quoted 2 lines I just want to spark ideas and provoke repsonses from those that defend
>I just want to spark ideas and provoke repsonses from those that defend
>"standard" instruments.
To say that any instrument is 'old' or 'should not be used' is
complete rubbish. My studio is a mixture of new and old, from Pro
Tools and Reaktor to my guitar and SH-101. Particular ideas call for
particular sounds, and that's up to the discretion of the one who has
the idea to make the call.
Anyone who tries to tell me that I need to give up my SourceMoog,
MS20, SH-101, or Novation Supernova needs to clean their ears out (or
come to my studio and I would be happy to do it for you.) Yes Reaktor
is cool. Yes MAX is cool. Even Reason is alright for what it does.
But when I want to grab a filter or LFO knob mid-song, nothing beats
the feel of a synth. I'll take a real Prophet-5 over its virtual
counterpart any day.
And why not use hardware samplers? All it does is free up the mac for
more plugins, etc. I can create Reaktor sounds, Run VST/Digi/Peak
plugins on them, then throw it into Recycle and out to the sampler
where it can be further manipulated/filtered/eq'ed, whatever. How is
playing a sample on your PC different than playing one triggered on
my Roland S760? I just don't understand the difference.
I think it is extremely cool that an entire studio can now reside
inside a PC. But there's a whole world of timbres and sounds outside
the computer that are equally as valid. If you personally don't have
a use for them, then don't use them. But don't try to dissuade others
from experimenting with acoustic and analog sounds, because a lot of
us still want to hear them.
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