From Gil Yaker Sent Fri, Oct 17th 1997, 21:48
From Gil Yaker Sent Fri, Oct 17th 1997, 21:48
On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Giles Ward wrote:
>
> erm.. surely it'd be three-to-the-floor in 3/4 time? more to the point,
> why do the rhythmic elements in supposedly innovative tracks have to use
> the equivalent of kick drum, snare, hi-hats etc. ? Given a sampler, why do
> 99% of artists restrict themselves to imitating real world forms of
> percussive instrumentation? It's like getting one of those expensive new
> modelling synths and wanting a piano sound out of it.
I always wondered this point. But morover I've come to believe that there
is a certain vocabulary of techno. Not that producers have to stick to the
vocabulary, but it's a starting point. Take yer average trance track for
instance and you have the 909/808 drums, 303-esque acid line, some kind of
pad sound, etc... Same can go for just about every kind of IDM. It's the
tracks that push the timbral envelope that get the most attention. But
don't forget, besides timbre, there's also rhythm and harmonic elements as
well. So, one need only innovate in one of the three areas to compose
something different.
>
> Giles
>
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