David William Newman wrote:
quoted 7 lines Context and balance is a big issue here... dsp noise and trickery can> Context and balance is a big issue here... dsp noise and trickery can
> sound both complex and beautiful if framed in the right audio
> environment.... where there are elements of softness, soothing,
> quietness - just like you need a range of colours to appreciate white
> and black in images and visa versa.... DSP is a tool - a timbre that
> can add variety and richness to a piece in my opinion - it can also be
> over-done.
I'm curious what is meant by "DSP" in this context... to me, DSP is an
acronym for "Digital Signal Processing", which these days encompasses
any recording tracked or mixed on anything more technologically advanced
than a 4-track tape recorder. I am sure you're not just talking about
compression and EQ -- there must be something more specific that you
have in mind, similar to when people speak about "electronic music",
they are not referring to all music played using electronics.
So do you just mean artists utilizing any digital effects to augment
existing sound (i.e. reverb, amp-modeling, compression, equalization) or
more "boutique" effects such as granular time/pitch effects or FFT noise
gates and stuff like that?
Anyway in my opinion, if it sounds good, use it. But I think a lot of
people have a tendency to just reach for the plug-ins folder as a force
of habit just to sound "contemporary", regardless of appropriateness.
Forever drenched in reverb,
-Josh
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