The Elf wrote:Just because I love Skegness doesn't mean I won't visit Cairo.
Though Cairo is less bracing.
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The Elf wrote:As I always find myself saying on these occasions - a balance of the two is where the really good stuff lies.
Just because I love Skegness doesn't mean I won't visit Cairo.
Good things happen when you allow yourself to see the good in everything.
Arpangel wrote:My Moog is there, it will always be there, it doesn’t need updating, I don’t have to have an account to use it, it won’t stop working because of outdated drivers, I don’t need a computer to use it.
I do not like computers, but I have to have one, it’s my tape recorder, but do we really have to have them? I could change today, and not use one, record on my four track and master to CD, the stock plugs I use in Reaper I could replace with pedals, and racks, it would change my way of working, and my music might sound a bit different, but to me, that’s not the end of the world, it’s not that important, in fact, a change may be a good thing.
But we have a choice, computers aren’t obligatory, and I’m not preaching about working OTB, we all have a choice, it’s up to us, and that’s the important bit, nothing is a given.
Mike Stranks wrote: My experience of music production is somewhat limited, but I do wonder if the plugin market exists in large part on the back of, 'If only...'. If only I had a different microphone/preamplifier/set of monitors/plugin my music productions would be much better.
Mike Stranks wrote: And now for BOF-mode... When I was doing music production - BC: before computers - it was generally stated/recognised that you only had access to two FXs: a compressor and a reverb. Basically you worked with what you'd captured at source. Our learning and training was all about capturing the sound you wanted - because once it was on tape there was very little you could do with it. I think it would be no bad thing if us 'aspirerers' had a ponder about that rather than thinking the solution is always to throw yet more money/kit/software into the mix.
James Perrett wrote:Mike Stranks wrote: And now for BOF-mode... When I was doing music production - BC: before computers - it was generally stated/recognised that you only had access to two FXs: a compressor and a reverb. Basically you worked with what you'd captured at source. Our learning and training was all about capturing the sound you wanted - because once it was on tape there was very little you could do with it. I think it would be no bad thing if us 'aspirerers' had a ponder about that rather than thinking the solution is always to throw yet more money/kit/software into the mix.
My experience with transferring old multitracks bears this out. With most of them you can just push the faders up, add a little reverb/delay to a few things and you're 99% of the way there to the final mix.