Now making plugins too.

Hipster Bales · Post by **Hipster Bales** » Wed Jul 08, 2026 2:22 pm

24karatuk wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2026 7:24 am 24 Karat Recordings UK. Jungle/DnB label since 1994. Studio. Mixing. Mastering. Code Monkey. DevOps. Cloud stuff. All round technologist. Now making plugins too.

Welcome in!

GANUE Audio · Post by **GANUE Audio** » Sat Jul 11, 2026 1:17 am

Hi all — I'm Kai, solo developer behind GANUE Audio. Been building audio plugins for a while now — mostly channel strips, EQs and compressors modeled on classic analog behavior.

Just entered Gravity Channel, a free channel strip (VST3/AU/Standalone), in this year's Developer Challenge. Long-time reader here, finally getting around to posting properly.

https://www.kvraudio.com/product/gravit ... anue-audio

Looking forward to being part of this.

Hipster Bales · Post by **Hipster Bales** » Sat Jul 11, 2026 8:24 am

Welcome to the forum Kai!

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Sat Jul 11, 2026 8:49 am

Hi, I was born yesterday. I'm Hipster Bales' love child, from Magaluf, and I communicate with him almost exclusively through WhatsApp. I make Música Mallorquina.

Hipster Bales · Post by **Hipster Bales** » Sat Jul 11, 2026 8:58 am

Aloysius wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 8:49 am Hi, I was born yesterday. I'm Hipster Bales' love child, from Magaluf, and I communicate with him almost exclusively through WhatsApp. I make Música Mallorquina.

Love child? LOL

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Sat Jul 11, 2026 9:23 am

iashchenko · Post by **iashchenko** » Tue Jul 21, 2026 3:03 pm

Hi everyone,
I'm new here. Mostly working in FL Studio and recently started making small tools for my own workflow.
Looking forward to learning from the community.

Hipster Bales · Post by **Hipster Bales** » Tue Jul 21, 2026 3:06 pm

iashchenko wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2026 3:03 pm Hi everyone,
I'm new here. Mostly working in FL Studio and recently started making small tools for my own workflow.
Looking forward to learning from the community.

Welcome! The Music Cafe is good if you wanna share tracks and get feedback

New members should introduce themselves here.