Jon Drukman <jsd@cyborganic.com>:
quoted 3 lines i'd say off the top of my head that you can't get into IDM seriously
>> i'd say off the top of my head that you can't get into IDM seriously
>> without at least 2 or 3 thousand bucks worth of gear. i doubt that many
>> people in their 20's have that much sitting around.
AIMEE C MERRITT <amerritt@library.ucla.edu>:
quoted 2 lines Correct me if I'm wrong (and I know someone will) but didn't Autechre
>Correct me if I'm wrong (and I know someone will) but didn't Autechre
>make their early stuff with only a drum machine and a sampler?
Perhaps, but a sampler alone can cost a lot more than 2 or 3 thousand
bucks. So Jon is right. Though in the used market you can begin with a
little less, $1500 was enough for an Atari and a good sampler for me. Or if
you have a PC than you can get yourself a sound blaster for $100 and a
tracker for free. Even music on that kind of equipment has been released,
but it's not very usual.
What I'm saying is that while this gear is now a lot cheaper than it was
before, it's still too expensive for many people. It's not easy to eke out
a living by releasing records.
It's true that you don't need good equipment to make good music. But it's
easier with good equipment (peobably takes more time too).
Franz Enmark <eggshell@ts.umu.se>:
quoted 4 lines Besides, It doesn't take state-of-the-art equipment to make brilliant and
>Besides, It doesn't take state-of-the-art equipment to make brilliant and
>well produced music. "The White Room" by KLF (yeah, it's not IDM, but it
>doesn't take less to make such a record..) was made with only an OB8
>(analogue syntheziser) and an Akai S-900 (sampler).
This is in fact what the record says. But this is a very professionally
produced album, look at all the contributors. The vocals have been recorded
with expensive microphones and effect boxes etc. and the engineers and
programmers must have cost a lot of money too.
PS. I got a bunch of CDs yesterday, Orbital "In sides" of which became my
300th. Everyone who thinks this is worth cheering for write me an empty
message with subject line "Hurray!".
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