SMG9580@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu wrote:
quoted 2 lines Disregard the subject, this applies to another post - sy77 dis. Jamie>Disregard the subject, this applies to another post - sy77 dis. Jamie
>Hodge said sy77 and k2000 were great, etc.quoted 5 lines Does anyone know if "Hello" on Kenny Larkin's "Azimuth" is 75% or>Does anyone know if "Hello" on Kenny Larkin's "Azimuth" is 75% or more
>k2000 presets? My friend heard the track then played me the "hello" and
>"boodoobeerdoo" (loopy analoguesque thing) presets on his k2000s...
>they sound *exactly* the same. If you've heard the k2000 and "Hello" you'd
>probably wonder why I'm even bothering to ask. Comments?
The above is just one of several similar posts I've read recently that has as
its subject what presets were used on a particular track. Occasionally I'll
hear a tune that has sounds I can identify as a preset from a particular
module. I guess to a certain extent it is distracting when into my mind, as
I'm trying to enjoy my listening experience, I think, "Hey, that's Proteus/1
preset such-and-such."
I have a hard time blaming the artist for not being more creative sound-wise,
for not tweaking those stock sounds. Granted, today's composers have
unlimited resources, and they should fully utilize what they have access to.
[I really think today's electronic music -- idm, trance, ambient, etc. -- is
modern day classical. Speaking in the most general terms, the masters
composed scores on a piano which were played by, what, at the maximum
100-member symphonies, comprised by 30 or so instruments. This was what they
had to work with. I'm sure if they had all the technology today's composers
have, they'd be going tech crazy, too.]
So I can see on the one hand how using presets might be indicative of some
laziness. On the other, it's kinda scary to think there's more concern about
what sound someone used instead of what they did with that sound. If you're
too preoccupied with the source of a sound used in a track, chances are the
music is also undeveloped.
If tech is your thing, that's cool -- so much of this music is about sound
genetics. But even the most sound choreographed music (for example, FSOL --
not all their stuff, but some of it) has SOUL, and that's *way* deeper than a
preset.
Just some thoughts,
Peace, 19.
(diggin' FFWD, Sun Electric, In Order to Dance 5, Dust Brothers)