Gearspace

Gearspace.com
Type	Private Company
Industry	Music Production
Founded	1 April 2002
Headquarters	London, UK
Area served	Worldwide
Website	https://gearspace.com/

Gearspace.com is a website and forum dedicated to pro audio engineering. It was created in 2002 by Julian Standen and Meg Lee Chin. Until March 2021, the site was known as Gearslutz.

Description

The site has been described as the "best place … for help with your interface, DAW, signal path, or just about anything else"[1] and as "one of the world’s biggest resources for music production knowledge and discussion".[2] In 2020, it had over 1.6 million monthly visitors from 218 countries;[2] it was ranked in 2018 by Alexa.com as the 7,360th most popular website in the world.[3]

Dave Smith Controversy and Lawsuit

In mid-2017, the parent company of music equipment manufacturer Behringer tried to sue a number of forum participants, including synthesizer pioneer Dave Smith, for defamation over various statements made on Gearspace. The statements sued upon related to allegations that Behringer copies other companies' devices and exhibits other shoddy business practices.[4]

Name change

Following an online petition, site co-founder Julian Standen, announced in January 2021 that the site would be undergoing a name change. Standen stated "the word-play pun in the name has gotten old and it is now time to move forwards".[2] On March 29th, Standen confirmed that the site will be renamed "Gearspace.com".

References

"Reverb Picks: The Best Forums". Reverb.com LLC. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
McGlynn, Declan. "Popular music production forum gearslutz to change name following online petition". DJ Mag. Thrust Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
"Gearslutz.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". www.alexa.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
McGlynn, Declan (21 June 2018). "Behringer Tried to Sue Dave Smith Instruments for Defamation". DJ Mag. Thrust Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

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[Reverb-1] "Reverb Picks: The Best Forums". Reverb.com LLC. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-17.

[DJ-2] McGlynn, Declan. "Popular music production forum gearslutz to change name following online petition". DJ Mag. Thrust Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[3] "Gearslutz.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". www.alexa.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.

[4] McGlynn, Declan (21 June 2018). "Behringer Tried to Sue Dave Smith Instruments for Defamation". DJ Mag. Thrust Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 31 May 2021.