KVR Audio

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:23 pm

ianweb123 wrote:I would be interested in your opinions on why KVR seems to get so much more traffic, is it because its topic of interest is much more clearly defined rather than the other forums which seek to cover all areas..

No, I think KvR does well for other reasons.

- one can get the lowdown here from the devs themselves
- there are lots of interesting people here, all kinds of them, forum topics will take you anywhere (e.g. recent threads on serialism and on Thomas Pynchon)
- KvR has great spirit: people are helpful, and like stupid jokes too. KvR is both entertaining and very informative.
- KvR has a kind of grassroots approach feel: many KvR people are on a low budget, and many here have strong feelings about supporting small devs
- warez users don't get to spoil the mood
- thanks to the freeware devs KvR has LOTS to offer, esp. to the beginners
- user reviews are a godsend
- the KvR database is a godsend

etc. etc.

KvR is VERY likable

serge · Post by **serge** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:25 pm

ianweb123 wrote:What is it about the KVR forums that make them so dynamic.. I presume that a lot of the same people on this forum are on others as well but the traffic on the others seems so much more fragmented.. As a practical example I notice that Kriminal had posted the Karnage announcement on KVR, The CM forum and patcharena (perhaps others but these were the ones I noticed). I also posted a heads up on the FLStudio forum..

The number of views and/or replies on the other forums was next to nothing.. On KVR, 4700+ views and 109 replies, and this is before its even released.

I would be interested in your opinions on why KVR seems to get so much more traffic, is it because its topic of interest is much more clearly defined rather than the other forums which seek to cover all areas..

It's all the pretty adds up at the top. Anyone ever refresh the browser just to see the pretty add that you think you missed??

The extensive Software review & official/unoficcial support forums drag my ars back here.

serge

Krakatau · Post by **Krakatau** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:32 pm

serge wrote:
ianweb123 wrote:What is it about the KVR forums that make them so dynamic.. I presume that a lot of the same people on this forum are on others as well but the traffic on the others seems so much more fragmented.. As a practical example I notice that Kriminal had posted the Karnage announcement on KVR, The CM forum and patcharena (perhaps others but these were the ones I noticed). I also posted a heads up on the FLStudio forum..

The number of views and/or replies on the other forums was next to nothing.. On KVR, 4700+ views and 109 replies, and this is before its even released.

I would be interested in your opinions on why KVR seems to get so much more traffic, is it because its topic of interest is much more clearly defined rather than the other forums which seek to cover all areas..
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this smells like ransome of success ...

It's all the pretty adds up at the top. Anyone ever refresh the browser just to see the pretty add that you think you missed??

The extensive Software review & official/unoficcial support forums drag my ars back here.

serge

On the same ground i have shared with the help of spaceman a big amount (more than 100mega ) of self-made samples and the bandwith has been quickly exceeded when i (after other forums, finally...) posted a link at kvr !

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:38 pm

serge wrote:It's all the pretty adds up at the top. Anyone ever refresh the browser just to see the pretty add that you think you missed??

To fulfill even the most intense commercial yearnings, KVR has an "all the banner ads at once" page.

Used it once when I clicked past an ad only to realize I'd actually wanted to see what it was about -- but I've forgotten the URL and can't locate it via a site search. A veritable temple of musical consumer goods it is, well worth a visit.

Meffy

duncanparsons · Post by **duncanparsons** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:40 pm

I don't know where I'd be w/o the 'last 200 posts (excluding OffTopic)' link on my Favs.. I get about the last 24hours worth of updated threads.. It's great! Then I go on holiday for a fortnight, and have mega catch up!

anyway, I like the place - friendly, entertaining, and a definite plus when my head is full of SQL and I need a break...

That list of characters missed out the lovable xoxos! He doesn't seem to rub folk up the wrong way as he used to. Don't know whether he's mellowed, or those who took umbridge have!

Anyway, I like it here.
And how many other forii have get togethers (even tho' I haven't been able to get there...

)

DSP

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:46 pm

Didn't answer the question, did I? Others have said most if not all of what I would've.

To me, KVR feels like -- you'll have to imagine this, because I don't think they exist in the real world -- a virtual meeting-place combining features of a sports bar (without most of the sports), a school of the performing arts, a bunch of concert halls and other performance spaces, one of the world's coolest flea markets, and the deep-space sets from the original "Duck Dodgers in the 23-1/2th Century" cartoon. Oh, and Hyde Park Corner.

See? Places like that don't exist... other than our local McDonalds on Custom Car Drive-In Night.

And KVR.

And I didn't mean it about McDonald's.

And that, along with all those things others mentioned, is why I keep coming back to KVR, and not McDonald's.

Meffy

ezeeboogie · Post by **ezeeboogie** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:16 pm

ianweb123 wrote:Why does KVR get so much more traffic?

It doesn't. It's just that vurt's a bit forgetful and keeps hitting the same links...

Sorry mate, I couldn't resist!

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:18 pm

its only funny cos its true

waidaminute...

duncanparsons · Post by **duncanparsons** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:24 pm

Meffy wrote:...and the deep-space sets from the original "Duck Dodgers in the 23-1/2th Century" cartoon

Sorry mate, got to pull you up on that one..
"Duck Dodgers in the 24th and a 1/2th Century"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045709/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Dodgers

Other than that - couldn't agree more!

!

DSP

kevvvvv · Post by **kevvvvv** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:56 am

... hmm ... never got Donkey Tugger or putte into this one

simonPHC · Post by **simonPHC** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:07 am

I got here by this
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 315#953315

Wopelka · Post by **Wopelka** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:07 am

informative (database) helpful (database and forums) entertaining (forums) friendly (forums)

like in a pub, there's always somebody you know each time you go there.

you can easily feel you're part of a big family.

besides, there are several strong personalities who give that special touch to the whole thing (which you want to be part of). In fact, what would KvR look like without vurt, the Donks, putte and many other regulars? a boring, anonymous place, probably.

Caleb · Post by **Caleb** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:25 am

vurt wrote: nah im thinkin if for nothing more than the music,he deserves to be heard
i know your a close friend of his or at least know him better than anyoone i know of,so at least let him know hes thought of around the place.

Couldn't agree more. I've got a big Reg Phoenix folder on my hard drive. After I returned from my one year absence from KVR I was a bit disappointed that he was gone.

Caleb

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:27 am

kevvvvv wrote:... hmm ... never got Donkey Tugger or putte into this one

No point, it's a walkover. Who won the war? Not the hun that's for sure?

Wopelka · Post by **Wopelka** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:31 am

apart from the human factor, i think the look of KvR is also a factor of its success.