yes-exactly-
the point is that it's a different time and place-it's a different sound.
I personally think that shows sound better when they're coming straight off
of someone's laptop- even when the soudns system is crappy. there are a
million different factors that impact live performances. Downgraded,
upgraded, it's just different.
I issue of what is "pure" is really open- something can be a pure downgrade,
or purely shitty, or purely crisp. A purely shitty sound can have millions
of pure crisp sounds in it-
personally I think IDM musicians need to work on their melodies. I love the
complex beats, but not many melodies have progressed beyond the basic rave
anthems...hah!
-----Original Message-----
From: booey chewy [mailto:booeyschewy@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:53 PM
To: activity@activaire.com; Andrei
Cc: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: RE: [idm] live is always great
Plus some of the most IDM of the IDM albums are all
based on this...
Have you ever heard of lofi sampling??? You take a
clean sound and downgrade it into a lower format. That
is how nearly 90% of mid-era idm drums are made
(autechre, aphex, funkstorung, squarepusher and so on)
todd
--- "activity@activaire" <activity@activaire.com>
wrote:
quoted 55 lines You're hearing the original files- it sounds better-
> You're hearing the original files- it sounds better-
> Just because something
> is digital doesn't mean all of it's content is
> intact. There are several
> different file formats- and you can argue this
> untill your blue in the face,
> so go ahead.
>
> And, not all sound systems in clubs are shitty.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrei [mailto:andrei@world.std.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:39 PM
> To: activity@activaire
> Cc: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: [idm] live is always great
>
>
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, activity@activaire wrote:
>
> > Electronic music always sounds better "live"
> because it is closer to its
> > original source. Each time a sounds is processed,
> re-recorded, or dubbed,
> it
> > loses something. So even though the records are
> produced well, the sounds
> > coming directly from the lap-top are more pure.
>
> Huh ? You find that a laptop going through a shitty
> and usually distorted
> sound system (which is the case the majority of the
> time) sounds more
> "pure" then a mastered DAT or aiff/wav files
> directly transfered to a CD
> and played over a decent stereo system ?
>
> And I'm curious about what an aiff/wav file loses
> when it's "processed,
> re-recorded, or dubbed" since at least 2 of those
> things will no doubt be
> done digitally ?
>
> What the hell does "pure" mean anyway when you're
> dealing with digitally
> manipulated sound ?
>
>
> Andrei
>
>
>
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