On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:34:52 GMT, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

The problems are twofold. Firstly, nobody knows about Usenet mainly because
isps are gradually closing their servers.
Secondly web forums have taken over.

rec.audio.pro and alt.steinberg.cubase are lively enough.
alt.music.home-studio has bursts of useful activity. I pop in to
uk.rec.audio occasionally, pop out again when I see it's still
dominated by the same few idiots having slanging matches.