At 10:03 PM 6/12/95, ozymandias G desiderata wrote:
quoted 5 lines Is there anybody but me that sees the irony in the fact that
> Is there anybody but me that sees the irony in the fact that
>it frequently seems like techno musicians are making the music of
>tomorrow with the technology of ten years ago? Is that how long it
>takes to understand a given synthesizer? Maybe I'd better stick with
>guitar.
it is definitely not the amount of time it takes to understand a piece of gear.
i think it's the same sort of snobbiness that any musical form evolves,
really; a tendency to look back at past glories and say "well, if artist x
was so popular back then with a 303 then all i have to do is find one and i
can be that good." when that article about the dx100 went up today
couldn't you just hear all the wannabes sharpening their pencils so they
can go digging in the Recycler looking for one? the truth is, it's a sad
old machine and you can do Solid Bass with just about any modern piece of
gear. hell, you can do it with an FB-01 and they can be had for under
$100.
i designed my studio for power and flexibility, not style... so i've got a
promix and a k2000 as the centrepieces... and i get flak about it. "oh how
can it possibly sound good with a digital mixer, it'll be all cold and
sterile." "k2000? the presets on it are terrible!" "you just can't
sample the 808 kick drum." yeah, sure... and you will never be a great
violinist until you buy a stradivarius, either.
btw, the same phenomenon was at work in the early 80's when every wannabe
video haircut band picked up a set of simmons drums...
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