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By MathOfInsects · Posted
But there is no growing downward trend, only a straight line trend of each generation thinking that every went downhill after their own era's output. Reverb has been around since the planet acquired its atmosphere. Comping is by no means new, some of the songs we like the most are takes from completely different days. That legendary Steve Gadd drum solo at the end of Aja that everyone thinks he dashed off, was two different takes spliced together. The Beatles were essentially the product of studio wizardry for the most important stretch of their career; the reason Strawberry Fields is in "no" real key is that it was comped together from two different takes at two different tempos in two different keys. Before there was Autotune, there was bathing tracks in reverb (Barry Manilow) or double- and triple-tracking vocals to paint a broader pitch line than the single performance, or swooping into and out of notes, or punching in phrases....etc, etc. Nothing has changed (in the macro sense). Your perception that things have gone downhill is the same one the previous generation had about yours and we will have about the next, and they about the next, and so on, forever and ever amen. -
Hi Dimitry: An interesting commentary, but you have an few inaccuracies in your comments. Dr. John Chowning is the inventor (he prefers discoverer) of FM, and before Yamaha licensed the technology (not purchased it), it was running on mainframe computers. Not running on 57 chips. Not sure where you got that from… And Korg doesn’t “have to” use Rasberry Pi to do FM, they have done various forms of FM on the Oasys PCI card, and the Kronos. But to relate to what I think is your point, in todays world you don’t need to develop custom chips to do synthesis and DSP. I’m not sure it is still a significant advantage, but I’m not an expert in that field. Jerry -
By Floyd Tatum · Posted
Excellent work! It depends on what you mean by casual use. If that means performing gigs, then you should have a backup - given where it came from, you never know what might suddenly stop working during a gig...... ! Where can a guy go to learn how to do that kind of repair on a laptop? Or is something that's the result of a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and time? It's easier on a desktop - they're designed from the ground up for swapping out parts. Laptops are not designed for that, afaik. -
"The music my generation liked," I assume you mean, and they weren't all wrong to say the least. Some bad stuff came out then. In fact, there is good and bad stuff from any era. But that only states the obvious; I'm talking about a growing downward trend in general. Technically (pardon the pun) true but hardly what I meant, which I think you know. I'm talking modern music production technology and its assorted "tricks" to make marginal musicians sound better than they are (reverb, quantization, comping, the list goes on). A violin, a pencil, paper...they can't do that. Which was a good thing. And these things weren't non-existent years ago, but that's my point...as the tech has gotten much "better" it's allowing the musicians to be much worse. -
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By Dave Bryce · Posted
Thank you indeed, brother Mike. Consider me a convert. 😊 dB -
By Dr Mike Metlay · Posted
I agree. Somebody once asked me if I could do an entire live show using only one plug-in, and I cited M-Tron Pro... and that was version 2. mike -
Excellent work, Mike. I grab a Mellotron when I need one, but the plug is so comprehensive, its very much like a well-endowed synth. Sometimes the tweaks you can make blur the line between M-Tron and unique instruments from Klevgrand or Cherry Audio. Its safe to say its a major Key Buy winner, for old Keyboard readers. 🤓
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