Re: [AH] Insights into the recording of Tangerine Dream's Exit

From Brian Willoughby
Sent Sat, May 4th 2019, 05:45

You completely confuse me by mentioning Blowout Comb in this thread. Is =
that the name of a preset on the OB-X ?


On May 3, 2019, at 9:23 AM, Royce Lee <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Exit is one of those albums where my feelings about it have evolved =
over the years. Now, I'm back to be fascinated by it as I was in =
childhood, I suppose due to letting go of acquired preconceptions about =
what is cool or not cool.
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> I've heard on the list about some of the synthesizer choices that =
define the sound of the album. Can anybody point me to articles going =
into a bit more depth about the recording process?
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> It is a fascinating album sonically. On Gearslutz there was once a =
great conversation about the spectral qualities of Blow-out Comb showing =
how its sonic distinctiveness is matched by it being an outlier in =
popular music in terms of where in the frequency spectrum it occupies. I =
feel that Exit also is unusual, and suspect that certain choices likely =
explain some of this.
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> Royce