From artist Sent Mon, Mar 23rd 1998, 23:05
From artist Sent Mon, Mar 23rd 1998, 23:05
>>. "reverb's great if you know how to use it..." >having just purchased a lexicon pcm90 (rather expensive box that does >only reverb) i have seen the problem - most people have cheap reverbs >with nasty metallic gunky algorithms. but your lexicon costs more than many people's whole setups. and besides, there's a lot to be said for nasty metallic reverbs - if king tubby were around, he'd be able to explain better than i >with the lexicon i can have >huge cavernous whipery angelic reverbs that go on and on for days yet >don't clog up the mix. the difference is truly amazing. no-one needs a lexicon! how many people out there have genuinely advanced with their music by buying really expensive gear? i can think of many people where it has ruined what made them good. those who have the talent to make music that people want to hear can do it on anything, regardless of cost or sophistication. those who do not, we generally find spending more and more money, surrounding themselves with complicated gear, while their music becomes more two dimensional, less human, more sterile, until no-one at all takes any notice of them, and they give up. the classified section of your favourite music magazine is full of failed musicians selling their expensive studios. >a lot of it comes down to engineering. distortion sounds good and >hard and also covers up bad engineering. some of the more interesting musical ideas in the past have come from mistakes - why should we always avoid bad engineering? in a lot of people's records these days, it's the unintentional, the background fizz and clips, that are more interesting than the composed music itself, or at least, give the composed music the character that makes it what it is. taking all the chaotic elements away from your production will almost always make it bland and a useless piece of plastic. 'over-production' >using it right is a tricky business. what's right today is invariably wrong tomorrow. it's much better to be 'different' than 'right'. it's best not to have too much control. >i like to contrast distorted layers with super squeaky clean layers. nice concept (never thought of that one before) but how long will it last?? ;-D >all of one thing is like cake without frosting. eating frosted cake all the time is bound to land you with an upset stomach - a varied distortion diet is what you need <waves> np - what about this love - larry heard